PROSECUTION'S FULL OPENING STATEMENTS | LORI DAYBELL TRIAL
Source: YouTube · Hidden True Crime · published Apr 8, 2025 · 43:45
Lori Valow conspired with her brother Alex Cox to kill her husband Charles Valow, motivated by a desire to marry Chad Del and inherit his $1 million life insurance policy, using religious justification to frame the killing as a divine act of "Nephi" prophecy 3:13.
Key Takeaways:
• Lori planned the murder using religious rhetoric, invoking the story of Nephi to justify killing Charles, as confirmed in a July 9, 2019 text to Alex stating, "I will be like Nephi, I am told, and so will you" 13:44.
• Lori and Alex coordinated the killing, with Alex arriving at Lori’s house with a gun and preparing to kill Charles on July 11, 2019, as shown by texts and phone records 14:20.
• The murder was premeditated and not self-defense: physical evidence, including bullet trajectory and lack of blood on Alex’s hands or clothing, contradicts the self-defense claim 32:40.
• Lori lied about Charles’s death, initially concealing it and only informing Charles’s sons and family days later, while falsely claiming Charles was possessed by a spirit (Ned) that changed the life insurance beneficiary 39:58.
Lori Valow knowingly orchestrated the murder to secure financial and personal gains, using religion and deception to justify the killing.
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So, I'm going to need you to stay close to me the next couple days. Mel, too. She can't go to Utah. They're planking some kind of intervention, but want Mel out of the way, so I'm left alone. I need to come get the stuff at your house tomorrow and secure it. Lots to do. Thanks for standing by me. It's all coming to a head this week. I will be like Nephi, I am told, and so will you. Lori Del, the woman seated over here, wrote this to her brother, Alex Cox, on July 9th of 2019, 2 days before they killed Charles Valow. But to understand why this is so meaningful, why this is relevant, you have to understand the context. So, let's talk about it. In July of 2019, Lorie Valow was married to Charles Valow. Lorie Valow lived here in Arizona, Chandler. Charles Valow lived in Texas. In July of 2019,…