The trial Chad Daybell started today. He is charged with three counts of first-degree murder as well as three counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Tammy Daybell, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow along with Grand Theft and insurance fraud.
Rob Wood gave the opening statement for the prosecution. "Two dead children buried in the defendant Chad Daybell's backyard." Wood began.
He talked about how in September of 2018 Tylee and JJ have been buried in Chad's backyard followed by his wife Tammy found dead in their bed the following month. He said that just seventeen days later Chad was photographed laughing and dancing on a beach in Hawaii at his wedding to Lori Vallow, a woman who is his mistress and the mother of Tylee and JJ.
Wood said that Chad made sure no person and no law could stand in his way. Wood said that Chad's desire for sex money and power led him to pursue those ambitions and this pursuit led to the deaths of his wife Lori's two innocent children.
Wood talked about how Chad was an author who wrote books about the apocalypse. He said that Chad was a seemingly ordinary man who craves significance. He worked in journalism, and he worked as a sextant in a graveyard.
Wood said that Chad met Tammy in 1990 at Brigham Young University. They settled down in Utah and had five children. He said that Tammy was a full-time homemaker and her love for her family was boundless.
Wood talked about how Tammy and Chad had a small publishing company which Tammy supported in many ways. They moved to Idaho where Tammy became a beloved school librarian. She was devoted to service, her community and her faith.
Wood said that Chad made sure no person and no law could stand in his way. Wood said that Chad's desire for sex money and power led him to pursue those ambitions and this pursuit led to the deaths of his wife Lori's two innocent children.
Wood talked about how Chad was an author who wrote books about the apocalypse. He said that Chad was a seemingly ordinary man who craves significance. He worked in journalism, and he worked as a sextant in a graveyard.
Wood said that Chad met Tammy in 1990 at Brigham Young University. They settled down in Utah and had five children. He said that Tammy was a full-time homemaker and her love for her family was boundless.
Wood talked about how Tammy and Chad had a small publishing company which Tammy supported in many ways. They moved to Idaho where Tammy became a beloved school librarian. She was devoted to service, her community and her faith.
She was married to her fourth husband Charles Vallow and was the mother the Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow.
He said that Tylee was a normal vibrant teenage girl who loved her friends her jeep Chipotle and her little brother JJ. And JJ was a 7-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who required extensive special care and loved his sister.
Wood: "You'll hear about a pivotal date Set in motion the deaths of Tammy, Tylee and JJ."
He said that date was October 26th, 2018, the day that Chad and Lori met at a religious conference in St. George, Utah. When they met, they were both still married to other spouses.
Wood talked about how even though Chad and Lori were married to other people they started an affair.
He said that Chad's own text messages would prove that in his thirst for sex, power and money, Chad created an alternate reality where they called themselves James and Elaina. Names that Chad claimed were from past lives. Wood said that the text messages between Chad and Lori would show their lust and plans love. That Chad said that he was happier with Lori than he had been in the last 50 years and how he was captivated by Lori's appearance and spoke about their sexual encounters on many occasions.
He said that Tylee was a normal vibrant teenage girl who loved her friends her jeep Chipotle and her little brother JJ. And JJ was a 7-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who required extensive special care and loved his sister.
Wood: "You'll hear about a pivotal date Set in motion the deaths of Tammy, Tylee and JJ."
He said that date was October 26th, 2018, the day that Chad and Lori met at a religious conference in St. George, Utah. When they met, they were both still married to other spouses.
Wood talked about how even though Chad and Lori were married to other people they started an affair.
He said that Chad's own text messages would prove that in his thirst for sex, power and money, Chad created an alternate reality where they called themselves James and Elaina. Names that Chad claimed were from past lives. Wood said that the text messages between Chad and Lori would show their lust and plans love. That Chad said that he was happier with Lori than he had been in the last 50 years and how he was captivated by Lori's appearance and spoke about their sexual encounters on many occasions.
