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Lori Vallow Daybell to be sentenced for murders of her 2 youngest children

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Lori Vallow Daybell will return to court in eastern Idaho's Fremont County on Monday for a sentencing hearing. She faces up to life in prison without parole. An Idaho mother is set to learn her fate after being convicted in the murder s of her two youngest children . Lori Vallow Daybell will return to court in eastern Idaho's Fremont County on Monday for a sentencing hearing, according to Boise ABC affiliate KIVI-TV. She faces up to life in prison without parole. In March, before the trial began, a judge granted the defense's motion to dismiss the death penalty in her case. Lori and her husband, Chad Daybell, were both charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the 2019 deaths of her two youngest children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow. The children were last seen alive in September 2019 and were reported missing by extended family members that November. Their remains were found on Chad's property in Fremont County in J...

Search resumes for 2 missing children washed away with mom in deadly Pennsylvania flash flood

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A search resumed Monday for a 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister after they and their mother were swept away in a flash flooding in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A search resumed Monday for a 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister after they and their mother were swept away in a flash flood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday while driving with other family members to a barbecue, officials said. The search for the children was centered around Hough's Creek, just south of Upper Makefield Township, Chief Tim Brewer of the Upper Makefield Fire Company said at a news conference Monday morning. "We ask everyone to keep the families in their thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time," Brewer said. "We have deployed a massive amount of resources and teams. We have basically tripled the number of assets in the area." The missing children and their family are from Charlestown, South Carolina, and were visiting relatives in Bucks County whe...

5 dead after man shoots and kills wife and 3 children: Police

Five people are dead, including the alleged suspect, after a man shot and killed his wife and three children before turning the gun on himself, police say. Five people are dead, including the suspect, after a man allegedly shot and killed his wife and three children before turning the gun on himself, police say. The incident occurred on Saturday when the High Point Police Department in North Carolina responded to an early morning call at approximately 7:05 a.m. to the 2700 block of Mossy Meadow Drive in High Point, just 13 miles southwest of the city of Greensboro, in reference to two people “screaming for help,” according to a statement released by the High Point Police Department. MORE: 12-year-old girl stabs 9-year-old brother to death, police say “When officers arrived they came into contact with an adult male and female stating they needed help,” authorities said. “Officers had to force entry into the home, and once inside, they located five deceased people.” All of the victims -...

Utah town grieves murder-suicide that left 8 dead, including 5 children

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Authorities allege a father killed seven and himself amid a divorce proceeding. Residents of Enoch City, Utah, are left grieving after police said a father shot and killed his seven family members before turning the gun on himself. Their despair stems not only from the sheer tragedy of that Utah father’s alleged murder-suicide but also from its implications: five chairs empty in local schools; local police officers living with the trauma of discovering eight dead bodies during a routine welfare check; a family now perpetually missing from community events. A woman leaves flowers outside a home where eight family members were found dead in Enoch, Utah, on Jan. 5, 2023. Sam Metz/AP "No one will probably know what was going through the minds of these individuals," said city manager Rob Dotson, who attempted to summarize the collective grief of Enoch City. "However, we do know that they were our friends, they were our neighbors, and that we loved them." Dotson spoke in ...