I’M SANDRA SMITH.
>> John: HAPPY
>> Martha: THANKS, GUYS.
BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR.
A VERDICT LAST BEEN REACHED IN
THE CASE OF LORI VALLO, ACCUSED
OF KILLING HER TWO CHILDREN AND
CONSPIRING TO KILL HER HUSBAND’S
FIRST WIFE.
LET’S GO TO THE COURTROOM AND
WATCH THIS.
>> THE DEFENDANT IS PRESENT.
THE COURT HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT
THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT
AT THIS TIME.
IS THE STATE READY TO PROCEED?
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> IS THE DEFENSE READY TO
PROCEED.
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> LET’S HAVE THE JURY COME IN,
PLEASE.
WHILE THE JURORS ARE BEING
BROUGHT IN, I’D LIKE TO INDICATE
THIS MATTER IS BEING LIVE
STREAMED ON THE COURT’S YOUTUBE
CHANNEL IN ADDITION THE COURT’S
EXISTING CONDUCT ORDER IS IN
EFFECT AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO
COMPLY WITH THE CONDUCT ORDER.
THIS VERDICT HAS SEVERAL COUNTS.
THE COURT WILL REQUIRE THAT ALL
IN ATTENDANCE ABSTAIN FOR ANY
SORT OF LOUD OUTBURSTS OR SOUNDS
THAT COULD AFFECT THE
PROCEEDINGS IN THIS MATTER AS
THE COUNTS ARE READ IN THE
VERDICT.
I EXPECT TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND
DECORUM AS HAS BEEN THE CASE
THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL.
WITH THAT IN MIND, IF THE JURORS ARE READY, THEY CAN BE SEATED.
ARE READY, THEY CAN BE SEATED. >> ALL RISE, PLEASE.
>> ALL RISE, PLEASE.
>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
ALL RIGHT.
THE COURT WILL NOTE THAT WE HAD
ALTERNATE JURORS THAT WERE
EXCUSED UPON DELIBERATIONS.
THE REMAINING 12 JURORS THAT
HAVE DELIBERATED ARE HERE AND
APPEAR TO BE PROPERLY SEATED.
WILL COUNSEL STIPULATE THAT THE
JURY IS ALL PRESENT AND PROPERLY
SEATED FROM THE STATE?
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> WILL THE DEFENSE SO
STIPULATE?
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME THE COURT WILL
INQUIRE THEN FROM THE JURY HAS
THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT?
>> WE HAVE.
>> VERY WELL.
IF YOU HAVE THE VERDICT FORM,
I’D ASK THE BAILIFF BRING IT OVER HERE AND ASK THE CLERK READ
OVER HERE AND ASK THE CLERK READ
IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THE COURT HAS REVIEWED THE
VERDICT FORM.
FIND IT’S BEEN PROPERLY
COMPLETED, SIGNED AND DATED.
AT THIS TIME I’LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO PLEASE READ THE VERDICT
CLERK TO PLEASE READ THE VERDICT IN TO THE RECORD.
IN TO THE RECORD.
THE DEFENDANT WOULD PLEASE RISE.
>> IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF IDAHO, THE STATE OF
IDAHO PLAINTIFF VERSUS LORI
VALLOW, DEFENDANT, CASE NUMBER
CR-22211624, VERDICT.
WE THE JURY DULY ENPANELED FOR
THE ABOVE ENTITLED VERDICT
UNANIMOUSLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
SUBMITTED TO US AS FOLLOWED.
QUESTION NUMBER 1.
IN REGARDS TO COUNT 1 OF THE
AMENDED INDICTMENT, IS LORI
VALLOW NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY OF
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST
DEGREE MURDER OF TYLEE RYAN AND
GRAND THEFT BY DECEPTION.
THE ANSWER, GUILTY.
QUESTION NUMBER 2.
IN REGARDS TO COUNT 2 OF THE
AMENDED INDICTMENT, IS LORI
VALLOW NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF TYLEE
RYAN?
ANSWER, GUILTY.
YES NUMBER 1.
IS LORI VALLOW GUILTY OR NOT
GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF JOSHUA
JACKSON VALLOW AND GRAND THEFT
BY DECEPTION, ANSWER, GUILTY.
QUESTION NUMBER 4, IN REGARDS TO
COUNT 4, THE AMENDED INDICTMENT,
IS LORI VALLOW NOT GUILTY OR
GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF
JOSHUA JACKSON VALLOW.
ANSWER, GUILTY.
QUESTION NUMBER 5.
IN REGARDS TO COUNT 5 OF THE
AMENDED INDICTMENT, IS LORI
VALLOW NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY OF
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST
DEGREE MURDER OF TAMARACK TAMMY
DAYBILL.
ANSWER, QUESTION.
QUESTION NUMBER 6, IN REGARDS TO
COUNT NUMBER 7 OF THE AMEND
INDICTMENTS IS LORI VALLOW
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY OF GRAND
THEFT?
GUILTY.
DATED MAY 12, SIGNED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
MADAM CLERK, THANKS FOR READING
THE VERDICT IN TO THE RECORD.
AT THIS TIME, LET ME INQUIRE OF
THE JURY, IS THIS YOUR TRUE AND
CORRECT VERDICT?
[ALL SAY YES].
>> LET ME ASK FROM COUNSEL, DOES
THE STATE WISH TO HAVE THE JURY
POLLED?
>> WE DO NOT, YOUR HONOR.
>> DOES THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THE
JURY POLLED?
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> THE JURY WILL BE POLLED AT
THIS TIME.
MADAM CLERK, IF YOU’D INDICATE
BY JUROR NUMBERS EACH OF THE
JURORS IF THAT THEIR TRUE AND
DIRECT VERDICT INDIVIDUALLY.
>> JUROR NUMBER 4, IS THIS YOU
TRUE AND DIRECT VERDICT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Martha: OKAY.
THEY’RE POLLING THE JURY RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS BEEN
CLOSELY WATCHED.
THIS IDAHO MOM, LORI VALLOW NOW
FOUND GUILTY IN CONSPIRACY TO
MURDER AND IN THE MURDER OF
THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN YOU
SEE ON THE SCREEN, HER SON
JOSHUA WAS 7 YEARS OLD CALLED
JJ.
HER DAUGHTER, TYLEE, 16 YEARS
OLD AND ALSO THE FORMER WIFE OF
HER CURRENT HUSBAND.
SHE’S BEEN MARRIED SEVERAL
TIMES, FIVE TIMES, OF HER
CURRENT HUSBAND, CHAD DAYBELL
ALSO KILLED IN THIS SITUATION
WHERE CHAD DAYBELL -- THIS IS
SEPARATE TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
HER.
THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM,
THE CHILDREN WERE FIGHTING
DEMONS, THEY HAD TO BE RELIEVED.