Wood said, "More than anything else Chad's obsession with Lori was rooted in her adoration for him." He said Chad called her and exalted goddess who came back to Earth for a special mission. Part of that mission was for them to be together and to get rid of obstacles. Wood said those obstacles were Tyee and JJ and Tammy. He said that any who opposed Chad and Lori were labeled as dark spirits or even zombies.
Wood said that the evidence would show this was a convenient narrative to dehumanize people who stood in their way. That this narrative gave them the pretext to remove people from this world for their good.
Wood talked about how Lori and Chad preached that only through spiritual intervention sometimes called casting, burning or even death that these dark spirits would be cleansed.
Then Wood talked about Lori's brother Alex Cox. He called Alex a devoted brother and said that Chad and Lori manipulated Alex through promises of spiritual rewards.
He said that after the deaths of Tylee JJ and Tammy, Chad gave Alex a blessing in which Chad told Alex that his earned the privilege to be in their religious group.
Wood said that there were text messages between Lorri and Chad talking about how Alex could implicate them. He also said that shortly before Alex died On December 12th, 2019, he had told his wife Zulema, who is set to testify, that he was afraid he was going to be a Chad and Lori's fall guy.
He then talked about how Lori's husband Charles was labeled dark by Chad and then was shot and killed by Alex in Arizona. He said that Lori stood to gain one million dollars or so she thought. She didn't know that the beneficiary of Charles is 1-million-dollar life insurance policy was no longer her she would find that out later. Wood said that when Lori found out that she wasn't the beneficiary she text Chad "I'll still get the $4,000 a month from SS," Chad text back, "It will be interesting to see if it got changed after he had two bullets in his chest."
Wood then talked about how Tylee who was last seen on September 8th, 2019, was also granted dark and a zombie and her charred and dismembered remains were found buried on Chad's property.
He said without the $1 million in benefits to support them Lori illegally cashed Tylee's monthly Social Security check which had been provided after the death of Tylee's father, who was Lori's third husband.
Wood said that according to Chad JJ was also possessed. After he was labeled a dark entity, his life tragically came to an end as well. Later his bound body was found buried in Chad's backyard too. JJ had been suffocated. While JJ was missing Lori continued to cash his Social Security benefits which was provided from Charles's death.
Wood described Tammy as a vivacious, happy mother who was another individual labeled as a dark spirit to be removed. He said that on October 9th, 2019, Tammy reported that she was shot at with what she thought was a paintball gun at night by a man wearing all black. Just ten days later, on October 19th, she died in her own home with Chad present and soon after he had increased the value of her life insurance to more than $400,000. He said that Chad hurried and cashed in Tammy's life insurance policy and then began looking at condos in Hawaii with Lori. He said that the court would see the rental application that he put in for a couple without kids. Wood said that medical examiners would come to the conclusion that Tammy's death was a homicide. Wood said, "You will hear from multiple witnesses that Chad predicted multiple times that Tammy would die an early death."
He said without the $1 million in benefits to support them Lori illegally cashed Tylee's monthly Social Security check which had been provided after the death of Tylee's father, who was Lori's third husband.
Wood said that according to Chad JJ was also possessed. After he was labeled a dark entity, his life tragically came to an end as well. Later his bound body was found buried in Chad's backyard too. JJ had been suffocated. While JJ was missing Lori continued to cash his Social Security benefits which was provided from Charles's death.
Wood described Tammy as a vivacious, happy mother who was another individual labeled as a dark spirit to be removed. He said that on October 9th, 2019, Tammy reported that she was shot at with what she thought was a paintball gun at night by a man wearing all black. Just ten days later, on October 19th, she died in her own home with Chad present and soon after he had increased the value of her life insurance to more than $400,000. He said that Chad hurried and cashed in Tammy's life insurance policy and then began looking at condos in Hawaii with Lori. He said that the court would see the rental application that he put in for a couple without kids. Wood said that medical examiners would come to the conclusion that Tammy's death was a homicide. Wood said, "You will hear from multiple witnesses that Chad predicted multiple times that Tammy would die an early death."
