Under Idaho law, conspiring to commit murder carries the same penalty as carrying out a murder. “A white plastic bag was placed over his head, and secured with duct tape around and around from his forehead to his chin.” “JJ Vallow’s voice was silenced forever by a strip of duct tape over his mouth,” just two weeks later, Wood said. Marks on her pelvis showed she was stabbed, he said. Her body was dismembered in such a grotesque and extreme manner,” that the medical examiner couldn’t determine the cause of death, Wood said. “Tylee’s body was burned beyond recognition. Tylee had her whole life ahead of her, Wood told the jury, when she was killed in September 2019. It has also been gruesome, such as when law enforcement officers testified about finding JJ and Tylee’s remains buried in Chad Daybell’s yard. Four of the people the defendant described as “zombies” were later killed or shot at, according to the testimony. Other testimony has been strange, such as when Vallow Daybell’s former friend Melanie Gibb testified that Vallow Daybell believed people in her life had been taken over by evil spirits and turned into “zombies” - including JJ and Tylee. “Promises are marvellous to some people even if they sound like stupid gibberish to the rest of us.”Ī boy looks at a memorial for Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow in Rexburg, Idaho in 2020. “Why can’t people escape religious cult figures, why can’t they break out, why can’t they break away from that mind control?” Archibald said. He suggested Daybell and Cox were the ones responsible for the deaths, and that Vallow Daybell’s only crime was lying to police about where her children were.ĭaybell told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a “sexual goddess” who was supposed to help him save the world by gathering 144,000 followers so Jesus could return, Archibald said. “What does justice for these victims require? It requires a conviction on each and every count,” Wood said.ĭefence attorney Jim Archibald countered there was no evidence tying his client to the killings but plenty showing she was a loving, protective mother whose life took a sharp turn when she met her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, and fell for the “weird” apocalyptic religious claims of a cult leader. He claimed Vallow Daybell considered the three victims nothing more than obstacles to her goals. “Money, power and sex,” Wood said, reprising the arguments his team made at the start of the trial. Vallow Daybell wanted the victims’ money, so she used sex and power to manipulate her brother and her lover into carrying out the crimes, Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood told jurors during closing arguments. In a statement, they thanked jurors for their service and said they “remain committed to pursuing justice for Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow and Tammy Daybell”. Prosecutors said they were not able to comment on the verdict because of pending charges against Chad Daybell. Larry and Kay Woodcock, the grandparents of slain 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow, speak outside court after JJ's mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, was convicted of murder in the deaths of her two youngest children and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of a romantic rival.
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