High Control Religion Enablers: Who Watched the Daybell Tragedy and Stayed Silent

Melanie Gibb was the last person outside the family to see JJ Vallow alive.She was Lori's best friend. She heard Chad Daybell's zombie talk. She knew the children were missing. And when Lori asked her to lie to police, she finally understood: she'd been used as an alibi for murder.This is Part 4 of "The Chosen Ones," Hidden Killers' examination of spiritual abuse and religious trauma through the Vallow-Daybell case. Today we focus on the believers — the people around Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow who watched the transformation and didn't intervene.Alex Cox killed his sister's husband and her children because he believed Chad Daybell's doctrine about zombies. He told his wife to shoot him in the face if he ever became one too.Zulema Pastenes participated in castings and married Alex two weeks before he died.Chad Daybell's adult children testified at his trial — for the defense.Charles Vallow reached out to Lori's family for help and got nothing.This episode asks the hardest question about high control religion: When someone you love becomes dangerous, what's your responsibility? If you stay silent out of loyalty, are you protecting them — or protecting the story you want to believe about them?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#ChadDaybell #LoriVallow #MelanieGibb #AlexCox #HiddenKillers #CultComplicity #Enablers #SpiritualAbuse #ReligiousTrauma #HighControlReligion