'Cult mom' Lori Vallow, who killed 2 kids, laments 'family tragedy' in closing arguments of 2nd murder trial
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Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted in 2023 of killing two of her children, lamented what she described as a “family tragedy” in the closing arguments of her second murder trial in Arizona, which wrapped up Monday ahead of jury deliberations.

Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell conspired with her late brother, Alex Cox, to murder her late fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and receive a $1 million life insurance payout before marrying Chad Daybell in 2019.

The Arizona trial comes nearly two years after Vallow Daybell and Daybell – who together shared extreme apocalyptic religious views and believed certain people had dark spirits – were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murders of Vallow’s two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as the 2019 murder of Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell. 

“The state put forth a bunch of evidence in this trial to make you dislike me – to try to attack my character so that you would just say guilty no matter what evidence they showed you,” Vallow Daybell, who is representing herself during her trial, said Monday in her closing statement. “But only you get to decide.”

Lori Vallow on Jan. 19, 2023

Lori Vallow Daybell could face another life sentence if convicted.

“She’s calm and good with it because she doesn’t need to repent. She is able to determine who can live and die, and she has done that,” Kay said.

Vallow Daybell could face another life sentence if convicted and is also facing another Arizona trial in May for an alleged plot to kill her niece’s ex-husband after a judge denied her motion to dismiss the case.

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