Jurors weigh death penalty after finding Chad Daybell guilty of three murders
A day after delivering a guilty verdict in Chad Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s murder trial, an Idaho jury on Friday began deliberating whether he will face the death penalty for killing his first wife and two of his second wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s children.
Daybell was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his second wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s children 바카라 게임 웹사이트 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua 바카라 게임 웹사이트JJ바카라 게임 웹사이트 Vallow 바카라 게임 웹사이트 in a case prosecutors claim was fueled by power, sex, money and apocalyptic spiritual beliefs.
The sentencing phase of Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s trial began shortly after the guilty verdict was delivered, with state Judge Steven Boyce giving jurors preliminary instructions. Jurors began deliberating his fate Friday afternoon after hearing victim impact statements and contrasting portraits of the man from lawyers.
In his opening statement to the jury on Friday, prosecutor Rob Wood asked them to consider aggravating factors that would make Daybell eligible for the death penalty.
First, the three murders, he said, were committed for remuneration. Daybell was also convicted of insurance fraud stemming from life insurance policies that allegedly paid him money after his first wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s death. His second wife, as well as Daybell, also were convicted of grand theft because she continued to draw Social Security benefits for her children after their deaths.
Additionally, Wood told the jury, that the murders of the three victims were 바카라 게임 웹사이트especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트This defendant exhibited utter disregard for human life,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Wood added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The defendant, by his conduct, whether such conduct was before, during or after the commission of the murders at hand, has exhibited a propensity to commit murder, which will probably constitute a continuing threat to society.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The prosecutor concluded, 바카라 게임 웹사이트It is your decision whether one or more of these aggravators has been proven. And if it has been, you must decide if, under these circumstances, imposition of the death penalty would be just or unjust.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The verdict came about a year after Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s second wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was also convicted of the murder of her children and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She was also convicted of conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell. Vallow Daybell has appealed her convictions to the state Supreme Court, with her legal team raising the issue of whether she was mentally competent to stand trial.
Authorities have said they believe Tylee and JJ were killed in September 2019 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the month they were last reported to have been seen 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and that Tammy Daybell was found dead in her Idaho home on Oct. 19, 2019, a few weeks before Chad Daybell married Vallow Daybell.
Addressing the jury Friday, defense lawyer John Prior portrayed Daybell as a once 바카라 게임 웹사이트quiet, reserved, shy young man바카라 게임 웹사이트 who grew up in Springville, Utah, a small, tight-knit 바카라 게임 웹사이트town of faith.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Daybell, his lawyer said, met his first wife, Tammy, and they were married for 29 years, raising five 바카라 게임 웹사이트wonderful바카라 게임 웹사이트 children 바카라 게임 웹사이트very deep in their faith, very deep in their commitment to family.바카라 게임 웹사이트
But Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s life changed in late 2018, Prior said, when he met Vallow Daybell, who had already been married multiple times.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Everything that glitters is not gold,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told jurors. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Lori Vallow glittered. She was not gold. She was the trajectory that changed the plan바카라 게임 웹사이트 Chaos hits and all of these things start cascading and this thing becomes very complicated and difficult.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Prior said the new relationship with Vallow was like 바카라 게임 웹사이트this bomb dropped바카라 게임 웹사이트 on the life of 바카라 게임 웹사이트the small town boy from Springville.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트We have to look back at that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트You examine what Chad Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s past was prior to the bomb being dropped, the Lori Vallow bomb being dropped바카라 게임 웹사이트 If it wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t for that trajectory coming in and changing the path, is this where we would be going? It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not where we바카라 게임 웹사이트d be going.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s a hole in my heart바카라 게임 웹사이트
Jurors also heard from relatives of the victims on Friday.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It makes me angry and it destroys me to know Tammy was treated how she was,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Tammy Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s father, Ron Douglas, told jurors. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I find it comforting to know that Tammy is resting peacefully in Utah, buried alone and near her beloved mother.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Kay Woodcock spoke about her grandson JJ and her step-niece Tylee.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I sit here today and try and explain the immense pain that me and everyone in my family continues to endure daily,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트But how do I do that?바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트I can tell you there have been too many situations in the past few years where we were slammed with the fact that JJ won바카라 게임 웹사이트t hit another milestone,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said of her grandson. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The constant question remains: Who would he have become? What kind of man would he have been?바카라 게임 웹사이트
Woodcock remembered Tylee as 바카라 게임 웹사이트the most precious, blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl바카라 게임 웹사이트 and an 바카라 게임 웹사이트absolute mama바카라 게임 웹사이트s girl.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Woodcock added, breaking into tears: 바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s a hole in my heart, in the hearts of every member of my family, that can never be filled and will remain for the rest of my life.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Tylee바카라 게임 웹사이트s aunt, Annie Cushing, remembered her walking around the house singing with 바카라 게임 웹사이트the voice of an angel.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Tylee had her whole life ahead of her. She had dignity, she had dreams, she had goals. This defendant stole all of that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Cushing said.
