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Court
April 11, 2024
‘Doomsday Dad’ Trial: Detective Recalls Digging up Murdered Tylee & J.J.’s Bodies on Chad Daybell’s Property
An Idaho detective testified on Thursday about finding Tylee Ryan and J.J. Vallow’s remains buried on Chad Daybell’s property months after their disappearances. Rexburg Detective Ray Hermosillo recounted how investigators had to take turns digging on Chad Daybell’s property due to the strong smell of decomposition. The court also saw graphic images of J.J. Vallow …
Court
April 10, 2024
Doomsday Dad Trial: Chad Daybell’s Attorney Blames ‘Very Sexual’ Lori Vallow for Murders
During opening statements on Wednesday, Chad Daybell’s lawyer suggested Lori Vallow Daybell was responsible for the three 2019 slayings, not him. Defense attorney John Prior also implicated Alex Cox — Vallow Daybell’s late brother who fatally shot her husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. Months later, Vallow Daybell’s two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, …
Court
April 10, 2024
‘Thirst for Sex, Power & Money’ Motivated Chad Daybell to Kill Wife, 2 Stepkids: Prosecutors
Idaho prosecutors during opening statements that Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell labeled anyone they wanted out dead as zombies or dark-spirited. Chad Daybell is currently on trial for killing his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and Vallow Daybell’s two children in 2019. J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, 7 and 16, were reportedly found buried on …
Court
April 8, 2024
Chad Daybell: Jury Selected in ‘Doomsday Dad’ Triple Murder Trial
An Idaho judge said that opening statements will begin on Wednesday in the Chad Daybell triple murder trial. Jury selection began last Monday and ended this Monday with Chad Daybell’s lawyers and prosecutors completing their peremptory challenges which eliminate potential jurors. Monday’s hearing was not live-streamed, but EastIdahoNews.com reported that there are 10 men and …
Court
April 1, 2024
LIVE VIDEO: Jury Selection Underway in Chad Daybell Murder Trial
Jury selection began on Monday in the Chad Daybell triple murder trial. East Idaho News reported that 18 jurors will be selected — 12 decide Daybell’s fate, while six are alternates. The trial is expected to last eight to 10 weeks. Chad Daybell’s wife, Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced last July to life without parole …
Court
March 28, 2024
Chad Daybell Judge Slaps Gag Order on Attorneys After Defense Lawyer Provides Televised Interview
The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial in Idaho on Thursday issued a gag order after Daybell’s attorney gave an interview to a media outlet talking about the case. Judge Steven Boyce ordered that “the attorneys for any interested party in this case, or any attorney who has previously represented any party to this case, …
Court
March 21, 2024
Chad Daybell Transferred to Ada County for Trial
Chad Daybell, the Idaho doomsday writer whose wife has already been convicted of killing her children and his first wife, has been transferred to Ada County where his own murder trial will be held. Daybell’s trial is set to begin April 1 in the same courtroom where Lori Vallow Daybell was tried and convicted last …
Court
March 17, 2024
Portions of Chad Daybell’s Jury Selection Will Be Closed to the Public
An Idaho judge issued a series of orders last week as the start date of Chad Daybell’s trial for the murders of two of his wife’s children and his first wife rapidly approaches. Daybell’s trial is set to begin on April 1 in Ada County, Idaho, where Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted last year on …
Prison
March 2, 2024
Body Camera Footage Shows Part of ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell’s Processing into Arizona Jail
Newly released body camera footage shows “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell surrendering a laptop and other material related to her case to Maricopa County deputies when she was extradited to Arizona last fall. Vallow Daybell was convicted and sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in July 2023 for the deaths of two of her …
