‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell Found Guilty of Killing Children, Husband’s First Wife

An Idaho jury found Lori Vallow guilty of killing two children and conspiring to kill her husband's first wife nearly four years ago.

Lori Vallow allegedly murdered her two missing children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, around September 2019, with the help of her husband, Chad Daybell.

Lori Vallow Found Guilty on All Charges

Vallow allegedly conspired with her spouse in October 2019 to murder Tammy Daybell. She was found guilty on all counts, including two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of conspiracy to commit murder, and grand larceny for swiping the Social Security benefits of her murdered children.

Prosecutors Rob Wood and Lindsey Blake stated on Friday that they are "extremely delighted" with the verdict but declined to comment further due to Chad Daybell's ongoing case, Fox News reported. The argument diverged from the prevalent media portrayal of Vallow and Daybell as religious extremists who allegedly murdered JJ, Tylee, and Tammy due to their apocalyptic beliefs.

Rob Wood, Lindsey Blake, Rachel Smith, and Tawynee Rawlings, Idaho prosecutors, presented 60 witnesses and hundreds of evidence exhibits. They concluded their closing arguments by urging the jury to convict the defendant. According to KHOU, they claimed that Lori Vallow used money, power, and sex to remove the "obstacles" that were her two daughters and Tammy Daybell from her path in life.

In his closing arguments, defense attorney Jim Archibald told the jury that Lori Vallow was readily manipulated by her husband Chad Daybell and that, as a decent mother, she could not have planned the murders of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell.

For Lori Vallow to be found guilty of first-degree murder, the jury only needed to determine whether she encouraged or ordered the murders of her children. According to Idaho law, she does not need to be present during the crimes to be convicted.

JJ, Tylee Daybell's Grandfather Gives Message to Lori Vallow

Idaho Judge Steven Boyce previously granted a request from Vallow's attorneys to remove the death penalty from consideration. The convict is awaiting a sentencing date when she will be sentenced to life in prison. Ryan and JJ Vallow were reported missing for the first time by JJ's grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcock, in November of 2019.

Per Newsweek, Larry Woodcock thanked the jurors as he addressed reporters outside the courthouse in Boise, Idaho, following the verdict on Friday. Additionally, Woodcock delivered a "final message" to Vallow.

"Turn out the lights. The party's over," he said. "They say that all good things must end. Lori, it ended."

Vallow's trial was initially proclaimed incompetent to stand trial, and she was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment, delaying it for years. Daybell's trial date has not yet been determined.