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Lori Vallow's sister reacts to Chad Daybell's death sentence: 'Everything I needed to hear'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “Doomsday mom” Lori Vallow’s sister, Summer Shiflet, on Saturday spoke out publicly for the first time since an Idaho jury convicted Chad Daybell in his triple murder case on Friday.
Shiflet’s comments came at CrimeCon 2024 — a true crime convention that brings victims, law enforcement and other criminal justice experts together to share their stories — in Nashville on Saturday afternoon, just hours after an Idaho judge sentenced Vallow’s husband, Chad Daybell, to death following his nine-count conviction.
“I had no expectations … but when I heard those words, it was everything I needed to hear,” Shiftleft told East Idaho News Director Nate Eaton of Daybell’s death sentence during their panel at CrimeCon, thanking law enforcement and prosecutors for their work in convicting the couple.
Vallow, 50, and Daybell, 55, have both been convicted of three counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, insurance fraud and grand theft. The couple, who shared extreme apocalyptic, cult-like religious views, murdered two of Vallow’s children, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell, in 2019. Vallow was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Daybell may face a firing squad under Idaho law.
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Summer Shiflet pictured with her sister Lori Vallow, now a convicted murderer. (CrimeCon 2024)
“They did not deserve what happened to them,” Shiftlet said of her niece and nephew.
“No matter what happens to Chad Daybell, it’s more merciful than what he did to them.”
But prosecutors have argued in both Vallow’s and Daybell’s cases that the desire for “money, power and sex” is what drove the duo to kill Vallow’s two children and Daybell’s first wife. Vallow and Daybell also stole J.J. and Tylee’s Social Security benefits between Oct. 1, 2019, when they disappeared, and Jan. 22, 2020, after they were murdered.
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Summer Shiflet spoke about her sister, Lori Vallow, on Saturday at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville alongside East Idaho News Director Nate Eaton. (CrimeCon 2024)
The two children were found dead in shallow graves on Chad Daybell’s Rexburg, Idaho, property in June 2020, months after they disappeared from their home in September 2019. The 16-year-old’s remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
The Ada County coroner testified that J.J. died of asphyxiation by a plastic bag and Tylee died of homicide by unknown means due to the fact that her remains were dismembered and badly burned before they were buried.
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Lori and Chad Daybell are accused of killing 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J. Vallow in 2019. (Rexberg Police Department)
After their children disappeared, Vallow and Daybell ran off to Hawaii to get married. Authorities arrested Vallow in February 2020 and Daybell in June 2020.
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At Vallow’s sentencing, Judge Steven Boyce told the so-called “cult mom” that she has “mental health issues,” including diagnoses such as “delusional disorder” mixed with “hyper-religiosity” and a “continuous and unspecified personality disorder” with narcissistic features.
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Lori Vallow Daybell stands and listens as the jury’s verdict is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on Friday, May 12, 2023. The Idaho jury convicted Daybell of murder in the deaths of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, a verdict that marks the end of a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, apocalyptic prophesies and illicit affairs. (Kyle Green)
Shiflet said Saturday that she believes her sister is still under the delusion that her children are somehow not missing and in a better place.
“She 100% thinks she is sane.”
“One thing for me, personally, in coming to understand why this happened, which is a huge question, is: how does your sister and this mother … get to this point from a one-year period from meeting Chad Daybell to having your kids murdered,” Shiflet said during the CrimeCon panel. “How does that happen? How do you get to that point? So, for me, it’s been helpful to understand her diagnosis and to understand that … her reality is as real to her as our reality is to us. And she 100% thinks she is sane. She does not think there is anything wrong with her.”
Chad Daybell sits at the defense table after the jury’s verdict in his murder trial was read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Daybell has been sentenced to death for murder of wife and girlfriend’s 2 youngest children on Saturday, June 1. (Kyle Green, Pool)
She added that Vallow would rather be in prison than hospitalized for her mental health disorders.
“She doesn’t think she’s done anything wrong,” Shiflet said.
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Summer Shiflet said she believes her sister, Lori Vallow, still believes she did nothing wrong even after her conviction in her children’s murders. (CrimeCon 2024)
Shiflet also addressed comments she made in 2020 after her sister’s arrest when she and her mother went on national television to defend Vallow. She acknowledged that she was wrong at the time because she simply did not believe her sister to be capable of murdering her own children.
Shiflet described her sister as a loving mother and sister prior to her relationship with Daybell and her delusions. She also mentioned that she and Vallow have experienced a lot of death in their family, and she believes something eventually cracked in Vallow, leading her to believe the deaths were occurring for a specific reason.
During her sentencing in August 2023, Vallow told the courtroom that her deceased children were “happy” and “busy.”
