And welcome to the News at Six.
I'm Doug Pet Cash.
Guilty on all counts.
A jury found Lori Valo Debell gy
of murder and conspiracy to comt
murder in the deaths of two of her kids,
JJ Valo and Ty Lee Ryan,
and conspiracy to commit murder
in the death of Tammy Debell,
as well as Grand Theft.
It took just about 7 hours of
deliberations over 2 days for 12
men and women to seal Valo's fa.
This afternoon,
the Tammy Douglas Debell Foundan
posted this response on its web.
We are relieved and grateful tht
justice has been served with the guilty
verdict in Tammy's tragic murde.
While this cannot bring Tammy,
JJ, and Ty Lee back,
we are glad that the justice system has
done its job in holding the responsible
person accountable for her acti.
We hope this verdict brings some
measure of closure for all of u.
We will continue to honor Tammys
memory by furthering her legacyf
getting books into the hands of kids.
We love you,
Tammy.
You will never be forgotten.
This comes after about six weeks
of trial and nearly four years
after JJ and Ty Lee went missin.
News Channel Seven's Morgan Romo
joins us now live from the ADA County
Courthouse with what happened t.
Morgan
Doug, 12 men and women that were
carefully selected delivered
Laurie Valo's guilty verdict jut
before 1:00 PM, as you mentione.
It didn't take very long,
just a few hours yesterday
and a few hours today.
That verdict was unanimous.
As we all awaited that verdict,
anxiety and anticipation filled
this area outside the courthouse
as well as inside the courthous.
As people anxiously awaited to
figure out whether Lori Valo
was guilty or not guilty,
the judge told people inside the
courtroom not to react loudly to
maintain court order in the cou.
But outside the courthouse,
it was a different story as people hugged,
cried, cheered, held.
Signs
the defendant would please rise
We the jury Julian panelled and sworn to try
the above entitled action for our verdict.
Unanimous unanimously answer the
questions submitted to us as fos
Question number one in regards to count
one of the amended indictment is Laurie
Marine Balo not guilty or guilt.
Conspiracy to commit first degree murder of
Kylie Ryan and Grand Theft by deception?
Answer GUILTY Not guilty or guilty of first
degree murder of Kylie Ryan Answer GUILTY.
Is Lori Marine Vallow not guiltr
guilty of conspiracy to commit t
degree murder of Joshua Jackson Vallow and
Grand Theft by deception? Answer GUILTY.
Is Lori Noreen Valow not guilty or guilty
of first three murder of Joshua Jackson?
Valow answered guilty.
Is Lori Noreen Valow not guilty
or guilty of conspiracy to commt
first three murder of Tamra?
Tammy Daybell answered guilty.
Is Lori Noreen Valow not guilty
or guilty of Grand Theft?
Answered guilty.
Life sentence Lori.
This trial lasted about six wee,
and jurors heard from about 60 witnesses.
They saw gruesome, complex and t
times very uncomfortable eviden.
Throughout this trial,
I asked the source close to the
prosecution if the prosecutors r
doubted for a second that jurors would
find Lori guilty of murdering her kids.
That source told me that always
when prosecutors go into a tria,
they have those concerns.
They're nervous about that,
but they felt their case was rey
solid and they're really gratef.
You a statement.
While they didn't go on camera because of
Chad de Bell's pending trial next year,
they did tell us that they are
so grateful for justice served.
Today. You can read their statet
on our website ktvb.com.
So what happens next with Lori ?
Well, she's currently in Ada Co,
but she will be transported from here
to Fremont County within the next week.
Because those charges and those crimes
were committed in Fremont Count.
Her sentencing is scheduled
for three months from now.
And when she sentenced Lori,
Valo could face life in prison.
Doug
Morgan, thank you for wrapping
all of that up for us.
And now Shira Matsuzawa joins
us as part of our team coverage
with the emotional reaction from
JJ and Ty Lee's families. Shira,
well, Doug, you know this momen.
These families have been waitinr
justice for more than three yea.
It's really been a long time in the making.
And after that verdict was read.
Kay and Larry Woodcock,
JJ's grandparents,
came out of the courtroom
and talked with the media.
JJ and Ty Lee went missing in September
of 2019 and it was JJ's grandparents,
Kay and Larry Woodcock,
who sounded the alarm when they
couldn't get a hold of JJ and
they asked for a welfare check.
So today was a big day for them.
Today they embraced one another
as the verdict was read.
Larry said he told Kate he lover
when he heard that guilty verdi.
I also asked Ty Lee's aunt Annie Cushing
if she had a message for Lori t.
Hear what she had to say,
as well as the woodcocks
after that verdict came down.
I don't. I I I thought through
like if there's anything I
would want to say to her, I
it would fall on deaf ears.
You know, she's a psychopath.
She has no concern whatsoever
about the pain and suffering
she's caused other people.
My final message to Laurie
Y'all ready?
Turn out the lights.
The party's over. They say that all good
things must end. Laurie, it ended. We
are elated with this.
There was some doubt we
would get all of them,
all guilties, but we did it our.
The prosecution is amazing.
The law enforcement is amazing.
They became our family and
we're keeping most of them
for the rest of our life.
Kenny also told me that she is elated
by today's verdict and over the moon.
I've spoken with her several times over the
years when the kids first went missing and
then when their remains were later found.
But she stopped talking publicly a couple
of years ago. That is, until to.
Now both Kay and Larry,
as well as Annie also told me we
they're happy about this verdic,
it's bittersweet because it doet
bring the kids back. Doug. Yes.
And now they're going to have to
gear up once again in about a yr
for now for Chad's trial to Shi.
Great job covering all of this
for the last 6 1/2 weeks and
really the last three years.