March 2, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of The Lethal Library, Stephanie and Dani unpack the baffling true crime case of Christine Lott, a mother who vanished from Priest River, Idaho. The discussion spans the initial investigation, dubious actions by her husband Steve Lott, and the tragic discovery of Christine's remains over a decade later. Blending serious insights with dark humor, they highlight Steve's questionable alibis, family revelations, and the eventual courtroom drama that led to Steve's conviction. Tune in for a mix of sarcasm, heartbreak, and justice.
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Stephanie (00:30):
welcome back to The Lethal Library.
I'm Stephanie.
I'm
Dani (00:34):
Dani.
Stephanie (00:35):
And we are here to tell you another tale about true
crime.
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Dani (00:52):
for your entertainment.
Anyway, What are we talkingabout?
We are talking about a big fatmouth.
So, can you imagine not knowingwhat happened to your loved one?
One day they're just gone.
Are they dead or alive?
(01:14):
Will you get that call a bodyhas been discovered?
Or are they going to walkthrough the door?
Stephanie (01:21):
yeah.
Dani (01:22):
There's a lot of
Stephanie (01:22):
cases like this where it's feasible that they could
have just went off and yeah,the, yeah.
Being in limbo like that.
I don't envy anyone that has togo through that.
Dani (01:35):
A mother of three is missing in Priest River, which
is in the panhandle of northernIdaho.
Christine Lott, 34, disappearedaround 11 a.
m.
on March 25th.
She was last seen by herhusband, Steve Lott, getting
into a red 1990 Ford pickup withWashington license plates, just
(01:57):
outside of Mitchell's HarvestFoods.
Christina just made a shortphone call from a pay phone
before getting into the truck.
Christine's sister.
Angela Cucera Baker said thatthe couple had argued earlier
that day and Christine had askedher husband to drop her off at
the store.
(02:18):
Steve went inside and that'swhen he saw Christine get into
the truck.
The two young children, Lucas,age 10, and Sean, age 12, were
already off to school thatmorning.
Her sister said Christine mightbe upset because her oldest son
Raymond Who's age 14 went tostay with his father just a few
days before she disappeared.
(02:39):
So there was a little gapbetween When she disappeared and
then when they were asking forhelp and it was a couple months.
So Before before it was like inthe newspapers.
Okay, right?
So they're like well, she waspretty pissed off They fought
maybe she did just up and takeoff But then it kind of got
(03:04):
serious And mom and sister andeverybody's, you know, going to
the media saying, Hey, we got tostart looking, let's, let's look
into this.
Her husband, Steve searched forher for two days before
notifying her family or, or anypolice.
At first they thought she mightjust need a few days to cool
(03:26):
off, but her family said itwould be unlike Christine to
abandon her children.
Lots said Christine and him hadargued over their finances that
morning.
And about his desire to workoutside of the local area.
They were also having problemswith their oldest son, Raymond.
Teenagers, just saying.
(03:48):
We've all been there, done that,right?
Mm hmm.
Lot told police Christine lovedher children, but couldn't wait
for them to grow up, and she wasstressed out and tired of being
a mother.
According to Lot, she wantedout.
Stephanie (04:04):
You don't, even, even though mothers can be overly
stressed and overly work.
You don't see a lot that arelike, give me a few years.
I'll come back.
That's not a, I'm out.
So I'm done for now.
Thank you.
I'll be calling when you're 21.
We'll go to Vegas.
How's that?
(04:25):
Yeah.
You don't see that a whole lotwith women.
So little suspish,
Dani (04:32):
during a search of lots home, the police found letters
and notes all over the housewritten by him.
They, were to Christine afterher disappearance.
It's asking her to please stayhome.
If you come back, if you returnwhile I'm not home, please stay
here.
So we have like all these littlenotes and letters all over the
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house that they discovered.
In case she
Stephanie (04:53):
like crept back in.
Yeah, in case
Dani (04:55):
she came home while he wasn't there.
Lot did not pass the polygraphtest that was administered to
him.
I mean, it's not admissible incourt, but.
Stephanie (05:08):
No, it isn't and people can't pass it for many
reasons, but it is.
Dani (05:15):
Not a good luck.
