Idaho jury convicts man in ‘zombie’ case of killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children
By The Associated PressBy Rebecca Boone, The Associated PressBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho man has been convicted of killing his wife and his new girlfriend’s two youngest kids in a strange triple murder case that included claims of apocalyptic prophesies, zombie children and illicit affairs.The jury deliberated just six hours before finding Chad Daybell guilty on all counts Thursday afternoon, capping an investigation that began in 2019 and spanned at least four states.
Now jurors will be tasked with deciding if Daybell, 55, should die for the murders of Tammy Daybell, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow.The childrens’ mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on the same conspiracy and murder charges last year. She married Chad Daybell just two weeks after Tammy Daybell was killed.The nearly two-month trial now enters the penalty phase, with prosecutors attempting to show that the crimes merit a death sentence because they were especially depraved, heinous or cruel or that they meet one of the other “aggravating factors” detailed in state law.
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