WATCH: Rexburg Lt. Hermosillo and Madison Co. Prosecutor Wood discuss Daybell case in first in-depth interview [Video]

REXBURG — It started with a phone call from police in Arizona about a Jeep possibly tied to a homicide.

Rexburg Police Lt. Ray Hermosillo was assigned to check it out and had no idea how much that call would change his life over the next four years.

From two missing children, dead spouses, insurance fraud, extreme religious beliefs and a complicated series of events spanning multiple states, Hermosillo became the lead Rexburg detective in the Daybell case. He sat in the courtroom every day during Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial in the spring of 2023 and testified three times during Chad Daybell’s trial this year.

Hermosillo worked closely with Madison County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Wood who initiated legal proceedings against the couple and helped convene a grand jury which led to multiple murder charges being filed against Chad and Lori Daybell. Both were convicted on all counts by two separate …