When
Stephanie (05:15):
you see someone that passes for the most part from
the cases that I've seen,usually they passed because they
had nothing to do
Dani (05:25):
with it.
Usually.
Usually, yes.
so it's not admissible in court,but just wanted to note that.
Mm hmm.
Lot said Christine had cheatedon him in the past and it was
possible she was seeing someoneelse.
And that's why he didn't followChristine to the payphone.
But, it came out during all ofthis that Christine had told
(05:47):
friends that Lot had choked herbefore and shoved her into
things.
And we
Stephanie (05:52):
know that if someone is choking or strangling you,
that is one of the last thingsthat someone will do to you
before killing you as a woman ina relationship.
So, yikes.
Dani (06:09):
In 2005, Christine's mother Lucille is reaching out
to the public again to help findher daughter.
Quote, I feel like she's eitherbeen killed or she's being held
against her will.
She would never, ever, ever dothis to her children.
She would not do this.
She wanted to be home when thekids got off the bus.
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She said so many times, thesekids are my life.
Lucille has lost contact withtwo of her grandsons because
Steve moved to Phoenix in June.
The two youngest children are,are not Steve's and neither is
Raymond.
So none of these three boys areSteve's.
(06:51):
But they're all with him, or atleast two.
Well, Raymond is with, with, andto live with his father at 14,
which is pretty typical forteenagers.
They're just like, well, thatwas so much better.
Okay, bye.
but the youngest one, Lucas,Steve was the only father he'd
ever known like that was his dadand so they decided not to break
(07:15):
up the boys the grandparents andBecause Steve was gonna fight
for the the younger one.
And so the grandparents werelike We don't want to break up
these brothers.
They're already going through somuch.
So, they let the other, the 12year old, go down and be
(07:36):
together.
So, I mean, I understand theirreasoning, their thought process
behind it.
Like, we don't want to break upa whole family and have kids
scattered everywhere.
They're already missing theirmother.
Right?
Even though they weren't his, hehas custody of those two boys.
Because they were married, yeah,right.
her parents, Christine's parentshad all three kids after Steve
(07:58):
left in June, but they decidedto let the two younger boys go
to Phoenix to be with Steve.
Steve was the only father thatthey'd, they'd ever known.
Okay, so that was 2005.
Let's move up to 2016.
Okay,
Stephanie (08:16):
literally a year ago.
Dani (08:19):
So 11 years later.
Christine's body was found alonga Forest Service road near Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho in February by ashed hunter.
It was kept confidential why theinvestigators looked for Steve.
They wanted to question him.
They want to know where he's at.
Yeah.
(08:40):
Her death is being investigatedas a homicide.
Christine was identified by herskull's dentition and maxillary
sinus pattern through the namusA database for missing persons.
Stephanie (08:56):
There we go.
I Danny did that.
I need an Academy Award.
Can we, you know what, let'stake a quick pause, round of
applause, because that, no, I'mnot even being like, you deserve
it.
Clap for yourself.
Dani (09:16):
Okay, it was a lot of big words, but this is very serious
and I didn't even know like the,the, I, the, uh, dent, oh,
dentition.
Stephanie (09:27):
I'll be your, I'll be the wing beneath
Dani (09:30):
your wings.
Identifying.
I think you'd be my wings.
This is such a sad part too.
Okay, I'm messing, okay.
We're laughing at each other.
Not the details.
Right.
I knew that, uh, somebody couldbe identified from their teeth,
right, but the Maxillary sinuspattern, which is like they know
(09:58):
from pictures
Stephanie (09:59):
that they've taken
Dani (10:00):
yeah And that there's a whole database for that.
Stephanie (10:04):
I think that's great.
I
Dani (10:06):
think it's fucking fantastic
Stephanie (10:07):
very Deteriorated right?
Well, she was fine.
She was out there for 12 yearsThank you, Shed Hunter, for
finding someone, like, sorry forhim that he found that, but.
How grateful though, because nowthere's somewhere to go.
(10:27):
It seems like it must have beenvery remote, and not like a
popular trail or anything thatpeople would have been on.
This was someone trying to getin the more obscure places where
nobody goes, and he was able tofind her, so thank you.
And shed hunters are
Dani (10:44):
looking for bones, so they are, they're spotting that
whiteness because it could be anantler, like they could have
been standing up on the top of aravine looking down going, there
we go, what's underneath there.
