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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Lori Vallow was driven by ‘money, power and sex’ to murder kids, prosecutor says in trial opening statement

Ada County Court House

“Cult mom” Lori Vallow was driven by “money, power and sex” to murder her two children and her new husband’s then-wife, prosecutors told her murder trial – as jurors were shown graphic images of the children’s charred and buried remains.

The high-profile trial of the 49-year-old mother-of-three got underway in Ada County Courthouse in Idaho on Monday morning, where she is charged with the murders of her son Joshua “JJ” Vallow and daughter Tylee Ryan and conspiracy to murder her husband Chad Daybell’s first wife Tammy Daybell.

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