
Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of unimaginable crimes
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This story originally aired on May 13, 2023. It was updated on Dec. 30, 2023. 911 DISPATCHER: Is he breathing? 911 DISPATCHER: And is he hurt? Is he alive, or? CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER. [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? What is it over? POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? AGENT DOUG HART (reading texts): "I need so badly to just gently kiss you for hours." LORI VALLOW DAYBELL: He's with one of my friends in Arizona. MELANIE GIBB: Is JJ safe? COLBY RYAN (phone call with Lori Vallow Daybell): You've ripped my heart out and you've ripped out everyone in this family's heart out. SUMMER SHIFLET (phone call): You went off to Hawaii and were dancing on the beach while your kids were in the ground?
The crimes are unimaginable. Lori Vallow Daybell stood trial for the murder of her own children — 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old JJ Vallow. She was also accused of killing Tammy Daybell, the wife of her current husband Chad Daybell. ALEX COX: I can't tell. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. He's not moving. ALEX COX: Well, it was over my sister. He was getting physical with her. LORI VALLOW: Like three weeks. "It would likely lead to other activities." OFFICER RON BALL: Who's the friend he's with? LORI VALLOW DAYBELL: He is safe and happy. SUMMER SHIFLET: They were just little kids. I don't understand.
Here was prosecutor Lindsey Blake. POLICE OFFICER: Oh geez, yeah, OK. "Likely or luckily?" LORI VALLOW DAYBELL: My friend Melanie. LORI VALLOW DAYBELL: You know me, Summer. Summer —

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