DO
DO NOT
DO NOT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN WHY INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE REMAINS
OF HIS WIFE'S CHILDREN IN HIS
EAST IDAHO YARD.
>> THIS IS BEEN A VERY TRYING
THING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: LORI VALLOW
DAYBELL IS FACING DESERTION
CHARGES WHILE HER NEW HUSBAND
IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF
HEALING EVIDENCE.
HEALING EVIDENCE. JOSHUA "JJ" VALLOW AND TYLEE
RYAN DISAPPEARED IN SEPTEMBER
WHEN THEIR MOTHER MOVED THEM
FROM ARIZONA TO IDAHO.
THIS CAME AFTER LOY'S BROTHER
KILLED HER HUSBAND CHARLES,
THAT WARRANT THE LEASE MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO THAT HIS WIFE
COULD BE A THREAT TO THE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. STOMACH I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE
WILL DO WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW SHE WILL PLAY WITH
THEM OR HURT THEM.
>> Reporter: HIS DEATH IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> THIS IS NOT THE WOMAN WE
KNEW AND LOVED.
>> Reporter: CHARLES THE SISTER
HAVING A VOICE FOR THE MISSING
KID SINCE POLICE STARTED
SEARCHING IN NOVEMBER.
>> IT HURTS.
>> Reporter: I THAT POINT, LORI
MARY CHAD, JUST AFTER HIS WIFE
TAMMY, DIED IN THEIR HOME.
HER DEATH IS CONSIDERED
SUSPICIOUS AS INVESTIGATORS
WAIT FOR AN AUTOPSY.
SHE DIED IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT
INVESTIGATORS SWARMED TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY.
AND WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A BREAK IN THE CASE,
THE COMMUNITY WAS DREADING.
ERICA STAPLETON, 12 NEWS.
>>> DESPITE THAT, THERE IS SO
MUCH WE JUST DO NOT KNOW.
MICHAEL.ENJOINS US NOW.
AT THIS POINT, THE CHARGES
REFLECT ALL OF THAT
UNCERTAINTY, RIGHT?
UNCERTAINTY, RIGHT? >> Reporter: EXACTLY.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY
FOUND THE BODIES OF TWO
CHILDREN ON CHAD DAYBELL'S
PROPERTY, RIGHT NOW, CHAD
DAYBELL AND HIS WIFE ARE
CHARGED WITH DESERTION CHARGES,
AND CONCEALMENT OF EVIDENCE.
THAT CAN CHANGE AS AUTHORITIES
COLLECT MORE EVIDENCE ON HOW
THIS HAPPENED AND WHY.
>> THE QUESTION OF WHY WILL
LINGER.
LINGER.
LINGER. >> Reporter: QUESTIONS REMAIN
AFTER AUTHORITIES FOUND THE
BODIES OF INNOCENT CHILDREN.
THEY WERE BURIED IN THE
BACKYARD OF CHAD DAYBELL'S
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
ALLEGATIONS ON BOTH COUNTS
BROUGHT AGAINST YOU?
>> I DO.
>> I DO.
>> I DO. REMAKE HE AND HIS WIFE LORI
VALLOW DAYBELL ARE BEHIND BARS
IN CONNECTION TO THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE KIDS.
SO FAR, NEITHER SPOUSE IS
FACING A MURDER CHARGE, BUT
THAT COULD CHANGE.>> THE
PROSECUTOR'S WERE VERY PRUDENT
TO CHARGE ONLY WHAT CAN BE
PROVEN AT THIS TIME.
REMAKE DAVID LEROY IS THE
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE SAYS PROSECUTORS WILL BE
ABLE TO ADD CHARGES LATER WITH
NEW EVIDENCE SUCH AS MEDICAL
EXAMINERS REPORTS, WHICH COULD
ON EARTH IMPORTANT DETAILS.
>> THE TIMING OF THEIR DEATHS,
AND THE CAUSE OF THEIR DEATH.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A PI THAT
HAS BEEN WORKING THIS CASE.
HE SAYS WHEN THE DEATHS
OCCURRED COULD BE VITAL,
ALLOWING PROSECUTORS TO CONNECT
OTHER DEATHS IN THIS TWISTED
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
DETERMINES THAT THEY WERE
KILLED SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER,
MAYBE LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY
OCTOBER, THAT PRECEDED TAMMY
GABRIEL'S DEATH, IN THE SAME
LOCATION.>> Reporter: ONE MONTH
AFTER THE KIDS VANISHED, CHAD
DAYBELL'S EX-WIFE DIED IN THE
VERY HOUSE WHERE THE BODIES
WERE FOUND.
WERE FOUND. IS ONE PART OF A WEB OF DEATH
SURROUNDING THIS CASE INCLUDING
LORI'S HUSBAND CHARLES, AND HER
BROTHER, AND NOW TWO INNOCENT
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. >> WE NOW KNOW MORE THAN WE
KNEW YESTERDAY.
KNEW YESTERDAY. WE WILL KNOW MORE IN A FEW
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> Reporter: RICH ROBERTSON
SAYS ONE THING TO KEEP AN EYE
ON IS ALEX COX.
HE IS LORI VALLOW'S BROTHER,
ACCUSED OF KILLING CHARLES LAST
YEAR, BEFORE HE DIED HIMSELF IN
DECEMBER.
DECEMBER.
DECEMBER. YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS COURT
CASE, WE COULD SEE BLAME PLACED