Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: January 2022
In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell.
At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves—until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori’s children back in Idaho—Tylee and JJ—who hadn’t been seen alive in five months.
For years, Lori Vallow had lived a life of devotion to her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori’s children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori’s third and fourth husbands, her brother, and Chad’s wife. In June 2020, the gruesome remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad’s property. In a shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the couple’s fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had become zombies.
Bestselling author and journalist John Glatt takes readers deeper into the devastating crimes of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple.
The Doomsday Mother is a recent true crime book that tells the real life story of two evil people and the lives that they have forever changed. I hadn't really known a lot about this case excerpt through snippets from the news and a Dateline episode. I'm a big fan of true crime, so I had high hopes for this one.
I thought the author did a fairly good job of laying out all of the facts of the case. I liked the amount of background that he gave us on both Lori and Chad. Up until this book, I hadn't known much about either person and how they got to this point in their life. Clearly they are both deeply disturbed people who deserve everything they have coming to them. This case is one of the saddest and most twisted ones that I have ever read about. Because of the pandemic, justice for JJ and Tylee has been postponed. Hopefully soon, this family can get some closure. I listened to the audiobook and thought it was well executed. I do recommend this one.
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