Chad Daybell sentenced to death for triple murder of his family

(IDAHO) — An Idaho jury has sentenced Chad Daybell to death, the man who was convicted this week for the 2019 murders of his first wife and his second wife's two children.

Daybell showed no emotion as the judge read the jury's verdict.

It took the jury two days to make its decision.

On Thursday, the jury found him guilty of all counts in what prosecutors called a conspiracy to seek “money, power and sex.”

Daybell, 55, was charged with murder and conspiracy in the deaths of the two children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, as well as his ex-wife of nearly 30 years, Tamara “Tammy” Daybell, 49 years old. , with whom he had five children. She died at their home on October 19, 2019, with the cause of death determined to be asphyxiation, according to investigators.

Prosecutors said Daybell, the author of books about the apocalypse, promoted spiritual beliefs to justify the killings and claimed all three were possessed and “marked” them for death so that he and his new baby friend Lori Vallow can be together “without earthly hindrances”. parents, earthly obstacles.

Daybell and Vallow were married in Hawaii two weeks after the murders, according to prosecutors.

Daybell's guilty verdict came more than a year after Vallow was also convicted of murdering her two youngest children. She was sentenced to life in prison.

This is a developing story. Please check again for updates.

ABC News' Meredith Deliso contributed to this report.