Lori Valor Daybell was convicted Tuesday of murdering her daughter and son and was sent to an Idaho state prison where she was sentenced to life in prison. Now she is awaiting extradition to Arizona to face an ongoing murder case in Maricopa County.
Last July 26, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell told reporters that extradition proceedings for Valor Daybell would begin after her conviction.
Valor Daybell, a 50-year-old mother called “Terminal Mom,” faces first-degree murder conspiracy in the death of ex-husband Charles Valor.
Mitchell has asked the governor to request an extradition so Valor Daybell can be detained in Arizona without a time limit.
Once an application is filed, the process typically takes three to four months, the county attorney’s office said.
Details of the Varrow, Arizona case:Lori Valor Daybell, sentenced in Idaho, awaits murder trial for her husband’s death in Arizona
Mitchell’s office will be ready to proceed with the case once Valor Daybell’s extradition is complete. Mitchell added that the deputy attorney has been working on the case for about two years.
The county attorney’s office hasn’t said much about how it will pursue the case, but Mitchell said the verdict against Valor Daybell in Idaho will not affect how they are prosecuted. said.
“Victims should be given justice, but one victim’s justice is not to acknowledge that another victim has suffered and died,” Mitchell told reporters.
what happened in Arizona?
In July 2019, Chandler police found Charles Varrow with multiple gunshot wounds.
Valor Dabell’s brother Alex Cox claimed to have shot him in self-defence, but detectives found bullet holes next to Valor’s body, suggesting something other than self-defence. .
Cox died before the investigation was closed.
The Chandler Police Department submitted its findings to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in June 2021.
Later that month, the county attorney’s office announced that Valor Daybell had been charged with conspiracy to murder.
Her lawsuit in Maricopa County was pending until the Idaho trial was concluded.
What happened in Idaho?
Valor Dabell’s children, Tyree Ryan, 16, and Joshua Valor, 7, went missing in September 2019.
By February 2020, police suspected Valor Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, of harming their children. They were arrested in Hawaii and extradited to Idaho.
In July 2020, police found the bodies of two children buried behind Dabell’s house.
Valor Daybell and Chad Daybell were indicted in May 2021.
Her trial began in April 2023, and after about six weeks, a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder her children, as well as conspiracy to murder Chad Daybell’s ex-wife, Tamara Daybell. got down.
She was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for each murder.
Everything you need to know about Valor
Why did Valor kill the children? She believed they were possessed by demons and turned into zombies.
how did they die? An autopsy found they had died of homicide by asphyxiation, which the coroner said was by “non-specific means.”
When will Chad Daybell be tried for the same crime? A trial date is set for April 1, 2024 in Boise.
