Lori Vallow Daybell seeks to overturn convictions for children's deaths

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 00:08 · Archive

Lori Vallow Daybell is asking Idaho's highest court to reverse her convictions for killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival's spouse.

Lori Vallow Daybell appeared before Idaho's Supreme Court on Monday seeking to overturn her convictions for killing her two youngest children, Joshua Vallow aged 7 and Tylee Ryan aged 16, and for conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell. The children went missing in 2019 and were later found buried on property owned by Chad Daybell, whom Vallow Daybell married weeks after Tammy Daybell's death. Vallow Daybell was sentenced to three life sentences in Idaho, whilst Chad Daybell received a death sentence for the three killings. She was separately convicted in Arizona of conspiring to murder her former husband and her niece's ex-husband, the latter of whom survived.

Vallow Daybell's appeal centres on her claim that her legal rights were violated when an attorney representing her was disqualified during her 2023 trial. A lower-court judge ruled the lawyer had a conflict of interest because he had represented both her and Chad Daybell. Her current attorney, Craig Durham, argues the decision to remove her previous lawyer was made whilst she had been declared mentally unfit and whilst the case was on hold, and contends that her previous lawyer did not have a conflict of interest.

How it is being reported

• Lori Vallow Daybell tries to overturn conviction for killings of her 2 children, romantic rivalLori Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.KOLD · 2 Nov, 23:25
• Lori Vallow Daybell tries to overturn conviction for killings of her 2 children, romantic rivalLori Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.Azfamily · 2 Nov, 23:25

In this story: Lori Vallow Daybell · Joshua Vallow · Tylee Ryan · Tammy Daybell · Chad Daybell · Idaho Supreme Court · Idaho

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