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New York Post
3 days ago
- New York Post
‘Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow Daybell kicked out of court after arguing with judge during attempted murder trial
Convicted killer 'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow Daybell clashed with an Arizona judge and was kicked out of the courtroom during a contentious attempted murder trial. Vallow Daybell, who is representing herself in the case, was removed from a Phoenix courtroom Friday afternoon by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky, the same day she cross-examined the man she is accused of plotting to kill. The 51-year-old mom is on trial for allegedly conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. Advertisement 6 Lori Vallow Daybell stands in an Idaho court as the jury reads a guilty verdict on May 12, 2023. AP Boudreaux claimed he was shot at from a Jeep as he was driving home in Gilbert, AZ. on Oct. 2, 2019. Prosecutors allege Vallow Daybell and her now-deceased brother Alex Cox conspired to kill Boudreaux and that Cox fired the shot that was inches away from hitting the estranged relative's head. Advertisement She had argued for an additional hearing where she could 'introduce her good character,' despite prosecutors bringing up her four murder convictions. 'Do we get a hearing on what 404b (character evidence) can come in,' Vallow Daybell said, according to courtroom footage by East Idaho News. 'If I opened the door, do I get a hearing do we stop the trial and I get a hearing?' Beresky cut off Vallow Daybell's inquiries, saying there could be a brief hearing if she wanted. 'If you are going to introduce how you have great character and good character we will have a short hearing on what evidence they can bring in to rebut that character which could include that you have been convicted of four murders,' Beresky interjected. Advertisement 6 Vallow Daybell is serving three life sentences for her role in killing her two children and Tammy Daybell in killing her two children and Tammy Daybell. Idaho Department of Corrections During Friday's contentious exchange, Vallow Daybell accused the judge of yelling at her 'You do not need to talk to me like that, I'm being very courteous to you,' she added. The fed-up judge called for court security to remove the child killer from the room. Advertisement 'Take her out, take her out,' Beresky ordered. 'You have been nothing near courteous to me during the course of these proceedings.' 6 A courtroom sketch of Brandon Boudreaux testifying during Lori Vallow Daybell's murder trial in Boise, Idaho on April 10, 2023. AP Vallow Daybell was escorted out of the courtroom as the trial took a 15-minute recess. Beresky threatened to remove the defendant's right to self-representation because of her courtroom antics. 'Ms. Daybell, if you continue to ask lines of questions where I've sustained an objection, into areas where I've sustained an objection, if you continue to speak over me or the prosecutor … I may be forced to revoke your pro se status,' Beresky said, according to Vallow Daybell and invoked her pro se status before the trial started. Vallow Daybell was found guilty in 2023 for the murders of her two youngest children Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16 in 2019. Advertisement Their bodies were discovered on a property owned by Chad Daybell, Vallow Daybell's fifth husband. The couple were the leaders of a 'doomsday cult' and were also found guilty of killing Daybell's ex-wife Tammy Daybell, who died of asphyxiation in October 2019. The trial began with jury selection on May 30, and the second day of selection was halted because Vallow Daybell claimed to be sick. She appeared in court on June 2 in a wheelchair and claimed she still felt nauseous and was crying loudly, according to East Idaho News. Advertisement 6 Vallow Daybell was found guilty in 2023 for the murders of her two youngest children Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16 in 2019. Madison County Jail 6 Chad Daybell sits at the defense table after he was convicted of murder at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on May 30, 2024. AP Beresky found that Vallow Daybell was not suffering from any documented medical condition and proceeded with the trial. Vallow Daybell cross-examined Boudreaux during the hearing, where she asked about her character and how they got along. Boudreaux contested that they had argued and didn't always have a good relationship, according to Advertisement Vallow Daybell is serving three life sentences for her role in killing her two children and Tammy Daybell in killing her two children and Tammy Daybell. Chad Daybell was sentenced to death. 6 Lori Vallow Daybell's fourth husband, Charles Vallow. Handout Advertisement In April, Vallow Daybell was convicted of conspiring to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, with the help of her brother Alex Cox. She will be sentenced in the Charles Vallow murder case after the Boudreaux trial ends.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Yahoo
Arizona trial dates are set for 'Doomsday Mom' Lori Vallow Daybell
A judge on Tuesday decided Lori Vallow Daybell's Arizona charges — murder conspiracy and attempted murder, stemming from separate incidents — would be prosecuted in separate trials. The murder conspiracy case, related to the July 2019 death of Daybell's fourth husband, Charles Vallow, would begin March 31, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky said. May 30 would be the start date for the attempted murder trial, related to a shooting that narrowly missed Daybell's niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux, in Gilbert in October 2019, Beresky said. Beresky also ruled during Tuesday's hearing that the names of Daybell's two youngest children would be included in juror questions to preclude seating jurors with prior knowledge of Daybell's convictions in Idaho for their murders. Joshua "JJ" Vallow was 7 and Tylee Ryan was 16 when they were killed. Daybell was sentenced to life in prison for their murders. She was also convicted in Idaho of conspiracy to murder Tammy Daybell, the ex-wife of Chad Daybell, who Lori Vallow married weeks later. Daybell and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, believed in an imminent "doomsday" and that people around them were zombies, according to court records and testimony. Daybell has come to be known as the "Doomsday Mom," the title of a 2021 Lifetime TV movie about her. Beresky ordered Daybell's former defense team to turn over any material Daybell claimed they had withheld, including a video of Gilbert police interviewing her. In court, Daybell argued she had not received the video, but prosecutors said they had provided her with everything of which they were aware. Daybell said she knew the video existed because her previous defense team had shown it to her online. 'If they have that link, why don't they just send it to the state?" Beresky said. "And that may help the state determine if that's something they've already disclosed.' Daybell claimed her former defense team refused to help her. 'I'll tell you why they won't — because that is my former team, and they will not do anything to help my investigator, my paralegal," Daybell said. "They won't give us any information that they found. They won't talk to us at all because apparently there was a conflict." Daybell requested that an expert she retained be allowed to inspect Charles Vallow's phone. Beresky warned that if her expert needed time to examine the device, admitting the findings could delay the trial. The judge told her she had a choice: push the trial date to allow for more preparation or proceed as scheduled on March 31. Daybell repeatedly asserted that she wanted to maintain the current trial date and invoke her right to a speedy trial, even if it meant limiting her defense's ability to review evidence. 'I understand that, and I also understand that I've only been given 10 hours" for the expert from the Office of the Public Defender, Daybell said. 'So if he could spend 10 hours this week getting it ready, then he can give us a report with the best that he can do.' Beresky noted the defense already possessed digital forensic extractions from police evidence, including data from Charles Vallow's phone, and suggested the expert work from those files. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona trial dates are set for 'Doomsday Mom' Lori Vallow Daybell