He said that 17 days after Tammy's death, Chad and Lori got married and celebrated on a beach in Hawaii. He talked about how Chad and Lori were preparing their wedding before Tammy died such as Lori had shopped for wedding rings.
Wood said that two things led law enforcement to Chad and Lori's door.
He said that on October 2nd, 2019, Lori's nephew in law Brandon Boudreaux was shot at in Arizona from someone in what he believed to be Tylee's Jeep. Law enforcement investigating the shooting in Arizona contacted law enforcement in Idaho to look for Alex and to look for Tylee's Jeep. The Jeep was later found in Idaho.
He said that meanwhile JJ's grandmother hadn't seen him in months and was concerned so she asked the police for help. The police found Lorie in Rexburg Idaho and did a welfare a check at her apartment on November 26th, 2019. Wood said that when the police asked Chad about Lorie, he first said that he didn't know her very well.
He said that lies by Lorrie to police about J J's whereabouts, then the move to Hawaii, and Lori's unwillingness to present her children to law enforcement to prove their well-being led to her arrest and extradition.
Wood said as Lorrie continued to fail to produce her children to law enforcement, law enforcement kept investigating the children's disappearances.
He then talked about the raccoon text that Chad had sent Tammy on September 9th, 2019, which was the day after the last known public appearance of Tylee. He said that the court would hear from the FBI agent that found a message that this text was longer than the messages that Chad usually sent Tammy. Woods said that in the text to Tammy Chad said that he had an unusual morning that he had shot a raccoon and buried it in what they call the pet cemetery and that he had a fire on the property where he burned some limbs.
Wood said that when law enforcement went to Chads property the following June, they didn't find a raccoon they found Tylee's burnt remains buried in the pet cemetery and they found JJ buried nearby under a tree by a pond.
He said that lies by Lorrie to police about J J's whereabouts, then the move to Hawaii, and Lori's unwillingness to present her children to law enforcement to prove their well-being led to her arrest and extradition.
Wood said as Lorrie continued to fail to produce her children to law enforcement, law enforcement kept investigating the children's disappearances.
He then talked about the raccoon text that Chad had sent Tammy on September 9th, 2019, which was the day after the last known public appearance of Tylee. He said that the court would hear from the FBI agent that found a message that this text was longer than the messages that Chad usually sent Tammy. Woods said that in the text to Tammy Chad said that he had an unusual morning that he had shot a raccoon and buried it in what they call the pet cemetery and that he had a fire on the property where he burned some limbs.
Wood said that when law enforcement went to Chads property the following June, they didn't find a raccoon they found Tylee's burnt remains buried in the pet cemetery and they found JJ buried nearby under a tree by a pond.
Rob then stated a timeline of important events in the case.
- October 26, 2018- Chad and Lori meet in St George UT
- July 11th, 2019- Lori's husband Charles was shot and killed by Lori's brother Alex Cox.
- Between August 31st and September 1st, 2019- Lori, Alex, Tylee and JJ moved to Rexburg ID just a few miles south of Chad's home.
- September 8th, 2019- Tylee's last known sighting.
- September 9th, 2019- The raccoon text Chad sent to Tammy.
- September 22nd, 2019- JJ's last known sighting.
- October 2nd, 2019- The attempted homicide of Brandon Boudreaux in Arizona.
- October 9th, 2019- Tammy was shot at.
- October 19th, 2019- Tammy's death.
- 17 days later- Chad and Lori married in Hawaii.
- November 26, 2019- Law enforcement did a welfare check looking for JJ in Rexburg Idaho.
- November 26th and 27th- Chad and Lori leave town.
- June 9th, 2020- Tylee and J J's remains were found on Chad's property.
Wood said that there would be many people testifying some experts and some people that knew Chad he also recited the charges.
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