Fri Mar 07 22:40:00 UTC 2025: **Dateline NBC Airs Exclusive Interview with Lori Vallow Daybell**
**BOISE, ID (October 26, 2023)** – KTVB will air an exclusive two-hour Dateline NBC special on Friday at 8 p.m. featuring an interview with convicted murderer Lori Vallow Daybell. The interview, conducted by Keith Morrison, reveals Daybell maintains her innocence in the murders of her two children, JJ and Tylee, and her husband Chad’s former wife, Tammy Daybell.
Daybell, who was convicted in Idaho of murdering her children and conspiring to murder Tammy, claims she and her husband, Chad (currently on death row), will be exonerated. She told Morrison she wanted to “set the record straight,” asserting that everything reported about her is false.
The Dateline special also includes interviews with Daybell’s oldest son, Colby Ryan, who testified against his mother in her first trial, and law enforcement officials. Ryan expressed shock and disbelief at his mother’s actions. This time, Daybell will represent herself in an upcoming Arizona trial concerning the death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in 2019. That trial begins later this month.
Morrison described the interview as unlike any he’s ever conducted, noting Daybell came with a prepared strategy and expressed a desire for the media attention. He also acknowledged the ethical complexities of giving a platform to someone convicted of such heinous crimes, stating that the public’s intense interest in her case outweighed the reservations.
Daybell’s extreme religious beliefs, which played a significant role in the Idaho trial, are discussed. She claims to have received visions from Jesus, predicting her and Chad’s exoneration and portraying her victims, along with Jesus, as frequent visitors to her prison cell. She offered alternative explanations for the deaths, claiming Tammy died of natural causes, Charles was killed in self-defense by her brother, and the deaths of her children were the result of an “unintentional homicide followed by a suicide.”
The special, airing this Friday on KTVB, promises a revealing look into the mind of Lori Vallow Daybell and the ongoing saga surrounding her crimes. To watch, viewers can download the KTVB app.
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