Chad Daybell’s children speak out in his defense | Forensic Files

after months of searching the bodies of seven-year-old JJ valo and 16 year old Tyler Ryan were found on this property
near Rexburg Idaho it's hard to even comprehend it's a nightmare for me every single day to even think about lives
with so much potential and goodness and they're gone they're ended for Chad dabel's children the murders of
JJ and Tyler is only one piece of this tragedy they claim their family had been ripped apart by this woman their
stepmother none of this would have happened if Lori valo had never come into my family's
life when their father married Lori valo in Hawaii weeks after his wife Tammy died it stunned his children
the day Bell siblings say they didn't know anything about their new stepmother including the fact that she had two
children [Music] I first heard of her children when a detective came to my work and asked me
about them I had never heard of them before that point so even after your father Weds Lori you didn't know that
there were two kids in the picture at that point I did not but when investigators found the bodies
of the missing children on the devil property after months of searching his children believed he was innocent
when the bodies were found in your father's backyard after your father was unable to answer the simple question of
where are the children was that a moment where you questioned your father's innocence not my father
it goes back to what we know about him as a man as our father for them it was Unthinkable that he would take the lives
of two innocent children the siblings also say the fact that the remains were found in Shallow Graves
points fingers away from their father the reason Chad dabel had once been a professional gravedigger
he knew how to dig Graves and that just doesn't sound believable to me I do know that if he were to
commit a crime he wouldn't be foolish enough to put the evidence in his own backyard
how is it possible two children are found buried in your father's backyard and he had nothing to do with it he was
framed [Music]

Chad Daybell’s children speak out together in defense of their father — telling us the onetime professional gravedigger was framed.

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Brief Summary

Chad Daybell's children defend their father's innocence in the case of JJ Vallow and Tyler Ryan's tragic deaths.

Key points

The Discovery of JJ and Tyler. After months of searching, the bodies of JJ Valo and Tyler Ryan were found.
Family Tragedy Unfolds. Chad Dabel's children grapple with the impact of their stepmother Lori Valo.

Episode highlights

Family Tragedy UnfoldsChad Dabel's children grapple with the impact of their stepmother Lori Valo.“None of this would have happened if Lori Valo had never come into my family's life.”0:32Jul 23, 2022

Episode quotes

It's hard to even comprehend; it's a nightmare for me every single day.

Reflecting on the tragedy of JJ and Tyler's deaths.

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