After two days of jury selection, attorneys in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell have 30 potential jurors of 42 they need to begin a deeper examination, ultimately winnowing the number down to 18: 12 jurors and six alternates. Vallow Daybell is on trial for murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of …
Jury selection begins Monday in what is sure to be one of the more interesting trials of the year — Lori Vallow Daybell, the so-called “Cult Mom” accused of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of two of her children and her husband’s first wife. Husband Chad Daybell is charged with the …
Cult mom Lori Vallow has pled not guilty to charges that she killed two of her children, JJ and Tylee. Now, Vallow says she can prove it. She has an alibi. Lori Vallow says that her 7-year-old and her 16-year-old were killed while they were at her late brother’s apartment. Vallow’s trial is set to get …
An Idaho judge has taken the death penalty off the table for Lori Vallow Daybell. District Judge Steven Boyce made the ruling during a hearing on Tuesday. Vallow Daybell has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of two of her children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
Vallow Daybell’s trial is still set to begin on April 3. Her husband’s trial may be delayed as long as six months.
“Cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell wants murder and conspiracy charges against her dismissed, claiming the court has violated her right to a speedy trial by holding her behind bars for more than 1,000 days. Vallow Daybell was arrested in February 2020 in Hawaii and then indicted in May 2021 before being arraigned in April 2022. …
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 …
Motions filed in the past week stated that Lori Vallow Daybell is claiming she was in her home, possibly with her husband, when her two children died in her brother’s apartment in 2019. According to East Idaho News, Vallow Daybell, 49, said she was with Melanie Gibb, David Warwick or Chad Daybell when her son …
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, …
On Tuesday, an Idaho judge found Lori Vallow Daybell fit to stand trial for murdering her two children and her husband’s first wife. This is the second time Vallow Daybell, 49, has been deemed competent to stand trial. East Idaho News reported that District Judge Steven Boyce’s latest decision lifts an October 6 ruling which …
An attorney for Chad Daybell signaled this week that he may be seeking to blame Lori Vallow Daybell for the murders the couple is accused of, telling a judge that Daybell’s “version of the facts will differ greatly” from his wife’s during a hearing on his motion to split their trials in two. Daybell and …
The Idaho judge in charge of the murder and conspiracy cases against Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell suspended Vallow Daybell’s case on Thursday over new concerns about her “competency to stand trial.” The case was previously paused in June 2021 when Vallow Daybell was declared incompetent. She was sent to a state facility and deemed …