I've always wanted to shed huntbut I never, well,
Stephanie (11:02):
you can train dogs to help you do it too, which I
think would be very cool.
Dani (11:05):
I think they're so cool to find.
additional bones were alsorecovered.
They included vertebraeconnected by a surgical
appliance.
And Christine had a prior backsurgery.
So it's, it's her.
But they did not announce thatthey had found Christine's body.
(11:28):
Until December of 2017.
Being very sneaky.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
So, that was like a year and ahalf.
Almost two years.
Stephanie (11:40):
I can't believe this is so recent that this has all
come to life.
Yeah,
Dani (11:43):
and they kept it under wraps.
It's
Stephanie (11:45):
um,
Dani (11:45):
I was like.
Because
Stephanie (11:46):
2017 was literally one year ago.
Ha
Dani (11:49):
ha ha.
Absolutely.
I know it
Stephanie (11:50):
wasn't, but I feel that way.
Dani (11:53):
Ha ha ha.
Well, I 2020 completely.
We all could have.
Okay.
Ha ha ha.
on June 19th, 2018, Stephen Lottis arrested in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee.
Nailed it.
Laura Lott, Steve's ex wife,told investigators she had went
(12:18):
over to reconcile herrelationship with Steve when she
was told some disturbingdetails.
Lot told his ex wife that he hadtried to commit suicide by
placing a zip tie around hisneck, but was interrupted by a
maintenance worker that enteredhis apartment.
Stephanie (12:36):
How often does that happen?
Dani (12:38):
I had that same thought process.
Stephanie (12:40):
Usually maintenance has to let you know before they
enter, I mean, I'm not, maybethis is what happened.
Suicide's a big deal, but Ooh,zip tie, very rare.
Regardless, sure, sure, sure.
Dani (12:55):
When Laura asked why he would do that, he replied, that
is how Christine died.
Lot then gave Laura ahandwritten statement detailing
the events that occurred the dayChristine disappeared.
The statement claims Lot wasworking at the house, doing
(13:16):
chores outside that day.
He went inside and showered andthen he and Christine had sex.
Why do they always say that?
They always say that beforesomebody's missing or they
murder somebody like, oh, but wehad sex before.
After having sex, he toldChristine he wanted a divorce
and would be filing for fullcustody of Lucas.
Stephanie (13:39):
And so that's something where it's like I
don't think this is the truestory.
But even if it was, as a woman,I think we can all relate to how
that would feel.
And then to, to be breaking thenews right after an event like
that, I'm sure it wasn't a, a, agood conversation.
(14:02):
That's, that's not how you breakthat news is by doing that and
then being like.
Thanks for the last rodeo, babe.
Here's a towel, um, also somedivorce paper.
Like, I'd be worried for my ownlife as a man doing that.
Tacky.
Very
Dani (14:21):
tacky.
They argued and Christine wastrying to get him to stay.
Then things got heated and alittle bit physical, Lot said.
A little bit?
Just a smidge.
Then he left the house.
For a fifteen to twenty milewalk.
And was gone for several hours.
Fifteen to
Stephanie (14:41):
twenty miles?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha.
Yeah.
No.
No.
Dani (14:48):
I walked a long time, uh, detective.
Like, it had to be like at leastfifteen, twenty miles.
I went at least up to Canada.
I was walking.
Forrest Gump over here.
Are you shitting my dick?
Stephanie (15:09):
I couldn't help it.
This guy.
Who walks 15 to 350 mile walk asone does.
I just.
When you're stressed out, you'relike, I gotta walk to.
New Mexico.
Dani (15:24):
The Canadia.
They're close.
I'm just saying.
Oh,
Stephanie (15:30):
just
Dani (15:30):
a
Stephanie (15:30):
quick little, quick little jog
Dani (15:32):
to cool my, dude, if you need 15 to 20 miles to cool off,
you got some fucking angerissues.
Yeah, see a therapist.
Please.
a better response.
Let me just, I'm, I'm going togive some advice here.
A better response would havebeen like.
I walked a couple miles up tothe nature trail, and I just sat
there, and just thought about mylife, and thought about, you
(15:53):
know, just thinking about how Iwas going to handle this, and I
just sat there for like, anhour, two hours, like, just
thinking I was so upset, andthen I came back home.
