Lori Vallow Daybell in court
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A jury in Arizona has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to kill her late husband Charles Vallow after she was convicted in 2023 of killing two of her own children.

Prosecutors allege that Vallow Daybell worked with Alex Cox, her late brother, in order to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, to receive money from a $1 million life insurance policy.

Vallow Daybell and Daybell were convicted for the 2019 murders of Vallow’s two children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. The couple, who believe some people had dark spirits and shared apocalyptic religious beliefs, were also convicted of murdering Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell. They were sentenced to life in prison. 

In a closing statement on Monday, Vallow Daybell, who’s representing herself, told jurors “only you get to decide.”

A mugshot of Lori Vallow Daybell

Lori Vallow Daybell: Convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Boise, Idaho on May 12, 2023. Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life without parole and was arraigned later this year on charges of conspiracy to commit murder relating to the death of her fourth husband in 2019.  (Madison County Sheriff)

“The state did not show you evidence of an agreement to commit murder. They showed you evidence of a family tragedy, and then they showed you the sad effects of a family torn apart because of that tragedy,” Vallow Daybell said.

Charles Vallow, Chad Daybell, Tammy Daybell and Lori Vallow

Charles Vallow died in July 2019. Two months later, in September 2019, Tylee and J.J. went missing for months. Tammy Daybell died of asphyxiation in November 2019. Cox died later that year of an apparent blood clot in December 2019. (KASZ/ Facebook/ Post Register/ John Roark, AP POOL)

Rather, Vallow Daybell argued that it was her brother who shot Charles Daybell. Vallow Daybell said her late brother and Charles Vallow got into a physical fight at the same time that herself and her daughter, Tylee, were both at home.

Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

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