Doomsday Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Breaks Silence: The Chilling Reason Behind Her Latest Shocking Move.
Lori Vallow Daybell, infamously known as the 'Doomsday cult mom,' revealed why she has chosen to represent herself as she prepares to face her second murder trial.
Already convicted in Idaho for plotting the deaths of her children, Tylee Ryan and J.J. Vallow, as well as her husband's former wife, Tammy Daybell, Vallow Daybell was transferred to Maricopa County, Arizona, in November 2023 on two indictments.
Speaking to True Crime Arizona, Vallow Daybell, who is already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, stated, 'I'm fighting for my life here.'
This upcoming trial centers on the 2019 death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who was shot and killed by her brother, Alex Cox, in Chandler. It also involves a conspiracy to commit murder related to her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. While Cox asserted that he acted in self-defense and later passed away from natural causes, a jury has been selected for the murder conspiracy trial, with opening statements set to begin on Monday. In discussing her choice to represent herself, Vallow Daybell remarked, "I'm not a lawyer. I lack the training to be one. However, I've come to realize something during my time in this jail. This ordeal has been ongoing for five years.
Vallow, widely known as the 'Doomsday cult mom,' was sentenced to multiple life terms without the possibility of parole in July 2023 for the murders of her two children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow.
'I went through a whole trial, you know, before in my other state. And then, I was brought here to Arizona to face some more serious charges.'
The convicted child murderer also addressed the public's perception of her choice, stating, "I don't hear any of this because I'm confined to a room for 23 hours a day, and we don't have access to any news."
'So I didn't know that people were saying that, but I wouldn't agree with that, obviously.'
Daybell expressed that her decision was driven by a wish for a swift trial, not just for her own sake, but also for the other women who are imprisoned alongside her.
'There are intelligent, strong, beautiful women in here that have been here for eight years because of family tragedies,' she said.
It's the same, like my case, a family tragedy, not crime. A family tragedy, and they're waiting and they're facing the death penalty for a family tragedy,' she said.
'I know these women. I talk to them every day. I try to uplift, strengthen and help women in this jail, and I think that's the purpose, why I'm here.'
She referred to the occurrences in her life as a 'family tragedy' and, even though a jury declared her guilty, she insisted that her conviction in Idaho was unjust.
'It's a tragedy. Families have tragedies. Things happen and there was a domino effect of tragedies in my life. And that's really sad.'
When asked to explain the 'domino effect,' Vallow Daybell smiled and said, 'That's likely a topic best reserved for our next discussion.' As the trial drew nearer, she acknowledged that she was experiencing some stress.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020, investigators search for human remains on the property of Chad Daybell in Salem, Idaho.
'It's a big case. It's stressful. There's a lot of things,' she said. 'There's a lot of legal things that have to be done. We're working on stuff every day. We're working late into the night. The biggest challenge for me in this trial will be the logistics.'
In response to a question about the chance of being declared not guilty, Vallow Daybell stated, "I don't believe my role is to persuade anyone. My purpose is simply to share the truth. I'm standing up for myself against these false accusations."
Vallow Daybell has previously made surprising requests ahead of her trial. In February, she requested that a judge prevent Court TV from broadcasting her murder trial set for March 31 in Arizona. Last month, the troubled mother submitted an objection in Maricopa County Superior Court, expressing that Court TV "should be ashamed" for seeking to stream her trial.
'Court TV should be ashamed of its very nature and its request, since its sole objective is NOT to bring people real news or facts but instead its objective is to entertain the public with the very true-life tragedies that happen in real people's lives,' she wrote in court documents, obtained by Fox News Digital.
Vallow Daybell asserted that the television network is exploiting her and Daybell's likenesses in advertisements, which has resulted in the couple being 'misrepresented, defamed, and slandered.' Chad Daybell, her husband, received a death sentence in June of the prior year after being found guilty of the murders of Tammy, J.J., and Tylee in what were described as cult-like killings. The two children disappeared in 2019, and their remains were found the next year, buried in Chad Daybell's backyard in eastern Idaho.
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