FILE - Lori Vallow Daybell glances at the camera during her hearing on March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho. A judge says a mom accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband and a lover's wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho. Judge Steven Boyce issued an order on Monday, April 11, 2022, saying that Lori Vallow Daybell"is restored to competency and is fit to proceed" in the Idaho murder case.
The case against her had been hold for months after Judge Steven Boyce ordered her committed to a mental facility so she could undergo treatment in an effort to make her mentally fit enough to assist in her own defense. Tare charged withconspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Lori Daybell's children 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell.
An indictment said Chad and Lori Daybell in 2018 while still married to other people began espousing an apocalyptical system of religious belief. Shortly after Charles Vallow's death, Lori Daybell — who then had the last name Vallow — and her children moved to the rural eastern Idaho community of Rexburg, near where Chad Daybell lived. At the time, Chad Daybell was married to Tammy Daybell. She died in October of 2019, and her obituary said the death was from natural causes.
Investigators later found the bodies of JJ and Tylee buried in Chad Daybell's yard back in Idaho. They have not disclosed causes of death but court documents said Tylee’s body was partially burned.