Who was Tammy Daybell, Chad Daybell’s first wife?
- Tammy married Chad in 1990 in the Manti Utah Temple
- Before her death, Tammy Daybell worked as a librarian at Central Elementary School in Idaho
- As per coroner reports, Tammy had died of natural causes
Tammy Daybell was Chad Daybell’s first wife. The couple lived in Rexburg, Idaho, and together had 5 children.
Who to know?
Chad Daybell: the man now married to Vallow, who wrote books about apocalyptic scenarios. Investigators became suspicious of Daybell after he remarried two weeks after his wife, Tammy Daybell, died. [🧵 4/8]
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Chad Daybell was the author of several doomsday-related books which spoke in detail about the world’s end. Although the books were based on fiction, they caught the attention of 44-year-old Lori Vallow.
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Lori Vallow was married to her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. The couple raised two of Lori’s children from her previous marriage- Colby and Tylee Ryan. The couple also adopted JJ Vallow, Charles’ sister’s grandson.
After meeting with Chad, Lori Daybell became a different person. As per reports, she would refer to her children as zombies.
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After her divorce, Lori moved to Idaho with Tylee and JJ to be closer to Chad. Following that, in September 2019, both Tylee and JJ went missing after visiting Yellowstone National Park with Lori and her brother, Alex Cox.
Following this was the suspicious death of Tammy Daybell at her home on 19th October 2019 in Salem, Idaho. As per coroner reports, Tammy had died of natural causes. Chad stated that Tammy was coughing before sleep. The woman was found dead in her sleep.
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Tammy married Chad in 1990 in the Manti Utah Temple. Throughout her life, she worked in the public school system. After teaching computers at the Art City Elementary School in Utah, she became an assistant librarian in Idaho.
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Before her death, Tammy Daybell worked as a librarian at Central Elementary School in Idaho. Tammy’s coworker reported her behavior the day before her death as unusual. As per interviews, Tammy seemed distant, unlike her usual self.
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Lori and Chad married within weeks of Tammy’s death. The missing children and their subsequent discovery in the form of remains in Chad Daybell’s backyard prompted the police to question Tammy’s death.
As a result, Tammy Daybell’s body was exhumed in December 2020. The results of the subsequent autopsy have still not been made public yet. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, besides being charged for the death of Tylee and JJ, are also suspected of murdering Tammy Daybell.
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