How Much Money Does Chad Daybell Have

The latest timeline in the Lori and Chad Daybell murder case

Daybell Case

Published at ii:40 pm, May 29, 2022 |Updated at 2:41 pm, May 29, 2022

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Editor's annotation: This timeline was originally published January. 17, 2020. It has been updated with the latest events as of May 29, 2022.

REXBURG — In December 2019, the world learned that two children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, were missing.

Since then, a complicated story spanning multiple states and law enforcement agencies has unfolded. Here is a timeline of events in the instance.

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Pre-2019

Chad and Tammy Daybell married on March 9, 1990, in Manti, Utah, according to her obituary. The couple lived in Springville, Utah, where they founded Spring Creek Book Visitor, through which Chad published many of his books. The couple had 5 children earlier moving to their domicile in Salem, Idaho, in 2015. Tammy worked every bit a schoolhouse librarian.
In 2006, marriage records show Lori Ryan married her fourth married man, Charles Vallow. Lori entered the marriage with her son, Colby, and Tylee, the daughter with her tertiary husband, Joseph Ryan Jr. Family unit members say in 2014, Charles and Lori adopted Joshua "JJ" Vallow. He is the biological grandson of Charles' sis Kay Woodcock, who is married to Larry Woodcock.
Social media posts indicate that sometime in 2014, the Vallows moved to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The couple operated a small-scale business on the island, as indicated by business organization records. The family unit and then moved back to the mainland betwixt 2016 and 2017.
While the Vallow family lived in Arizona, Tylee's father, Joseph Ryan, died on April 3, 2018. According to a copy of the medical examiner's study, the crusade of death was ruled a eye assault. He was cremated and piddling other information is available about his death.
Virtually one twelvemonth before the public declaration of the cases, Republic of chad and Lori made their kickoff appearance together on the Preparing a People podcast "Fourth dimension to Warrior Upward." The two appeared with others on several of the podcasts – many focused on the terminate of the globe. Preparing a People has since removed the podcast and publicly dissociated itself from the couple.
A felony indictment indicates that on Oct. 26, 2018, Lori and Chad began discussing their religious beliefs to justify killing Tammy, JJ and Tylee. The couple is believed to have met around this time at a religious conference in St. George, Utah

2019

Arizona police torso camera footage shows Charles pleading for Lori to receive mental health help at Customs Bridges on Jan. 31. Officers determined she had a normal state of mind and she was medically cleared by Community Bridges.
Charles files for divorce from Lori in February. He claims she views herself as a god preparing for the second coming of Christ, co-ordinate to court documents obtained by Fox10 Phoenix. Charles claims his married woman would kill him if he got in her way to perform her mission. Divorce proceedings are later stopped later Charles says he wants to make the marriage work.
During divorce proceedings, the family says Lori disappears to Hawaii in Feb for virtually ii months and leaves the children with others.
Effectually June, Lori'southward niece, Melani Boudreaux, demands a divorce from her married man, Brandon Boudreaux, as starting time reported by Fox13 Table salt Lake City. Brandon claims Melani affiliated herself with similar behavior as her aunt and joined "a cult." The demands for a divorce come as a shock to Brandon as he thought their matrimony was fine.
On July eleven, Lori's brother, Alex Cox, shoots and kills Charles. Alex says the shooting was in self-defense. By the finish of Baronial, Lori, Tylee, JJ, Alex and Melani move to Rexburg, Idaho.
Just days after Charles is killed, Republic of chad sends multiple texts to Lori in what investigators telephone call a "romance novel." Chad, who is withal married to Tammy, describes in detail a sexual relationship between James and Elena, the names he reportedly uses to substitute for himself and Lori.
On Sept. 8, Tylee, JJ, Lori and Alex visit Yellowstone National Park. Officials say this is the last time anyone saw Tylee live. The FBI later on asks for help from anyone who may have photos of the family taken that 24-hour interval in the park.
Chad signs an application with Tammy onSept. eight to increment her LifeMap insurance to the maximum amount allowed on the policy.
On Sept. 9, telephone records place Alex on Chad's belongings in the general area where investigators would somewhen find Tylee'southward remains. That same day, Chad allegedly texts Tammy saying he shot a raccoon and buried it in their pet cemetery.
Lori enrolls JJ at Kennedy Elementary School in Rexburg on Sept. three, chief Josh Wilson says. Less than three weeks afterward, JJ attends class for the last time and his mother unenrolls him, saying he would be homeschooled. Tylee was never enrolled in whatsoever school in Idaho even though Lori claimed her girl was attention BYU-Idaho.

