{"id":25821,"date":"2023-08-01T05:05:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25821"},"modified":"2023-08-01T05:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:05:34","slug":"lori-vallow-cult-mum-who-killed-children-sentenced-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/lori-vallow-cult-mum-who-killed-children-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Vallow: Cult mum who killed children sentenced to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two youngest children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s former wife.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lori Vallow Daybell, 50, was found guilty of first-degree murder and multiple conspiracy charges in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vallow killed her son Joshua “JJ” Vallow, seven, and daughter Tylee Ryan, 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their bodies were found buried at her husband Chad Daybell’s home in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Monday, Judge Steven Boyce sentenced Vallow to three consecutive life terms without parole for the murders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The most unimaginable type of murder is to have a mother murdering her own children, and that’s exactly what you did,” Judge Boyce said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lori Vallow photographed with her son, JJ (Image: Taylee Ryan Instagram)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Emotional testimony from the children’s relatives was heard in court at the sentencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Tylee and JJ brought so much light into this world,” Colby Ryan, their older brother, said in a victim impact statement read by prosecutors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I want them to be remembered for who they were and not to be just a spectacle or a headline to the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chad Daybell is also charged with murder over the children’s death and the death of his ex-wife, Tammy Daybell, weeks before he married Vallow. His trial is scheduled for early next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Daybell is an author who has written several apocalyptic novels loosely based on Mormon religious teachings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vallow and Mr Daybell are thought to have met through their involvement in a movement that promoted preparing for the end of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In late 2019, Vallow relocated with JJ and Tylee to Rexburg, Idaho, close to where Mr Daybell lived. Shortly afterwards, Tammy Daybell died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lori Daybell and Chad Daybell (Image: Handout)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Following a December 2019 post-mortem examination that revealed Tammy Daybell had died by asphyxiation, JJ’s grandparents called police to request they check up on the seven-year-old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The call launched a nationwide manhunt for both JJ and Tylee, after police learned they had not been seen for weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vallow denies killing her children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She told the court on Monday she had spoken to Jesus and that her children and Tammy Daybell were “happy and extremely busy” in heaven.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Jesus Christ knows that no-one was murdered in this case,” Vallow said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She also said the spirits of the three victims often visited her and had told her she “didn’t do anything wrong”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bonneville County Public Defender John Thomas said Vallow is a “very misunderstood person” who is “about love”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Kay Woodcock, JJ’s grandmother, said: “Lori is a monster that has not taken any responsibility or shown an ounce of remorse for her vile actions.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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