Lori Vallow Daybell Handed Consecutive Life Sentences in Arizona Murder-for-Hire Plots
Lori Vallow Daybell received two consecutive life sentences in Arizona for murder conspiracies, concluding her legal journey after prior Idaho convictions.
‘Doomsday mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell hit with 2 more life sentences in Arizona
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Overview
- Lori Vallow Daybell recently received two consecutive life sentences in Arizona for conspiring to commit murder, marking the final chapter in her complex legal proceedings.
- The Arizona convictions specifically involved plots to kill individuals, including her former husband, for financial gain, primarily through life insurance money.
- These conspiracy cases in Arizona were linked to her brother, Alex Cox, who was involved in the schemes to obtain life insurance payouts.
- These new Arizona sentences follow her previous convictions in Idaho, where she is already serving multiple life terms for the murders of her two children and a romantic rival.
- Lori Vallow Daybell's surviving son, Colby Ryan, provided emotional testimony during the proceedings, expressing profound grief over the loss of his father and siblings.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame this story by consistently labeling Lori Daybell as the "Doomsday mom," emphasizing her "twisted" religious beliefs as a primary driver for "grisly murders." They highlight the judge's strong condemnations of her manipulation and the profound impact on victims, while quickly dismissing her claims of innocence. This collective editorial approach paints a clear picture of her as a uniquely destructive and evil figure.
"Lori Vallow Daybell, the doomsday cult follower who killed her two children, has been sentenced to two additional life sentences for plotting to kill her estranged husband and her niece's ex-husband."
BBC News"Lori Daybell has left a wake of destruction across multiple states and the amount of contemplation, calculation, planning, manipulation that went into these crimes is unparalleled in my career."
ABC News"Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life had been possessed by evil spirits."
CBS News"Vallow Daybell, often referred to as "Doomsday mom" because of the apocalyptic beliefs that fueled her string of grisly murders, was convicted earlier this year for the murder of her former husband, Charles Vallow, and the attempted murder of Brandon Boudreaux in 2019."
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Lori Vallow Daybell conspired with her late brother Alex Cox in plots to kill her former husband Charles Vallow and her niece's ex-husband Brandon Boudreaux for financial gain.
The motives were primarily financial, specifically to collect life insurance money, including a $1 million life insurance policy on her former husband Charles Vallow, and to enable Lori to be with her current husband Chad Daybell.
Lori Vallow Daybell received two consecutive life sentences in Arizona for conspiracy to commit murder and is already serving multiple life sentences in Idaho for the murders of her two children and a romantic rival.
Chad Daybell was sentenced to death in Idaho for the murders of Lori’s children and a romantic rival and is currently on death row awaiting execution.
Colby Ryan, Lori Vallow Daybell’s surviving son, provided emotional testimony expressing profound grief over the loss of his father and siblings during the legal proceedings.
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