Idaho Judge: Mother Accused in Children’s Killings Now Fit for Trial

Idaho Judge: Mother Accused in Children’s Killings Now Fit for Trial
Lori Vallow Daybell (L) glances at the camera during her hearing in Rexburg, Idaho, on March 6, 2020. John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool
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BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge ruled Monday that a mother accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband, and a lover’s wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho.

Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre spiritual beliefs involving “zombies” and doomsday predictions.