Hello, everyone. June 9th, 2020, five years ago today, I remember it vividly. It was the day that the remains of JJ, Valo, and Tiley Ryan were found buried in Chad Daybell's backyard. I was already emotionally invested by then. How could I not be? My husband, John, a criminal psychologist, and I had just recorded

our very first podcast episode. We were sitting at our kitchen table with microphones and a hundred

unanswered questions between us. That morning, I woke up to the news. The search warrant had

been executed at Chaddeville's property, but not the house this time.

It was his yard.

I was messaging a local contact in Rexburg who saw Chad leave his daughter Emma's house and speed off in his car.

And it's later, they watched police pull him over and handcuff him.

Finally.

I will never forget the heartbreak of hearing Larry and

K. Woodcock confirm that JJ had been found their beloved grandson, their little man, as they called him.

Later, we learned it was Brandon Boudreau, the same Brandon now testifying here in Arizona,

who stepped forward to identify JJ's remains.

Meanwhile, East Idaho News's Nate Eaton was overhead in a chopper reporting what he saw unfold in that backyard.

But none of us could have known, not yet, how horrific the scene truly was.

Tiley, she was so mutilated that her remains couldn't even be identified by sight.

That detail would come later, and it would haunt us.

Over the years, I have heard from so many people sharing where they were on that day,

how they felt what it did to them.

Heather Daybow, Chad's sister-in-law, spoke of her tears.

We all saw the Woodcock's hold each other and sob when the news was confirmed.

And today, Colby Ryan, Lori's only surviving child, shared his pain in a post on his YouTube

channel.

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