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Things got tense on May 14 during Lori Vallow Daybell's appearance in court ahead of her 2nd and final Arizona trial. FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum has more.

Lori Vallow Daybell prepares to represent herself in court as her own attorney once again. Her final trial in Arizona is set to begin in June but she made sure to ask Judge Justin Beresky to recuse himself from the case for being biased. FOX10 Investigator Justin Lum and Special Projects Executive Producer George Obi break down the pretrial hearing that took place on May 14.

Wednesday, May 14 had its share of drama in the courtroom, as a pretrial proceeding involving Lori Vallow Daybell took place. During a rather heated moment in court, the so-called 'Doomsday Mom' objected to having her name listed on jury questionnaire. A back-and-forth between Vallow Daybell and Judge Justin Beresky eventually led to the judge asking Vallow Daybell "are you done?"

During proceedings ahead of her second trial in Arizona, Lori Vallow Daybell was in a spat with the presiding judge over what she alleges was bias on the part of the judge. Vallow Daybell had asked Judge Justin Beresky to recuse himself from the case. For her 2nd AZ trial, Vallow Daybell is accused of conspiring to have her ex-nephew-in-law, Brandon Boudreaux, killed.

Twice-convicted Lori Vallow Daybell was back in a Phoenix courtroom on May 14 ahead of her second Arizona trial.

Ahead of Wednesday's pretrial hearing, the state of Arizona has submitted a statement in the case involving convicted murderer Lori Vallow Daybell. FOX 10's Justin Lum has this story.

House Bill 2281, known as "Emily's Law," has been sent to Governor Katie Hobbs' desk. The bill is named in honor of 14-year-old Emily Pike, who was reported missing from her Mesa group home before being found dead near Globe. The new turquoise alert system would operate the same as Amber Alerts and Silver Alerts, through emergency alerts authorized by federal officials.

Bills in honor of Emily Pike and Preston Lord are making their way through the Arizona legislature. Pike's bill aims to establish a new missing persons alert system in Arizona. The goal of Lord's bill is would upgrade assault charges.

Convicted murderer Lori Vallow Daybell is asking for a new trial, claiming that one of the jurors in the case had previous knowledge of her convictions in Idaho before making his decision.

We are getting a glimpse of the housing conditions for convicted killer Lori Vallow Daybell during her time at Maricopa County's Estrella Jail. She is alone in her cell for 23 hours each day. FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum takes us on that tour.

We're recapping the murder conspiracy trial that led to Lori Vallow Daybell being found guilty of plotting the fatal shooting of her fourth husband Charles Vallow. The trial lasted ten days, with 19 witnesses, while the so-called "Doomsday Mom" presented no evidence as she represented herself.

Tass Reed-Tucker was known as Juror #8 in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell and is now opening up on what led her to choose a guilty verdict. On April 22, a jury of 12 found Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring with her late brother in the murder of her fourth husband Charles Vallow back in July of 2019. Reed-Tucker spoke to FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum about the prosecution's presentation of evidence that convicted the jury to make this decision.

Juror #8, Tass Reed-Tucker, says that Lori Vallow Daybell's demeanor in the evidence presented by the prosecution made it seem like, "she's not there." FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum has more.

Juror #8 in the Lori Vallow Daybell trial, Tass Reed-Tucker, tells FOX 10 investigator Justin Lum exclusively that most of the jurors were asking the same questions after the trial.