Chad DaybellDennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island via AP, Pool, File
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The husband of doomsday-obsessed mom Lori Vallow was arrested Tuesday — just hours after a search warrant was executed at his Idaho home — amid the hunt for Vallow’s long-missing children, according to reports.
Witnesses saw Chad Daybell, dressed in a baseball cap, gray shirt and blue jeans, being taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. about a mile south of his Rexburg property, East Idaho News reported.
Daybell was pulled over by the police and when he got out of his silver SUV, he was placed in handcuffs, the outlet reported, citing multiple witnesses and photos.
Fremont County sheriff’s deputies confirmed a search warrant for Daybell’s home was granted as part of their investigation into the mysterious disappearances of Vallow’s children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, KUTV reported earlier Tuesday.
Daybell and Vallow have been under police scrutiny since November, when investigators learned the two kids hadn’t been seen since September.
Police claim both Daybell and Vallow lied about the kids’ whereabouts and went to Hawaii without them.