A former friend of Lori Burrow testified at Thursday’s murder trial.
Jurors also saw key video evidence and heard from Vallow’s former best friend.
A friend of Burrow’s said Burrow proselytized about a “greater mission” and told her to cut off the children.
Boise, Idaho — Two Witnesses from Lori Vallow’s sensational murder trial He testified how she tried to recruit them into the cult, promising to spare them their impending doom.
Cult member husband David Dale Warwick, along with Varrow and husband Chad Daybell, described visiting the couple in September 2019 in Rexburg, Idaho. Warwick testified Thursday that 144,000 people will escape the rapture described in Revelation.
“They said I was one of them,” said Warwick of Pleasant Grove, Utah, who is a frequent speaker at the Prepper Conference. “He wanted me to move to Rexburg.”
davel and burrow Charged with killing two of Burrow’s children With Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow, and Daybell’s late wife, Tamara “Tammy” Daybell. Daybell faces another trial. Vallow is also facing murder charges in Arizona for murdering her husband, where her murder trial is looming.
The couple, both of whom were doomsday preppers, have been implicated in numerous deaths, including those of Barrow’s former husband, children, and ex-wife. After being diagnosed, he went missing and surfaced in a luxury Hawaii condo in January 2020. Without the children of Burrow.
Jurors see first video footage of Lori Burrow in connection with killing
On Thursday, jurors were shown video footage of Vallow for the first time in two weeks of the trial.
It was body cam footage of a Rexburg, Idaho police officer who visited her home when her son was reported missing in late November 2019. In the clip, she said her daughter is in college and her son is in Arizona.
“What am I going to do with JJ and Tyree, what do people think?” Barrow asked indignantly, crossing his arms across his chest in the video.
Barrow, who wore a flowing lavender top under a black shawl in court, frequently whispered and scribbled notes to his lawyer.
Future cult members told to keep away from children
On Wednesday, a former friend of Burrow’s described another chilling invitation to join a cult that had strict conditions.
“I’m going to have to be separated from my children,” April Raymond told jurors Wednesday.
Burrow pitched Raymond during a visit to their Hawaii home in early 2019. Raymond said Burrow looked radically different from fellow church members he befriended, vacationed with, and set play dates for the kids in 2016.
Specifically, Vallow has isolated himself from a handful of followers that Raymond called “The Podcast Group.” This is a reference to recordings Vallow made to amplify his Daybell teachings. An apocalyptic novelist, Davel taught his followers that they were gods who lived “multiple lives” and walked the earth, dating back to biblical times. ’” Raymond testified.
She told Raymond that those who opposed her were “zombie”.
On a trip to Hawaii in February 2019, Vallow told Raymond he needed help.
“She’s come to collect me,” said Raymond. “She said I played my part in their life. I have a big mission to do with her,” she said.
Raymond also testified that former cheerleader and former Wheel of Fortune contestant Barrow also brought news that she was divorcing her fourth husband, Charles Barrow.
“She said Charles was already dead and the demon living inside him was using his body as a host. The demon living inside Charles Barrow was named ‘Ned Schneider’. Raymond learned from Burrow.
“I asked her, ‘How did you know?'” Raymond said. “She said, ‘Because he’s short for her.'”
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