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Idaho judge sets 2024 trial date for Chad Daybell
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ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — A trial date has been set for Chad Daybell to face multiple charges in the deaths of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell.
It is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on April 1, 2024, and will run through May 31, according to a notice filed by District Judge Steven Boyce Friday. The trial will take place in Ada County as Boyce granted a change of venue motion filed by John Prior, Daybell’s attorney, last year.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors must turn over all discovery by Feb. 1. A pre-trial conference will be held Feb. 22 in the Fremont County Courthouse and witness and exhibit lists, along with proposed jury instructions, are due March 11.
Daybell and his wife Lori Vallow Daybell were indicted by a grand jury in May 2021 on multiple counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of 7-year-old JJ and 16-year-old Tylee — two of Lori Daybell’s kids — and Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell. Chad Daybell is also charged with two counts of insurance fraud in relation to Tammy Daybell’s life insurance policies.
A jury found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all charges last month following a six-week trial. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 31 in Fremont County. She also faces conspiracy to commit murder charges in Arizona for the deaths of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and her former nephew, Brandon Boudreaux.
Chad Daybell remains in the Fremont County Jail. Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty in his case. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.