Idaho investigators have discovered human remains at a home belonging to the husband of “cult mom” Lori Vallow and police took him into custody, according to reports Tuesday.
#BREAKING: @EastIDNews reporting Chad Daybell has been taken into custody by law enforcement. Witnesses told them they saw police pull Daybell in his SUV, place him in handcuffs, and put him in a police car about a mile south from his home. @abc4utah pic.twitter.com/lfU0sJHSlr
— Rosie Nguyen (@ABC4Rosie) June 9, 2020
Rexburg Assistant Chief Gary Hagen announced the discovery of the unidentified human remains at the address of Chad Daybell’s home in Salem, KIFI-TV reported.
JUST IN: Chad Daybell’s mugshot pic.twitter.com/jERCnuutiH
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) June 10, 2020
Chad Daybell is the man who married “cult mom” Lori Vallow after her two children disappeared and his late wife died under suspicious circumstances. Daybell became the husband of Lori Vallow, 46, in November 2019, a month after his previous wife died at home. A month earlier, Vallow’s two children had disappeared and were reported missing by their grandparents.
The last known sighting of the two ‘missing’ children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, was last seen Sept. 8 at Yellowstone National Park. JJ was last seen a few days later near his home.
In February, Vallow was arrested on child abandonment charges in Hawaii, where she was living with Daybell. She remains locked up in Idaho on $1 million bail.
Vallow’s family has accused her of being part of a cult with Daybell, the author of more than a dozen self-published doomsday novels.
Ariel images show law enforcement in the backyard of Daybell’s home, digging in one particular spot.
I just witnessed a backhoe arrive at the home of Chad Daybell where they are searching. He was taken into custody at around noon a mile from his home. #WhereAreTheKids? pic.twitter.com/s3jN0NtMgr
— Eric Grossarth (@ericgrossarth) June 9, 2020