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Lori Vallow Daybell, woman who conspired to kill her 2 children, can be tried in the death of her estranged husband

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A woman convicted of conspiring to kill her two youngest children and another woman was found competent on Thursday to stand trial on additional charges. Two court-appointed doctors in Arizona deemed Lori Vallow Daybell fit to face charges of conspiring to…[Continue Reading...]

Victim who was ‘given to’ Samuel Bateman when she was 14 says she was stripped of her identity, family relationships

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Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Bateman was installed as the "prophet" after Jeffs issued an edict voiding existing marriages and prohibiting new ones until he…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona woman sentenced in FLDS child exploitation case

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Naomi Bistline was sentenced Monday in a Phoenix federal courtroom in connection with the exploitation of girls by a self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bistline, 26, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to…[Continue Reading...]

Judge denies Lori Vallow’s request to withdraw from mental evaluation

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PHOENIX, Arizona (KIFI) – An Arizona judge has ordered Lori Vallow Daybell to finish her mental competency evaluation. Lori Vallow's defense had moved to withdraw from the mental evaluation request on November 14, claiming that Vallow had no record of…[Continue Reading...]

Another Arizona woman imprisoned for role in polygamist child sex abuse ring

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PHOENIX (CN) — A sixth spiritual wife of an Arizona religious leader who sexually abused 10 underage girls in the name of God was sentenced to prison Wednesday afternoon. Leilani Barlow, who admitted to marrying her underage daughter off to…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell’s New Attorneys Now File to Withdraw Request for Competency Hearing, Say They Need More Time

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Nearly 10 days after an Arizona judge granted Lori Vallow Daybell’s motion for a mental competency exam — and pushed back the start of her trial to accommodate it — Vallow Daybell’s lawsyers have now asked to withdraw that request.…[Continue Reading...]

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