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On October. 1, Lori rents a ten×ten storage unit of measurement from Cocky Storage Plus in Rexburg. Surveillance video at the facility, exclusively obtained past EastIdahoNews.com, shows Lori and a man visiting the unit nine times in October and once in Nov. Often the man, who appears to be Alex, comes alone. Another visit shows Alex and a man who appears to be Chad. During i visit, Chad and Lori announced to visit the storage facility together.
On Oct. two, Brandon returns from the gym to his Arizona domicile when he says he was shot at with the bullet missing his head by inches. Arizona Central reports the shooter was driving a Jeep registered to then-dead Charles Vallow. That same day, Lori purchases a nuptials band on Amazon, later seen on her finger at her beach nuptials with Republic of chad.
On Oct. 9, Tammy calls 911 and says a masked human being shot at her in her driveway with a paintball gun. She posts about the experience on Facebook, saying she has no idea who the person was or why they would shoot at her. Court documents afterwards indicate Alex attempted to shoot and kill Tammy that day.

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X days later, Chad calls 911 and says Tammy died in her slumber at their Salem home. Detectives visit the dwelling house and investigators originally rule the death as natural. The coroner declines to perform an dissection. Tammy is buried at the Evergreen Cemetary in Springville on Oct. 22.. The family unit holds a memorial service in Rexburg the following day.
Two weeks afterwards Tammy'due south death, Chad and Lori are married in Hawaii on November. five. They so return to Rexburg. Over the coming weeks, police say Chad told witnesses that Lori had no minor children. Police also say Lori told people Tylee died years earlier.
On November. 26, the Rexburg Police Department conducts a welfare check for JJ at the request of his grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcock. They had not spoken with the male child in months. Police exercise not encounter JJ at the townhome on Pioneer Route and Lori tells police JJ was with her friend, Melanie Gibb, in Arizona. Police soon determine that JJ was not with Gibb.

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The adjacent morn, Nov. 27, the Rexburg Constabulary Section serves a search warrant. When officers arrive, they find Chad and Lori are gone.
Court documents indicate that on December. 1, Chad and Lori grab an American Airlines flight to Lihue, Hawaii. The children are not with their parents.
On Dec. 6, Melanie Gibb contacts the Rexburg Police Department to say that Chad and Lori called her on Nov. 26 and asked her to lie about the location of JJ.
Equally deputies investigate, the Fremont County Sheriff's Office determines Tammy Daybell'south decease is "suspicious." Tammy's body is exhumed on December. eleven and an dissection is performed in Utah. The results of the autopsy are non released.
On December. 12, Alex dies nether mysterious circumstances in Gilbert, Arizona. His dissection afterwards reveals he died of a blood clot.
On Dec. 20, the Rexburg Law Section announces JJ and Tylee are missing. Constabulary say their disappearance is possibly linked to the suspicious death of Tammy. The following solar day, police phone call Chad and Lori "persons of interest."

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On December. 23, the attorney representing the Daybells, Sean Bartholick, releases a argument calling the parents loving and devoted. He says the allegations will be addressed once they move across "rumor and speculation."

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On Dec. xxx, the Rexburg Police Department issues a news release saying they have information indicating Lori knows either the location of the children or what has happened to them. They phone call the parents' lack of cooperation "astonishing" as the couple refuses to cooperate.
2020
Local investigators and the FBI serve a search warrant on Chad's home in Salem on Jan. 3. Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries says investigators recovered 43 items, including computers, cell phones, journals, documents and medications. These are sent to an FBI lab for further assay.

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Larry and Kay Woodcock travel to Rexburg from their home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. On Jan. vii, they announce a $20,000 reward for data leading to the recovery of the kids.

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Republic of chad Daybell'due south brother, Matt Daybell, pleads for him to cooperate with the investigation on January. 10. Matt says his immediate family had little association with Republic of chad due to concerns nearly his religious claims and books.

