An American woman who believed the world was coming to an end was found guilty on Friday of murdering her two children – whom she thought were “zombies” – and aiding and abetting the murder of her husband’s ex-wife.

The case had shocked the US public and the verdict was broadcast live on several channels.

THE Lori Vallow and her husband Chad Deibel were charged with murder, conspiracy and fraud.

Among others, the 49-year-old Valou was accused of her murder 16-year-old daughter her and his 7-year-old stepson of her, whom she considered, according to the researchers, “zombies”.

An Idaho state judge also charged them with fraud for continuing to receive family benefits after the children disappeared.

Vallow, who testified she believed she would save the world, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. She now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Mormons who believed the end of the world was coming

The couple, members of an extreme sect of Mormonsmet when they were involved in a movement preparing for the end of the world.

The two met in 2018 and began recording a religious podcast. The couple believed that people have either a “light” or a “dark” spirit and called those possessed by evil spirits “zombie».

He believed that the only way to save one’s soul from darkness was to kill him.

In 2006, Vallow married businessman Charles Vallow, and together they raised Tylee, Lori’s daughter from a previous marriage. In 2014 they adopted Jay Jay, the grandson of Charles’ sister.

In 2017, Lori’s behavior began to change, friends and family said, after she began reading books by Chad Debel, which drew heavily on Mormon beliefs.

Debel has written several books about the end of the world.

In January 2019, Charles Vallow addressed the police complaining that his wife believed he was a god and was preparing for the end of the world, while she threatened to kill him. Finally she filed for divorce.

When he visited the home where his ex-wife lived with her brother Alex Cox to pick up his son, Cox shot and killed him. At the time, Vallow’s brother said he reacted defensively.

In the fall of 2019, his ex-wife Dabel died, of “natural causes,” as initially stated. However, after a post-mortem examination, it was found that the cause of death was suffocation.

It was during this time that Jay Jay’s grandparents searched for the children, which led the Idaho State Police to begin an investigation when it became known that there had been no sign of them for weeks.

For a long time, Vallow and Deibel claimed that the children were “safe and happy.” In June 2020, authorities found the children’s remains in the backyard of Debel’s home in Rexburg, Idaho.