Chad Guy Daybell, born on August 11, 1968, in Provo, Utah, is an author whose works have garnered significant attention, particularly in light of his personal life and legal entanglements. After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1992 with a B.A. in journalism, Daybell worked as a cemetery sexton.
He married Tamara "Tammy" Douglas in Manti, Utah on March 9, 1990, and together they established Spring Creek Book Company in 2004, with Tammy as the graphic artist and manager. Chad and Tammy had 5 children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. In 2015, Chad Daybell allegedly twice heard a voice telling him to relocate to Rexburg, Idaho; he and Tammy moved there from Springville, Utah that June. Tamara passed away on October 20, 2019. Chad Daybell married Lori Vallow on November 5, 2019 in Hawaii.
Spring Creek Book Company
Chad Daybell founded Spring Creek Books with his wife Tammy Daybell. The company specialized in end-of-days publications, reflecting Daybell's interest in apocalyptic scenarios and near-death experiences.
Daybell's autobiography is selling for $14.81 on Amazon. "An Errand for Emma" features a "slightly fictionalized" family history, according to a post from Daywell.
Themes in Daybell's Writings
Daybell's novels echo some scriptures from the Bible and Book of Mormon.
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Chad Daybell wrote that he believes their five children will have a role to play in the second-coming of Jesus Christ. "I’ve had many sacred moments in my life that will never be shared publicly.
According to Chad Daybell’s autobiography: “The most common question I receive is, ‘What parts of your books are based on what you’ve seen in vision, and what part did you make up?’ The short answer is that I don’t fictionalize any of the events portrayed. I’m really not that creative… My torn veil allows information to be downloaded into my brain from the other side."
He goes out there, but he doesn’t go that far out,” Bertram said.
“Agents) can look into the psychology of people like this,” Bertram said. “Two books that I’m going to read first?
List of Books by Chad Daybell
- Standing in Holy Places. 4 Volume Set
- An Errand for Emma
- Dreams, Visions and Testimonies, Volume III
- Martial Law (Evading Babylon Series Vol.
Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author.
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Controversies and Legal Issues
Tammy Daybell died in October, two weeks before he married Lori Vallow whose children haven't been seen since September. Media have descended on Rexburg, Idaho where the children were supposed to be presented to a judge by Thursday.
A Madison County prosecutor in Idaho filed a child protection order and Vallow was ordered to hand over her kids - 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old JJ Vallow - to the state on Thursday.
Vallow's late husband, Charles Vallow, was shot dead by her brother in July. JJ's biological grandmother Kay Woodcock, who is also Charles Vallow's sister, told reporters on Thursday that it was after Lori Vallow became interested in Daybell after reading his novels.
Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow were last seen in Hawaii on Saturday.
Lori Vallow is also a widow. Her brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed Lori Vallow’s husband Charles Vallow last July in Chandler, Arizona. Alex Cox said the shooting was in self defense.
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Alex Cox died in December at his home in Gilbert, Arizona.
Investigators are also looking into the sudden death of Chad Daybell’s wife, Tammy Daybell, who died on October 19 at the age of 49.
Daybell was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Tammy Daybell, his late wife, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, his current wife's two children. On May 30, 2024, Chad was found guilty of all charges related to the deaths of his first wife and of Lori's children.
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