A doomsday cult, murders and children buried in a pet cemetery: The twisted case of Lori Vallow
It looked every inch the fairytale wedding.
Dressed in white with pink flower garlands around their necks, the bride and groom couldn’t have looked happier as they exchanged vows on a paradise beach in Hawaii.
Photos captured the apparently blissful day as they toasted their nuptials, embraced and she danced to him playing the guitar.
But, behind the photos, something much more disturbing was going on.
Her two children had not been seen alive in two months.
His wife of three decades – the mother of his five children – had died suddenly just two weeks earlier.
And her husband had been shot dead by her brother (who would also soon be dead) not long before.
In the three years since the November 2019 wedding of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, a deeply disturbing tale of suspected murders, unexplained deaths and apocalyptic cult beliefs about killing zombies has come to light.
In total, five people close to the couple have wound up dead.
Now, Vallow – infamously dubbed the “cult mom” – has finally been brought to justice.
On 12 May 2023, Vallow was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft over the deaths of her daughter Tylee Ryan, 16, and son Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7.
She was also found guilty of conspiracy to kill Mr Daybell’s first wife Tammy.
Vallow was sentenced to life in prison without parole for those crimes on 31 July.
Separately, Vallow is facing charges in Arizona for the murder of her fourth husband Charles Vallow.
