- Chad Daybell once described himself and Lori Vallow as having "no kids" while they were missing.
- They were applying for housing in Hawaii, where they married despite the disappearance of her kids.
BOISE, Idaho — Chad Daybell described himself and his wife, Lori Vallow, as a "clean couple" with "no kids" on a rental application for housing in Hawaii while her children, who were later found dead, were missing.
"Clean couple, no pets, no kids," the application read, according to FBI Special Agent Mike Douglass, who testified in an Idaho courtroom Wednesday during the second week of Vallow's trial.
Daybell and Vallow have been charged with the murder of two of Vallow's children — Tylee Ryan and Joshua "J.J." Vallow — along with Daybell's ex-wife, Tamara "Tammy" Daybell.
Vallow is currently on trial on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in these cases. Daybell will be tried for his crimes separately. They have both pleaded not guilty.
At Wednesday's court appearance, multiple witnesses spoke about Vallow's conspicuous financial situation in 2019 and leading up to the disappearance of her two kids, whose bodies were found in June 2020, suggesting another potential motive: Money.
Douglass, the FBI agent who testified, said Vallow attempted to impersonate Tylee after her death and sent money from her daughter Tylee's account to her oldest son from an earlier marriage, Colby Ryan.
Douglass said one late 2019 Venmo payment was captioned "birthday gift." Douglass said Colby bought a lightsaber with the money.
Rexburg Police Officer Chuck Kunsaitis also testified that in August 2019, just before Tammy Daybell's murder, Vallow attempted to buy matching, glow-in-the-dark, malachite-inlay titanium rings from Etsy. But her credit card was declined.
"They appeared to be wedding rings," he said.
Douglass told the jury that Vallow rerouted Social Security payments meant for each of her children to her own bank account just before the date police believe they died.
The couple, who were both doomsday preppers, have been connected to a number of deaths, including Vallow's previous husband and her brother, along with her kids and his ex-wife. Vallow has also been charged with murder in Arizona for allegedly killing her fourth husband and is awaiting trial in that case.