An Idaho judge on Tuesday found that Lorri Vallow Daybell is competent and fit to proceed to trial for the deaths of her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. She could face the death penalty if convicted. FOX13
of her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. She could face the death penalty if convicted.
Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell were scheduled to stand trial in January in the case, in which prosecutors allege they promoted bizarre, apocalypse-focused spiritual beliefs in a plot to murder the family members and steal their money. Both Daybell and Vallow Daybell have pleaded not guilty, and Judge Steven Boyce has postponed the trial until officials can determine whether Vallow Daybell is mentally competent.
Fremont County prosecutor Lindsey Blake said that the two should face trial together and that Daybell’s attorney didn’t meet the high burden required to justify severing the case. She noted similarities between evidence and witnesses the state will present against both defendants, and the trial is already expected to last 10 weeks. Splitting the cases would mean 20 weeks of trial time, Blake said.
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