BOISE, Idaho — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for the murders of her two youngest children and another woman may also have to face similar charges in Arizona.
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. Now, an extradition warrant signed by Idaho Gov. Brad Little has been delivered to other state officials, allowing Arizona officials to temporarily take custody of Vallow Daybell. This is so she can face charges of conspiring to kill her estranged husband and 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 16-year-old Tylee Ryan at the time. She was estranged from her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who had written in divorce filings that she claimed to be a goddess sent to bring about the Biblical apocalypse.
Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, that summer. Cox stated that he acted in self-defense, and he was never charged. Cox died later the same year from what investigators believed to be natural causes.
After Charles Vallow’s death, Vallow Daybell and her kids moved to Idaho. Prosecutors claim that she made the move to be closer to her then-boyfriend, Chad Daybell, and that together, they plotted to eliminate any obstacles 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 few weeks, Vallow Daybell’s two children disappeared, and Chad Daybell’s then-wife, Tammy Daybell, died under suspicious circumstances initially believed to be from natural causes. Authorities became suspicious when Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell got married just two weeks later. It was later determined that Tammy Daybell had been asphyxiated.
Concerned family members alerted the police about the missing kids, leading to a multi-state investigation. Their bodies were eventually discovered buried in Chad Daybell’s yard.
Meanwhile, another person connected to the family reported an attempted shooting. Brandon Boudreaux, who recently divorced Vallow Daybell’s niece, claimed that someone driving a Jeep had shot at him outside his home. The description of the Jeep matched the one that Charles Vallow had purchased before his death.
The Arizona indictment charges Vallow Daybell with conspiring to kill Charles Vallow and Boudreaux.
