Troubling past of ‘doomsday author’ Chad Daybell as he’s charged in hunt for kids after ‘human remains’ found
CHAD Daybell’s troubling past emerged during the hunt for “cult mom” Lori Vallows kids – and two bodies were found at his Idaho home.
Daybell and Vallow bolted to Hawaii shortly after cops began investigating the disappearance of Tylee, 17, and JJ, 7, who vanished in September and a slew of mysterious deaths connected to the couple.
Rexburg Police Assistant Chief Gary Hagen announced Daybell, 51, was booked for destruction or concealment of evidence after two bodies were found on his Rexburg property this week.
“After proper family notification, we would like to confirm at this time that investigators have discovered two sets of unidentified human remains,” Hagen said. “Autopsy results are pending.”
Daybell is currently being held at Fremont County jail ahead of his first court appearance today at 11am local local time.
Daybell’s arrest comes after:
- Charles Vallow is shot dead by his brother-in-law Alex Cox in July
- Tylee is last seen in Yellowstone National Park on September 8
- JJ attends his last day of school on September 23
- The kids are reported missing in November – two months later
- Tammy Daybell is found dead on October 19
- Vallow and Daybell get married on November 5
- Vallow is arrested in Hawaii four months later
The story of Vallow’s missing kids gripped the nation before she and her doomsday lover were finally located in Hawaii, following a manhunt that spanned several states and involved multiple agencies.
Vallow, 46, was extradited back to Idaho back in March on charges of desertion and non-support of dependent children after a defying a court order to produce Tylee and JJ.
The children were reported missing in November, nearly two months after they vanished.
MYSTERIOUS SAGA
Vallow had recently married Daybell, a religious author who writes about prophecy and the end of the world after her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, was shot dead by her brother, Alex Cox.
Vallow and Daybell’s marriage followed the death of Daybell’s wife of 23 years, Tammy Daybell, who passed away in mysterious circumstances back in October.
Reports indicate Daybell allegedly upped Tammy’s life insurance and rushed her funeral arrangements after her death.
He received a $430,00 payout after she passed away, according to a probable cause affidavit for Vallow’s arrest.
After her October 19 death, Daybell and Vallow tied the knot days later on November 5 in Hawaii, before returning to Idaho.
DISTURBING REVELATIONS
Back in January, cops suspected Daybell may have allegedly poisoned his first wife after her body was exhumed on December 11 – just two months after she “passed away peacefully in her sleep.”
“We’re looking for poison, but we are just having to wait for lab results,” Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries told the DailyMail back in January, but her autopsy results have yet to be released.
The disturbing revelations continued when it emerged that Daybell reportedly graded Vallow’s kids as “light and dark” spirits in a disturbing email obtained by FOX10.
Vallow became obsessed with Daybell’s writings while she was still married to Charles and the pair sent each other strange emails listing their “goals,” reports said.
They wanted to create “white camps” in Arizona and listed “seven missions to accomplish together,” which included how to establish food distribution when the “tribulations” begin.
BIZARRE BOOKS
Doomsday author Daybell wrote a memoir about his supposed ability to see the future after two near-death experiences and apocalyptic novels that some reports indicate are rooted in real events.
In his bizarre memoir, Living On The Edge of Heaven, Daybell recalled how he much enjoyed killing 120 bees as a child before being reprimanded by a voice.
“I peered at it for a moment and then I smashed it with my shoe,” he wrote. “I spotted another one, then then another one. I got a strange satisfaction from it.”
In one of his novels, “The Great Gathering,” about a dystopian US which has been invaded by China and Russia, he writes about Springdale Cemetery, where he worked as a gravedigger – it is also where his late wife Tammy is buried.
DOOMSDAY PREP
He and Vallow were booted out of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints back in the fall because Daybell proclaimed to be a prophet, the Daily Mail reported back in December.
The Mormon organization ousted the couple after they were connected to a slew of mysterious deaths and the kids’ disappearance.
It has since emerged that Vallow talked to spirits and stockpiled food and supplies in preparation for the apocalypse, according to a member of her religious group.
The group member told AZFamily that Vallow and Daybell are true Mormons who are part of an organization called “Preparing a People.”
DIGITAL TRAIL
In a June 29, 2019 email obtained by FOX 10, the late Charles claimed he found Vallow’s disturbing correspondence and said they were “up to something.”
He said Daybell had stayed with them before their two children vanished and claimed Vallow asked Daybell to ghostwrite a book Charles wasn’t actually writing.
“I’m not sure if [sic] the relationship with her and Chad Daybell but they are up to something,” wrote Charles in an email, with the subject line “Chad Letter from Lori.”
“She created an email alias for me as I’ve never set this one up. She sent this yesterday and I guess she forgot all her emails are on the computer at my house.”
Charles goes on to say that he was going to send Vallow’s alleged email to Daybell’s wife, Tammy – four months before she also died in suspicious circumstances.
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Daybell and Vallow are now being investigated by the Idaho Attorney General’s Office for conspiracy, attempted murder and murder in connection to Tammy’s death.
Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries said Daybell will appear in court at 11 am on Wednesday, and the remote hearing will be streamed live on Youtube.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, only the judge and a clerk will be in the courtroom: Daybell and his attorney will appear remotely from Fremont County Jail.
