A US mother with “doomsday” religious beliefs was on Friday found guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to kill her husband’s ex-wife.
Lori Vallow was on trial in Idaho over the deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and adopted seven-year-old son Joshua Vallow.
Lori Vallow, who has reportedly claimed to be a goddess charged with preparing humanity for the second coming of Christ, faces up to life in prison without parole.
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Her fifth husband, Chad Daybell — a self-published author of several apocalyptic novels — is to face trial separately over similar charges, which also include the murder of his first wife, Tammy.
The couple’s “religious beliefs” were cited by prosecutors as a factor in the murders, and their story was the subject of a Netflix true-crime documentary series titled Sins of Our Mother, released last year.
The case first drew national headlines in late 2019 following the disappearance of Lori Vallow’s children, which was first reported to authorities by Joshua Vallow’s grandparents.
Police inquiry quickly took a macabre turn as it emerged that several people associated with Lori Vallow and Daybell had died in the past few years, and she was arrested in Hawaii months later.
Lori Vallow’s third husband, Joseph Ryan — Tylee’s father — had died in 2018 of a heart attack. She was in the process of divorcing her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, when he was killed by a gunshot, fired by her now-deceased brother, in July 2019.
In October 2019, Daybell’s wife, Tammy, died ostensibly of natural causes. Lori Vallow and Daybell moved to Hawaii a few weeks later, where they married.
Lori Vallow and Daybell never reported that the children were missing, and their bodies were found in June 2020 on property owned by Daybell in Idaho.
The judge agreed to take the death penalty off the table for Lori Vallow, whose sentencing date has not been set.
Daybell has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and could still face the death penalty if found guilty.
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