"Doomsday" couple not allowed to meet face-to-face before triple murder trial
Prosecutors say the couple used doomsday-focused religious beliefs to further a plan to kill her two children and his previous wife.
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Prosecutors say the couple used doomsday-focused religious beliefs to further a plan to kill her two children and his previous wife.
Both Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The charges were dismissed without prejudice, "which allows the office to file charges in the future and provides time for additional review of the case," a spokesperson said.
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For the first time together, the five children of the accused child murderer defend their father who, along with his new wife, is charged with the 2019 murders of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
Daybell is accused of murdering their mother, Tammy. A possible motive? To marry new wife Lori Vallow and collect insurance money. His children don't believe it.
"He knew how to dig graves" says Seth Daybell of his father's former job as a gravedigger. The remains of Tylee and JJ were found on Chad Daybell's Idaho property.
The prosecutors said Lori Vallow Daybell showed "utter disregard for human life" and "has exhibited a propensity to commit murder which will probably constitute a continuing threat to society."
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Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder
Lori Vallow Daybell and her now-husband Chad Daybell face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre spiritual beliefs involving "zombies" and doomsday predictions.
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Lori Vallow Daybell was charged in the 2019 death of Charles Vallow, who was killed months before his son and stepdaughter went missing.
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Meanwhile, Lori Vallow Daybell was declared not competent to stand trial in Idaho in the deaths of he daughter and son.
Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell appeared separately in an Idaho court as they face new charges in the deaths of her two children and his ex-wife. Carter Evans reports.
Prosecutors claim the couple used their belief in doomsday scenarios to encourage and justify the killings.
Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan were reported missing in 2019.
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The testimony came during a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to hold Chad Daybell for trial.
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