Lori Vallow Trial: Bombshell Detail on Tammy Daybell’s Cause of Death, Revealed

Tammy Daybell's cause of death was revealed at Lori Vallow trial
Lori Vallow was charged with first-degree murder conspiracy
Idaho prosecutors claim that Lori Vallow murder trial is about "money, power, and sex"

At the murder trial of Lori Vallow, prosecutors stated that her husband's ex-wife, Tammy Daybell, died of asphyxiation.

Vallow is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and grand theft in connection with the killings of Joshua "JJ" Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell, two of her children. Following her not-guilty plea, her trial began on April 3 in Boise, Idaho.

Lori Vallow Trial

The ex-wife of Chad Daybell, Tammy Daybell, was discovered deceased in October 2019 from what was believed to be natural causes at the time. Per NBC News, investigators exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy, concluding that she was murdered.

Fremont County, Idaho, Prosecutor Lindsey A. Blake disclosed the autopsy results during the trial's opening statements. Before her demise, Tammy was married to Chad Daybell for 28 years. Chad Daybell is accused of murdering his ex-wife and committing insurance fraud concerning her death. Tammy Daybell perished just a few months after Charles Vallow's ex-wife's sibling, Alex Cox, shot and killed him.

Nearly two years after his death, a grand jury charged Lori with first-degree murder conspiracy, according to the Maricopa County, Arizona, district attorney's office. In this case, she will be prosecuted separately in Arizona. Cox perished in 2019 without ever being prosecuted.

Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell wed just two weeks after Tammy Daybell's funeral. Charles Vallow discovered Lori Vallow's infidelity with Chad Daybell and threatened to inform Tammy Daybell twelve days before his death, according to police records.

Prosecutors believe Vallow and Chad Daybell's obsession with end-of-the-world-focused religious beliefs led them to commit four murders: those of Vallow's children and their respective ex-spouses. Vallow's trial takes place years after the disappearance of her children Joshua and Tylee made headlines. The indictment against her and Chad Daybell required months of investigation, and Vallow's mental competency was called into doubt.

During approximately twenty minutes of Blake's opening statement, an image of a deceased Tammy Daybell was displayed on the courtroom's large screen. The defense attorney for Vallow Daybell, R. James Archibald, countered with a concise opening statement emphasizing that the jury should consider only the specific allegations against his client.

Per Deseret, he stated that the publicity surrounding the case, which has tainted so many individuals in the county, state, and nation, is not evidence. The disappearance of the children placed Vallow Daybell and her husband in the national spotlight, including extensive news coverage, online speculation, and a Netflix documentary.

Archibald also asked the jury to consider whether prosecutors establish beyond a reasonable doubt what happened to JJ, Tylee, and Tammy Daybell, as well as Lori Vallow Daybell's alleged involvement.

Vallow Daybell donned a black blazer-style jacket and black-rimmed spectacles to court while shackled at the ankles. The vibrant blonde hair depicted in her now-famous mugshot and subsequent news articles is receding. She was emotionless throughout most of Monday morning, including when graphic images of her two children were displayed.

Prosecutors claim that JJ's and Tylee's bodies were incinerated; an image of Tylee's charred remains in a shallow burial is barely identifiable as human. Blake stated that her DNA was found on a pickaxe and shovel on Chad Daybell's property.

Tammy Daybell's Death

Moreover, Lori Vallow used the Amazon account of her deceased ex-husband to purchase wedding attire and a ring for her marriage to doomsday survivalist Chad Daybell, according to testimony at her trial. This occurred days before the alleged murder of Daybell's wife, as per Daily Mail.

Just days before Tammy Daybell's death, the 49-year-old allegedly searched for a beach wedding dress, a bathing suit, a malachite ring, and men's apparel. The searches in October 2019 occurred only a few months after Vallow's ex-husband, Charles Vallow, was shot and killed by her brother, Alex Cox.

Kay Woodcock, the grandmother of JJ, testified at Charles Vallow's murder trial that she discovered the Amazon inquiries made on his account around the beginning of October. Woodcock could access her Amazon account by using a passphrase her deceased brother had given her to access his email account. She also obtained some of his electronic devices after his passing.

Woodcock claimed she discovered the inquiries on a November morning in 2019 after 'divine intervention' roused her up at 4:30 a.m. She realized she could access her brother's accounts using his electronic devices. In her harrowing testimony, Woodcock disclosed that Vallow was once a "doting parent" to JJ and Tylee. She recalled Vallow as a princess who was very engaged in providing for her children years before she was allegedly responsible for their deaths.

Vallow believed her children were possessed, and she conspired with Daybell to murder them and Tammy Daybell, according to testimony at her trial. Chad Daybell was a prepper for the end of the world who accumulated a small following through his writings and lectures on the alleged second coming.

JJ Vallow was born in May 2012 to the son of Kay Woodcock, but his birth parents lost custody after tests revealed the presence of narcotics in his system.