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On Jan. 25, the Kauai Police force Department serves Lori with a discover stating she must produce JJ and Tylee to the Idaho Department of Wellness and Welfare or the Rexburg Police force Department inside v days.
EastIdahoNews.com reporter Nate Eaton flies to Kauai and on January. 26, confronts Chad and Lori after police stop them at the Kauai Beach Resort. Police force enforcement seizes the couple'southward rental car and search their rental townhome in Princeville, Hawaii. The parents pass up to say where the children are.

On Jan. xxx, Lori misses the 5 p.m. deadline to produce JJ and Tylee. Kay holds a news conference expressing her disappointment.
On Feb. 3, EastIdahoNews.com visits the storage unit where Lori abandoned several of the kids' items. Bikes, a scooter, winter article of clothing, a photo album with pictures of JJ and Tylee, sports equipment, a backpack with JJ's initials and a jersey with Colby Ryan's name on it are left in the unit of measurement. There are also blankets showing photos of the children – one focused on JJ with the other showing photos of Tylee.

On Feb. 12, Kay tells EastIdahoNews.com that in February 2019, Charles removed Lori from a $1 million life insurance policy. Kay was named the sole beneficiary.
On Feb. twenty, police in Kauai arrest Lori on a $5 million warrant out of Madison County. She is charged with 2 felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. She is also charged with arrests and seizures – resisting or obstructing officers, criminal solicitation to commit a offense, and antipathy of court – willful disobedience of court process or order.
On Feb. 26, Lori waives her extradition to Idaho after six days behind bars in Hawaii. The waiver comes after multiple attempts to reduce bail fail.
Idaho government extradite Lori from Hawaii to Rexburg on March 5. They land in an aeroplane at the Rexburg aerodrome and Nate Eaton attempts to speak with her before deputies drive her to the Madison County Jail. She refuses to speak.
Lori makes her initial courtroom appearance in Rexburgon March 6. Hundreds wait in line hoping to catch a glimpse of the hearing where Magistrate Estimate Faren Eddins reduces her bail to $1 1000000. She remains in jail unable to post bond.
On Apr ix, EastIdahoNews.com obtains a letter of the alphabet from the Idaho Attorney General stating Chad and Lori are nether investigation for conspiracy, attempted murder and/or murder by the Idaho Attorney Full general's Office.
On May one, Lori walks into a Madison County courtroom to ask for a reduction in bail again. Her attorney Mark Means argues the jail recorded a conversation between the two thus violating her ramble rights. Gauge Michelle Mallard denies the asking, keeping bail at $1 million.
The Maricopa County Medical Examiner releases Alex's autopsy on May 8. It says he died of natural causes – specifically claret clots in the lungs.
Melanie Gibb breaks her silence to EastIdahoNews.com and reveals explosive new details nearly their relationship and religious beliefs.
Around 7 a.m. on June ix, the Rexburg Police force Department, FBI and Fremont Canton Sheriff's Office serve a search warrant at Chad'south dwelling. Within hours, investigators uncover man remains and bring in a backhoe to dig deeper in the yard. Days after, officials confirm the remains are those of JJ and Tylee.
Around 11:30 a.1000. on June nine, Republic of chad is taken into custody well-nigh a mile from his home, just moments after law enforcement observe the remains. He's booked into the Fremont County Jail on 2 felony charges of darkening, distribution or amending of evidence.
Chad makes his starting time court appearance on June 10 via video from the jail. Eddins sets bail at $i million.
Memorials are set up along the fence of the property where the children were found. Several candlelight vigils are held in their honour.
On June 29, prosecutors file charges against Lori including two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, amending or concealment of bear witness.
On July ii, prosecutors dismiss two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of children against Lori. On July 15, she pleads not guilty to misdemeanor resisting or obstructing officers, criminal solicitation to commit a offense and antipathy of court.
On Aug. three and 4, Chad's preliminary hearing is held in Fremont County. Friends, investigators and witnesses testify and Eddins concludes the prosecution has enough probable cause to advance the case to the District Courtroom.
Lori waives her preliminary hearing scheduled on Aug. 10 and 11 in Fremont County. The example automatically advances to District Court.
Chad appears for his District Courtroom arraignment on Aug. 21 before Commune Judge Steven Boyce. He pleads not guilty to the felony charges.
On Aug. 27, Chad'due south attorney John Prior asks Boyce to dismiss the entire case against his client.
Madison County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Wood files a movement on Sept. i asking to combine the cases for Chad and Lori. He says having the cases together volition exist more than efficient since he plans to present the same evidence and witnesses.
On Sept. 10, Lori is arraigned in District Courtroom where she pleads not guilty to the two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or darkening of bear witness.
On Oct. 19, the anniversary of Tammy Daybell's expiry, her parents and siblings announce the creation of the Tammy Douglas Daybell Foundation "to honor her legacy of service and love of literacy."
On Nov. five, EastIdahoNews.com obtains audio of Lori saying she "was going to murder" her third husband, Joe Ryan, while speaking at a meeting in October. 2018. She says she became closer to God and ultimately did not need to act against Joe.

