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An Arizona justice connected Tuesday granted convicted slayer ma Lori Vallow's petition for a intelligence competency valuation up of her 2nd transgression trial.
Vallow, who, on with her hubby Chad Daybell, was convicted and sentenced to beingness successful situation successful Idaho past twelvemonth for killing her 2 youngest children and Daybell's erstwhile wife, is present acceptable to basal proceedings successful Arizona for allegedly conspiring to termination her 4th husband, Charles Vallow, and her niece's ex-husband.
Vallow pleaded not blameworthy to the alleged crimes past December.
Two "qualified intelligence wellness experts" volition execute the evaluation, and Vallow's proceedings has been vacated pending results of the examination, according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Lori Vallow volition acquisition a intelligence competency introspection successful Arizona up of her 2nd transgression trial. (Maricopa County)
Vallow and Daybell killed 2 of Vallow's children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, arsenic good arsenic Daybell's archetypal wife, Tammy Daybell, successful 2019.
While J.J. and Tylee were missing, and straight aft Tammy's decease successful October 2019, Vallow and Daybell joined successful Hawaii successful November of that aforesaid year.
Lori and Chad Daybell are accused of sidesplitting 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J. Vallow successful 2019. (Rexberg Police Department)
J.J. and Tylee were recovered successful shallow graves connected Daybell's rural Rexburg property successful June 2020, months aft they disappeared from their location successful September 2019.
The 16-year-old's remains were burned portion the 7-year-old was bound successful duct tape.
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In this aerial photo, investigators hunt for quality remains astatine Chad Daybell's residence successful Salem, Idaho, connected June 9, 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register )
Ahead of her execution proceedings successful Idaho past year, Vallow spent astir 9 months successful an Idaho intelligence hospital. Following those 9 months, Fremont District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that she was "returned to competency and is acceptable to proceed" successful her archetypal trial, which was likewise halted erstwhile she was committed to the intelligence wellness facility.
Idaho prosecutors alleged during Vallow's and Daybell's trials that the brace had utmost spiritual beliefs, including the thought that immoderate radical had "dark" souls portion others had "light" souls. They believed the "dark" spirits could beryllium truthful dark, successful fact, that they could beryllium zombies.
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Charles Vallow died successful July 2019. Two months later, successful September 2019, Tylee and J.J. disappeared. Tammy Daybell died of asphyxiation successful November 2019. Cox died aboriginal that twelvemonth of an evident humor clot successful December 2019. (KASZ/Facebook/Post Register/John Roark/AP POOL)
"You removed your children from their location successful Arizona, alienated them from friends and family… and you brought them present to execution them. You had truthful galore different options… You chose the astir evil and destructive way possible," Boyce said astatine the decision of her proceedings successful July 2023. "I don’t deliberation to this time you person immoderate remorse for the effort and heartache you caused."
He added that Vallow does "have intelligence wellness issues."
Lori Vallow's booking photograph taken connected Aug. 1, 2023, astatine the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center successful Pocatello, Idaho. (Idaho Dept. of Corrections/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX)
A February 2023 psychiatric diagnosis revealed that Vallow suffers from a "delusional disorder" mixed with "hyper-religiosity" and a "continuous and unspecified property disorder" with narcissistic features, according to Boyce.
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"Others looked for your children erstwhile you knew wherever they were and knew they were dead," Boyce told Vallow successful tribunal past year. "They were recovered dead, burned, mutilated and dismembered and buried similar animals. After you knew they were dead, you collected public-funded assistance payments meant for them, and that was humor wealth you kept for yourself."
Lori Vallow, convicted successful Idaho, faces much charges successful Arizona. (Tony Blakeslee/East Idaho News)
During her sentencing, Vallow spoke publically for the archetypal clip since her apprehension successful 2020, and appeared to beryllium successful denial, saying astatine the clip that she knew her children were "happy and engaged successful the tone world."
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"I person had galore communications with Jesus Christ, savior of this world, and our heavenly parents. I person had galore angelic visitors travel and communicated with maine and adjacent manifested themselves to maine due to the fact that of these communications," Vallow told an Idaho courtroom during her sentencing hearing. "I cognize for a information that my children are blessed and engaged successful the tone world. Because of my communications with my friend, Tammy Daybell, I cognize that she is besides precise blessed and highly busy."
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In her connection to the court, Vallow added she "died successful the hospital" portion she was successful labour with her daughter, Tylee. Doctors revived her, astatine which constituent she began seeing spirits.
Lori Vallow Daybell smiled successful and extracurricular of an Idaho courthouse connected Aug, 16. (Tony Blakeslee/East Idaho News)
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"One of the times that Tylee came to maine arsenic a tone aft she died… she said to me, ‘Stop worrying, Mom. We are fine.’ She knows however I interest and however I miss her," Vallow said astatine the time.
The alleged "cult mom" was extradited to Arizona successful November 2023, astir 4 months aft she was sentenced to beingness without parole successful Idaho.