(NewsNation) — The jury has reached a verdict in the Arizona trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, who is accused of conspiring to kill her estranged husband.
The jury began deliberations on Monday following closing arguments.
Charles Vallow died at Vallow Daybell’s home in 2019, shot by her brother, Alex Cox. Prosecutors argued she and her brother conspired to kill Vallow and use money from his life insurance to marry her then-boyfriend, Chad Daybell.
Vallow Daybell, who represented herself, did not put forth witnesses in her defense but argued her former husband’s death was a tragedy, not a crime.
Cox, who previously claimed he shot Vallow in self-defense, died months after the shooting due to a blood clot.
Vallow Daybell is already serving multiple life sentences in Idaho after she was found guilty of killing her children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. She was also found guilty of conspiring to murder Daybell’s then-wife.
Vallow had filed for a divorce before his death. Witnesses testified to Vallow Daybell’s cult-like beliefs, including statements she allegedly made that her husband was dead and that a zombie was living in his body.
This is the first trial for Vallow Daybell in Arizona. She also faces charges of conspiring to murder Brandon Boudreaux, her niece’s ex-husband. That trial is set to be held in early June.
