It's summer 2020. I just graduated from junior college, COVID is new, and I'm at my summer job before starting university. During a slow moment I open Reddit for the first time in a while. First post I see from the r/Unresolved Mysteries subreddit is a post announcing that bodies recovered from a backyard in Idaho were identified as two missing children. I can still see the phone screen in my hand. The rabbit hole I fell into was far more cavernous than I ever could have predicted.
It's summer 2024. I've since graduated university and have a full-time job. I can't say I'm the same person I was back then. So much as happened, even in the duration of this most recent trial.
So much heartache. So much devastation. It's a tragedy nothing will ever fix or make up for, and we still have too many questions that will likely be left unanswered.
But as of today, May 30, 2024, a jury of their peers has found not only Lori "Mommy Doomsday" Vallow guilty on all counts, but also now Chad "Daddy Doomsday" guilty on all counts. They, conspired to murder Chad's wife of 30 years, Lori's only daughter who was only 16, and Lori's adopted son who was only 7. It is no longer "alleged," or "supposed," or "accused:" it is now a FACT. \And you know what? We aren't even done yet.