Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell were charged with the murder of their two children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan. The children were 7 and 17 years old respectively when Vallow’s grandparents reported them missing in 2019.
The couple are also charged with conspiracy to commit the murder of Chad Daybell’s ex-wife, Tammy, who was found dead in her home around the same time the children were missing.
“We have reason to believe that the Daybells deliberately and knowingly conspired to murder three innocent people,” said Fremont County attorney Lindsey Blake on Tuesday.
A judge ordered the couple to father the children, but they never worked together, and investigators accused them of lying about their whereabouts.
Lori Vallow Daybell was arrested in Hawaii while the couple was on their honeymoon. The Children’s remains were found Buried in her stepfather’s backyard in Idaho in June 2020.
Tammy Daybell’s obituary said she died of natural causes, but authorities grew suspicious when Chad Daybell married Lori Vallow Daybell two weeks after Tammy’s death. Tammy Daybell’s body was exhumed for further investigation in December 2019.
The new murder charges were announced on the occasion of Joshua Vallow’s 9th birthday. The couple were served with arrest warrants in prison in Idaho, according to CBS 2.
Last year Rexburg cop was Ray Hermosillo cruel details described over the remains of the children. He said Vallow’s head was covered with a plastic bag and tape tightly wrapped around it. Ryan’s body appeared to be burned, he said.
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