AZ - Lori Vallow Daybell charged w/ conspiring to kill ex-husband Charles Vallow and another relative, Brandon Boudreaux, Chandler, Maricopa County #3

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I'm catching up on LVD and thankfully Rexburg Police Lt. Ray Hermosillo entered the picture in Nov 2021 because everyone from the Chandler PD should hang their heads in shame.
Thankfully Hermosillo had Prosecutor Wood.

I was impressed just listening to Det. Nathan Duncan's testimony from LVD's last trial but he responded to LVD's residence when CV was killed so I gather he also dropped the ball?
imo

To be far, AZ police thought they had a possible DV victim. And in Idaho, it was pretty much mandated, if someone wants a well check on a disabled child, there is absolutely no reason that LVD couldn't produce JJ. And that is when her friends in AZ flipped on her, they wanted no part of pretending to LEO that JJ was with them.
 
She does appear to be wearing shoes when entering the Walgreens. But we'll probably never know why she lied about this.

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Her shoeprints on the floor close to Charles? Blood spatter on shoes? Just a couple of ideas... no proof. JMO. Most business's wouldn't let someone walk around barefoot. I wonder if investigators noticed it?
 
If I was on the jury, I’d be wondering about Tylee and Alex not testifying too. And even if someone said they were deceased, I’d be wondering about that.
Lori already told the jury that Alex died of natural cases five months after Charles. The prosecution didn't like her mentioning his cause of death.
 
Wednesday, April 16th:
*Trial continues (Day 7) (Charles) (@ 10:30am MST) - AZ – Charles Vallow (62) shot & killed on July 11, 2019 in Chandler, AZ. *Lori Norene Daybell aka Lori Norene Vallow (46 @ time of crime/48/now 51) indicted (6/24/21), charged & arraigned (12/8/23) with 1 count of conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Maricopa County
AZ – Brandon Boudreaux (34/now 40) attempted murder on Oct. 2, 2019 in Gilbert, AZ. *Lori Norene Vallow (46 @ time of crime/49/now 51) indicted (2/24/22), charged & arraigned (12/7/23) with 1 count of 1st degree premeditated attempted murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Maricopa County
Jury selection [for Charles] began on 3/31/25 & went thru 4/1/25.
Jury consisted of 12 jurors & 4 alternates. [13 men & 3 women]. As of 4/9/25: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. [12 men & 2 women].
Trial [for Brandon Boudreaux]: Jury selection for voir dire on 5/30/25. Judge sets 6/2/25 for start of Boudreux trial. Trial will be Monday thru Friday, the following week [6/9/25] will be Monday thru Thursday & the Judge may be gone for training the following week [6/16/25]. Then from 6/23-25, 6/30-7/3. On 5/29/25 @ 1:30pm jury selection questionnaire.
Trial began on 4/7/25. [thru 5/15/25] @10:30am to 4:30pm [State wants 4/24/25 as half day]. NO Court on Fridays or 4/28 or 4/29/25.
Judge Justin Beresky presiding. State’s attorney Ryan Green. DA Treena Jeanelle Kay. Vallow-Daybell Pro Se with advisory Defense attorneys Gerald Bradley & Denae Suchy.

Case info from 2/24/22 thru 3/27/25 & Jury selection Days 1-2 (3/31 & 4/1/25) & 4/4/25 & Trial Day 1-5 (4/7-4/14/25) reference post #204 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/az-l...aux-chandler-maricopa-county-3.741053/page-11