2021

In January, an audio recording between prosecutor Wood and Summer Shiflet, Lori's sis, is released. Woods tells Summertime he plans to file conspiracy to commit murder charges against the Daybells.

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On February. four, the Fremont County Sheriff's Role announces Tammy'south dissection is complete but details are not released. That same twenty-four hours, newly elected Fremont Canton Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey Blake requests Tammy'due south expiry investigation example be sent back to her part from the Idaho Attorney General. The AG transfers the case.
On March 22, Wood adds veteran homicide attorney Rachel Smith, of Missouri, to his team to assist in the case.
On May 24, a g jury indicts Republic of chad and Lori on several new felony charges, including commencement-caste murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Prosecutors announce the charges during a May 25 news conference, releasing the indictment containing additional information surrounding the homicides of Tylee, JJ and Tammy.
On June 8, Lori is committed to the Idaho Section of Health and Welfare. A psychologist deems her non fit for trial and a judge agrees she can not assist in her defence force.
Chad pleads not guilty to all counts in the indictment on June 9. His children sit behind him in the courtroom.
On June 24, a thousand jury in Arizona indicts Lori for conspiracy to commit murder in the death of her 4th husband, Charles Vallow. Prosecutors pass up to press charges confronting Republic of chad saying there is "no reasonable likelihood of confidence."
On July 29, prosecutors drop the destruction, amending or concealment of evidence charges confronting Chad and Lori.
Prosecutors announce on Aug. v they will seek the death penalty confronting Chad saying "the nature and magnitude of these crimes warrant the possibility of the highest possible punishment."
By Aug. 30, Lori is still incompetent to stand trial and more competency hearings are scheduled. In September, prosecutors enquire if Lori should exist forced to take medications every bit the Idaho Section of Wellness and Welfare suggest she should.
In an interview with "48 Hours," Chad's children say their begetter was framed and their mother died of asphyxiation.
Following a change of venue hearing on October. 5, Boyce rules the Daybell trial volition be moved from Fremont County to Ada County. The Idaho Supreme Court approves the move to Idaho's virtually populous canton.
On Oct. seven, Chandler, Arizona constabulary release their entire case file for the investigation into Charles' homicide. Included are gigabytes of never before seen video interviews, audio recordings, text messages and police reports.
On Dec. 28, , Boyce orders that Mark Means, Lori's attorney, can no longer represent her. Boyce cites the disharmonize of interest in Means representing both Republic of chad and Lori as well as concerns over his legal competency and effectiveness.

2022

In March, Arizona prosecutors denote they will not file conspiracy to commit murder charges confronting Republic of chad in the attempted shooting case of Brandon Boudreaux. They cite "no reasonable likelihood of conviction" as the reason. Prosecutors exercise not denote if Lori volition face charges
Boyce denies a request from John Prior on March 21 to sever Chad's case from Lori'south.
On April 11, Boyce issues a written gild saying Lori is now competent for trial and fit to go along. She is ordered to be released from a Department of Health and Welfare facility and an arraignment appointment is set.
Lori is arraigned on April 19. She remains silent and her attorney Jim Archibald asks Boyce to enter a not guilty plea on her behalf.
On April 28, Boyce denies a request from John Prior to have the indictment against Chad dropped. The judge besides denies a asking from prosecutors to have a jury transported from Ada County to Fremont County for the trial and re-affirms proceedings will happen in Ada County.
On May ii, prosecutors announce they will pursue the decease penalty against Lori and inquire Boyce to keep her trial together with Chad'due south. Boyce bug a response on May 26 reaffirming the trials will be held together in January 2023.