That's, exactly.
Thank you.
But, after his, fuckingmarathon, frankly, Marathon?
(16:16):
How far?
What's a mile?
I mean, what's a marathon?
How many is that?
Like 24?
Yeah.
So basically he walked a fuckingmarathon.
He did the Boston Marathon andcame home.
What a fucking idiot.
Okay.
Rant over.
I was just like, shut the fuckup, dude.
When he returned, he said hefound Christine face down on the
(16:38):
bed.
Christine had a zip tie aroundher neck.
He found a suicide note that shehad left on the bed.
He has lost it.
Stephanie (16:49):
Whoops,
Dani (16:51):
it's been a while.
Locke cut off the zip tie butcould not revive her.
He was scared and freaked outbecause he didn't want the kids
to see her like that.
And that's when he decided tomake it look like she left her
family.
Stephanie (17:06):
Oh, okay.
Dani (17:08):
Reasonable.
He carefully wrapped Christineup and put her in the bedroom.
Lot then went and picked up thetwo kids from school and told
them, Your mother's, your motheris gone.
The following morning, Lot sentthe kids to school and resumed
his chores around the house.
we still have, like, Christineis still there.
Stephanie (17:31):
There's a literal body of your wife, or are they
married?
Yes.
Yeah, your wife's there.
Her body He's like,
Dani (17:41):
I'm just gonna go do a few chores.
I gotta
Stephanie (17:42):
do some dust.
I, I said I was gonna do thevacuuming today, so just a quick
little vacuum.
gotta go mow the lawn.
Gotta mow the lawn.
Dani (17:55):
Later that evening, he decided he was gonna take
Christine's body to themountains and bury her.
So, you know, he went and pickedup those kids, brought them
home.
He's like, boys, I'll be back.
They're 10 and 12.
Stephanie (18:07):
Watch a movie, have some little TV dinners.
Play
Dani (18:10):
some Nintendo.
When he got to the, the firstplace he chose, he tried to dig,
but the ground was partiallyfrozen and he was unable to do
so.
Oh, fuck.
Well.
Cause you're an idiot.
Well.
Then he took her, well, shit.
Stephanie (18:27):
Now what?
Now he's driving around.
He's like, this is way too hard.
I can walk 73 miles.
Yeah, sure.
Do you not have a six foot holein the frozen
Dani (18:35):
ground?
Not gonna happen.
Loser.
He took her to an area, in theCorn Lane Forest.
Lot took her down a steepincline and covered her up.
He said he was gonna tell thekids, his kids the truth but was
gonna tell them on his terms.
Okay.
(18:56):
12 years?
Excuse me?
Like when?
On your 18th birthday?
Stephanie (19:01):
Happy birthday! Also And put your mom in the woods?
Yeah.
Dani (19:06):
Your mom killed herself when you were 12 and then I
Just, I didn't want you to knowabout that till now.
You're an adult now,
Stephanie (19:12):
so now I can tell you.
What a
Dani (19:13):
fucking horrible motherfucker.
Stephanie (19:15):
Well, and what a stupid fucking story.
Thank you.
I just, I wanted to tell thekids so bad, I just have to tell
them on my own.
Dani (19:24):
Shut the fuck up.
A grand jury indicted Lott forfirst degree murder and failure
to report a death.
Boom, gotcha, gotcha fucker.
So in 2019 Lott pled guilty toreduced charge of voluntary
(19:45):
manslaughter and failure toreport a death in an Alford plea
Stephanie (19:51):
You know what?
I don't hate the Alford pleabecause I feel like it saves so
many of the appeals, appeals,appeals
Dani (19:57):
Mm hmm,
Stephanie (19:57):
and I think it's a good way to be like It gives
them some sort of plausibledeniability because the alpha
plea is where you're basicallysaying, I'm not pleading guilty,
but I know that I couldn't withthe evidence or whatever is
going to be put against me, Icouldn't be able to fight it.
Right.
(20:18):
So.
Dani (20:20):
A la staircase.
Mmm.
We all know about that one,don't we?
Yeah.
During the sentencing hearing,Christine's eldest son, Raymond
Flynn, testified.
