Lori Vallow seems in court docket in Lihue, Hawaii, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Dennis Fujimoto, Related Press
Audrey Barattiero was strolling up the steps, on the brink of pack her belongings and go away the Rexburg, Idaho, townhome the place she had been staying when her former pal Lori Vallow Daybell allegedly threatened to kill her.
She informed Barattiero she would minimize her up; that it might be messy, with numerous blood; that it might contain bleach and trash baggage; that she had been at “the scene” watching somebody take their final breaths.
That’s all in keeping with Barattiero’s testimony Wednesday within the trial of Vallow Daybell, who's charged with homicide, conspiracy and grand theft in connection to the deaths of her two kids — 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old JJ Vallow — and Tammy Daybell, the partner of her fifth husband, Chad Daybell.
“She would bury me the place nobody would ever discover me,” Barattiero recalled listening to, detailing the threats to a jury in Boise, Idaho.
This was in October 2019, simply weeks after prosecutors say Tylee and JJ have been murdered and buried in a shallow grave, and Tammy Daybell was killed by asphyxiation in her sleep. Investigators found Tylee’s physique had been dismembered, whereas JJ’s was certain in trash baggage and duct tape.
Barattiero’s unsettling story marked the sixteenth day of testimony within the homicide trial that's anticipated to final nicely into Might. Chad Daybell, who can also be charged within the three deaths, has pleaded not responsible and can face a separate trial.
Vallow Daybell walked into court docket sporting a blue vest over a blue shirt, chatting casually together with her attorneys as she has finished continuously all through the trial. Nevertheless, her demeanor modified as Barattiero took the stand and commenced detailing the alleged threats.
As her former pal testified, Vallow Daybell checked out her lawyer and shook her head.
Barattiero and Vallow Daybell initially met at a non secular convention in 2018 and have become pals in 2019. She informed the jury that Vallow Daybell’s beliefs involving demonic possession and “zombies” would generally make her uncomfortable.
“After I heard Chad Daybell say one thing to the impact of why is the physique nonetheless alive or one thing like that, I noticed that they will need to have taken issues even additional. They didn’t intend for the particular person to be helped — they didn’t need the particular person to reside,” she testified.
Nonetheless, the friendship continued, and in fall of 2019, Barattiero traveled to Hawaii to spend time with Vallow Daybell and her niece, Melanie Boudreaux. That’s once they bought phrase that Chad Daybell’s spouse, Tammy Daybell, had died. On the time her loss of life was not deemed suspicious, however her physique was later exhumed and prosecutors now say that she was killed by asphyxiation.
Vallow Daybell traveled again to Rexburg, Idaho, and Barattiero adopted a number of days later and stayed at Vallow Daybell’s townhome there. That’s when she noticed Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell kissing and hugging, generally coming to her condominium late at night time to remain over.
Barattiero recalled feeling more and more unsettled.“I informed her that I used to be going to go upstairs and pack my bag and go to mattress early as a result of I didn’t need to spend extra time together with her,” she stated.
That’s when Barattiero requested: “Is there something bizarre occurring that I don’t learn about?”
“No, what do you imply?” Vallow Daybell responded, in keeping with Barattiero’s testimony. “And I stated, ‘I don’t know, something.’ And she or he stated, ‘No.’”
Barattiero says she believed her. However as she turned to stroll up the steps, she stated Vallow Daybell began laughing.
“You’re so naïve and so trusting. You’re like a bit of youngster. You’ll imagine something anybody will inform you ... I’ve bought information — not everybody’s an excellent particular person and never everyone seems to be so good and type,” Barattiero remembers Vallow Daybell telling her.
“She stated that she would minimize me up, and one thing about she wasn’t within the psychological place to try this now however she would get herself within the psychological place to do it ... and it might be so messy, with a lot blood, and she or he talked about bleach, trash baggage ... and she or he would bury me the place nobody would ever discover me,” Barattiero informed the jury.
As she was questioned by Vallow Daybell’s lawyer, Barattiero stated Vallow Daybell had “introduced up being on the scene, watching somebody take their final breaths.”
That reply got here as lawyer Jim Archibald requested Barattiero why she hadn’t detailed this encounter when she testified beneath oath earlier than a grand jury. He requested her if she remembered saying “the reality, entire reality, nothing however the reality.”
“I used to be scared as a result of she stated, ‘If you happen to ever inform anybody, I’ll come and discover you in the dead of night night time,’” Barattiero replied.