Hello, Hidden Gems. What a day. That is all I can say. What is a day. What a day. We have a lot to go over. We had many witnesses, many cross exams that were sort of jaw dropping. We're going to go through it all. We're going to hear these cross-exams. We're going to hear

these mic drop moments. So let me set the stage. We entered the courtroom around 10 a.m.

I actually was able to snag my favorite seat to be able to watch Lori. We're in a certain

row as media and I have finally

figured it out. This is the seat I want if I get in line in time and I got it today. Colby Ryan,

Lori's only surviving child, was in the courtroom today for the first time. He was sitting

next to Kay Woodcock and a victim's advocate, as well as Jerry

Vallow, Charles's brother, and Kay Charles's sister were both there, and Megan Connor, Lori's cousin.

The first witness of the day was Lori's brother, Adam Cox, and, well, let's get to it. Adam first started

explaining the family dynamics that he grew up in

Southern California with his siblings, Stacey, Alex, Lori, and Summer. Adam currently lives in

Arizona and works as a pickleball instructor, but previously lived in Kansas and was a morning radio show host for years, actually.

Prosecutor Trina transitioned into asking Adam about these family dynamics.

And Adam testified that he and Alex, his older brother, were somewhat close.

And growing up, Alex and Lori, they too had this sort of typical brother-sister

relationship. But the last four or five years prior to 2019, Alex and Lori got much closer.

And as he stated, oddly close, the last year of Alex's life. Charles and Alex had a typical brother-in-law relationship, but never really did

anything together, just the two of them. And however, the family was known to do big get-togethers

for holidays and birthday parties. So he sort of explained it as this just average family

dynamics, really, is what I took from this. He had an average relationship with Alex. Lori had

an average relationship with Alex, although later on they became oddly close. Next,

prosecutor Trina asked Adam about being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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