Judgment of the "Vampire Clan"

When three high schoolers are gunned down in their car, police launch an investigation into why their lives came to such a violent end. Ten years later, that investigation reaches a dramatic conclusion in an Albuquerque courtroom. This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into this dramatic case with an audio edition of our original series Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. The featured episode is titled “Teenage Terror and the East Mountain Murders.”

When a fire breaks out in Krystina Sutherland’s apartment building, the first suspect is her ex-boyfriend and father of her children, but his iron-clad alibi led authorities to an unlikely suspect in a case that took a decade to resolve. This week’s Court TV Podcast features an audio edition of our original series, Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall which examines crimes committed by those closest to the victim. This week’s episode is titled “Ten Years After.”

After more than eight hours of deliberation over two days, the jury returns a verdict on Lori Vallow Daybell's seven charges for the murders of her two youngest children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, conspiring to kill her fifth husband’s wife, Tammy Daybell, and as stealing the Social Security benefits intended for her children.

During closing arguments, the State argues Lori is the common thread in these three murders, while the defense blames Chad Daybell's influence over her. The State brought back the theme from openings of money, power, and sex and said Lori is the common thread in these three murders... she is the one person who ties this all together. The state also points out Lori’s story changes dramatically in October 2018, when she read some of Chad’s end-of-the-world books, then met him. The defense attacks the state’s money, power, and sex argument, saying Lori wanted to be a leader, but she wasn't leading anyone, she's following Chad.