Kelsee Douglas, Tammy바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister-in-law, told jurors that 바카라 게임 웹사이트pain, fractured relationships and unhealed wounds are all part of the aftermath바카라 게임 웹사이트 of the murders.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is the legacy of anguish and sorrow that will haunt our family for generations,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she added.
Tammy바카라 게임 웹사이트s brother, Michael Douglas, lamented that 바카라 게임 웹사이트the nightmare fodder I have been provided will last me a lifetime.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Daybell declined to address the court after the victim impact statements.
Law enforcement found the remains of Tylee and JJ on Chad Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s Fremont County property , authorities said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s a sad day. JJ would have been 12 years old,바카라 게임 웹사이트 JJ바카라 게임 웹사이트s grandfather, Larry Woodcock, said after the verdict Thursday.
Woodcock remembered the victims, and asked the same question, over and over.
바카라 게임 웹사이트What did they accomplish? Nothing. What did they do? They destroyed families,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Woodcock said of Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell.
But the defendants, Larry Woodcock said, could not destroy the memories relatives have of the victims. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They can바카라 게임 웹사이트t take that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he added, growing emotional at one point. When he heard the jury verdict in court, he said, he felt like he couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t breathe.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Sex, money and power바카라 게임 웹사이트 were key focuses in the trial
During opening statements, the prosecutor and defense attorney painted contrasting portraits of the defendant.
The state described him as a power-hungry and grandiose man who would stop at nothing for 바카라 게임 웹사이트what he considered his rightful destiny.바카라 게임 웹사이트 His defense lawyer portrayed Daybell as a religious man driven into an unfortunate relationship by a 바카라 게임 웹사이트beautiful, vivacious woman바카라 게임 웹사이트 who knew 바카라 게임 웹사이트how to get what she wants.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Two dead children buried in the defendant Chad Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s backyard,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Wood said in his first words to the jury at the start of trial.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The next month his wife is found dead in their marital bed. Seventeen days after the death of his wife, Tammy Daybell, this defendant is photographed laughing and dancing on a beach in Hawaii at his wedding to Lori Vallow, a woman who was his mistress and the mother of the children buried in the graves on his property. Three dead bodies.바카라 게임 웹사이트
When Daybell 바카라 게임 웹사이트had a chance at what he considered his rightful destiny,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Wood said, he 바카라 게임 웹사이트made sure that no person and no law would stand in his way.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트His desire for sex, money and power led him to pursue those ambitions,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the prosecutor added. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And this pursuit led to the deaths of his wife and Lori바카라 게임 웹사이트s two innocent children.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Tammy Daybell was initially believed to have died in her sleep, and Chad Daybell remarried less than three weeks after her death in 2019.
Prior said Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s life began to change after he met Vallow Daybell, a 바카라 게임 웹사이트beautifully stunning woman바카라 게임 웹사이트 who 바카라 게임 웹사이트starts giving him a lot of attention바카라 게임 웹사이트 and eventually lured him into an 바카라 게임 웹사이트inappropriate바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트unfortunate바카라 게임 웹사이트 extramarital relationship.
Vallow Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s two children from a previous marriage were last seen on different days in September 2019. Tylee Ryan was a 바카라 게임 웹사이트normal, vibrant teenage girl바카라 게임 웹사이트 who loved her friends and her little brother, JJ, was on the autism spectrum and required special care, according to Wood.
In late November 2019, relatives asked police in Rexburg, Idaho, to do a welfare check on JJ because they hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t talked to him recently. Police didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t find him at the family바카라 게임 웹사이트s house but did see Vallow Daybell and Daybell, who said JJ was staying with a family friend in Arizona, according to authorities.
When police returned with a search warrant the next day, the couple was gone. They were ultimately found in Hawaii in January 2020.
In June 2020, law enforcement officials found the remains of Tylee and JJ on Daybell바카라 게임 웹사이트s property in Fremont County, Idaho. Vallow Daybell and Daybell were indicted on murder charges in May 2021.
Tylee was believed to have been killed between Sept. 8 and 9, 2019, and JJ between Sept. 22 and 23, according to prosecutors.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We are filled with unfathomable sadness that these two bright stars were stolen from us, and only hope that they died without pain or suffering,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the families of the children said in a statement after the remains were found.
CNN바카라 게임 웹사이트s Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid contributed to this report.