Prosecutors will search the loss of life penalty for “Doomsday” mother Lori Vallow, the Idaho cultist charged with killing her two youngsters.
Vallow, 48, and her husband, Chad Daybell, 52, each face homicide raps in reference to the 2019 deaths of her children Tyree Ryan, 17, and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow.
If Vallow and Daybell are convicted of any of the first-degree counts towards them, prosecutors will ask for capital punishment as a sentencing possibility, they mentioned in court docket papers Monday.
The couple embraced an apocalyptic cult named Making ready a Individuals in 2018 whereas they have been every nonetheless married to different individuals.
The 2 fell underneath suspicion after Vallow’s children disappeared in 2019 they usually refused to cooperate with investigators.
The burnt our bodies of each children have been ultimately found in a makeshift cemetery close to Daybell’s dwelling a number of months after they vanished.
Attorneys for Vallow, who has pleaded not responsible, had argued that she was mentally unfit for trial.
However Vallow was deemed in a position to perceive the costs towards her after spending 11 months in a psychological hospital and can now stand trial.
Daybell’s first spouse disappeared mysteriously simply days earlier than he and Vallow tied the knot.
That led investigators to probe Vallow’s circumstances and the standing of her youngsters. The couple by no means reported them lacking and declined to assist detectives in trying to find them.
With cops closing in, Vallow and Daybell ultimately fled Idaho and traveled to Hawaii the place they have been arrested.
A buddy of Vallow instructed authorities that she believed her youngsters have been possessed by evil spirits and will ultimately flip into zombies.
Vallow can also be dealing with separate fees of conspiring together with her brother, Alex Cox, within the 2019 killing of her ex-husband.
Daybell, who will stand trial alongside his spouse, can also be dealing with fees in reference to the loss of life of his ex-spouse.
Investigators haven't disclosed how the 2 youngsters have been killed.
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