"What they went through, what they saw is mindboggling," Woodcock said. Woodcock thanked and praised the jury for making such a swift decision. "Why Lori? Why Lori? Why Lori?" said Woodcock, tearfully. Outside the courthouse, Larry Woodcock, JJ Vallow's grandfather, gave reporters Friday a glimpse of what he's going to ask Vallow Daybell when he gives his anticipated emotional victim impact statement at her sentencing. Her husband, Chad Daybell, who is being tried separately, could face the death penalty if he's convicted. They also hope to "do right" by giving the kids and Tammy Daybell proper memorial services. She said the family "absolutely" want Vallow Daybell to get a life sentence without parole. "Ok, then I said to myself 'now maybe we can get some more.' And they just kept, coming and coming." "I could barely breathe," Woodcock recalled after the first guilty count was read. Kay Woodcock, JJ Vallow's grandmother, said the family got support from as far away as Tanzania, and was praying for all guilty counts. Wearing all black inside a Boise courtroom, Vallow Daybell held her hands and slightly looked baffled as she stood between her two defense attorneys as the verdict was being read. Vallow Daybell was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception. "What does justice for these victims require? It requires a conviction on each and every count," Wood added. The trial centered around a theme " Money, power, and sex,” prosecuting attorney Rob Wood said, urging the jury to convict Lori Vallow Daybell in the deaths of her children, and her fifth husband’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell wanted the victims' money, using sex and power to manipulate her brother and a lover-turned-husband into carrying out the crimes. The verdict comes nearly three years after the bodies of Joshua "JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, were discovered by authorities in Vallow Daybell's husband's backyard near a "pet cemetery." Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother whose case has garnered widespread notoriety around the world, was found guilty Friday of killing her two youngest children and her husband's former wife.Ī seven-man and five-woman Idaho jury rendered their verdict after deliberating for seven hours following a five-week trial. Watch Video: Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of murdering her two youngest kids
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