'Cult mom' Lori Vallow, who killed 2 kids, laments 'family tragedy' in closing arguments of 2nd murder trial

Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted successful 2023 of sidesplitting 2 of her children, lamented what she described arsenic a "family tragedy" successful the closing arguments of her 2nd execution proceedings successful Arizona, which wrapped up Monday up of assemblage deliberations.

Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell conspired with her precocious brother, Alex Cox, to execution her precocious 4th husband, Charles Vallow, and person a $1 cardinal beingness security payout earlier marrying Chad Daybell successful 2019.

The Arizona proceedings comes astir 2 years aft Vallow Daybell and Daybell – who unneurotic shared utmost apocalyptic spiritual views and believed definite radical had acheronian spirits – were convicted and sentenced to beingness successful situation for the 2019 murders of Vallow's 2 youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, arsenic good arsenic the 2019 execution of Chad Daybell's archetypal wife, Tammy Daybell. 

"The authorities enactment distant a clump of grounds successful this proceedings to marque you dislike maine – to effort to onslaught my quality truthful that you would conscionable accidental blameworthy nary substance what grounds they showed you," Vallow Daybell, who is representing herself during her trial, said Monday successful her closing statement. "But lone you get to decide."

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Lori Vallow is connected proceedings successful Arizona for the sidesplitting of her precocious husband. (Maricopa County)

She further argued that prosecutors did not enactment distant witnesses who had "knowledge of a conspiracy."

"The authorities did not amusement you grounds of an statement to perpetrate murder. They showed you grounds of a household tragedy, and past they showed you the bittersweet effects of a household torn isolated due to the fact that of that tragedy," Vallow Daybell continued.

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Lori and Chad Daybell were convicted of sidesplitting 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J. Vallow successful 2019. (Rexberg Police Department)

Vallow Daybell argued that her member changeable Charles Vallow successful self-defense aft helium and her precocious member got into a carnal combat portion Vallow Daybell and her daughter, Tylee, were home.

At the clip of Charles Vallow's murder, Tylee seemingly confronted him with a shot bat aft proceeding screaming wrong the house. Charles took the bat from Tylee, who told constabulary she was trying to support her mother, and allegedly tried to onslaught Cox. Cox told investigators helium fired his weapon successful self-defense and was ne'er charged successful Charles' decease earlier helium died of earthy causes months later.

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Charles Vallow died successful July 2019. Two months later, successful September 2019, Tylee and J.J. disappeared. Tammy Daybell died of asphyxiation successful November 2019. Cox died aboriginal that twelvemonth of an evident humor clot successful December 2019. (KASZ/Facebook/Post Register/John Roark, AP Pool)

Maricopa County authoritative Treena Kay presented grounds implicit the people of the trial, arguing it showed Cox helped signifier the country of the transgression to screen up what was a premeditated execution designed to look similar a self-defense shooting.

She besides refuted Vallow Daybell's connection that the alleged execution was a "family tragedy."

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Lori Vallow's booking photograph taken connected Aug. 1, 2023, astatine the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center successful Pocatello, Idaho. (Idaho Dept. of Corrections/Local News X/TMX)

"The execution of Charles Vallow is not a household tragedy. There is thing that you tin accidental astir shooting a antheral arsenic helium laic connected the crushed that you tin effort to construe successful immoderate mode to marque that a household tragedy," Kay said.

Kay presented grounds showing Vallow Daybell allegedly told Chad Daybell, "We got escaped of him," referring to Charles Vallow, aft learning her erstwhile hubby changed his beingness security policy.

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Lori Vallow Daybell sits during her sentencing proceeding astatine the Fremont County Courthouse successful St. Anthony, Idaho, connected July 31, 2023. (Tony Blakeslee/EastIdahoNews.com via AP, Pool, File)

"He changed his beingness security earlier they killed him. What does that archer you? That tells you motive, and that tells you who did it," Kay said, adding that Vallow Daybell's actions earlier and aft Charles Vallow's execution indicated "planning" and "pre-meditated" murder.

She further described Vallow Daybell's demeanor aft Charles Vallow's shooting decease arsenic "nonchalant" and "calm," saying she did not inquire questions astir her member oregon astir her location straight aft Vallow's murder.

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Lori Vallow Daybell could look different beingness condemnation if convicted.

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"She's calm and bully with it due to the fact that she doesn't request to repent. She is capable to find who tin unrecorded and die, and she has done that," Kay said.

Vallow Daybell could look different beingness condemnation if convicted and is besides facing different Arizona proceedings successful May for an alleged crippled to termination her niece’s ex-husband aft a justice denied her question to disregard the case.