'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow represents herself in trial over killing of 4th husband
Lori Vallow Daybell, the "doomsday mom" who received multiple life sentences for the murders of her two children and romantic rival, gave her opening statement Monday in a separate trial over the death of her fourth husband.
Lori Vallow Daybell, the "doomsday mom" who received multiple life sentences for the murders of her two children and romantic rival, gave her opening statement Monday in a separate trial over the death of her fourth husband.
Vallow Daybell, who is serving as her own counsel, presented a timeline of the events leading to the July 11, 2019, fatal shooting of Charles Vallow, 62, by her brother, Alex Cox, characterizing them as tragic but far from criminal or planned.
She said that the day Cox shot Vallow, her husband got into an argument with her daughter, Tylee Ryan, who was then 16, and threatened her with a bat.
Though the couple were estranged, Vallow had come to her residence in Chandler, Arizona, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix, to pick up his son, police said in a statement. According to the police account, an argument between Charles Vallow and Vallow Daybell started, and her brother intervened.
"Charles lifted up the bat to hit Tylee," she said Monday in her opening remarks. "Alex then intervened."
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