Jury Selection Begins in Idaho Trial of Slain Kids’ Mother

Jury Selection Begins in Idaho Trial of Slain Kids’ Mother
Lori Vallow Daybell sits in a police car after a hearing at the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Aug. 16, 2022. Tony Blakeslee/Pool/East Idaho News via AP
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BOISE, Idaho—Hundreds of people are expected to gather at an Idaho courthouse Monday morning as attorneys begin selecting 18 potential jurors for the trial of a woman charged in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot.

Prosecutors charged Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, with conspiracy, murder, and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and big sister Tylee Ryan, who was last seen a few days before her 17th birthday in 2019. Prosecutors also have charged the couple in connection with the October 2019 death of Chad Daybell’s late wife, Tammy Daybell.