Taylor Larsen was Charles Vallow's former attorney and he talks to FOX 10's Justin Lum in a digital exclusive interview about the upcoming sentencing of Lori Vallow.

Lori was found guilty of killing her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, the former wife of her current husband, Chad Daybell.

The trail of death started in Arizona where Lori's fourth husband, Charles, raised red flags, claiming his wife’s religious beliefs had evolved into something dangerous.

"It was an extremely unique set of facts given to us by Charles,. It's not often that someone comes in and says I want to get a divorce because my wife think she's a goddess and she can't die.. that she's trying to murder me," said Larsen.

The deeper we dug into that.. on its face, when someone comes in and says that, it's not really believable and so in order to go to the courts and play in that arena, you need tangible proof of these things and a lot of these allegations.. it's kind of hard to prove. But Charles was adamant that he had proof.. what he was saying was fact. He was just looking for someone who would listen to his story and help him and help J.J. and secure their safety and do what he needed to do. Charles didn't want really to get a divorce from Lori, it was kind of a last resort at that time. But it was because he started to fear really for his safety and for J.J.'s safety. That's what led him to our office.

It's been very interesting and surreal to see something be played out in the public that I kind of knew privately.. to see it now, here we are 4.5 years later, it's kinda been a wild thing.

Everything that he had said to us was validated now, even through the trial.. it shows Charles wasn't out to destroy Lori.. be vindictive.. or make up a bunch of lies.. he was just trying to be heard and to get safety for himself and for J.J."

In July 2019, Charles was shot by Lori's brother, Alex Cox. Charles later died from the injuries. On Sept. 30, 2021, Vallow's autopsy report was released. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office stated the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death is homicide.

Lori Vallow was found guilty on all six counts:
Conspiracy to commit firstdegree murder of Tylee Ryan
First degree murder of Tylee Ryan
Conspiracy to commit firstdegree murder of JJ Vallow
First degree murder of JJ Vallow
Conspiracy to commit firstdegree murder of Tammy Daybell
Grand theft

Vallow remains at the Madison County Jail in Idaho until her sentencing in Fremont County, which takes place July 31.

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