Chad Daybell

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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February 24, 2024

Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow Daybell Appear in Separate Court Hearings Ahead of Trials

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell appeared separately in court his week, Daybell on Thursday in Idaho and Vallow Daybell on Wednesday in Arizona, for hearings on their upcoming murder trials in those states. Vallow Daybell, who was convicted last year in Idaho and sentenced to three life sentences on the murders of two of …

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January 19, 2024

Judge Denies Chad Daybell’s Attorney’s Request to Withdraw from the Case

The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial has denied his attorney’s motion to withdraw from the case, apparently agreeing with prosecutors that the motion was an attempt to delay a trial that has been in preparation since 2021. John Prior, who has been Daybell’s sole attorney since he was arrested for the murders of his …