Chad Daybell's Trial: Prosecutors Allege Desire for Power Led to Tragic Deaths

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Prosecutors in Chad Daybell's triple-murder trial described him as driven by "sex, money, and power," and accused him of dehumanizing those who opposed him as "zombies" and "dark spirits." Daybell and his wife, Lori Vallow, are charged in connection with the deaths of Daybell's ex-wife and Vallow's children. The trial is expected to last 10 weeks, and prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. The couple's alleged obsession with apocalyptic beliefs is believed to have motivated the murders, according to prosecutors.
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