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Lori Vallow Daybell in appeal over killings of 2 of her children, romantic rival

Lori Vallow Daybell in appeal over killings of 2 of her children, romantic rival

Summary

The Idaho Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Lori Vallow Daybell’s appeal of her convictions for the deaths of her two children and conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell. Her lawyer argues that the trial court denied her a speedy trial, improperly rejected her choice of attorney and wrongly allowed jurors to hear about other shootings.

Key Facts

  • Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, went missing in 2019; their bodies were later found buried on Chad Daybell’s property in rural Idaho.
  • Lori Vallow Daybell received three life sentences in Idaho.
  • Chad Daybell was sentenced to death for the three killings.
  • Vallow Daybell’s appeal challenges the trial court’s decisions on her trial timing, attorney and evidence about shootings in Arizona.
  • Vallow Daybell was separately convicted in Arizona of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, and her niece’s ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux.
  • Charles Vallow was fatally shot in July 2019 by Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox; Boudreaux survived a later shooting.
  • Vallow Daybell has also appealed her Arizona convictions.
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