Hey everybody. I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead Serious.

Well, this was it. Today was day nine of Lori Vallow's murder trial in Arizona and Lori Vallow's final shot at convincing a jury that she did not orchestrate

the killing of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. Today was closing arguments. A chance to be that

Lincoln lawyer, stretch your stuff across the well of the courtroom, and have your final say,

face to face with the jury.

It is often said that cases can be won or lost in openings or in closings.

So imagine the pressure for a defense lawyer in a murder trial.

The Lori chose to do that job herself.

So when it was batter up, she took to the floor. But not before the state ripped her a new one with their closing argument. The state typically goes first in

closings, followed by the defendant's lawyer. And then the state gets to wrap it all up.

They get the last word because the state, they've got the burden of proof.

So prosecutor Trina Kay kicked off the day and she did not hold back.

She told the jury that this killing was no accident and no tragedy.

She said this killing was premeditated murder, cold and calculated.

She said Lori Vallow wanted to be with Chad Daybell, not with her husband.

That she wanted that husband's multimillion dollar life insurance payout,

and that she was willing to use her brother Alex and a set of bizarre religious beliefs to get what she wanted. But when it was Lori Vallow's turn, she stood up and she told the jurors this wasn't murder.

It was a family tragedy and that it was self-defense.

She said her husband, Charles, was the aggressor, and that her brother Alex Cox was just trying to protect her.

And that police? Oh, well, the police, that they botched the entire case.

And when she wasn't blaming law enforcement, she was challenging the prosecution, accusing them of hiding evidence, distorting the facts, and attempting to poison the jury against her.

This closing argument was everything you'd expect from Lori Vallow.

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