“Doomsday prophet” Chad Daybell has been found guilty of three murders after a lengthy trial in which jurors learned of his beliefs in “dark spirits” and zombies.
Prosecutors said Daybell, 55, coveted “money, power and sex” and, along with his lover Lori Vallow, was involved in the deaths of two of his children and his wife Tammy Daybell.
Now, after two months of trial, Daybell has been found guilty of murdering Mrs Daybell, seven-year-old Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan.
Now he could face the death penalty.
Jurors in Ada County, Idaho, returned their verdicts Thursday.
Science fiction author Daybell is rumored to have gathered a following through his Mormon-inspired books about the apocalypse.
The children’s disappearance sparked a search that lasted months and gripped news audiences across the United States.
It comes almost a year after Vallow, whom Daybell married, was Imprisoned for life for the murder of her two children. and plotting to kill Mrs. Daybell.
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What happened to JJ and Tylee?
In September 2019, two children went missing from the town of Rexburg in Idaho.
Months of searching were fruitless: It wasn’t until June 2020 that police found JJ and Tylee’s mutilated remains on a rural property that belonged to Daybell.
JJ’s body was wrapped in trash bags and his arms were tied in front of him with duct tape. Tylee’s remains were charred.
Daybell was arrested after the grim discovery.
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