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Final jury selection made in Chad Daybell trial

A jury has been picked for the Chad Daybell murder trial, being whittled down from a pool of 50 people to 12 jurors and six alternates.

Broadcast on:: 09 Apr 2024

Chad Daybell, left, sits with his defense attorney John Prior during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.(Joan Roark / Pool/Associated Press)

A jury has been picked for the Chad Daybell murder trial.

The pool of 50 people was whittled down to 12 jurors and six alternates who will sit through the two-month death penalty trial for the man accused of killing his ex-wife, Tammy, as well as 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan.

Nate Eaton, News Director at EastIdahoNews.com, joined Idaho Matters for an update.