Current:Home > FinanceMom convicted of killing kids in Idaho will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges-InfoLens
Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges
View Date:2024-12-23 12:01:33
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in the the murders of her two youngest children and another woman could soon be taken to Arizona to face similar charges.
Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho earlier this year of killing her two kids and conspiring to kill a woman she saw as a romantic rival. On Wednesday, an extradition warrant signed by Idaho Gov. Brad Little was delivered to other state officials, allowing Arizona officials to temporarily take custody of Vallow Daybell so she can face charges of conspiring to kill her estranged husband as well as her niece’s ex-husband.
The complicated case began in 2019, when Vallow Daybell still lived in a Phoenix suburb with her children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and then-16-year-old Tylee Ryan. She was estranged from her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, at the time, and he had written in divorce filings that she claimed to be a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.
Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, that summer. Cox told police he acted in self-defense, and he was never charged. Cox died later that year of what investigators said were natural causes.
Shortly after Charles Vallow died, Vallow Daybell and her kids moved to Idaho. Prosecutors said she made the move to be closer to her then-boyfriend, Chad Daybell, and that together the two plotted to remove any obstacle to their happiness.
Chad Daybell has also been charged in the murders of the two kids and his late wife. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
Over the next several weeks Vallow Daybell’s two children disappeared and Chad Daybell’s then-wife, Tammy Daybell, died of what was initially believed to be natural causes. But authorities became suspicious when Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell married just two weeks later, later determining Tammy Daybell had been asphyxiated.
Extended family members had also grown worried about the missing kids, and police launched a multi-state investigation looking for the children. Their bodies were later found buried in Chad Daybell’s yard.
Meanwhile, another person connected to the family reported an attempted shooting. Brandon Boudreaux, who had recently divorced Vallow Daybell’s niece, said someone driving a Jeep had shot at him outside his home. The Jeep matched the description of one that had been purchased by Charles Vallow before his death.
The Arizona indictment charges Vallow Daybell with conspiring to kill Charles Vallow and Boudreaux.
veryGood! (1679)
Related
- Georgia's humbling loss to Mississippi leads college football winners and losers for Week 11
- Biden to give extended interview to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Friday
- 6 teenage baseball players charged as adults in South Dakota rape case take plea deals
- Groom shot in the head by masked gunman during backyard St. Louis wedding
- As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration
- Dangerously high heat builds in California and the south-central United States
- Badminton Star Zhang Zhijie Dead At 17 After Collapsing On Court During Match
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after gains on Wall Street
- NY forest ranger dies fighting fires as air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey
- COVID trend reaches high level across western U.S. in latest CDC data
Ranking
- Jimmy Kimmel, more late-night hosts 'shocked' by Trump Cabinet picks: 'Goblins and weirdos'
- Officers kill 3 coyotes at San Francisco Botanical Garden after attack on 5-year-old girl
- CDK says all auto dealers should be back online by Thursday after outage
- 'Guiding Light' actor and model Renauld White dies at 80
- Worker trapped under rubble after construction accident in Kentucky
- Arthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis’s first hit and barely got paid
- Former Iowa police chief sentenced to 5 years in prison in federal gun case
- Usher acceptance speech muted in 'malfunction' at BET Awards, network apologizes: Watch video
Recommendation
-
Fantasy football buy low, sell high: 10 trade targets for Week 11
-
What's a personality hire? Here's the value they bring to the workplace.
-
Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge
-
Long time coming. Oklahoma's move to the SEC was 10 years in the making
-
Ex-Phoenix Suns employee files racial discrimination, retaliation lawsuit against the team
-
16-year-old Quincy Wilson becomes youngest American male track Olympian ever
-
California considers unique safety regulations for AI companies, but faces tech firm opposition
-
Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later