In a surprise move, Chad Daybell said Friday he won't be presenting mitigating evidence to show why he should not receive the death penalty during the penalty phase of his murder trial.

Tears, falling down cheeks silently or through audible sobs, filled the courtroom where Chad Daybell's sentencing process began.

A day after finding Chad Daybell guilty in the murders of his first wife and two of his stepchildren, a Utah jury on Friday returned to deliberations to decide whether to sentence him to death. The jurors heard emotional statements from family members of all three victims and closing arguments from the prosecution and defense

Daybell was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his second wife’s children – 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow – in a case prosecutors ...

Chad Daybell was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the 2019 killings of Joshua "J.J." Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell

Chad Daybell could face the death penalty after being found guilty of the murders of his late wife and two stepchildren.

The verdict concludes Daybell’s trial in Idaho in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and his current wife Lori Vallow’s two children, Joshua and Tylee.

Chad Daybell was convicted in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his second wife Lori Vallow's children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan.