Lori Vallow Daybell, the 51-year-old Idaho mother who killed her two children, faced court once again on April 7, this time for a conspiracy to murder her 4th husband, Charles Vallow.
She has been charged with allegedly conspiring to have her husband killed so she could marry her new love, Chad Daybell, a religious novelist known for writing books about doomsday.
During the trial, Lori represented herself and tried to portray her husband as the aggressor in the relationship who led himself to death following an incident, claiming he once chased her with a bat.
“Spouses having insurance policies is not a crime. Collecting Social Security is not a crime. Self-defense is not a crime,” Lori Vallow Daybell told the jury. “A family tragedy is not a crime – it’s a tragedy.”
Charles died back in 2019 after he was fatally shot by Lori’s brother, Alex Cox.
The murder happened at Lori’s Arizona home.
Following the deadly shooting, Alex called 911 to report the killing. He claimed he had been attacked by a bat and that he shot Charles in self-defense.
Cox died that same year of natural causes, as reported by authorities.
Facing the court on April 7, Lori, who has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her children, J.J Vallow and Tylee Ryan, pleaded not guilty.
Before her opening at court, Prosecutor Treena Kay claimed that phone records, witness accounts, and forensic proof will demonstrate that Cox’s shooting of Charles was not an act of self-defense.
“Lori Vallow wanted to be Lori Daybell, wife of Chad Daybell, and in July 2019 Lori Vallow wanted to keep the same lifestyle that she had with Charles. And she could get all of this if Charles was dead,” Kay said. “She could marry Chad Daybell and become Lori Daybell. She would get a million-dollar life insurance policy.
“Lori Vallow is why Alex was able to shoot Charles,” she said. “Lori Vallow is why Charles is dead.”
The “Doomsday Mother,” as the media refers to Lori, is also accused of attempted murder in connection with her ex-nephew-in-law, Brandon Boudreaux whose shooting happened within months of that of her husband.
Further, she attempted to call upon Brandon as a witness, but refused to reveal information about his testimony, claiming she didn’t want to give away her defence.
Since prosecutors hadn’t interviewed Brandon in advance, the judge informed the defendant that they cannot call witnesses without first providing the other party with sufficient notice and details about why the witnesses are relevant.
Further, explaining why she decided to defend herself, Lori Vallow Daybell told True Crime Arizona, “There’s lots of reasons. I am not an attorney. I’m not an attorney. I do not have training to be an attorney. There’s something that I figured out when I got to this jail. You know, this experience has been five years running.
“I came here with the intention of having a speedy trial. Right? These charges came first. Right? They’re like five years old. I first talked to the attorneys, and I was like, they’ve had five years, the prosecutors, to put their case together.
“And I really want to go to trial, we need to go.”
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