{"id":2256656,"date":"2024-05-31T12:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-book-author-found-guilty-of-killing-first-wife-second-wifes-children\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T12:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:19:16","slug":"doomsday-book-author-found-guilty-of-killing-first-wife-second-wifes-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-book-author-found-guilty-of-killing-first-wife-second-wifes-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Author of &#8220;Doomsday Book&#8221; Convicted of Murdering First Wife and Second Wife&#8217;s Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoomsday-book-author-found-guilty-of-killing-first-wife-second-wifes-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chad Daybell, a writer of doomsday \u2062books who relocated to Idaho for spiritual reasons, was convicted of murdering his first wife and his second wife&#8217;s children. \u2063His second wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was also found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the \u200dmurders. \u200bThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-abducted-and-murdered-in-south-america-photos-posted-before-death-may-hold-critical-details\/\" title=\"American kidnapped and killed in South America - Pre-death photos may contain vital information\">tragic\u200c events unfolded<\/a>\u200c after the family&#8217;s move \u2064to \u200bRexburg, Idaho, in pursuit of religious beliefs. Chad Daybell, known for writing\u2062 doomsday books and moving to Idaho for spiritual purposes, was convicted of killing his first wife and \u2062his second wife&#8217;s children.\u200b His second wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was also convicted and given a life \u200csentence for\u200c the crimes. These\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-on-the-hill-too-quick-to-exile-trump-mcenany\/\" title=\"Republicans on the Hill Too Quick to Exile Trump: McEnany\">events transpired<\/a> in \u2062Rexburg, Idaho, following the family&#8217;s relocation driven by religious convictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A man who wrote several doomsday books and moved to Idaho because a voice told him to for the second coming of Christ has been convicted of murdering his first wife and his second wife\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>Chad Daybell, 55, was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges for the deaths of his first wife, Tammy, and his second wife\u2019s children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J., CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/30\/us\/jury-deliberations-murder-trial-chad-daybell\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May of last year, Chad\u2019s second wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/doomsday-mom-lori-vallow-daybell-found-guilty-of-murdering-kids-conspiring-to-kill-husbands-former-wife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> of murdering Tylee and J.J. and conspiring to kill Tammy. She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/doomsday-cult-mom-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murdering-her-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced to life<\/a> in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives had been searching for the children since September 2019, when Lori, along with Tylee and J.J., moved to Rexburg, Idaho, to be closer to Chad, who said a voice told him to move there for the second coming of Christ. On September 8, 2019, Lori and her brother Alex took Tylee and J.J. to Yellowstone National Park. Tylee was never seen alive again.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, on September 23, J.J., who is autistic, was last seen at his school in Idaho. The next day, Lori informed the school that he would be homeschooled instead.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this, Chad\u2019s first wife, Tammy, was found dead in her home. Her death was initially ruled to be natural, but police have since opened an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a month after Tammy died, Lori married Chad in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks later, after Lori and Chad returned to Idaho, police conducted a welfare check on J.J. at the request of his grandmother. According to police, Lori said that J.J. was with friends in Arizona and that Tylee had gone to Brigham Young University-Idaho. People then began to question where J.J. and Tylee had gone, and suddenly, Lori and Chad packed up and traveled to Hawaii on the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-mom-already-convicted-of-killing-children-indicted-on-new-murder-conspiracy-charge\/\" title=\"Convicted child killer 'Doomsday Mom' faces new murder conspiracy charge.\">day police began searching<\/a> for the children, court documents indicate.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after, on December 12, Lori\u2019s brother Alex died in Gilbert, Arizona, due to a reported blood clot. His death was not investigated further, as the condition ran in the family.<\/p>\n<p>On December 20, police in Rexburg, Idaho, officially announced an investigation into the disappearance of J.J. and Tylee. A month later, Lori was served a court order to produce the children within five days.<\/p>\n<p>When the deadline to produce the children passed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-cult-mom-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murdering-her-children\/\" title=\"'Mother of 'Doomsday Cult' Gets Life Sentence for Killing Kids'\">police began laying<\/a> the groundwork to arrest Lori. They did so on February 20, 2020, arresting Lori in Kauai and charging her with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until June 9, 2020, when police searched Chad\u2019s property in Idaho, that the bodies of Tylee and J.J. were found. Chad tried to flee the scene but was caught and charged with two felony counts of destruction, alteration, or concealment of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Chad faces the death penalty for the murders.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Daybell, a 55-year-old man known for writing doomsday books, relocated to Idaho under divine guidance for the second coming of Christ. 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