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Liam Buckler

'Cult mum' Lori Vallow smirks in first picture since being found GUILTY of murdering kids

'Doomsday Cult' mum Lori Vallow has been pictured for the first time since being found guilty of murdering her kids.

The 49-year-old was seen smirking in her mugshot, which was released on Monday morning, while wearing an orange and cream-coloured striped shirt.

The mum was found guilty on Friday at Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho of murdering her children Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, 7.

A jury also found her guilty of plotting to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s ex-wife Tammy Daybell, 49. She now faces up to life in prison.

The mum was found guilty by a jury on Friday (AP)

The children were last seen in September 2019 but it wasn't until June 2020 their remains were found buried at the mum's home.

Tammy died one month after their disappearance in October 2019.

She has been extradited from Idaho to Arizona to be charged with conspiracy to murder Charles Vallow, her fourth husband.

Lori and Tylee (Chandler Police Dept)

It took jurors just seven hours to decide her fate after a 28-day trial in which the prosecution presented more than 15,000 texts as evidence, along with chilling testimony from witnesses and graphic and gruesome photos from the scene after the kids' bodies were found.

Ms Vallow and Chad Daybell had met at a religious conference in October 2018 when they were both married.

However, the pair soon started an affair and went on a religious mission which ended up in the deaths of Ms Vallow's children after she told friends they had become "demons."

Prosecutors claimed the mum used used her religious beliefs in order to try and "justify" the murders of her kids and Chad's wife, Tammy.

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