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The so-called “Doomsday Mom,” Lori Vallow Daybell, cross-examined police officers who were at the shooting scene where Charles Vallow died in 2019. She was trying to establish that people handle stress in different ways and that would account for her and her brother’s nonchalant attitudes on the scene. The 51-year-old is representing herself in the murder conspiracy trial. 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