Lori Vallow Daybell Faces Sentencing for Deaths of Children and Romantic Rival

Lori Vallow, an Idaho mother, is set to be sentenced for the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival. Vallow, who believed her children were zombies and claimed to be a goddess, was found guilty in May. Her husband, Chad Daybell, is awaiting trial on the same charges. Vallow also faces additional cases in Arizona. The sentencing will take place at the Fremont County Courthouse, where testimony from representatives of the victims, including Vallow's surviving son, is expected. The case began in 2019 when Vallow's brother killed her estranged husband, and the children were last seen alive in September of that year. Their bodies were found buried in Daybell's yard the following summer. Defense attorney Jim Archibald argued that Vallow was a loving mother influenced by Daybell's apocalyptic religious claims.