When asked how his mother'sdisappearance and death has
affected him, he said quote,Yes, it affects me every day.
Anytime my children do somethingI am proud of, I think to myself
(20:43):
how great it would be to sharethat moment with their grandma
that they'll never know.
He also said he had no mother toprotect him as a boy, leading to
bad choices as a teenager.
Lot took away his childhoodyears.
took away his mother, split heand his brothers up, and lot
lived his normal life for yearslike nothing ever happened.
(21:07):
And that's true.
Just that
Stephanie (21:10):
gut punch of that like year and the split up
siblings that could have reallyused each other to rely on.
Dani (21:17):
Mm hmm.
And the eldest brother wasseparated from those younger
boys, and I just think theyneeded their big brother.
Yeah.
Wonder why he ran to Phoenix.
Christine's sister, Angela, saysthat she has mourned her sister
all these long years.
(21:38):
Angela said, quote, Sorry youhave lupus, Steve, but at least
you're alive.
Stephanie (21:47):
We know about lupus.
Yes.
Was he at least sentenced to,Seattle, Washington?
Hopefully not Arizona.
Oh, that would have been great.
Dani (22:01):
Go get you some sunshine, bitch.
Have some sunshine.
Have some sunshine with yourlupus.
For those that don't know,
Stephanie (22:06):
those with lupus, sunshine can affect it quite a
bit.
So,
Dani (22:13):
he is not in Arizona, but I wish he was in an open
daylight sale.
Anyway, okay.
Woo! In a kennel, outside.
she lovingly referred to hersister as Chrissy.
So everybody called her Chrissy,which is such a cute name.
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Lucas Lott, the youngest son,said on the stand that Lott was
not a great father.
He said Lot had lied to themabout everything.
He asked, why would you say mymom left us?
He begs for Lot to come cleanand tell him the truth.
He tells a story about when himand his brother, this is the
kind of lies these kids dealtwith.
(22:57):
The deception.
He tells a story about when himand his brother caught Lott
watching pornography when theywere younger.
And Lott told them, your mom wasinto this kind of thing, so I'm
looking for her.
Oh my,
Stephanie (23:17):
I have to watch all these tapes to see if your mom's
in here.
Dani (23:20):
What a fucking dick.
That is
Stephanie (23:23):
one of the worst things I've ever heard.
Isn't that horrible?
There's so many other excuses orthings that you can say like
because like guys
Dani (23:33):
watch porn.
It's okay It's a normal thing,but no, I'm looking for your
mother.
She might be a porn star What afucking dick dude, and so, you
know, these boys have to watchthis to look for your mother.
I'm just yeah, so
Stephanie (23:50):
Isn't that horrible?
I'm so glad they threw that outthere cuz that is literally Wild
and I, I can't believe that anadult caring for children would
say that.
Dani (24:04):
Cause he doesn't give a fu he's, doesn't give a fuck.
also, he, the younger son, he'slike, I don't even know what to
call you.
he's just like, you are ahorrible parent.
He, he talks about the parents.
Parenting is, you never made ashower, you never made us brush
our teeth, you laid him in a bedand played video games 14 hours
(24:28):
a day, all we had was ramen, wewore the same pair of shoes for
years.
So he's basically just kept themalive?
Yeah.
No parenting.
Well, and with his lupus, he wasprobably collecting disability.
And them probably getting, I'mjust assuming here, he's
(24:49):
probably getting money from thestate.
Some type of child care fund.
Yeah.
I can imagine.
Some food stamps, probably somehousing.
But this kid was just like, wegrew up so poor and so, you
weren't even there for us.
Like, which I'm glad they
Stephanie (25:04):
had that, but this is someone that is clearly going to
take advantage of it.
And that money probably wasn'tgoing towards the kids.
Like, that money should bethere.
But, man.
Dani (25:18):
Lott did make a statement at the hearing.
Oh.
Quote, I'm sorry for breakingy'all's hearts.
If I could go back and changeit, I would.
Stephanie (25:28):
That sounds like something from a 15 year
Dani (25:30):
old.
Bonner County Judge BarbaraBuchanan threw the fucking book
at him.
Literally?
Please.
Yeah.
I wish.
she gave him the maximumsentence for each crime.
