Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell appeared separately in court his week, Daybell on Thursday in Idaho and Vallow Daybell on Wednesday in Arizona, for hearings on their upcoming murder trials in those states. Vallow Daybell, who was convicted last year in Idaho and sentenced to three life sentences on the murders of two of …
Lori Vallow Daybell has a new trial date in Arizona. The so-called “Cult Mom,” already serving three life sentences for the deaths of two of her children and her fifth husband’s first wife, will now stand trial beginning on August 1 on conspiracy charges in the death of her fourth husband and the attempted murder …
The judge overseeing Chad Daybell’s murder trial has denied his attorney’s motion to withdraw from the case, apparently agreeing with prosecutors that the motion was an attempt to delay a trial that has been in preparation since 2021. John Prior, who has been Daybell’s sole attorney since he was arrested for the murders of his …
Chad Daybell’s attorney has filed a motion to withdraw from his case and requested that the accused murderer be appointed two public defenders qualified to work the death penalty case. John Prior wrote in his motion that his client had confirmed that he cannot pay for his services and that he is withdrawing with Daybell’s …
An Arizona judge has deemed “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell’s case “complex,” allowing prosecutors and defense attorneys more time to gather evidence and delaying its previously scheduled April start date. Vallow Daybell has already been convicted in Idaho in the murders of two of her children and her fifth husband’s first wife and was extradited …
The judge also released the body of victim Tylee Ryan to her family.
The judge overseeing the case of Chad Daybell this week denied the state’s motion to reconsider his earlier decision to move the trial hours away from Fremont County to Ada County. Judge Steven Boyce made that decision earlier this year, when Daybell’s case was still tied to that of his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, as …
Lori Vallow Daybell is set to appear in court in Arizona on Thursday to be arraigned on two murder charge relating to the shooting death of her fourth husband and an attempt on the life of her niece’s ex-husband. Vallow Daybell faces conspiracy charges in both crimes, which were carried out by her brother, Alex …
Lori Vallow Daybell has been extradited to Arizona and booked on conspiracy to murder charges in Maricopa Counta. The Wednesday night extradition came as a bit of a surprise, as Maricopa County officials had previously said it would likely not take place until the so-called cult mom’s appeal on her Idaho murder convictions made its …
The murder trial of Chad Daybell will be broadcast live by the court, an Idaho judge ruled Wednesday. Daybell is charged with murder and conspiracy to murder in the death of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and two of his second wife’s children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and JJ Vallow, 7. Lori Vallow Daybell was tried …
Chad Daybell’s attorney accused prosecutors of “grand standing” and “forum shopping” in their request last week that Judge Stephen Boyce reconsider his change of venue order, made when Daybell’s murder trial was still attached to his wife’s. Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial was severed from Daybell’s because Daybell waived his right to a speedy trial, while …
The state also argued against broadcast or recording of court proceedings.
