Nate Eaton
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
Well, surely Charles expected some reaction from Tammy, but... Nobody knows who opened that email, but it had been opened and deleted, and Charles Vallow's email had been blocked.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
So it's possible that Tammy Daybell did see the email and think, what is this? This is a weirdo. I'm going to delete it and block him. Or another theory is that Chad Daybell kept an eye on her email, deleted it, and then blocked the email in case Charles tried to contact her again.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
She found out within a few days that she was not getting any of the money because Charles had changed the beneficiary months earlier to his sister when he realized that Lori's mental health was not 100% and he was concerned that something might happen to him.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
There was the belief among them that he had a big life insurance policy. He made good money, he had a good job, so they knew that he had access to money.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
And so when Tammy Daybell pulled in the driveway she normally didn't park in, it likely threw Alex off. He had to run further than he would have, and it could have shaken that gun. Thus, the gun misfired or didn't fire at all.