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Newsweek
4 days ago
- General
- Newsweek
Black Bear Killed at Yellowstone After Becoming 'Food-Conditioned'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. An adult female black bear was euthanised by Yellowstone National Park staff after displaying repeated food-conditioned behaviours, according to a park press release. Newsweek contacted Yellowstone National Park for comment via online form on Sunday outside of usual working hours. Why It Matters This marks the first black bear euthanised in Yellowstone for food conditioning since July 2020. In May of this year, an unrelated 11-year-old male grizzly was also euthanised after flipping over multiple bear-resistant dumpsters in high-traffic areas like Old Faithful and Nez Perce Picnic Area, as reported by East Idaho News. What To Know Park officials said the actions took place around 5 p.m. on July 11, at a backcountry campsite in the Blacktail Deer Creek drainage in northern Yellowstone. Officials said that the bear's escalating behavior, including property damage and obtaining a significant food reward, posed a clear threat to visitor safety and warranted removal. The release states that the decision to kill the bear was based on ongoing concern for human safety, property damage to camping equipment, and the bear learning to defeat the park's backcountry food storage poles to obtain human food. A Black bear forages for food near a stream on May 18, 2024 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A Black bear forages for food near a stream on May 18, 2024 in Yellowstone National Park, bear had previously crushed an unused tent on June 7 and later climbed a properly secured food storage pole to access campers' food bags on July 11. Although incidents involving bears obtaining human food at Yellowstone remain uncommon, when they do occur, the animal may quickly lose its natural wariness of humans. Park authorities warned that such bold behaviour raises serious safety concerns. Yellowstone National Park stretches from Wyoming into Montana, and Idaho and was established as a national park by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. It is the first national park in the United States. The park spans more than 3,468.4 square miles. Yellowstone is home to both grizzly bears and black bears, one of the few places south of Canada where the two species live side by side. What People Are Saying Yellowstone's bear management biologist Kerry Gunther said in the news release: "We go to great lengths to protect bears and prevent them from gaining access to human food in all areas of the park. But occasionally, a bear outsmarts us or overcomes our defenses. When that happens, we sometimes have to make the difficult decision to remove the bear from the population to protect people and property." The park's website states: "Visitors should be aware that all bears are potentially dangerous. Park regulations require that people stay at least 100 yards (91 meters) from bears (unless safely in your car as a bear moves by). "Bears need your concern, not your food; it is against the law to feed any park wildlife, including bears. All of Yellowstone is bear habitat – from the deepest backcountry to the boardwalks around Old Faithful. Prepare for bear encounters no matter where you go by learning more about bear safety." What Happens Next Yellowstone continues to require all backcountry campers to use either food storage poles or bear-resistant food containers at the park's 293 campsites. Officials emphasise that proper food storage, except when actively cooking or eating, is vital for visitor safety and wildlife protection.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lori Vallow Daybell: What to know about 'Doomsday Mom' and her convictions
Lori Vallow Daybell now faces sentencing in two Arizona convictions after a jury found her guilty of conspiring to murder her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. The two convictions capped a series of tangled conspiracies, apocalyptic beliefs and family murders that unfolded in 2019 and led to trials in two states. The Arizona trials were marked by drama both in front of the jury and behind the scenes. As her own attorney, Daybell filed several motions to have her convictions thrown out and have multiple judges disqualified. She also repeatedly clashed with the judges and prosecutors. But she insisted to the jury in her second trial in Arizona that she was a loving person without anger, telling them: 'I am a person who loves all people and has no malice toward people, not even the prosecutors.' Born in 1973 in Southern California into a large Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints family, Daybell eventually would live in three different states and marry five different men by the time she was 46. Her first four marriages would last about three years each. Daybell married her first husband, Nelson Yanes, when she was 19, according to reporting by East Idaho News. After their brief marriage ended, she married William Lagioia in 1995, with whom she had a son, Colby Ryan. The two were separated by 1998. In 2001 she married Joseph Ryan and had her second child, Tylee Ryan. The two lived in Texas, where she had a career as a hairdresser and competed as a beauty queen. She also appeared on 'Wheel of Fortune,' winning about $17,500 in cash and prizes. Her marraige with Ryan lasted until 2004. He died of a heart attack in 2018. In 2006 Lori Daybell married Charles Vallow in Las Vegas. The family lived in Texas for several years before relocating to Hawaii in 2014 and ran a juice business. The family moved again in 2016, this time to Arizona, where Charles worked as a life insurance agent. Two years into their life in Arizona, Lori Daybell met Chad Daybell at e religious conference in St. George, Utah, for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who focused on apocalyptic beliefs. Chad Daybell was a self-published author who wrote fiction centered on end-times prophecy. Aspects of her life and the murders have been covered in two streaming movies since 2021. The Lifetime movie "Doomsday Mom: The Lori Vallow Story," which stars Lauren Lee Smith as Lori Daybell, focuses on the disappearance of her children, Tylee and Joshua 'J.J.', and the events leading up to the charges against her. A Netflix documentary titled "Sins of Our Mother," released in 2022, explored her radical beliefs, the deaths of her children, and includes interviews with her surviving son, Colby Ryan. Both series covered the ins-and-outs of what would be the saga that continues in 2025. The truth behind Daybell's murders began to unfold almost 900 miles away in Rexburg, Idaho, where the bodies of her two children — 7-year-old Joshua 'J.J.' Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan— were found buried in 2020. For months, family and friends had searched for the children, who were reported missing in September 2019. Daybell had recently moved to Idaho to be with Chad Daybell. Idaho prosecutors claimed the couple justified the murders as a spiritual mission, eliminating anyone who stood in their way of building a new life together, including Chad Daybell's former wife, Tammy Daybell. According to testimony and evidence, the couple described the children and other relatives as 'zombies.' Once labeled a zombie, prosecutors said, the couple believed the person's body needed to be destroyed. Lori Daybell was first represented by a private attorney, Mark Means, who was disqualified after a judge ruled a conflict of interest since he also had represented Chad Daybell. Public defender Jim Archibald took over after Means. Lori Daybell and Chad Daybell were found guilty of the three deaths in Idaho. She was sentenced to multiple life terms and he was sentenced to death. After his conviction, Chad Daybell was placed on death row in Idaho, housed at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, just south of Boise. The execution process in Idaho resembles that in Arizona. After sentencing, an automatic appeals process is triggered, meaning it may be years before the state attorney general requests an execution warrant. When Lori Daybell's Arizona cases are finished, she will return to prison in Pocatello, Idaho. While there is no order prohibiting the two from communicating with each other, communications between prisons in most jurisdictions are prohibited. After the Idaho cases, two other charges still loomed over Daybell in Arizona. She was her own attorney in these 2025 cases. Her former husband, Charles Vallow, had died after being shot by Daybell's older brother, Alex Cox, in July 2019, months after Vallow had filed for divorce. Cox told Chandler police he shot in self-defense, but an investigation that spanned almost two years showed Cox and Daybell strategized to lure Vallow to her home and provoke a fight. Cox never testified in court. He died in December 2019 from an embolism. Daybell portrayed the shooting as a family tragedy that prosecutors had turned into something more. Prosecutors said Daybell told acquaintances that Vallow was being controlled by an evil spirit and claimed to have been drugging him. Daybell attempted to collect Vallow's life insurance policy but was unsuccessful after learning he had changed the beneficiary to his sister, Kay Woodcock. A jury convicted Daybell of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder on April 22. After the conviction, Woodcock said, 'I'm glad this is done. Now we just have to get justice for Brandon.' A little over a month later, Daybell would face Boudreaux in court. Daybell characterized the attempted murder charges as a vendetta by Boudreaux, claiming that he blamed her for the collapse of his marriage to her niece Melani Pawlowski. About a month before Charles Vallow's death, Boudreaux texted Daybell and her then-husband, saying she was feeding Pawlowski lies that led to their divorce. After Cox killed Vallow and the children went missing, Boudreaux grew suspicious. Pawlowski had rented an apartment in the same Idaho complex where Daybell lived. Now separated, Boudreaux had rented a home in Gilbert, Arizona. One week after moving in, someone shot at him from the back of a Jeep Wrangler parked outside his driveway. 'So as I let the car kind of coast in, that back window pops up, I see a muzzle, I hear a bang — and your fight or flight kicks in at that point,' he testified. He immediately pointed investigators to Daybell and Cox. Prosecutors tied the Jeep to Daybell. Cell phone data later revealed Cox drove from Idaho to Arizona two days before the shooting. Records also showed Daybell called herself from Cox's phone in Idaho about an hour before the shot was fired in an effort to create an alibi for Cox, prosecutors argued. The trial lasted five days. Jurors found Daybell guilty on the sixth day after about 30 minutes of deliberation. As her own attorney, Daybell struggled to keep up with her cases. She consistently missed deadlines for disclosing reports and witnesses, while Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky worked to give her enough time to prepare. At one point, he suggested she request a delay to give her experts time to analyze evidence. She refused. 'This is one of the things where you have to weigh your options on whether it's worth it to get a continuance so you can have your defense do the work that you want done,' Beresky told her. But Daybell wanted to proceed as scheduled and told the judge, 'I understand that is the rule, and I understand how unfair and prejudicial that would be to me.' Daybell's sense of injustice grew as the trial went forward. After her conviction, she filed motions to toss out the verdict and disqualify Beresky, claiming bias. 