4/15/25 Tuesday, Trial Day 6: *Treena Kay says she became aware that Larry Woodcock was served with a subpoena in Louisiana & his next of kin victim rights were violated because the subpoena included his address & personal information. Treena asks Judge Justin Beresky to seal the subpoena. Judge agrees. Lori says Larry Woodcock was not intended to be subpoenaed – it was an oversight. Judge asks Lori if she just signed a stack of subpoenas or knows who she even subpoenaed. She says she believes she knows. Judge says for the next trial, Lori needs to pay more attention.
*Judge now discussing a video that Summer Shiflet & Janis Cox have watched. The state wants testimony about the video precluded from the trial. Lori wants it included. Judge says unless the video comes in & someone lays foundation, witnesses can’t testify about what they saw in the video. Judge also goes thru Lori's witnesses & whether or not they have been subpoened.
State witnesses:
Detective Cassandra Ynclan back on stand for continuing cross. Chandler Police Detective Aeriel Werther [mapped GPS cell phone data].
*State says there is a witness issue this afternoon. Det. Nathan Duncan was supposed to testify this afternoon but he has gone home sick. Det. Werther will be the last witness today. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/16/25.
ID – Vallow found guilty of all charges & sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences without parole on 7/31/23.
 
Oh man, is she defending herself in that trial too?
I haven’t heard if she will ask (and be granted) to represent herself.
Hope not! Lol

I’m pretty sure that it’s been determined that Judge Beresky will not preside over the BB trial because of his upcoming vacation or schedule. Whoever the Judge is will have to grant a motion to allow LVD to go pro se.
IMO
 
Was the beneficiary changed when CV found out about CD?
Like a bridge too far even for him?
I was wondering what his primary motivation for changing the beneficiary was. Was it just a "mean move", because he was (justifiably) unhappy with how she was treating him, or was he finally admitting to himself the extent of her mental instability and worried that she was too unstable to carry the responsibility? Or did he do it because he truly feared that she might one day kill him or have him killed for the insurance money? Scary thought!

If that's what it was though, it defeats his purpose if he doesn't let her know he changed it. Since he kept it a secret from her, he might have just done it to get back at her for being so awful to him.
 
I was wondering what his primary motivation for changing the beneficiary was. Was it just a "mean move", because he was (justifiably) unhappy with how she was treating him, or was he finally admitting to himself the extent of her mental instability and worried that she was too unstable to carry the responsibility? Or did he do it because he truly feared that she might one day kill him or have him killed for the insurance money? Scary thought!

If that's what it was though, it defeats his purpose if he doesn't let her know he changed it. Since he kept it a secret from her, he might have just done it to get back at her for being so awful to him.
Article from Feb 2020 -

"Charles’ sister, Kay Woodcock, revealed these new details Wednesday and tells EastIdahoNews.com that in February 2019, five months before her brother died, he came to her to discuss life insurance.

“Charles and I had a conversation. He had a $1 million dollar policy with Lori as the beneficiary and he told me he wanted me to be the sole recipient,” Woodcock says. “I told him to leave it to his boys but he was worried about what Lori was going to do.”

[...]

“(Charles) said, ‘Lori doesn’t want me anymore. She doesn’t want JJ and you’ll end up raising JJ so I want you to have the money,'” Woodcock recalls."

 
A few extracts from our WS timeline ID - Joshua Vallow & Tylee Ryan, Rexburg, Sept 2019 TIMELINE ONLY - *NO DISCUSSION*

29 Jan 2019 - CV says Lori called that day and told him she is a god and a "translated being who cannot taste death sent by god to lead the 144,000 into the Millennium". The conversation between Lori and CV would later be documented in both an order of protection and divorce filings: “[Lori] believes that she is receiving spiritual revelations and visions to help her gather and prepare those chosen to live in the New Jerusalem after the Great War as prophesied in the Book of Revelations." Lori also allegedly threatened to murder CV if he stood in her way (Protection Order & Divorce docs, Fox10 Phoenix).

30 Jan 2019 – CV is on a business trip in Houston when Lori calls him. Lori kept calling CV by the name “Nick Schneider” on the phone. When CV asked who Nick was, Lori said that CV was Nick because Nick had killed CV and taken his identity. Divorce docs say that Lori again threatens to murder CV when he returned to AZ; she allegedly said she had an angel to help her dispose of CV’s body. She also said she would ruin him financially (Protection Order & Divorce documents, Fox10 Phoenix).

