The new conspiracy charge adds an additional layer of legal jeopardy.
According to local Fox affiliate WALA, the charging decision is currently in the hands of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. No word on which way the winds are blowing in the office on that front was immediately evident on Thursday.
The murky circumstances of Charles Vallow’s death have plagued both prosecutors and investigators for years.
Lori Vallow’s dead brother,
Alex Cox admittedly shot and killed Charles Vallow–but claimed self defense and was never himself charged.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Cox died in December 2019.
Vallow and Daybell are alleged to have extensive doomsday cult affiliations. Filings in a separate civil case have highlighted some of Vallow’s alleged, and bizarre-if-true, beliefs.