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Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell exchanged a slew of sappy texts, making plans for their future, just 24 hours after the alleged cult leader's wife was suffocated to death, it was revealed in court on Monday afternoon.

FBI agent Doug Hart testified that in early October 2019, the pair were secretly planning on going on a date when Daybell texted Vallow 'big news' that his then-wife Tammy Daybell had 'switched' and that a demonic entity had entered her body.

Weeks later, on October 19, Tammy suddenly died in her sleep. Her cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation and not a heart attack, as previously believed.

Roughly 24 hours after her death, Vallow and Daybell texted about missing each other, as he told her, 'it is baby night so come get me later.'

Hart, who has been on the stand in Vallow's trial testifying about what was uncovered in her seized iCloud account, said that 'their relationship is the driving force behind the crimes that are alleged in this case.'

Lori Vallow (pictured) and Chad Daybell exchanged a slew of sappy texts, making plans for their future, just 24 hours after the alleged cult leader's wife was suffocated to death

Chad and Tammy Daybell pictured before she was murdered in October 2019

Vallow, 49, and Daybell, 54, are accused of murdering her kids JJ, 7, and Tylee, 16, in September 2019. The following month they allegedly killed his wife Tammy. The pair married two weeks later on the beach in Hawaii.

Vallow is accused of conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell and has pleaded not guilty to that charge.

On October 3, 2019, before Tammy's death, Daybell texted Vallow gushing how excited he was to go on a date with her. The next day, texts revealed she had told her brother Alex Cox about going on the date.

'We are supposed to go on a real date tonight, but we are discussing it,' she wrote. 'So excited to go on a real date tonight we are discussing it. Perhaps an evening at home would be better so we're not out and about.'

But Daybell then texted Vallow with 'big news' about his wife Tammy. 

'Hello sweet angel. Big news about tammy. Please let me know if you're awake'

He went on to write: 'Tammy has been switched. Tammy is in Limbo, and a level 3 demonic entity named Viola is in her body.'

'Not fully sure of the timing for removal, but once her actions verify the differences, I don't want to wait.' 

In the 24 hours after Tammy died, Daybell and Vallow already texting, telling each other how much they miss them, and talk about spending their lives together. 

'I'm feeling sad, but it isn't for the reason everyone thinks,' Daybell wrote the morning after his wife's death. 

Daybell sent Vallow a text about the death percentages, Hart revealed on the stand, then went off on how much he missed her. 

'Percentage in body - Holsor 24, Ukola 11, Grisome 14. Great job on lowering them,' he texted Vallow.

Earlier texts had revealed how the pair created a twisted percentage scale to show how close her kids - and others - were to death. 

'I loved talking with you. It is baby night so come get me later,' he added. 'Missing you so much. I can feel you in bed with me, though. Can't wait to hold you tightly every day and night.'

A giddy Vallow responded: 'I'm missing you more!! I need you desperately! I can't wait! That would be great. What about the idea of you coming here Thursday or Friday. Or do u want me to come home?' 

The texts continue with the pair discussing their future plans, a move to Hawaii and Daybell's plan to 'tighten the abs, get a full-body tan, grow my hair out.'

'This could be really good for both of us,' he added, with Vallow replying: 'I love that plan.'

Earlier on Monday, Hart's testimony revealed that the couple talked about causing pain to children and 'giving them a reason to scream' if they act up, in chilling texts before her kids were killed. 

The two children were last seen alive that September. At the time, JJ was just 7 and Tylee was a few days short of her 17th birthday. Their bodies were found the following June, buried in Chad Daybell’s yard. 

Tylee, 16, and JJ, seven, are shown with their uncle, Alex Cox, in what is believed to be the final photo of them, taken during a family trip to Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019 

The children's bodies were discovered in shallow graves on Daybell's property on June 9, 2020 - nine months after they vanished 

The key individuals in Lori Vallow's tangled family tree, including her five husbands, two dead children and killer brother

In the texts from the seized iCloud accounts belonging to Vallow, showed she texted Daybell about her niece's children being possessed in July 2019.

In another exchange, Daybell - the alleged leader of their doomsday cult - told her he had 'turned up the pain' on her daughter Tylee and 'placed a spiritual virus in her.'

In July 2019, Vallow took a trip with her niece Melanie Boudreaux and her two children who Daybell referred to '3s' in the texts. Her son JJ was also on the trip, but it is not known if Tylee was there. The '3s' refers to the couple's twisted rating system for 'dark' people they believed were possessed.

Daybell had sent a text to Vallow asking if she wanted him to 'cause pain' to the two 3s she was riding with.

Vallow told Daybell to hold off, but added if they started acting up again, 'we can zap them.' Daybell agreed and said: 'If they are going to act up, we'll at least give them a reason to scream.'

Hart told the Ada County Courthouse in Boise that the 'references to hurting children and giving them a reason to scream are relevant.' He confirmed that he never saw any messages that depicted Vallow protesting the harm of anyone.

