BOISE, Idaho — ‘Doomsday mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell’s double murder trial abruptly adjourned Wednesday morning with almost no explanation.

Prosecutors told District Court Judge Steven Boyce just after 12:30 p.m. local time that there were “unforeseen circumstances that have required that we adjourn for the day” — and Vallow Daybell’s lawyers did not object.

The announcement came a day after Boyce denied Vallow’s request to leave the court as the state’s witness gave gruesome testimony about finding her two children’s decomposing bodies buried in her husband Chad’s yard.

Vallow, 49, pleaded not guilty to two charges of first-degree murder for the slaying of her children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, in September 2019.

Prosecutors claim she and Chad, who was the children’s step-father, killed and buried JJ and Tylee to be free of the burdens of parenting. 

The court was adjourned Wednesday after a short mid-morning break, which came after testimony from Lt. Joseph Powell of the Fremont City Sheriff’s Office.

The trial is expected to continue Thursday and Friday.