NEW YORK — Opening arguments are slated to begin in Idaho Monday in the murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, who is accused of killing two of her children in a doomsday plot.
Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, were charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the 2019 deaths of her children, Joshua"J.J." Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17.
The couple, who both reportedly adhered to a doomsday ideology, have pleaded not guilty to their charges. Last month, a Fremont County judge allowed their cases to be tried separately, with Chad Daybell's expected to start at a later date.The judge has granted the defense's motion to dismiss the death penalty in Lori Vallow Daybell's case.
She had at one point claimed she was"a god assigned to carry out the work of the 144,000 at Christ's second coming in July 2020" and didn't want anything to do with her family"because she had a more important mission to carry out," according to court documents obtained by ABC News. Additionally, Lori Vallow Daybell was indicted on the charge of grand theft related to Social Security survivor benefits allocated for the care of her children that prosecutors said were appropriated after the children were missing and ultimately found dead.
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