An Idaho judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Lori Vallow Daybell as the accused “cult mom” stood silently when asked how she pleaded on charges related to the deaths of two of her children and her husband Chad Daybell’s first wife. Vallow appeared Tuesday in court for the first time since she was …
During opening statements on Wednesday, Chad Daybell’s lawyer suggested Lori Vallow Daybell was responsible for the three 2019 slayings, not him. Defense attorney John Prior also implicated Alex Cox — Vallow Daybell’s late brother who fatally shot her husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. Months later, Vallow Daybell’s two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, …
On Monday, the court was shown text messages that suggest Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were in a sexual relationship a week after her husband’s slaying in July 2019 and months before his wife’s murder in October 2019. Chad Daybell wrote to Lori Vallow on July 18, 2019, “Just grab me by the storm and …
A family friend testified on Tuesday that Chad Daybell claimed Tylee Ryan, his stepdaughter, said she did not like him. Daybell allegedly asked Tammy Daybell’s friend, Alice Gilbert, and others to help pay Lori Vallow Daybell’s bond after she was arrested in February 2020 in connection with Tylee and J.J. Vallow’s disappearances in September 2019. …
An associate of Tammy Daybell’s testified Tuesday that Chad Daybell mentioned marrying Lori Vallow Daybell a week after wife Tammy Daybell’s suspicious death in 2019. Alice Gilbert, who lived near the Daybells and worked with Tammy at church, said Tammy seemed fine days before her death and did not mention any health issues. Gilbert said …
On Friday, Idaho prosecutors presented two emails from the jury in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s then-husband contacted Chad Daybell’s current wife about an affair Vallow Daybell and Daybell were having prior to their respective spouses’ slayings in 2019. Daybell’s wife, Tammy Daybell, is believed to have died of asphyxiation (though her death was initially classified …
On Thursday, Idaho prosecutors submitted a phone call in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s husband, Chad Daybell, reportedly gave her brother, Alex Cox, a patriarchial blessing following the 2019 murders of her two children. During the 15-minute recording, Daybell was heard telling Cox that he was a “great warrior” who was “selected to help protect your …
Idaho prosecutors played for the court on Wednesday a jail phone call between Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell which took place the day police officers searched his property for Vallow Daybell’s two missing children. Prosecutor Spencer Rammell submitted into evidence a USB drive containing audio of the phone call made between Vallow Daybell, who …
Vallow Daybell’s trial is still set to begin on April 3. Her husband’s trial may be delayed as long as six months.
Family members of the alleged victims in the murder trial of Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell want District Judge Stephen Boyce to reverse his decision to bar cameras in the courtroom. Attorneys for Vallow Daybell and prosecutors argued in favor of banning the cameras, although Daybell’s attorney did not join them. Boyce made his ruling …
Court documents filed in Idaho on Tuesday revealed that Lori Vallow Daybell will not be using an insanity defense in her upcoming trial even though her lawyers believe she is mentally ill. Arrested in 2020, Vallow Daybell, 49, is accused of killing her two children and her husband’s first wife. According to East Idaho News, …
An Idaho judge on Friday issued a seven-page order granting attorneys’ motion to bar cameras for all future proceedings in the Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell cases. Judge Steven Boyce said audio recordings will continue using microphones provided by court personnel.
