Lori Vallow ordered to stay longer at psychiatric hospital before standing trial for children’s murders
KATE FELDMAN
Lori Vallow’s 90-day stay at a mental hospital was extended Monday.
Vallow, who was committed after being declared unfit to stand trial for the murder of her children, will remain in the custody of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare until her doctors provide a “progress report,” District Judge Steven Boyce ruled Monday, according to the East Idaho News.
Lori Vallow will remain in the mental health facility until at least Sept. 8.
Lori Vallow will remain in the mental health facility until at least Sept. 8. (John Roark /)
Another hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 8.
Vallow stands charged with the murders of 7-year-old JJ, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell, the first wife of her new husband, Chad Daybell.
Tylee and JJ went missing in September 2019 and were found buried in Daybell’s Rexburg, Idaho, backyard in June 2020.
A booking photo provided by the Rexburg (Idaho) Police Department shows Chad Daybell, who was arrested Tuesday, June 9, 2020, on suspicion of concealing or destroying evidence after local and federal investigators searched his property, according to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said they uncovered human remains at Daybell's home Tuesday as they investigated the disappearance of his new wife's two children — a case that's drawn global attention for its ties to two other mysterious deaths and the couple's doomsday beliefs.
In this aerial photo, investigators search for human remains at Chad Daybell's residence on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Salem, Idaho. Authorities say they uncovered human remains at Daybell's home as they investigated the disappearance of his new wife’s two children.
In this aerial photo, investigators search for human remains at Chad Daybell's residence on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Salem, Idaho.
In this aerial photo, investigators search for human remains at Chad Daybell's residence on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Salem, Idaho.
In this aerial photo provided by East Idaho News shows authorities investigating a home in Salem, Idaho, on Tuesday June 9, 2020.
In this photo provided by East Idaho News shows authorities outside a home after serving a warrant in Salem, Idaho, on Tuesday June 9, 2020.
Lori Vallow Daybell leaves the courtroom during her hearing on Friday, March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho. Daybell who is charged with felony child abandonment after her two children went missing nearly six months ago had her bond reduced to $1 million by an Idaho judge on Friday.
Kay Woodcock, center, and Larry Woodcock, right, address the media outside court at a hearing for Lori Vallow Daybell on Friday, March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho.
Lori Vallow Daybell, front, second right, and her defense team wait to leave the courtroom during her hearing on Friday, March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho. Daybell who is charged with felony child abandonment after her two children went missing nearly six months ago had her bond reduced to $1 million by an Idaho judge on Friday.
Larry Woodcock, from left, Kay Woodcock and Brandon Boudreaux attend the hearing for Lori Vallow Daybell on Friday, March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho.
Lori Vallow appears in court in Lihue, Hawaii on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. A judge ruled that bail will remain at $5 million for Vallow, also known as Lori Daybell, who was arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children. Vallow requested a hearing so the judge would consider a reduced bail. After the judge denied the request, her defense attorney, Craig De Costa, left, said she is waiving an extradition hearing, which had been scheduled for March 2. Kauai Prosecutor Justin Kollar said he will work with Idaho authorities on logistics for her departure.
Lori Vallow appears in court in Lihue, Hawaii A judge ruled that bail will remain at $5 million for Vallow, also known as Lori Daybell, who was arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children on Feb. 26, 2020.
Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow's current husband, walks into court for his wife's hearing on child abandonment and other charges in Lihue, Hawaii on Feb. 21, 2020.
In this undated file photos released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children show missing children Joshua Vallow, left, and Tylee Ryan.
Lori Vallow, right, and her new husband, Chad Daybell, are wanted in the disappearance of the two children.
Tammy Daybell was found dead in the couple’s home in October 2019. Her death was ruled natural until this spring, when an autopsy was ordered in connection to the string of other deaths tied to Vallow, including several husbands and her brother.
Chad Daybell, who married Vallow in Hawaii in November 2019, has also been charged in the murders of his wife and Vallow’s children, who vanished barely six weeks before their beachside vows.
In a “48 Hours” special airing Wednesday, Daybell’s children denied their father had anything to do with JJ and Tylee’s deaths, including insisting that if he had been the one to bury them in his backyard, he’d have done a better job.
