Idaho jury to resume deliberations Saturday in sentencing of Chad Daybell, who faces possible death penalty for 3 murders

After delivering a guilty verdict in Chad Daybell’s triple murder trial, an Idaho jury will continue deliberations Saturday morning to determine whether he will face the death penalty for killing his first wife and two of his second wife’s children.

After delivering a guilty verdict in Chad Daybell’s triple murder trial, an Idaho jury will continue deliberations Saturday morning to determine whether he will face the death penalty for killing his first wife and two of his second wife’s children. 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 claim was fueled by power, sex, money and apocalyptic spiritual beliefs. Jurors began deliberating his fate Friday afternoon and mulled the case for six hours before going home for the night. Jurors will continue deliberations Saturday at 9 a.m. MT, according to the Ada County Courthouse. Jurors heard contrasting portraits of the man from lawyers before beginning deliberations. In his opening statement to the jury on Friday, prosecutor Rob Wood asked them to consider aggravating factors that would make Daybell eligible for the death penalty. First, the three murders, he said, were committed for remuneration. Daybell was also convicted of insurance fraud stemming from life insurance policies that allegedly paid him money after his first wife’s death. His second wife, as well as Daybell, also were convicted of grand theft because she continued to draw Social Security benefits for her children after their deaths.