Volunteers talk about demolishing Chad Daybell home, make way for memorial space
Sep 21, 2024, 9:00 AM
Demolition workers watching the Daybell home being torn down. (KSL TV)
(KSL TV)
SALEM, Idaho — The former home of Chad Daybell, the man sentenced to death in the murders of his wife and two step-children, was demolished Friday.
According to Rusty Taylor, owner of Taylor Excavation, several contractors volunteered to raze the home to the ground and its surrounding structures, including a tree significant to JJ Vallow’s burial place. Taylor said about 80 man-hours were donated to the effort.
“We had mixed feelings about doing it, but we weighed out the pros and the cons. It was pretty much a no-brainer to get it done because I think what is going to be here in the future is going to be a good thing,” said Taylor. “It’s a whole different deal. Everybody knew what they needed to do and just did it.”
The Fremont County home, which was owned by Chad Daybell’s attorney, John Prior, was recently purchased by a local Idaho couple. The couple started a non-profit, SJ Healing Crossroads, with the intent of turning the property into a memorial site in honor of the victims.
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“There is a feeling of somberness with this. It comes up because we watched it all happen throughout everything, and now we’re here, not that it’s going to erase the things that happened, but hopefully it will smooth some things out for some people,” said Justin Tupper of Tupper Excavation.
