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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Friend of slain kids' mom describes 'zombie' claims to jury

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A mom accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival described some people as possessed or “zombies,” four of whom were later killed or shot at, the woman's former friend told jurors.

Melanie Gibb testified Thursday in the Idaho trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, telling jurors that the two became friends at a church event in 2018 but that Vallow Daybell's spiritual beliefs soon veered away from what they had been taught at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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