Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Part 1 Lori
1 The Cheerleader 7
2 "A Psychological Hornet's Nest" 14
3 Joe Ryan 20
4 A Ticking Time Bomb 25
5 Charles Vallow 30
6 "I'm Going to Kill You" 37
7 Settling Down 43
8 J.J. 50
9 Kauai 55
10 "The World's a Better Place Without Joe Ryan" 62
11 "I Was Going to Murder Him" 69
Part 2 Chad Daybell
12 Leaping Into Eternity 75
13 A Cemetery Courtship 82
14 Spring Creek Publishing 87
15 A Fork in the Road 97
16 Rexburg 101
17 The Owl Necklace 107
Part 3 Gasoline and Fire
18 "If Chad Is Satan, He Sure Is a Good One" 113
19 Nick Schneider 122
20 "I Love Her to Death" 126
21 "I Don't See You Being a Danger" 133
22 Hiding Out in Kauai 142
23 A Death Warrant 150
24 Something's Wrong 158
25 "I Have Some Very Sad News" 166
26 Moving to Rexburg 172
27 "Fun Times!" 180
28 J.J. Was Being a Zombie 186
29 "Something Really Weird Just Happened" 190
30 "My Beautiful, Talented Wife Tammy Passed Away" 195
31 A Beach Wedding 203
32 I'm a Good Person" 208
33 No Task Would Be Too Difficult for Alex 215
34 "He Is Safe and Happy" 222
35 Falling Apart 227
36 Going Public 231
37 Where Are the Children? 234
Part 4 End-Times
38 The Arrest 243
39 "Frankly Heartbreaking" 248
40 Human Remains 257
41 The End-Times fail to Materialize 266
42 "Sucked Into the Vortex of This Man" 281
Epilogue 285
Acknowledgments 291