The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

by John Glatt

Lori had scoured the Scriptures to rationalize the act of murder, discovering that the Book of Mormon states that if someone comes against you three times, you can kill them.

“So I went and met my bishop, and I was like, ‘I’m either going to turn my life to the temple or I’m going to commit murder. So do you want to give me a temple recommend?’” (A temple recommend is a ID card that allows LDS members to enter a temple.)

(LDS faithful believe that civil marriages finish at death, but a couple that has been sealed in a temple remains married for eternity.)

Chad likened his out-of-body experience to his physical body going far deeper into the water than his spirit had. “This caused my spirit to pop out through my head,” he wrote, “but then it felt like my spirit’s knees got stuck in my skull and I didn’t make it all the way out.”

They both told Melanie that they were on a sacred mission to rid the world of zombies before the tribulations came.