The Chandler Arizonian - 7.11.2021

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July 11, 2021

How detectives shattered Chandler slaying alibi

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s her husband lay dying on the �loor of her Chandler home, Lori Vallow went to a drug store to buy �lip�lops. That chilling account of the July 11, 2019, shooting death of her husband Charles Vallow is part of a heavily redacted probable cause statement by Chandler detectives that prompted a county grand jury last month to accuse Lori Vallow of conspiracy

to commit �irst degree murder. The shooter, her brother, Alexander Cox, died mysteriously in his Gilbert home four months later. The grand jury action comes as Lori Vallow faces �irst degree murder charges in Idaho in the deaths of her 7-year-old son and 16-yearold daughter, whose remains were found in 2020 on land owned by Chad Daybell. Daybell, who married Vallow after her husband’s slaying, also is charged with murder in the children's slayings. Vallow is

undergoing psychiatric examination after a judge found her mentally incompetent to face murder charges their deaths. Although the Maricopa County grand jury indictment gave few details about Charles Vallow’s slaying, the Chandler Police document details a twisted tale of a woman who considered herself “an exalted goddess” with supernatural powers and schemed

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Legislature nukes mask Here comes the judge mandates in schools BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

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he �lashpoint for the longest-running controversy throughout the 2020-21 school year in Chandler – mandatory face masks on campuses – was obliterated last month as a future tool for school districts as the Republican majority in the Legislature outlawed such mandates. The measure “prohibits a county, city, town, school district governing board or charter school governing body from requiring students or staff use face coverings during school hours and on school property.” That means districts, as well as colleges and universities, not only are forbidden from requiring students and staff to wear masks in classrooms but also cannot require them for visitors to schools or citizens attending governing board meetings. Nothing prevents parents from making their own child wear a mask in school. The ban also deprives districts of a tool many relied on to keep

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City Magistrate Alicia Skupin is Chandler's new top judge and she aims to make Chandler Municipal Court a less intimidating place for citizens, as explained on page 6. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer)

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