1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now Chad Dave 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: Bell taking a page out of Chris Watts's book sharing 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: his inmost thoughts and feelings from death Row at the 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: Idaho Max Security Institution Kona. The convected killer has started 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: a website called Letters from Chad Really Return to Sender. 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: Dave Bell still maintains his innocence, saying he shares in 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: the grief over the deaths of wife Tammy and Value's 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: children JJ and Tylee Okay. Reportedly, the former Doomsday cult 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: leader gets his letters out with the help of daughter 10 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: Emma Murray. She believes her dad was framed. Question by 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: who Jennifer Gould has the details. 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Nancy. Dave Bell and his daughter Emma Murray have been 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: vocal in their belief that he was indeed framed. In 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: his letters, the convicted killer claims his trial lawyers told 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: him to sit quietly and not show emotion, which made 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: him appear quote cold and uncaring quote the opposite of 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: who he claims he really is. Dave Bell says he 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: is using the website to share his story quote uncensored 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: and unfiltered end quote because the media's portrayal of him 20 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: is quote unquote unrecognizable. He insists he is not a 21 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: quote cult member who should be feared end quote, nor 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 2: is he quote a conspirator or a killer. End quote. 23 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: He maintains his innocence and hints that a quote more 24 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: complete story will be shared during my appeals process end quote. 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: Dave Bell says he hopes his dispatches from death Row 26 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: will help generate quote feelings of healing, reconciliation, and understanding 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: quote for those who have been following the case. Dave 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: Bell was sentenced to death for the murders of his life, 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: his first wife and Lorie Valo's two children. His new wife, 30 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: Lourie Valo Day Bell, is serving a life sentence without 31 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: parole for the same crimes. The one hundred and eleven 32 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 2: day man hunt for Travis Decker, the former soldier accused 33 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: of suffocating his three young daughters, has ended with the 34 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 2: discovery of his remains in a remote wooded area of 35 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: central Washington. Federal authorities have announced in a stunning turn, 36 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: US Marshalls declared Decker dead and new legal documents, bringing 37 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: a close to a harrowing three month search that captivated 38 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: the nation near Shechland County. Sheriff Mike Morrison talking to 39 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: Komo News. 40 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: We never gave up. We told them we wouldn't give up. Payton, 41 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 3: Neville and Olivia deserve better. Whitney deserved better, Their family 42 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 3: deserve better, Our community deserves better. 43 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 2: The grim discovery was made on September eighteenth, near Levenworth, 44 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: not far from where the bodies of nine year old Peyton, 45 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: eight year old Evelyn, and five year old Olivia were 46 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: found at a campground on June second, and autopsy determined 47 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: the girls died from suffocation, having been bound with zip 48 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: ties with plastic bags placed over their heads. The children's 49 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: mom had reported them missing on May thirtieth, after Decker 50 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: failed to return them following a scheduled custody visit. Authority 51 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: said they found a bloody fingerprint on the tailgate of 52 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: his abandoned truck, along with more plastic bags and zip ties. 53 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: DNA from the zip ties and bags was matched to Decker, 54 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: who had been an infantryman in the US Army. He 55 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: had been charged with three counts of murder and three 56 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: counts of kidnapping. His ex wife had expressed concern over 57 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: his increasingly unstable mental health, noting that he had been 58 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 2: living out of his truck and had a history of 59 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: living off the grid. While the US Marshals have officially 60 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: declared Decker dead and have asked a judge to drop 61 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 2: the arrest warrant, the announcement has parked confusion among local officials. 62 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: Flann County Sheriff Mike Morrison said his office is still 63 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: waiting on DNA lab results from the human remains, which 64 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: were found in a state of quote severe decomposition and 65 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: quote spread across the ground, a condition consistent with animal activity. 66 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: For now, the legal case is coming to a close, 67 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: but a grim mystery lingers, not only the manner of 68 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 2: his own death, but the question of why he ended 69 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: his three daughters' lives. For the latest Crime and Justice news, 70 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 2: follow Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcast app, 71 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 2: and watch Crime stories on Fox one and YouTube. 72 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: Nancy Thanks Jennifer. More Crime and Justice news After this, A. 73 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 2: Michigan kindergartener is burned alive in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, 74 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: and now his grieving parents are soon going for more 75 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: than one hundred million dollars, alleging a web of corporate 76 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: greed and gross negligence turned a routine therapy session into 77 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 2: a fiery death trap. The lawsuit, filed by attorney James Harrington, 78 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 2: who represents the Cooper family, spoke at the news conference. 79 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 3: These things are designed and manufactured and sold and used 80 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: for the sole purpose of profits to get bodies in, 81 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: bodies out, and get the next body in and next 82 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: body out, and take the money. 83 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: Thomas Cooper, five, a spirited boy who loved audiobooks and 84 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: Super Mario Brothers, was incinerated back on January thirty first, 85 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 2: inside the pressurized chamber at the Oxford Center in Troy, 86 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: a suburban Detroit alternative medicine hub. His parents, James and 87 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 2: Wanna Annie Cooper, had sought the therapy for his ADHD 88 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: and sleep apnea, conditions not approved for such use by 89 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: the US Food and Drug Administration. The lawsuit, filed an 90 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: Oakland County Circuit Court, accuses eight defendants of quote callous 91 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 2: indifference to human life end quote. It describes the monoplaced chamber, 92 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 2: a sealed tube like enclosure as quote a coffin waiting 93 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: to ignite end quote. As the chamber filled with one 94 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 2: hundred percent oxygen, a single spark created an instantaneous blaze. 95 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: The lawsuit alleges that see Christ Industries, the Anaheim, California 96 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 2: based manufacturer, knowingly sold devices without critical grounding straps or 97 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: adequate fire suppression systems, dooming any patient inside. Thomas, who 98 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: was on his thirty sixth session, was trapped in the inferno. 99 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: His mom, waiting nearby, suffered third degree burns on her 100 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 2: arms in a desperate attempt to free him, but the 101 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: chamber's design sealed his fade in seconds. The tragedy also 102 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 2: sparked a criminal investigation. Four Oxford Center staffers have been charged, 103 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: with CEO Tamila Peterson, safety manager Jeffrey Mosteller, and primary 104 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: assistant Gary Markin all charged with second degree murder and 105 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 2: involuntary manslaughter. Chamber operator Alita Moffett is charged with involuntary 106 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: manslaughter and putting false information on medical records. All have 107 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: pleaded not guilty and finally talk about driving a point 108 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: home or at least a school. A twelve year old 109 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: in Sacramento, California hit the pedal to the medal, taking 110 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 2: his parents' suv on a high speed joy ride to school. 111 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: The preteen led cops on a thrilling chase, reaching seventy 112 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: miles per hour before his plans just stalled out. He 113 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: learned a crash course in law enforcement, slamming the ford 114 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: into a patrol and bringing a shocking end to his 115 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,679 Speaker 2: little adventure. Fortunately, though no one was hurt, the miner 116 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: now faces serious charges and his road to ruin could 117 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 2: cost his parents a fortune. Looks like his driving days 118 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: have hit a traffic jam for now, Nancy. 119 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: For the latest crime injustice news, go to crime online 120 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: dot com and please join us for our daily podcast, 121 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: Crime Stories, where we do our best define missing people, 122 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, 123 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.