Who is Lori Vallow Daybell? What to know about the ‘Doomsday Cult Mom’
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On March 31, convicted child-killer Lori Vallow Daybell will stand trial in Maricopa County Superior Court for allegedly murdering her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. Dubbed the “Doomsday Cult Mom” for her bizarre religious beliefs, the former Chandler resident plans to represent herself in what’s expected to be a four-week trial before Judge Justin Beresky.
The 51-year-old Vallow Daybell also faces a murder charge in the attempted slaying of Gilbert resident Brandon Boudreaux, the estranged husband of Vallow Daybell’s niece. That count is being tried separately, with the second trial tentatively scheduled to begin May 30.
Here’s what’s to know about Vallow Daybell’s infamous crimes, the charges against her and the unhinged theology she has used to justify her killings.
A one-time hairdresser and former Mrs. Texas contestant who once appeared on “Wheel of Fortune,” Vallow Daybell is currently serving three consecutive life sentences for her involvement in three 2019 murders. Two of those killings were of her own children, 7-year-old Joshua Jason “J.J.” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. The third person murdered was Tammy Daybell, the 49-year-old wife of cult leader and apocalyptic author Chad Daybell. He and Vallow Daybell married shortly after Tammy was laid to rest. The 56-year-old Daybell is on death row in Idaho after having been convicted in a separate trial of three counts of first-degree murder for the slayings of the two children and his wife.
J.J. and Tylee went missing in Idaho in September 2019. Two months later, their grandparents prompted the police to snoop around. Already married, Daybell and Vallow Daybell fled to Hawaii and refused to cooperate with Idaho cops in finding her missing kids. While living on the island of Kauai, the couple was dogged by reporters asking them if the children were alive. Both declined to answer.
In February 2020, Vallow Daybell was arrested and extradited back to Idaho on two felony counts of child abandonment.
The bodies of her two children were discovered in June, buried in the backyard of Daybell’s home near Rexburg, Idaho. Wearing the same red pajamas seen in the last photo of him alive, J.J.’s head was covered with a white plastic bag with his mouth, hands and ankles bound with duct tape. During Vallow Daybell’s 2023 trial, forensic pathologist Dr. Garth Warren testified that toxicology results for J.J. showed trace amounts of alcohol and GHB, the date-rape drug. Cause of death: asphyxiation.
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