Lori Vallow Daybell trial: Jurors begin deliberating in case of Idaho mother accused of killing her children

Jurors began deliberating Thursday after closing arguments in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother accused of killing her two children and conspiring in the murder of her husband's first wife, according to CNN affiliate East Idaho News.

Vallow Daybell, who has pleaded not guilty, faces life in prison if convicted on two counts of first degree murder and three counts of conspiracy in the 2019 deaths of her children from previous marriages - Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7 - as well as Tammy Daybell, the former wife of Chad Daybell who died in her sleep several weeks before he married Vallow Daybell.

Vallow Daybell is also charged with grand theft on suspicion of changing bank accounts to collect Social Security benefits on behalf of her children after they were killed, the May 2021 indictment showed. The case was the subject of a 2022 Netflix true-crime documentary.

"What does justice for these victims require? It requires a conviction on every count," said Madison County prosecuting attorney Rob Wood during Thursday's closing arguments in Boise, Idaho.

"You must convict her," Wood said at the Ada County Courthouse as images of Vallow Daybell's children and Tammy Daybell were displayed on a screen, East Idaho News reported.

Vallow Daybell's brother, Alex Cox, was also accused in the conspiracy to commit the murders, according to the indictment.

Cox, who died in December 2019, shot and killed Vallow Daybell's estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. Vallow Daybell faces a separate conspiracy charge in Arizona for Vallow's murder.