Chad Daybell sentenced to death in triple murder trial
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Prosecutors pushed for the death penalty -- and the same jurors who found Daybell guilty were tasked with deciding if his crimes meet the state's legal threshold for capital punishment. After deliberation, the court announced the death penalty sentencing Saturday morning.
Under
The jury must find at least one of the circumstances exists beyond a reasonable doubt.
The bizarre and complex case began in
Vallow Daybell, her kids JJ and Tylee, and Cox subsequently moved to eastern
In
Nearly a year after the children went missing, their remains were found buried on
Prosecutors called dozens of witnesses to bolster their claims that
Prosecutors say the couple justified the killings by creating an apocalyptic belief system that people could be possessed by evil spirits and turned into "zombies," and that the only way to save a possessed person's soul was for the possessed body to die.
With these elements, Daybell followed a pattern for each of those who were killed, Blake said.
"They would be labeled as 'dark' by
Daybell's defense attorney,
Prior said police looked only for things they could use against Daybell rather than the actual facts of the case — and he claimed that the children's late uncle, Cox, committed the crimes.
He noted that Cox had previously killed JJ Vallow's father in
Prior said that Vallow Daybell was only motivated by money and that she was conspiring with Cox to kill Daybell, who was lined up to be her next victim.
Last year, Vallow Daybell was convicted of murdering her two children and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosectutors didn't seek the death penalty in her case.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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