'You've denied every single one of my motions,' she said in court. Beresky replied: 'File a motion that has legal merit, and I will approve it.' Her motion to vacate and disqualify him were denied. She also tried to remove Superior Court Judge Jennifer Green, who had denied her request to disqualify Beresky. The case was referred to a third judge, Kevin Wein, who ruled the motions were untimely and denied her again. The start of her second trial failed to launch as planned. On the first day, Daybell arrived in a wheelchair and told the judge she was too ill to proceed. Beresky granted a two-day delay. When she asked if he would have her dragged to court, he replied he would because as her own attorney she would be the only one who could waive her appearance. 'You're welcome to come over to the jail, come to my cell and see how I'm doing in there,' she told him in frustration. Tensions escalated. On the second day of testimony, Beresky kicked Daybell out of court during a hearing held outside the jury's presence. She had interrupted him and accused him of yelling. 'I'm not yelling, OK,' Beresky replied. 'Yeah, you are. You're not in charge of me that way,' Daybell said. 'Okay, take her out. Take her out. Take her out,' the judge ordered. He warned that she was on the verge of losing the right to represent herself, and after a recess, she returned and apologized. Daybell was scheduled to be sentenced by Beresky in both of her Arizona convictions July 25. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Lori Vallow Daybell trials: What to know about 'Doomsday Mom'
Hindustan Times
07-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Convicted child killer mom kicked out of Arizona court room by judge: 'Take her out'
A 51-year-old woman, Lori Vallow Daybell, who is already serving time for multiple murder convictions, was removed from an Arizona courtroom on Friday after a heated exchange with the judge during her ongoing attempted murder trial, reported the New York Post. The woman, known as the 'Doomsday mom,' is representing herself in the case and is accused of conspiring to kill her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. The incident reportedly took place on Oct. 2, 2019, when Boudreaux said he was shot at while driving home in Gilbert, Arizona. Prosecutors allege Vallow Daybell and her brother, Alex Cox, plotted the attack, with Cox firing the shot that narrowly missed Boudreaux's head. Tensions escalated in the courtroom when Vallow Daybell attempted to argue for an additional hearing to present character evidence in her defence. 'Do we get a hearing on what 404b (character evidence) can come in,' Vallow Daybell asked, as reported by East Idaho News. 'If I opened the door, do I get a hearing do we stop the trial and I get a hearing?' Judge Justin Beresky responded sharply, stating a short hearing could be held but warned that such evidence would allow prosecutors to bring up her past murder convictions. '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 said. Also read: Failed Indian startup founder desperately looks for job, says 'no one is calling back' During the back-and-forth, Vallow Daybell accused the judge of raising his voice. 'You do not need to talk to me like that, I'm being very courteous to you,' she said. Judge Beresky then ordered court security to remove her. 'Take her out, take her out,' he said. 'You have been nothing near courteous to me during the course of these proceedings.' The courtroom went into a 15-minute recess as Vallow Daybell was escorted out. Beresky warned that her right to represent herself could be revoked if her behavior continued. '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,' he said, as reported by Vallow Daybell had previously chosen to invoke her pro se status before the trial began. The proceedings started with jury selection on May 30. On the second day, proceedings were paused when she claimed to be ill. She later appeared in court in a wheelchair on June 2, crying and stating she felt nauseous. However, Judge Beresky found no medical documentation to support her claims and ordered the trial to continue. During her cross-examination of Boudreaux, Vallow Daybell questioned him about their relationship and her character. Boudreaux testified that they often argued and did not have a good relationship, according to Vallow Daybell was convicted in 2023 of the murders of her two youngest children, Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16. Their remains were found on the property of Chad Daybell, her fifth husband. Both were also found guilty of murdering Chad's former wife, Tammy Daybell, in October 2019. The couple had led a 'doomsday cult' during their time together. Also read: Indian techie claims toxic manager blamed his father's death for project delay: 'That was the final straw'
New York Post
07-06-2025
- 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
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
3-year-old girl run over, killed in Costco parking lot in southern Idaho
POCATELLO, Idaho (ABC4) — A 3-year-old girl is dead after being run over in a Costco parking lot in Pocatello, Idaho, on Saturday, according to East Idaho News. The incident reportedly occurred at around 2:30 p.m. on May 24. While details are currently limited, police said the driver of a red Dodge Ram pickup truck ran over the girl in the parking lot of a local Costco. An ambulance took the girl to the hospital, where she was pronounced deceased. Pocatello Police are currently investigating this incident. This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post as new information becomes available. 3-year-old girl run over, killed in Costco parking lot in southern Idaho 6 Utah cities ranked among the best 250 places to live in the U.S. — and Salt Lake didn't make the cut Part of UTA TRAX Red Line closes for maintenance work $1 movies at Regal Cinemas this summer: 'Trolls,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog,' more Trump's ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
