“Cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell wants murder and conspiracy charges against her dismissed, claiming the court has violated her right to a speedy trial by holding her behind bars for more than 1,000 days. Vallow Daybell was arrested in February 2020 in Hawaii and then indicted in May 2021 before being arraigned in April 2022. …
Motions filed in the past week stated that Lori Vallow Daybell is claiming she was in her home, possibly with her husband, when her two children died in her brother’s apartment in 2019. According to East Idaho News, Vallow Daybell, 49, said she was with Melanie Gibb, David Warwick or Chad Daybell when her son …
Court documents filed in Idaho on Tuesday revealed that Lori Vallow Daybell will not be using an insanity defense in her upcoming trial even though her lawyers believe she is mentally ill. Arrested in 2020, Vallow Daybell, 49, is accused of killing her two children and her husband’s first wife. According to East Idaho News, …
On Tuesday, an Idaho judge found Lori Vallow Daybell fit to stand trial for murdering her two children and her husband’s first wife. This is the second time Vallow Daybell, 49, has been deemed competent to stand trial. East Idaho News reported that District Judge Steven Boyce’s latest decision lifts an October 6 ruling which …
An attorney for Chad Daybell signaled this week that he may be seeking to blame Lori Vallow Daybell for the murders the couple is accused of, telling a judge that Daybell’s “version of the facts will differ greatly” from his wife’s during a hearing on his motion to split their trials in two. Daybell and …
The Idaho judge in charge of the murder and conspiracy cases against Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell suspended Vallow Daybell’s case on Thursday over new concerns about her “competency to stand trial.” The case was previously paused in June 2021 when Vallow Daybell was declared incompetent. She was sent to a state facility and deemed …
Questions are being raised about the impact of the new Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” on Lori Vallow’s chances of a fair trial. Vallow’s attorneys point to media coverage surrounding the case making it impossible for that to happen. To that point, Vallow’s attorneys asked the judge to ban cameras from the courtroom, saying that …
In lengthy motions filed with an Idaho court on Tuesday, Chad Daybell’s attorney asked for a delay in the start of his murder and conspiracy to commit murder trial and asked that his trial be severed from that of his co-defendant — wife Lori Vallow Daybell. Daybell and Vallow Daybell have been charged in the …
Sex crime charges against accused child killer Lori Vallow Daybell’s oldest son have been dropped with prejudice, meaning they could be refiled at a future date. Colby Ryan, Vallow Daybell’s only surviving child, was arrested on September 5 on two counts of domestic violence/sexual assault, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Maricopa Chief of Staff Communications Director …
Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell go on trial in January on charges related to the murders of Chad’s wife Tammy Daybell and Lori’s children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. But before they go before a judge and jury, a three-part Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” airs beginning next week — leading some to wonder …
A coalition of 33 news organizations filed a request Thursday urging an Idaho judge to reject a motion to ban cameras from the courtroom during the upcoming trial of “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, are charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death’s of Vallow …
