Lori Vallow Daybell Extradited to Idaho to Serve Life Sentences

As of August 19, 2025, Lori Vallow Daybell is being transferred back to Idaho, where she will serve her multiple life sentences. Vallow Daybell has spent the last year in Arizona while facing two separate trials connected to the murder of her former husband, Charles Vallow, and the attempted murder of her former nephew-in-law, Brandon Boudreaux. These proceedings followed her earlier Idaho conviction for the deaths of her children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, whose remains were discovered on the property of her current husband, Chad Daybell.

Vallow Daybell's time in Arizona custody has come at a significant cost to taxpayers. Records show that housing her in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) custody carried a one-time booking fee of $640, with an additional $137 charged for each day in custody. As of July 30, 2025, she had spent 610 days in detention, bringing the total to around $84,000. By mid-August, that figure had risen to more than $86,000. Extraditing Vallow Daybell from Idaho to Arizona also cost over $15,000, bringing the total expenses tied to her time in Arizona to more than $100,000.

Before her Arizona trials, Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho in 2023 of the murders of JJ, Tylee, and Tammy Daybell, Chad Daybell's first wife. She was sentenced to life in prison, with her attorneys successfully avoiding the death penalty by arguing that the volume of evidence made it impossible to meet deadlines without violating her right to a speedy trial. Unlike Chad Daybell, who waived his right to a speedy trial, Lori did not, preventing the court from granting more preparation time for a capital case.