IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: Cult mom Lori Vallow Daybell has been found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband's first wife and has also been found guilty of conspiracy in their deaths. After a deliberation of just seven hours in the Idaho courtroom, the jury reached the verdict on Friday, May 12.
Following the tense six-week trial, Vallow has also been found guilty of multiple charges of grand theft by deception and grand theft. While the jury deliberated, she was seen smiling and chatting with her lawyer. However, after the verdict was read, the defense attorneys hung their heads and the murderous woman appeared with no expression, reported New York Post.
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'Doomsday' mom was driven by 'money, power, and sex'
Vallow who killed her son Joshua 'J.J' Vallow and her 16-year-old Tylee Ryan in September 2019 was described as someone who was driven by "money, power, and sex," according to the prosecutors. In June 2020, her children's remains were discovered in shallow graves found at her fifth husband and doomsday author Chad Daybell's property.
The 'doomsday' mother has also been accused of plotting with Chad to murder his ex-wife Tammy Daybell. She died on October 19, 2019, at their home in Salem, and days after her funeral, Lori and Chad flew to Hawaii where they lived for weeks and were married. In January 2020, authorities then tracked down the couple. Within days of Tammy’s funeral, the couple decamped to Hawaii, where they were married and lived for several weeks before authorities tracked them down in January.
Lori and Chad planned to 'cause pain' to the children
Telling jurors that the wannabe cultist mom repeatedly lied about Tylee's and 'JJ's whereabouts, Madison County prosecutor Rob Wood said that she missed a deadline appointed by the court in order to produce the children safely.
The convict murdered her children to start a new life with Chad.
Text messages between the couple that was read in the courtroom about their plan to "cause pain" to both the young children and her older son. "She wanted to be with Chad. They were obviously having an affair … But there was no plan by Lori to kill her kids," defense attorney Jim Archibald told the court.
Lori, who would be remanded to custody, has not been handed down the death penalty as new evidence found in the case was too late to be presented at the six-day trial and is currently awaiting her sentencing.
