Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho pleads not guilty to Arizona murder conspiracy charges
A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman pleaded not guilty to Arizona charges of conspiring to kill her estranged husband and her niece’s ex-husband.
Son confronts mom, testifies in doomsday plot murder trial
The only surviving child of a woman charged with murdering her two youngest children and a romantic rival confronted his mother about his siblings’ deaths in an emotional phone call played for jurors Tuesday in a trial that has touched on claims of evil spirits, zombie children and an additional murder charge in Arizona.
Judge orders trial tied to discovery of missing kids' bodies
Chad Daybell listens during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Daybell last year married Lori Vallow Daybell, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to help him keep the bodies of her children hidden. Cox died in December, and the former spouses of both Chad Daybell and Lori Daybell also died last year. I love you so much, Chad Daybell said somberly after telling her police were searching the field behind the house. Friends said he claimed to be able to receive visions from beyond the veil.At the time, Chad Daybell was married to Tammy Daybell.
Man charged with conspiring to hide kids' bodies in his yard
Court documents say authorities used cellphone information from the now-deceased uncle of two missing Idaho children to find the youths' bodies on a rural property in June 2020. Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, are in custody. The new charges against Chad Daybell were filed Tuesday evening. Lori Daybell is also charged with conspiring to hide the remains and is being held on $1 million bail. Investigators found the children's bodies by tracking the movements of Lori Daybells brother, Alex Cox, using cellphone data.
Police say missing kids' mom helped keep their bodies hidden
FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, Lori Vallow Daybell glances at the camera during her hearing, with her defense attorney, Edwina Elcox, right, in Rexburg, Idaho. Daybell's husband, Chad Daybell, was charged this month with concealing evidence by destroying or hiding the children's bodies. Investigators found the remains by tracking the movements of Lori Daybell's brother, Alex Cox, using his cellphone data. Lori Daybell reportedly told her friend Melanie Gibb at different times in 2019 that both JJ and Tylee had become zombies. Authorities grew suspicious when Chad Daybell married Lori just two weeks later, and they had Tammy Daybells body exhumed in Utah in December.
Idaho community mourns after remains of 2 kids found
Visitors listen to "In the Arms of an Angel," during a memorial service for Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Friday, June 12, 2020. Tylee and JJ's remains were found on Chad Daybell's property after a months-long search for the children. Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell are in custody. The children's mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, has been in jail since February on felony child abandonment and other charges. Her new husband, Chad Daybell, was charged with concealing or destroying the bodies after police searched his rural property Tuesday.
Family: Kids missing since September found dead in Idaho
Authorities have not released the identities of the bodies discovered on the property of Chad Daybell, who married the childrens mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, a few weeks after the kids were last seen. But developments were rapid this week: Investigators searched Chad Daybells property for evidence, they found childrens bodies, and prosecutors charged him with destroying or concealing two sets of human remains. Lori Daybell already has been charged with child abandonment and obstructing the investigation and is in jail on $1 million bond. Shortly after Vallows death, Lori and the children moved to Idaho, where Chad Daybell lived. Authorities grew suspicious when Chad Daybell married Lori just two weeks later, and they had Tammy Daybells body exhumed in December.
2 kids vanished, and it just got stranger. Now, a grim turn
Soon strangers around the world were following the case, transfixed by the increasingly strange circumstances surrounding Lori Vallow Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell. The case took a grim turn Tuesday when investigators announced they found human remains while searching Chad Daybell's rural Idaho home. Chad Daybell was arrested on suspicion of concealing or destructing evidence and has been booked into jail. Lori Vallow moved to Idaho with the kids, getting an apartment in the small town of Rexburg and spending time with Chad Daybell. When officers stopped by to question Lori Daybell, they said she and Chad Daybell lied about the children's whereabouts.
Man married to missing kids' mom charged with hiding remains
The remains, found at Chad Daybell's rural Idaho property Tuesday, have not yet been identified. Daybell married Lori Vallow Daybell a few weeks after authorities say her children were last seen in September. Police in the small town of Rexburg say Chad and Lori Daybell lied to investigators about the childrens whereabouts before quietly leaving Idaho. Lori Daybell already has been charged with child abandonment and obstructing the investigation and is in jail on $1 million bond. Authorities grew suspicious when Chad Daybell married Lori just two weeks later, and they had Tammy Daybells body exhumed in December.
Police: Human remains found at property tied to missing kids
FILE - This combination of undated file photos released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children show missing children Joshua Vallow, left, and Tylee Ryan. Chad Daybell was taken into custody Tuesday, according to police in the small town of Rexburg. The attorney representing both Chad and Lori Daybell, Mark Means, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lori Daybell has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her and Chad Daybell has not been charged in connection with the case. Law enforcement officers first searched Chad Daybell's home on Jan. 3, removing more than 40 items including several pieces of computer equipment.