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What's next for Lori Vallow Daybell? More murder charges, in Arizona

Lori Vallow Daybell's previous husband was killed in Arizona months before her two youngest children were murdered in Idaho. Now, prosecutors are looking to extradite Vallow Daybell to Arizona.
Lori Vallow Daybell was photographed on Tuesday as she was booked into the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Prosecutors in Arizona are looking to bring her to that state to face more charges there.
Updated August 3, 2023 at 8:08 AM ET

An Idaho judge sentenced Lori Vallow Daybell to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering two of her children, but she also faces two pending criminal cases. Prosecutors are working to extradite her to Arizona, where she has also been indicted on conspiracy murder charges related to her late husband's killing.

Vallow Daybell, 50, was in prison with no possibility of parole after being found guilty of murdering her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. Authorities said the killings were part of an elaborate plan to start a new life with her fifth husband,

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