Late Jan 2019 - CV files a petition with Community Bridges Healthcare for a 72-hour hold and evaluation, according to the documents; the staff called Gilbert Police to bring Lori in for treatment if they make contact with her; However Lori is never taken in for the hold and the petition expires (Divorce documents, Fox10 Phoenix).

[...]

4 Feb 2019Fearing for his life, CV files an Order of Protection against Lori and told his attorneys, “I want to make sure that everyone knows that if something happens to me, Lori & Alex did it.” The order also requests protection for JJ and says Lori is a danger to him. The order says Lori is not to possess firearms and must participate in counseling. The order further says Lori is to stay away from CV’s Gilbert home, CV’s Gilbert workplace & JJ’s school, Lauren’s Institute for Education in Gilbert, AZ even if CV is not present at any of those locations (Protection Order, Fox 10 Phoenix).

[...]

11 Feb 2019 – JJ’s father, CV, visits LIFE Academy and claims Lori had "gone crazy" and was hearing religious voices. CV told the school Lori had disappeared and no one knew where she was and he had a protection order against Lori. CV says he is pulling JJ out of school and taking him out of state until he was safe (KTVB7).

14 Feb 2019 – Valentine's Day - CV signs divorce paperwork that outlines in detail all that Lori has done and said the last few months; CV says he wants sole custody of his adopted son, JJ and he also wants the property and money Lori took returned. The documents make disturbing allegations concerning Lori's mental stability (Fox10 Phoenix).

15 Feb 2019 – CV, thru an attorney, electronically files divorce documents the day after he signed them. The docs say that Lori threatened CV, telling him she was a god preparing for Christ's second coming, which she believes will happen in July 2020; (Fox10 Phoenix).

15 Feb 2019 - CV’ lawyers file a second document asking for temporary custody of JJ, exclusive use of the house and vehicle, return of the stolen money and return of his and JJ’s personal items. However, no one could find Lori to serve her with divorce papers (Post Register).
 
Curious if she still has it and if so who is the beneficiary (s).
Can you have life insurance if you're incarcerated and/or for life?
I don’t know how it works in the US, but in the UK we would pay a monthly premium (not purchase the policy outright). If Lori has no income, she wouldn’t be able to pay the premium. But I would imagine that her policy would be voided if in jail? IDK for sure.
 
That’s her justification for having AC stay the night with her when CV was coming to pick up JJ. She told someone - can’t remember who for sure but maybe MG - that CV & Adam were planning to kill her for her insurance and BB was in on it.

I don’t think she can get that in if she doesn’t testify unless her closing statement is allowed to bring in new info that did not come out at trial like her opening did. But that’s her spin - she didn’t have AC there to kill CV but to protect her from CV killing her and collecting the insurance.
Oh, I hadn’t heard that before. I think you may be right. Her angle is that she was at risk of being killed for her insurance money. Anyway, if Lori is immortal, how can she be killed? :)
 
I haven’t heard if she will ask (and be granted) to represent herself.
Hope not! Lol

I’m pretty sure that it’s been determined that Judge Beresky will not preside over the BB trial because of his upcoming vacation or schedule. Whoever the Judge is will have to grant a motion to allow LVD to go pro se.
IMO
Yes she will be representing herself in the BB trial. Unless she has a change of heart when she's found guilty in this trial! She is preparing for that trial and Judge Beresky told her yesterday basically he doesn't want to see a repeat in that case of her just signing stacks of subpoenas without checking who they're being served on.

edited to add article confirming -

The Brief​

    • Lori Vallow can represent herself at her two upcoming trials in Arizona, a judge ruled on Dec. 6.
    • Vallow is accused of murder conspiracy in the fatal shooting of her fourth husband, Charles.
    • Vallow is also accused of the attempted murder of her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux.

PHOENIX - Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday Mom," will be allowed to represent herself during her upcoming trials in Arizona, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled on Dec. 6.

 
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