![]() ![]() "Again, she's cloaked in the veil of innocence, but the reality is the prosecution had a solid case that the defense failed to even try to poke holes in."Ī jury holds Lori Vallow Daybell's fate Jury begins deliberating if Idaho 'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow Daybell killed her kids It gave the jury no other option," Delatorre said Friday. "The defense had a chance, not a very good one. He’s, unfortunately, being led by the storm – not the first guy to be led by the storm," Archibald told jurors Thursday during his closing argument.īut the prosecution's evidence didn't give the Vallow Daybell's defense, who did not call a single witness to testify, a leg to stand on, said John Delatorre, a forensic and disaster psychologist who has been following the case since its inception. "She thinks Chad is following Jesus but he’s not. She’s following Chad," said Archibald, East Idaho News reported. ![]() "She so wants to be a leader but she’s not leading anyone. Archibald said his client was a loving, protective mother whose life changed for the worst when she met her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, and fell for the charms and apocalyptic religious beliefs of a would-be cult leader.ĭaybell told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a "sexual goddess" who was going to help him save the world by gathering 144,000 followers so Jesus could return, Archibald said. Vallow Daybell's defense attorney Jim Archibald argued that there was no evidence linking his client to the murders. "Lori, it ended." Lori Vallow Daybell's poor defense gave 'jury no other option,' expert believes They say all good things must come to an end," Woodcock said. How much sacrifice they have gone through and most of all, what they have seen in this case, that some they may never unsee."Īsked again what would he say to Vallow Daybell, Woodcock broke out in song: Woodcock also commended law enforcement saying, "We will never know the countless hours that they have put in. "I hope that nobody ever has to go through this, has to see and hear the details of what happened to JJ, to Tylee and to Tammy." "What they went through, what they saw is mindboggling," Woodcock said. ![]() Woodcock thanked and praised the jury for making such a swift decision. "Why Lori? Why Lori? Why Lori?" said Woodcock, tearfully. Outside the courthouse, Larry Woodcock, JJ Vallow's grandfather, gave reporters Friday a glimpse of what he's going to ask Vallow Daybell when he gives his anticipated emotional victim impact statement at her sentencing. Her husband, Chad Daybell, who is being tried separately, could face the death penalty if he's convicted. They also hope to "do right" by giving the kids and Tammy Daybell proper memorial services. She said the family "absolutely" want Vallow Daybell to get a life sentence without parole. "Ok, then I said to myself 'now maybe we can get some more.' And they just kept, coming and coming." "I could barely breathe," Woodcock recalled after the first guilty count was read. Kay Woodcock, JJ Vallow's grandmother, said the family got support from as far away as Tanzania, and was praying for all guilty counts. ![]() Wearing all black inside a Boise courtroom, Vallow Daybell held her hands and slightly looked baffled as she stood between her two defense attorneys as the verdict was being read. Vallow Daybell was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception. "What does justice for these victims require? It requires a conviction on each and every count," Wood added. The trial centered around a theme " Money, power, and sex,” prosecuting attorney Rob Wood said, urging the jury to convict Lori Vallow Daybell in the deaths of her children, and her fifth husband’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell wanted the victims' money, using sex and power to manipulate her brother and a lover-turned-husband into carrying out the crimes. The verdict comes nearly three years after the bodies of Joshua "JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, were discovered by authorities in Vallow Daybell's husband's backyard near a "pet cemetery." Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother whose case has garnered widespread notoriety around the world, was found guilty Friday of killing her two youngest children and her husband's former wife.Ī seven-man and five-woman Idaho jury rendered their verdict after deliberating for seven hours following a five-week trial. Watch Video: Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of murdering her two youngest kids ![]()
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