The former gravedigger was found guilty of three counts of murder and was now given the death penalty. On Saturday, an Idaho jury found unanimously that the death penalty would be a fair way to end the case.
Daybell predicted in his book from 2017 that a massive earthquake will herald the end of the world. Five individuals in his life, including two children, had passed just two years later.
A labyrinth of falsehoods and eerie beliefs encircling Daybell and his lover Lori Vallow has emerged over the course of two murder trials. They were both subsequently convicted guilty of killing.
His current second wife, Vallow, is already incarcerated for life.
Prosecutors claimed that Daybell and Vallow saw everybody who got in their way as “dark spirits” or “zombies,” creating an other world that allowed them to justify removing people. His defence team painted a picture of a straightforward writer who fell for a crafty woman’s deception.
Prosecutor Rob Wood said during his trial that “when he had a chance at what he considered his rightful destiny, he made sure that no person and no law would stand in his way.”
With all the talk of zombies and ghosts, what was life like for Daybell’s followers, and why did two kids get up buried in his backyard?
