Opening statements set for today in Lori Vallow Daybell trial

Opening statements for the Lori Vallow trial are scheduled to begin this morning.

Afterward, both the prosecution and the defense will present their evidence and question witnesses in an effort to persuade the jury as it comes to a verdict in the double murder and conspiracy case.

The Idaho Press reports, jury selection in the case took the entirety of week one, with many potential jurors being excused due to undue hardship or pretrial media exposure.

Eighteen people — 12 jurors and six alternates — were finalized on Friday.

Vallow is charged with several counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell, the late-wife of Vallow’s husband Chad Daybell.

Chad Daybell’s trial has been postponed and a new date has not been given.

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