![Chad Daybell listens during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Monday, August 3, 2020. The preliminary hearing will help a judge decide if the charges against Chad Daybell will move forward in state court. Daybell, 52, is charged with concealing evidence by destroying or hiding the bodies of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan at his home. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/Missing_Kids_Idaho_37094.jpg-81e02_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Chad Daybell listens during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Monday, August 3, 2020. The preliminary hearing will help a judge decide if the charges against Chad Daybell will move forward in state court. Daybell, 52, is charged with concealing evidence by destroying or hiding the bodies of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan at his home. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool)
August 4, 2020
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August 4, 2020 9:53 a.m.
Court hearing held in notorious case of children's deaths
A detective Monday described in excruciating details how investigators unearthed the remains of two children who had been missing for months while searching the rural Idaho property of a man charged with concealing evidence