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Scott D. Pierce: Netflix doc looks at how Lori Vallow Daybell went from faithful Latter-day Saint to accused child killer
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The problem with producing a documentary about an ongoing story is that things can suddenly change before the premiere date. Which is exactly what happened here.

Lori Vallow Daybell and her son, Colby Ryan, in "Sins of Our Mother."The problem with producing a documentary about an ongoing story is that things can suddenly change before your doc premieres.

“Sins of Our Mother” starts streaming Wednesday. But just days ago, Ryan was arrested and charged with domestic violence sexual assault. Which doesn’t change any of the events portrayed in the documentary, but certainly makes the sympathetic portrayal of him more than a bit awkward — particularly because he’s depicted in the film as a loving and supportive husband, an image at odds with the abuse charges.

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow are wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of their children, Joshua Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, who have not been seen since September.Very little of what happens is directly tied to Utah, but a lot of it is tied to the fact that both Lori and Chad Daybell were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“Sins of Our Mother” outlines how both Lori and Chad Daybell moved far from their Latter-day Saint upbringings. Chad thinks he’s a prophet. He and his followers think reincarnation is a thing, and he was awaiting an apocalypse, when only 144,000 righteous people would survive. And he would lead them.

Lori is convinced that Chad is indeed a prophet. She believed that her ex-husband, Charles Daybell, and both Tylee and JJ had become “zombies” — evil spirits took over their bodies, and they had to be killed to free their spirits. It’s difficult not to think that if they’d taken Charles’ allegations seriously, he, Tylee and JJ might still be alive.

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