Hart, who took the stand last week, has told jurors that messages between the pair show that they were plotting the killings of her then-husband Charles Vallow, her kids, and Daybell's wife.

Timeline of Lori Vallow's and Chad Daybell's alleged crimes

July 11, 2019: Lori Vallow's husband, Charles Vallow, is killed by her brother, Alex Cox, in Arizona. Police initially rule that Alex acted in self defense but reopen the case months later after the children are reported missing. 

August, 2019: Lori moves children JJ and Tylee to Rexburg, Idaho, close to where her future husband Chad Daybell lives with his wife Tammy.

September 8, 2019: Tylee is seen alive for the last time during a trip to Yellowstone National Park with Lori, JJ and Alex. In the following weeks Lori tells people that her daughter is studying at Brigham Young University's Idaho campus.

September 23, 2019: The last time JJ is seen at his school in Rexburg. Lori emails the school the following day claiming she is moving the family to California for a new job. 

October 2, 2019: Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of Lori's niece Melani Pawlowski, is targeted in a drive-by shooting in Arizona. Police identify the vehicle carrying the shooter as a Jeep registered to Charles Vallow, Lori's late husband. 

October 19, 2019: Chad's wife Tammy, 49, dies at their Idaho home. An obituary states that she passed away peacefully in her sleep. Chad declines an autopsy and her death is listed as due to natural causes.

October 25, 2019: A friend of Tylee receives a vague 'miss you' text from her phone but says that it didn't sound like the teen.   

November 5, 2019: Lori and Chad tie the knot on a beach in Kauai. Receipts indicate that Lori purchased her own wedding ring from Amazon nearly three weeks prior to Tammy's death. 

November 26, 2019: Out-of-state relatives ask Idaho police to perform a welfare check on JJ. Lori and Chad claim he is in Arizona with relatives and ask their friend, Melanie Gibb, to lie and say she took the boy there for Thanksgiving. Police soon learn that no one has seen JJ or Tylee, since September. 

November 27, 2019: Police execute a search warrant related to the children at Lori's home and discover that she and Chad have fled Idaho.

December 11, 2019: Tammy's body is exhumed from a Utah cemetery and her death is reclassified as suspicious.

December 12, 2019: Lori's brother, Alex Cox, is found dead in a bathroom in his Arizona home. Months later an autopsy determines that he died of natural causes while he had the overdose drug Narcan in his system. 

December 21, 2019: Rexburg police issue the first press release about JJ and Tylee, revealing they believe their disappearance could be linked to Tammy's death and asking the public for information.

December 24, 2019: Lori and Chad issue a statement through an attorney saying they love their son and daughter and look forward to addressing 'allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor'.

December 30, 2019: Police accuse Lori and Chad of lying to investigators and say they believe the couple know where the kids are or what happened to them.

January 3, 2020: Police search Chad's home in Salem and remove 43 items, including tech devices and journals. They also comb over sections of the snow-covered yard with rakes and metal detectors.

January 26, 2020: Lori and Chad are seen for the first time in months as police serve them with two search warrants in Kauai. Lori is also served with a court order to produce the children to authorities in Idaho in five days. The couple are approached by the media while officers serve the documents and refuse to say anything about the children.

January 30, 2020: Lori misses the court deadline to produce the children to Idaho authorities.

February 20, 2020: Lori is arrested in Kauai and charged with two felony counts for desertion and nonsupport of dependent children, and one misdemeanor count each for resisting and obstructing an officer, solicitation of a crime, and contempt of court. 

March 5, 2020: Lori is extradited to Idaho, where she is held on $1million bond at Madison County Jail.

March 17, 2020: Lori professes her innocence in a statement through her attorney as two other members of her defense team quit and the judge removes himself from the case. 

March 24, 2020: Court documents filed in the divorce of Lori's niece Melani and her husband Brandon Boudreaux allege that Lori told people she believed her children were zombies before they disappeared. 

April 9, 2020: Authorities reveal they are investigating Lori and Chad for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy in connection with Tammy's death. 

June 9, 2020: Police search Chad's home in Salem for the second time and discover human remains in the backyard. Chad is taken into police custody and charged with destruction or concealment of evidence.

May 25, 2021: Lori and Chad are charged with first degree murder in the deaths of the children. Chad is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife Tammy. 

May 27, 2021: Lori is deemed incompetent to stand trial on the murder charges in Idaho. 

August 5, 2021: Prosecution announces it will seek the death penalty for Chad. 

April 11, 2022: Lori is restored competency. Criminal proceedings against her in Idaho are ordered to continue. 

April 14, 2022: Lori is taken to the Madison County Jail in Rexburg, Idaho, by Fremont County Sheriff officers.

April 10, 2023: Lori Vallow goes on trial for the murders of JJ, 7, and Tylee, 16. 

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