Which is beautiful because Ithink he thought that he was
gonna get, like, tampering withthe body.
(25:54):
He was sentenced to 15 yearsdeterminant for voluntary
manslaughter and 10 yearsdeterminant for failure to
report a death.
So 10 years for failure toreport a death is excessive.
She threw it at him.
This is Barb.
Yeah, Barb got him.
Thank you Barb.
(26:14):
And No concurrent.
These sentences are, are gonnarun consecutive.
25 years, bitch.
Boom.
Stephanie (26:24):
Well, he's had all these years free and what he's
done with these years, because Ithink that could tell you a lot
about a person, too.
If he had cared genuinely forthese boys, and they were like,
that would have made them belike, I don't think that he
could have ever done this.
He gave us the best childhood.
(26:44):
He was there for us at all ofour school things, and they're
like, We barely ate.
We don't even know how toshower.
Dani (26:53):
So, go fuck yourself, Steve.
Hi, Steve.
Fuck you.
2021, lot files for postconviction relief.
Pro se, it was a shit show.
Stephanie (27:06):
Pro se,
Dani (27:07):
that
Stephanie (27:07):
means what Danny told us.
Just no
Dani (27:10):
attorney.
Stephanie (27:11):
You're representing yourself.
Dani (27:13):
Allah.
Stephanie (27:14):
Fucking Lori Mallow.
And I can't believe anyone doesthat because pro se, even with
the worst public defender, theworst one, someone that may have
their own crack addiction or behomeless or who knows what the
fuck's going on.
You're never going to do betterthan a public defender somebody
(27:36):
who's actually went to fuckinglaw school Unless you are a like
you went to Harvard or youpassed the bar.
Sure Maybe you could do pro sebut if you have you still want a
buddy
Dani (27:46):
my buddy My buddy then
Stephanie (27:49):
it gives you an appeal of
Dani (27:52):
bad Representation effective counsel, which is what
so I read and I read it, like Iread the decision and they're
like, yep, we're denying this,yep, we're denying that, didn't
prove this, didn't prove that,because in the court of law,
when you file these things, youhave to be on your best, you
(28:12):
have to be sharp.
They have
Stephanie (28:14):
a certain way that you have to do everything.
That has to
Dani (28:17):
be worded the right way, you
Stephanie (28:18):
can't say, it was unfair.
And they're like, okay, what,what specific things are you.
Well,
Dani (28:24):
he said this to me, where's your evidence?
Where's your proof?
Stephanie (28:28):
What specific law did they violate?
Dani (28:31):
Mm hmm.
Stephanie (28:33):
So pro se, good on you buddy.
Very confident.
Dani (28:39):
He's the
Stephanie (28:40):
man.
Dani (28:42):
I don't even know what.
How grandiose to think that youcould represent and I'm, I'm
serious.
Even the worst public.
I mean, and they're shittypublic defenders.
Yeah, like they're, we've seenit.
we've even, done cases wherethe, where the attorney's like,
yeah, I probably shouldn't havebeen doing a death penalty case.
(29:03):
I've like I haven't even argueda traffic ticket, but at least
they know the law and so if thisis written down It's like and
they know the decorum of
Stephanie (29:11):
the courtroom of like when you can do what and
Dani (29:17):
Also, yeah, if you're gonna say this you have to have
evidence to back it up 101 Imean, I'm not a criminal or an
attorney and I even know that
Stephanie (29:29):
Pro se mmm don't recommend for anyone Even if
you're innocent, no one, if youare not trained in law, even if
you are trained in law, you'vejust taken an appeal reason out
of an appeal if you arewrongfully committed.
Don't do pro se, you wild assmotherfuckers.
Dani (29:53):
Go find some sunshine, you bitch.
I'll touch grass.
He argued he was misled bydefense counsel into pleading to
an amended charge of voluntarymanslaughter.
He also said the 25, which look,you know what?
I think that his attorneyprobably said you're gonna drag
(30:15):
everybody through the dirt.
Look, if you just plead guiltyto this manslaughter charge with
an offered plea, it might befive or seven years.
Right?
And then, but Barb said, go fuckyourself.
Boom.
Boom.
I still
Stephanie (30:33):
think it's the best he could have
Dani (30:36):
hoped for.
