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Fox News
08-03-2025
- Fox News
Killer Lori Vallow, 'doomsday mom,' says Jesus spoke to her in spiritual vision, showed her prison release
Lori Vallow, known as the Idaho "doomsday mom" convicted of killing two of her children and conspiring to kill husband Chad Daybell's former wife in 2019, expressed her belief that she will be freed from prison in the future in her first TV interview since she was sentenced to life in prison in 2023. Vallow and Daybell, who was sentenced to death, killed Vallow's youngest children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell, in what prosecutors described as an escalation of their extreme "doomsday" religious views by which they believed certain people were "zombies." Vallow maintains her innocence. "I have seen things in the future that Jesus showed me when I was in heaven, and we were not … in prison," Vallow told "Dateline" in a new episode that premiered Friday night when asked about her belief that she and Daybell will be exonerated. "And they were still in the future from now." Vallow also took aim at the media in the "Dateline" interview, saying, "They exaggerate everything, and they make stuff up, and they twist things around." Vallow added that she is "absolutely" misunderstood. The so-called cult mom will stand trial in Arizona for allegedly conspiring to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and her niece's ex-husband after a judge recently denied her motion to dismiss the case. After J.J. and Tylee were reported missing in September 2019 and Tammy Daybell died a month later, in October 2019, Vallow and Daybell married in Hawaii in November of that same year. They proceeded to steal J.J. and Tylee's Social Security benefits after their disappearances. J.J. and Tylee were found in shallow graves on Daybell's rural Rexburg property in June 2020. The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape. When asked whether she was at the site of her children's murders, Vallow told "Dateline" in her interview, "I was not there." Idaho prosecutors alleged during Vallow and Daybell's trials the pair had extreme religious beliefs, including the idea that some people had "dark" souls while others had "light" souls. They believed the "dark" spirits could be so dark, in fact, that they could be zombies. Vallow's oldest son and only surviving child, Colby Ryan, is also featured in the "Dateline" episode. "I guess I always was, like, a positive, see-the-best-in-people kind of person, and then I watched someone I knew my entire life do what she did, and it just changed the way I view people," Colby told "Dateline" when asked how his mother's crimes have affected him. "The way that my sister was treated was with hate. That's not even human to do what they did to her after." The "Dateline" interview also featured interviews with retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Doug Hart, the former lead detective for the Rexburg Police Department; Sheriff Ron Ball; and Det. Ray Hermosillo of the Rexburg Police Department. During her sentencing, Vallow spoke publicly for the first time since her arrest in 2020 and appeared to be in denial, saying at the time that she knew her children were "happy and busy in the spirit world." GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "I have had many communications with Jesus Christ, savior of this world, and our heavenly parents. I have had many angelic visitors come and communicated with me and even manifested themselves to me because of these communications," Vallow told an Idaho courtroom during her sentencing hearing. "I know for a fact that my children are happy and busy in the spirit world. Because of my communications with my friend, Tammy Daybell, I know that she is also very happy and extremely busy." POLICE SERVE SUBPOENA TO 'CULT MOM' SITTING POOLSIDE IN HAWAII: In her statement to the court, Vallow added she "died in the hospital" while she was in labor with her daughter, Tylee. Doctors revived her, at which point she began seeing spirits. "One of the times that Tylee came to me as a spirit after she died … she said to me, 'Stop worrying, mom. We are fine.' She knows how I worry and how I miss her," Vallow said at the time. The so-called "cult mom" was extradited to Arizona in November 2023, about four months after she was sentenced to life without parole in Idaho.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Yahoo
Lori Vallow Daybell tells Keith Morrison she 'will be exonerated' in new interview for Dateline
Lori Vallow Daybell, an Idaho woman who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for the murders of her two youngest children, is speaking out from prison on "Dateline" in her first television interview about her conviction. Vallow Daybell tells veteran host Keith Morrison on the episode of "Dateline" airing on March 7 that she believes she and her husband, Chad Daybell, are innocent of the crimes. 'I will be exonerated," she said in an excerpt of the show. "We will both be exonerated in the future.' Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May 2023 of killing her two youngest children, daughter Tylee Ryan, 16, and son Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, whose remains were found buried in shallow graves on the property of Vallow Daybell's husband, Chad Daybell, police in Rexbury, Idaho, said. She initially pleaded not guilty. Vallow Daybell was also convicted of conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, the ex-wife of Chad Daybell, who is Vallow Daybell's fifth husband. Chad Daybell was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in 2024 for the deaths of the two children and his ex-wife. He was sentenced to the death penalty in June 2024 and is currently on death row. Idaho prosecutors portrayed Chad Daybell as an author consumed by thoughts of the apocalypse who referred to people as 'zombies' and 'dark spirits.' Lori Vallow Daybell's ex-husband, Charles Vallow, referred to similar doomsday sentiments when he filed for divorce from her in February 2019. Vallow wrote in court documents filed in Arizona that his wife believed she was a god sent to lead people during the second coming of Christ, and he was concerned for his own safety and the safety of his children. The story of how Vallow Daybell's family believed she got hooked on doomsday beliefs is the subject of a Netflix true-crime series, 'Sins of Our Mother,' which premiered on Sept. 14, 2022. The two-hour special titled "Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview" will air at 9 p.m. ET on March 7 on NBC. The episode also features interviews with retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Doug Hart, and Sheriff Ron Ball, the former lead detective for the Rexburg Police Department, which investigated the murders. Detective Ray Hermosillo, co-lead for the Rexburg Police Department, also speaks about the case. Lori Vallow Daybell's son, Colby Ryan, also talked with Morrison about his relationship with his mother. This is the seventh "Dateline" broadcast featuring the story of the Daybells. Morrison also reported on the story for the popular "Dateline" podcast "Mommy Doomsday." In an interview from prison, Vallow Daybell told Morrison that she believes she and her husband, Chad Daybell, will be freed from their convictions. "I will be exonerated," she said. "We will both be exonerated in the future.' Morrison asked her why she thinks that will happen. "I have seen things in the future that Jesus showed me when I was in heaven," she said. "And we were not in jail and we were not in prison.' Morrison also spoke with Vallow Daybell's son, Colby Ryan, about his reaction to the gruesome murders of his siblings. 'I guess I was always a very positive, see-the-best-in-people kind of person. And then I watched someone that I knew my entire life do what she did," he said. "And it just changed the way I view people. "The way that my sister was treated was with hate. That's not even human to do what they did to her (body), after.' On June 13, 2020, the Rexburg Police Department confirmed that two sets of human remains discovered on Chad Daybell's property located in Fremont County, Idaho, were the bodies of the two article was originally published on
