Watch: Chad Daybell, husband of ‘doomsday cult mom’ Lori Vallow, goes on trial in triple murder case
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Watch as alleged ‘doomsday’ cult leader Chad Daybell is set to go on trial for the murder of two children on Monday (1 Apirl).
The husband of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallowwill go on trial over the triple-murder case that shocked America.
Chad Daybell’s trial is set to begin on Monday morning in Ada County Courthouse, Idaho, with jury selection.
The 55-year-old doomsday author and father-of-five is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft over the deaths of his first wife Tammy Daybell, and his second wife Vallow’s children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and son Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7.
Tylee and JJ vanished in September 2019, with Tammy dying suddenly the next month.
As Vallow and Mr Daybell jetted to Hawaii to marry on a beach, a desperate search got under way to find the missing children. In June 2020, their remains were found in a pet cemetery on Mr Daybell’s property.
Last year, Vallow was convicted of all charges over the three murders and was sentenced to life in prison. At her trial, jurors heard how she, Mr Daybell and her late brother Alex Cox were fuelled, in part, by their bizarre cult beliefs.
If convicted, he faces the death penalty or life in prison.
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