Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of murdering her two youngest kids | USA TODAY

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An Idaho jury found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of killing her two youngest kids and her husband's late wife, as part of a bizarre doomsday plot.
A seven-man and five-woman Idaho jury rendered their verdict after deliberating for seven hours following a five-week trial. The verdict comes nearly three years after the bodies of Joshua "JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, were discovered by authorities in Vallow Daybell's husband's backyard near a "pet cemetery."

Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell wanted the victims' money, using sex and power to manipulate her brother and a lover-turned-husband into carrying out the crimes.

The trial centered around "Money, power, and sex,” prosecuting attorney Rob Wood said, urging the jury to convict Lori Vallow Daybell in the deaths of her children, and her fifth husband’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. "What does justice for these victims require? It requires a conviction on each and every count," Wood added.

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