September 6th 2023.
Lori Vallow Daybell, the ‘Doomsday mom’, has submitted an appeal for her murder conviction to the Idaho Supreme Court. Vallow was found guilty in May of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her two children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua ‘JJ’ Daybell. Her children were last seen in September 2019 and their remains were discovered in her husband Chad Daybell's backyard in June 2020.
Vallow's attorney James Archibald has submitted a 16-point appeal outlining the alleged procedural errors of her two year-long trial. He has specifically called attention to the lower court's decision to declare Vallow competent to stand trial shortly after she spent 10 months in a mental hospital. Archibald also requests that the state assign Vallow a public defender as she is no longer able to pay for her own legal fees.
Since the verdict was delivered in May, Vallow has continued to maintain her innocence and at her sentencing, she made a bizarre statement claiming that she speaks with her deceased children in heaven. She stated that she has ‘access to heaven and the spirit world’ and that her children are ‘happy and busy in the spirit world.’
The Idaho Supreme Court will now have to consider the various requests from Vallow's attorney and decide if the lower court's verdict of guilty should be upheld. Regardless of the outcome, the trial has been a long and difficult journey for all involved. The Agency will continue to provide updates on the story as it progresses.
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