Opening statements in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell for her role in the murders of her children and her husband’s first wife are now expected to begin Monday morning at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho. Vallow Daybell is charged with murder and conspiracy in the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
In lengthy motions filed with an Idaho court on Tuesday, Chad Daybell’s attorney asked for a delay in the start of his murder and conspiracy to commit murder trial and asked that his trial be severed from that of his co-defendant — wife Lori Vallow Daybell. Daybell and Vallow Daybell have been charged in the …
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.
Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell go on trial in January on charges related to the murders of Chad’s wife Tammy Daybell and Lori’s children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. But before they go before a judge and jury, a three-part Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” airs beginning next week — leading some to wonder …
A coalition of 33 news organizations filed a request Thursday urging an Idaho judge to reject a motion to ban cameras from the courtroom during the upcoming trial of “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, are charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death’s of Vallow …
A three-part documentary premiering on Netflix next month attempts to understand how cult mom Lori Vallow went from loving wife and mother to suspect in the murders of two of her children. The dramatic trailer for “Sins of Our Mother” opens with another of Vallow’s children, Colby Ryan, on the phone with his mother while …
