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Chad Daybell trying to con people with death row letters: Sheriff | Banfield

2025-09-16 News & Politics
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Chad Daybell Communicates from Death Row Amidst Murder Conviction

Analyze the shifting narrative of convicted murderer Chad Daybell as he publishes letters from his maximum security cell. Learn how his current messaging contrasts directly with the evidence presented during his successful triple murder trial.

Short Summary

  • Daybell maintains innocence in letters published on a website managed by his daughter, Emma.
  • He claims media portrayals are unrecognizable and expresses sorrow for the victims while vowing appeals will reveal the complete story.
  • Law enforcement officials, including Sheriff Ron Ball, express astonishment at Daybell’s audacity in rewriting history from prison.
  • Daybell details his daily schedule, book reviews, and musical tastes, completely omitting references to Lori Vallow Daybell.

This segment analyzes the initial five letters Chad Daybell released from Idaho's maximum security prison. Host Ashleigh Banfield discusses these writings with Sheriff Ron Ball, focusing on Daybell’s denials of guilt, his presentation of Tammy Daybell’s death as natural causes, and the ongoing implications for the case victims. Understand why investigators find his current communication strategy calculated rather than remorseful.

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Ron Ball, Madison County, Idaho, sheriff, tells "Banfield" that Chad Daybell's letters from death row have an interesting dynamic to them now as opposed to all the evidence presented against him during his triple murder trial. #chaddaybell #deathrow #letters Ashleigh Banfield is *the* definitive authority on the nation’s biggest true crime stories. A veteran award-winning journalist, Ashleigh brings a sharp focus to the crime stories gripping America, distilling facts and analyzing context in a way which captures viewers’ interests and imaginations. No one knows the prosecution and the defendants’ cases better than BANFIELD, all the while keeping the victim at the heart of every story we tell – just another reason NewsNation is truly News for All Americans. Weeknights at 10p/9C. #Banfield NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on cable: https://trib.al/YDOpGyG How to watch on TV or streaming: https://trib.al/Vu0Ikij

Top Comments (10)

@jq4444 2025-09-16

Emma should be charged with perjury - she blatantly lied about Tammy.

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@susanrosales7669 2025-09-16

We need a law that would not allow Death Row inmates to put letters out like this to be published on a website. As the Sheriff stated, it is revictimizing the victims again. Shame on his daughter for helping her father do this.

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@kindness12345 2025-09-16

He shouldn’t be allowed to use the internet to post his garbage!

137 2 replies
@msmandy403 2025-09-17

his daughter emma should be held accountable with such nonsense

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@tonifitz6831 2025-09-16

Chad didnt know the kids were in his garden, yet he says hes not coming home. Drives off when he sees the cops found something. He also says to Emma there is nothing in the house.. Chad thinks ppl believe him.. Emma is such a weirdo. Would you allow Emma or Garth to teach your children? No personality, brainwashed, cover for a murderer. Side with the man who murdered their own mum and 2 innocent kids..

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@AngelMom12 2025-09-17

Him being allowed to have these letters made public is harassing the families 💔 Him being allowed this is appalling and sickening! 🤬

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@kindness12345 2025-09-16

Chad, you left out your a “convicted murderer”

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@NeverForgetIlluminated 2025-09-16

“If you’re arguing or explaining ~ you’re losing Chad!”

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@Susieq0408 2025-09-16

I don’t understand how that’s legal for him to do?

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@greenhouse-e1b 2025-09-17

She should get in huge trouble for giving this serial killer a voice or platform

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