DEVELOPMENTS OUT OF EASTERN IDAHO AT THIS HOUR.
EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. CHAD
DAYBELL. THE HUSBAND
OF LORI VALLOW.. WHOSE
TWO KIDS JJ VALLOW AND
TYLEE RYAN -- HAVE BEEN
MISSING FOR MONTHS.
WAS TAKEN INTO POLICE
CUSTODY.
REXBURG POLICE SAYING
THEY FOUND HUMAN
REMAINS ON CHAD
DAYBELL'S PROPERTY.
OUR GRETCHEN PARSONS
IS HERE IN STUDIO WITH
MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
MISTY INGLET IS LIVE IN
REXBURG.
GRETCHEN WE WILL START
WITH YOU...
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY?
KIM REXBURG POLICE...THE
FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE...AND
THE FBI SERVED DAYBELL
WITH A WARRANT AT 7-
A-M THIS MORNING.
POLICE CONFIRMED THAT
THE WARRANT WAS
RELATED TO THE
DISAPPEARANCE LORI
VALLOW'S TWO CHILDREN.
CHOPPER VIDEO FROM
EAST IDAHO NEWS
APPEARS TO SHOW
AUTHORITIES SEARCHING
UNDERGROUND ON HIS
PROPERTY IN FREMONT
COUNTY.
AND YES THEY DID FIND
HUMAN REMAINS.
THOSE REMAINS HAVEN'T
BEEN IDENTIFIED YET AND
AUTHORITIES WOULDN'T
SAY IF THEY WERE FROM
JUST ONE PERSON OR
MAYBE MORE.
AUTHORITIES ALSO
WOULDN'T COMMENT
WHETHER THE REMAINS
WERE FROM A CHILD OR
AN ADULT.
AND WHILE CHAD
DAYBELL IS IN
CUSTODY...POLICE SAID
THEY WERE TAKING HIM
IN FOR QUESTIONING.
AS OF RIGHT NOW...HE
HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
AS WE HAVE REPORTED J.J.
VALLOW AND TYLEE RYAN
HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE
LAST SEPTEMBER.
CHAD'S WIFE...LORI
VALLOW...HAS REFUSED TO
COOPERATE WITH
AUTHORITIES REGARDING
THE WHEREABOUTS OF
HER MISSING CHILDREN.
GRETCHEN, THANK YOU.
MISTY I'LL TURN TO YOUR
NOW...
NOW... THIS IS YET ANOTHER CHAPTER IN WHAT HAS BEEN A STORY
WITH MANY TWISTS AND
TURNS...
TURNS...
SO
SO I'M
SO I'M CURRENTLY HERE
AT
AT CHAD'S
AT CHAD'S HOUSE IN FREMONT COUNTY.. YOU CAN SEE .
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
POLICE
POLICE HAVE SEARCHED THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE.
BACK
BACK IN
BACK IN JANUARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO HAD A SEARCH WARRANT FOR
CHAD'S HOUSE BUT OF
COURSE THE LANDSCAPE
LOOKED
LOOKED A
LOOKED A LOT DIFFEREN THEN WITH SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW AND FROZEN
GROUND.
THIS IS THE HOME CHAD
SHARED WITH HIS EX-
WIFE, TAMMY DAYBELL.
SHE
SHE DIED
SHE DIED LAST OCTOBER AND HER DEATH HAS SINCE BEEN RULED
SUSPICIOUS.
INVESTIGATORS EXHUMED
HER BODY IN DECEMBER
FOR AN AUTOPSY..WE'RE
STILL AWAITING THOSE
RESULTS .
HER DEATH IS CURRENTLY
BEING INVESTIGATED BY
THE IDAHO ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE.
BOTH CHAD AND LORI ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
MURDER, ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND
CONSPIRACY RELATED TO
TAMMY'S DEATH...NO
CHARGES HAVE BEEN
FILED AT THIS POINT.
POLICE DID NOT SAY
WHAT EXACTLY
INVESTIGATORS WERE
LOOKING FOR ON THIS
PROPERTY OR WHAT LED
TO THEM THE SEARCH
WARRANT.
BUT WE DO KNOW IT'S IN
CONNECTION WITH LORI
VALLOW'S TWO MISSING
CHILDREN.
JJ VALLOW, NOW 8 YEARS
OLD AND 17 YEAR OLD
TYLEE RYAN HAVEN'T BEEN
SEEN SINCE LAST
SEPTEMBER .
LORI AND CHAD HAVE
REFUSED TO COOPERATE
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
UP TO THIS POINT AND
PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS
ABOUT WHERE THE
CHILDREN MIGHT BE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, LORI IS
CURRENTLY IN JAIL ON
CHARGES OF CHILD
ABANDONMENT CHARGES
AS WELL AS OTHER
CHARGES.
LORI WAS ARRESTED IN
FEBRUARY AND HAS BEEN
IN CUSTODY EVER SINCE.
SHE IS AWAITING HER
NEXT COURT
APPEARANCE, SET FOR
JULY.
AGAIN, HERE IN REXBURG
TODAY AT CHAD DAYBELL'S
HOUSE, POLICE FOUND
HUMAN REMAINS WHICH
THEY ARE STILL WORKING
TO IDENTIFY.
DAYBELL IS IN CUSTODY
FOR QUESTIONING HE
HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED
WITH
WITH ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOPES TO RELEASE MORE
DETAILS AS THEY LEARN
MORE.
MORE. KIM? TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON
THIS
THIS CASE, REMEMBER YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD "MISSING" TO 208-321-
5614.
WE WILL SEND YOU A
DIRECT LINK TO ALL OF
OUR LATEST COVERAGE
SURROUNDING THIS
COMPLICATED CASE.