The day after Chad Daybell held a rushed 2019 funeral for his wife of nearly 30 years, the Doomsday author introduced his grieving family to his secret paramour, Lori Vallow.
Joseph Murray, who is married to Daybell’s daughter, told Ada County Court jurors on Tuesday that the surprising meeting took place at the family’s Idaho home—the same place where his mother-in-law, Tammy Daybell, was found dead inside her bedroom on Oct. 19, 2019. He added that it was the only time he met Vallow.
The shocking revelation of Daybell’s swift introduction came on the second day of the defense’s case in the 59-year-old former grave digger’s death-penalty trial. Prosecutors allege that Daybell and Vallow were driven by their extreme religious beliefs to murder Tammy—and then Vallow’s two children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, a month later. The children were buried in Daybell’s backyard before the couple fled to Hawaii to start their new life.
