Chad Daybell Wiki – Chad Daybell Biography
Chad Daybell is the husband of Lori Vallow, whose 8 and 17-year-old children disappeared in September, was taken into custody by Idaho police Tuesday when human remains were allegedly discovered on his property.
Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua Vallow, 8, both disappeared in September 2019 on different dates. Vallow and Daybell were both sought by police, but nowhere to be found until late January, when Vallow was located in Kauai, Hawaii, and extradited to Idaho on charges of desertion and nonsupport of children, according to a criminal complaint filed against her.
Vallow was initially held on $5 million bonds but later had it reduced to $1 million. Her attorney has requested the bond be lowered to between $100,000 and $250,000 — a more “reasonable” amount, given the coronavirus epidemic, East Idaho News reported.
Chad Daybell and Vallow
Daybell and Vallow subscribe to an apocalyptic offshoot of the Latter-Day Saints faith, according to a University of Chicago Divinity School article by religious scholar Christopher James Blythe.
Blythe wrote that the couple’s “enthusiasm for the last days” was part of what held them together, with Daybell a popular author of Latter-Day Saints end-times novels and Vallow a podcaster for an organization called Preparing a People. The organization is self-described as a “network of podcasts dedicated to helping physically and spiritually Prepare A People for the Second of Coming of Jesus Christ.”
They wed a month after Daybell’s previous wife died of natural causes, the Times reported.
Vallow’s Ex-Husband
A custody dispute between Vallow and her late husband, Charles, during divorce proceedings brought forth allegations that Vallow may have held dangerous, deluded beliefs. In court documents, Charles said that Vallow believed she was a “translated being who cannot taste death, sent by God to lead the 144,000 into the Millennium,” FOX 10 Phoenix reported.
Charles also alleged that Vallow threatened to kill him if he got in the way of her apocalyptic preparations, the outlet reported.
And in July 2019, Charles was shot dead by Vallow’s brother, Alexander Cox, who later also died. Further complicating the case were the circumstances of Vallow and Daybell’s marriage: They wed a month after Daybell’s previous wife died of natural causes, the Times reported.
Chad Daybell Arrested
Chad Daybell is the husband of Lori Vallow, whose 8 and 17-year-old children disappeared in September, was taken into custody by Idaho police Tuesday when human remains were allegedly discovered on his property.
Rexburg Police and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office announced Daybell’s arrest at a news conference Tuesday and noted that he would make a closed court appearance Wednesday.
Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua Vallow, 8, both disappeared in September 2019 on different dates. Vallow and Daybell were both sought by police, but nowhere to be found until late January, when Vallow was located in Kauai, Hawaii, and extradited to Idaho on charges of desertion and nonsupport of children, according to a criminal complaint filed against her.
Daybell Charges
After his court appearance Wednesday morning, multiple outlets reported that Vallow was charged with two counts of concealing or destroying evidence.
Daybell “did willfully conceal and/or did aid and abet another to willfully conceal human remains, knowing that said human remains were about to be produced, used and/or discovered as evidence in a felony proceeding,” the charging document read.
Rexburg police confirmed Wednesday that the human remains belonged to two different people. Autopsies will be performed, Rexburg police said in a release. Joshua’s grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock told East Idaho News that they were aware of police’s discovery at Daybell’s home. “This is obviously a very difficult time for our family, and we ask that you respect our privacy as we wait further news with heavy hearts,” they said. Bail information was not immediately available for Daybell, and Heavy was unable to contact his defense attorney.
