Lori Vallow Speaks Out from Prison: Why She Thinks She and Chad Daybell 'Will Be Exonerated'

Mar. 15, 2025

Lori Vallow Daybell.Photo:Tony Blakeslee/EastIdahoNews.com via AP, Pool

Tony Blakeslee/EastIdahoNews.com via AP, Pool

Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother convicted in 2023 of killing her two children and conspiring to murder her fifth husband’s first wife, is breaking her silence from prison.

In a clip from an upcomingDatelineepisode, Lori insists she’s innocent and shares her belief that she and husbandChad Daybell— who is serving a death sentence for his role in the murders — will be exonerated.

“I have seen things in the future that Jesus showed me when I was in heaven,” Lori tellsDatelinecorrespondent Keith Morrison in the clip for the episode airing on NBC at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, March 7. “And we were not in jail and we were not in prison and they were still in the future, from now.”

In July 2023, Lori was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of the 2019 murders of her two children, 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. She was also found guilty of conspiring to murder Chad’s first wife, 49-year-oldTammy Daybell.

Joshua “J.J” Vallow and Tylee Ryan.Rexburg Police Department (2)

The following year, Chad was sentenced to death after being convicted of the murders of the children as well as Tammy. (Chad was married to Tammy for nearly 30 years and had five children with her.)

Prosecutors have said that Chad — an author of religious doomsday scenarios — and Lori’s life together revolved around a small doomsday cult that believed in preparing for the imminent end of the world and eliminating people whose spirits had turned “dark.”

Tammy Daybell.Facebook

Chad Daybell.AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool

AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool

Tammy died at the home she shared with Chad in October 2019. Hercause of death was also revealed to be asphyxiation, though it was initially ruled accidental. Just weeks after Tammy’s death, Chad and Lori married in Hawaii.

Prior to Lori’s sentencing, Judge Steven Boyce called Lori’s crimes “heinous and egregious,” saying that Lori hadn’t shown any remorse for her actions.

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NBC News’Datelineairs at 9/8c on Friday, March 7.

source: people.com