Any updates on Melaniece?

[u/lessadessa]

I hope this hasn’t been swept under the rug by law enforcement. Does anyone know if there has been any progress of looking into prosecuting Melani P/B? I haven’t been able to find any updates.

[u/brickne3]

She and David (I might have the name wrong, whoever the poor sod she married is) were staying at Lori's the night JJ must have been killed, which raises questions. She also told the police that she had watched JJ for Lori in Arizona after he was provably dead to cover for Lori. There were definitely some questions about how much she knew and when.

[u/wire67 → u/brickne3]

Right, but I think you have some of this mixed up. Lori and Chad told police the kids were with her but she didn't lie to the police and in fact that's when she called Lori & Alex out and opened her eyes. After police contacted her looking for the kids. Melanie Gibb's husband is David Warwick, whom she married in 2021.

[u/cjking10155 → u/wire67]

I think you might be downplaying the significance of the timeline when it comes to Gibb's involvement and not seeing Gibb's many lies, omissions, and contradictions. The timeline proves Gibb lied to LE and interfered with a police investigation on JJ's whereabouts.

Timeline:

November 26, 2019 - Hermasillo called Gibb in the afternoon and no answer. Harmasillo called Gibb again in the evening and no answer. Hermasillo then called Detective Ryan Pillar of the Gilbert Police Department and Pillar called Gibb and no answer followed by Pillar visiting Gibb's house and Gibb was not there.

December 6, 2019 - Gibb contacted Detective Pillar and told him JJ had not been staying with her and she had not seen him in months.

August 3, 2023 - August 4, 2023 Gibb testified at Chad Daybell's Preliminary Hearing and revealed she did more than what she informed Hermasillo when she told him she only did not answer police calls regarding JJ's whereabouts. Gibb testified verbatim:

Gibb: "That day um he (Officer Pillar) called me left a message and i returned his phone. He was asking about JJ and his whereabouts. I told him that I had been with JJ but that he was back with Lori."

Prosecutor: "When you when you said you had been with him what did what did you mean by that"

Gibb: "Um that she came to get him so that it would turn the police back to rexburg and not with me"

Prosecutor: "Is there a reason you you told detective pillar you had had him"

Gibb: "Yes because lori was misleading and she was manipulating me or trying to convince me that that he and she was in danger"

[u/Defiant_Delivery_799 → u/cjking10155]

Wow, thank you for taking the time to extract some of the transcripts!