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“I have had many communications with Jesus Christ, savior of this world, and our heavenly parents. I have had many angelic visitors have come and communicated with me and even manifested themselves to me because of these communications,” Vallow said at the time. “I know for a fact that my children are happy and busy in the spirit world. Because of my communications with my friend, Tammy Daybell, I know that she is also very happy and extremely busy.”
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She added that she has “always mourned the loss” of her “loved ones” and has “lost many in this mortal world” with whom she believes she is still in communication in the spirit world.
Summer Shiflet said her sister, Lori Vallow, would rather be in prison than a hospital for her mental health disorders. (CrimeCon 2024)
Daybell has written several apocalyptic novels based loosely on Mormon theology. Both he and Vallow were involved in a group that promotes preparedness for the biblical end of times.
Officials extradited Vallow to Arizona in November 2023 in a separate case, where she faces one first-degree murder charge and one premeditated first-degree murder charge in Maricopa County.
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Ovation Development Corp. and its affiliate, Heirloom by Ovation, a Las Vegas-based developer of multifamily housing and one of Nevada’s largest private developers of affordable senior housing, hosted a ribbon-cutting and welcome-home ceremony for residents of its newest senior affordable housing community, Heirloom at Rome, at 4850 W. Rome Blvd. in the northwest valley.
The demand for senior affordable housing is reflected in Heirloom at Rome already having more than 182 occupied units, just months after it opened.
The $78 million Heirloom at Rome community, which was funded in part by Clark County Community Housing Funds and Nevada Housing Division’s Home Means Nevada Initiative, brings 276 new affordable housing units to market, including 38 tiny homes. The community’s tiny homes offer 400 square feet of living space, while apartments that range from 664 square feet to 891 square feet offer from one to two bedrooms.
Heirloom at Rome sits on a nearly 9.5-acre site within three separate buildings totaling 243,100 square feet. Of its 276 units, 180 are available to seniors making less than 49 percent of Area Median Income, and 96 units are available to seniors making less than 59 percent of AMI.
The community sits on land once owned by the federal government and granted to the city of Las Vegas for purposes of affordable housing. Ovation was awarded the project through a competitive request for proposal process, furthering the city’s prioritization of affordable housing construction.
On-site amenities include a fitness room, movement studio, screening room, game lounge, great room, business center, wellness room and a one-story clubhouse by the tiny home village. Outdoor amenities include a community garden, pet park, extensive xeriscape landscaping, picnic tables and carport parking for residents.
Heirloom at Rome was designed and built to achieve LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council and has successfully received its certification. The community features high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment including Energy Star appliances, low-E vinyl thermal pane windows, and high R-value wall and attic insulation. Additional sustainable building practices include the use of low- or no-VOC paints, adhesives and formaldehyde-free particleboard. Water conservation measures will include low-flow fixtures and drought-tolerant landscaping.
As one of Nevada’s largest and leading apartment developers of both market-rate and affordable housing for low-income seniors and working families, Ovation ensures its affordable housing communities maintain the exceptional quality associated with its market-rate projects.
Through its partnership with nonprofit Coordinated Living of Southern Nevada, Ovation provides residents of its affordable housing properties with life-enhancing wraparound services and recreational amenities that create a rich social infrastructure and high quality of life. This includes transportation assistance to medical appointments and shopping, health and wellness programs, food assistance as well as social outings and events.
According to Alan Molasky, chairman and founder of Ovation, “collaboration is key to solving for challenging issues like affordable housing, and we couldn’t do it without critical support from government and agency partners who share our passion,” he said.
“We have long believed that everyone, regardless of income, deserves a quality home that helps to strengthen individuals, families and community. Providing a beautiful, dignified and comfortable place to live is key to ensuring seniors, particularly those on low or fixed incomes, can continue to thrive in a clean and beautiful environment during their golden years.”
To date, Ovation has completed 18 income- and rent-restricted communities totaling more than 2,795 units. The company will complete five more multifamily affordable communities with more than 1,300 units in Southern Nevada by 2028, providing much needed relief for low-income seniors, individuals and families.
Coming soon to the Heirloom by Ovation portfolio is Heirloom at Torrey Pines, at 6540 W. Arby Ave.
For leasing and qualifying information on Heirloom at Rome and other Heirloom by Ovation communities, visit HeirloomByOvation.com.
Ovation Development Corp. is a Las Vegas-based development company founded by Alan Molasky, a prolific developer of multifamily, resort-style housing in Southern Nevada for 40-plus years. The largest private multifamily developer in the Las Vegas Valley, Ovation has built nearly 10,000 units. In addition to luxury multifamily communities, Ovation is committed to the development of a portfolio of affordable housing for low-income seniors, known as Heirloom by Ovation, based on the belief that quality homes are foundational to strengthening individuals, families and community. Ovation and its affiliates employ more than 300 individuals representing all facets of design, construction and property management. For information, visit ovationco.com.
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