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Murder suspect and “cult mother” Lori Vallow Dabel pleaded not guilty Tuesday Idaho courtroom to murder and conspiracy chargesby the way, in connection with the deaths of several people, including Lori’s two children.
Dabel and her new husband Chad Dabel appeared in court on Tuesday after being indicted in late May 2021. Chad pleaded not guilty to all charges in June 2021.
Lori’s next trial is likely to take place in October.
Lori Vallow Dabel returned to prison in Madison County, Idaho this week after spending months in a psychiatric hospital. (Madison County Jail)
The couple is at the center of a complicated case involving several suspicious deaths, as well as a strange apocalyptic religious belief that prosecutors say the couple was created to justify the murders of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Wallow, 16-year-old Tyley. Ryan and Chad’s first wife, 49-year-old Tammy Dabel.
“I know justice will be done,” Larry Woodcock, JJ Wallow’s grandfather, told the media in front of the courtroom.
Laurie is also accused in Arizona of plotting to kill her ex-husband Charles Wallow with the help of her late brother Alex Cox.
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Most of Chad’s hearing consisted of arguments, including testimony, about where the trial should take place. The defense wants the trial to continue in Hell County, where Boyce is based, due to media attention to the case.
The state claims that an isolated jury from Hell County will be transported to Fremont County to save costs, FOX 13 Salt Lake City first announced.
Chad Dabel hears motion to adjourn the trial during a court hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 (Tony Blakeslee / EastIdahoNews.com via AP, Pool)
Chad’s lawyer, John Pryor, has repeatedly objected to the testimony of state witnesses, saying prosecutors are “grateful”. He also suggested that it would be cheaper not to isolate the jury in Hell County.
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In closing statements, prosecutor Rachel Smith said the trial should continue in Fremont, where JJ Wallow and Tiley Ryan “died”, according to FOX 13.
“This must be the case,” she said.
After spending about nine months in Idaho a psychiatric hospital, Fremont District Judge Stephen Boyce said in a warrant Monday that Laurie was “returned to legal capacity and fit to continue” in the murder trial, which was suspended when she was placed in a mental health facility in June.
Joshua Wallow, 7, and Tylie Ryan, 16. (Rexberg Police Department)
Vallow and Dabel have been charged on a number of counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft through fraud, first-degree murder and first-degree murder conspiracy in connection with the deaths of JJ and Tyley. officials announced then.
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The children went missing for several months – when police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts and then fled to Hawaii – before their bodies were found buried in Chad Dabel’s property in provincial Idaho.
Investigators say Chad and Lori Dabel have begun supporting an unusual, doomsday-oriented system of religious beliefs, including “zombies”, teleportation and communication with other spiritual realms, starting in 2018, when they were both still married. for other people. Idaho prosecutors say they used their religious beliefs to justify or encourage the killings.
Chad Dabel hears motion to adjourn the trial during a court hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 (Tony Blakeslee / EastIdahoNews.com via AP, Pool)
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Laurie reportedly believed he was “a god appointed to do the work of 144,000 at the Second Coming of Christ in July 2020,” according to divorce papers filed by Charles Vallow before his death. Chad Dabel has written several apocalyptic novels based freely on Mormon theology. Both were included in a group that promotes readiness for the biblical end times.
The trial against Dabel will take place on April 19.
Stephanie Pagones of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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