Lori Vallow Daybell has spoken out from jail, revealing her shock as she was found guilty of conspiring to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow.
The verdict was handed down to the'Doomsday Mom,'51, in an Arizona court on Tuesday after the jury deliberated for about three hours.
Her convictions stem from a series of disturbing events that began in 2019, when she and Chad Daybell, a doomsday author, became romantically involved.
The couple's apocalyptic beliefs led them to take extreme actions, including the deaths of family members and the disappearance and murders of her two children.
In 2023, Vallow Daybell was extradited to Arizona to face additional charges related to the death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who was shot and killed by her brother, Alex Cox, in 2019.
Cox claimed self-defense and was not charged; he died later that year from natural causes.
She now faces another life sentence on top of the one she is currently servinginIdahofor the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 7, and the conspiracy to murder her husband Chad Daybell's former wife, Tammy Daybell.
In an interview with AZFamily's Briana Whitney in Phoenix on Thursday, Vallow Daybell expressed disbelief over the jury's ruling in the case.
Lori Vallow Daybell, 51, has spoken out from jail, revealing her shock as she was found guilty of conspiring to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow
In an interview with AZFamily 's Briana Whitney (pictured) in Phoenix on Thursday, Vallow Daybell expressed disbelief over the jury's ruling in the case
'I mean, obviously I knew that was a possibility, yeah, so, it was a bit of a surprise actually,' Vallow Daybell admitted.
During the harrowing trial, which lasted over two weeks, Vallow Daybell chose to represent herself - an unusual move that surprised many.
She said she was 'worried' that if she testified or called anyone, the state would have gotten a rebuttal and that she didn't want to go through 'all that'.
But, the 'Doomsday mother' had plenty of fiery cross-examination of her family, friends and even a woman her ex-husband dated.
Her only surviving brother, Adam Cox, 56, testified for the prosecution and said he believed his sister was behind Vallow's murder.
'It all happened so fast I am still processing,' she said, adding the encounter was the first time she had seen her brother in years.
'It was different when I was up there with him because you've known him your whole life.'
The twisted mother added that she felt she was unable to share 'the most important' evidence needed to prove her innocence.
In 2023, Vallow Daybell was extradited to Arizona to face additional charges related to the death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow (pictured), who was shot and killed by her brother, Alex Cox, in 2019
She now faces another life sentence on top of the one she is currently serving in Idaho for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan (right), 16, and Joshua 'JJ' Vallow (left), 7, and the conspiracy to murder her husband Chad Daybell's former wife, Tammy Daybell
'In the judicial system, the way that it works is that they really don't let you put on a defense, they just don't' she explained in the interview, adding,' they don't let you put on your defense the way that you want to present it.'
'The procluded me basically from having a defense, they procluded me from things that would be most important to prove your case. So, if the judge procludes all those things, what are you supposed to get up and say?' Vallow Daybell said.
In another striking moment during the rare interview, Vallow Daybell was asked what it was like to see her 16-year-old daughter in body-camera footage,captured at the scene in 2019, shown during the trial.
'Well, I understand where Tylee is in heaven. I know what she's doing and where she is, so it's been almost six years since she passed away,'Vallow Daybell responded with a disturbing calmness.
She then made the shocking claim that her daughter died by suicide, blaming the emotional toll of events involving Vallow.
'I mean, this is the catalyst, right? What happened with her and Charles was the catalyst of her killing herself. So I was precluded from talking about that. I was precluded from bringing that up.'
Whitney quickly pressed back, pointing out, 'But the detectives obviously don't say that she killed herself.'
'I'm aware of what they say, but they weren't there.' Vallow Daybell said, unfazed.
Her convictions stem from a series of disturbing events that began in 2019, when she and Chad Daybell (pictured), a doomsday author, became romantically involved
During the harrowing trial, which lasted over two weeks, Vallow Daybell chose to represent herself - an unusual move that surprised many
She also claimed to have told her other son, Colby Ryan, the truth about what 'really' happened to JJ In a phone call later shared on Colby's podcast, she alleged that Tylee Ryan killed JJ and then took her own life.
However, both Tylee and JJ's remains were discovered in 2020, buried on Chad Daybell's property in Idaho.
The Thursday interview also saw Vallow Daybell address peculiar text messages with Alex Cox, where she talked about becoming 'like Nephi,' a person in the Book of Mormon who God commands to kill another man.
'They've been totally and completely misconstrued,' Vallow Daybell told Whitney.
'We weren't speaking of anything that was happening here we were speaking of things happening in the spirit world. So, anybody that's going to read texts of yours. It's going to be way over their head in the sense that they hadn't had those experiences so they have nowhere to put them.'
She also claimed Adam Cox, Charles Vallow and Brando Boudreaux, her niece's ex-husband, were plotting against her.
Both Tylee and JJ's remains were discovered in 2020, buried on Chad Daybell's property in Idaho
Adam Cox testified that Charles Vallow's murder just before he and Vallow were planning an intervention to bring his sister back into the mainstream of their shared faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He testified that before Vallow's death, his sister had told people her husband was no longer living and that a zombie was living inside his body.
Vallow Daybell is scheduled to go on trial again in early June, accused in a scheme to kill Boudreaux.
Investigators said Alex Cox shot at Boudreaux at his home in October 2019, nearly hitting him in the head.