Because I do think that with allthe lies and stuff in that
letter and all the bullshit.
And his
Stephanie (30:42):
kids being like, he treated us like dogs.
Yeah.
Dani (30:46):
So I really think it was, and what the decision said is
that they're not gonna doanything about a tactical,
defense.
Like, That's not appealable.
Like your defense attorney saidthis is your best option and let
me tell you why and Then it'syour choice you
Stephanie (31:03):
choose But I really think
Dani (31:06):
I just think that his defense attorneys really thought
like well, it's been so manyyears
Stephanie (31:12):
And they're like, well we see this case, it only
gets 5 years for those 3 years.
Dani (31:17):
Barb was not having that shit.
Barb
Stephanie (31:18):
was like, sure, we'll take that, and I'm gonna fucking
rail you.
Dani (31:24):
so he was saying that the 25, year prison term was
excessive.
and the ineffective counsel, hesaid that he was told he bore
the burden of proof set theinstead of the state.
Um, excuse me sir.
Have you never watched one ofthe 50 fucking Gazillion crime
(31:45):
show?
Have you ever watched Law andOrder?
Have you ever watched Law andOrder Don?
Then you're a complete idiot.
Because, the majority ofAmericans know it is the burden
of the prosecution to proveyou're guilty.
You don't have to, that's whyyou don't have to testify.
(32:06):
That's why you don't have to sayshit.
And you can sow the seeds of
Stephanie (32:09):
doubt.
Yeah! Tell, tell, tell yourlawyer about any person she was
having an affair with.
Any person who is shady in yourlife.
Any person who could havepossibly done this, sow the
seeds of doubt.
So you're an idiot.
Dani (32:24):
Dipshit.
He also said that his illness oflupus and a kidney condition
incapacitated him during themediation process.
Quote, I was duped once bypublic defenders who failed to
represent me and lied to methroughout my criminal case and
refused to protect my rights ordo their job.
(32:46):
I won't stand by and allow it tohappen to me again.
Good for you.
Very big, strong boy.
But Bonner County ProsecutorLewis Marshall said, Lott was
able to navigate the judicialsystem good enough to reach an
agreement that was much lessthan what Lott was originally
(33:06):
charged with.
Exactly.
It's not first degree murder,motherfucker.
Marshall stated, Mr.
Lott took full advantage of thatdeal and is now upset that the
court within his discretionsentenced him to the maximum
sentence under the amendedcharges.
(33:27):
You knew that was a risk.
FAFO.
Fuck around and find out.
And Barb wasn't having it.
And what she basically said wasYou lied first.
So fucking long, right?
Like you lied all of theseyears.
Stephanie (33:44):
who commits suicide by zip tying their throat,
especially a woman.
The statistics for women'ssuicide do not usually involve
hurting your body in any way.
It's the pills.
It's the exhaust into the car.
It's those types of thingsbecause.
(34:06):
Once again, women are socourteous to those around them
that they're like, I don't wantyou to see my brain splatter.
I don't want you to see my neckall bruised up.
I would not like my children tosee.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, Steve needed to gorun a marathon.
He had to have a 17 and threequarters mile walk.
(34:27):
Fucking idiot.
As one does when they're upset.
Fuck him.
Anyway.
Dani (34:32):
So, I mean, there's the pills going back and forth, but
In 2025, as of current, Lott is55 years old and is currently in
the Idaho State CorrectionalInstitution medical annex.
I really, that's been a coupleof them.
I need to look up what that'sall about.
(34:54):
has this happened during thisweek of research?
I'm going to tell you.
No shit.
Let me just tell you somethingthat happened.
And I spent an hour and a halftrying to figure this out today.
So, voluntary manslaughtersatisfaction date is June 19th,
2033.
(35:17):
Oh my god, that sounds so weirdto say.
And the failure to notify of adeath satisfaction date is 3 22
20 42.
So that maths, right?
Like, the 25 years, right?
But when I went to go look againthis week, the failure to notify
(35:41):
the defy of a death off his, sowhen you go to the ID, uh, IDOC,
you can go look, look up asearching inmate and it says
their crimes and it says theirsatisfaction date or their
parole date.
It is gone.
And so then, what's up withthat?
(36:02):
I don't know.
I don't know if he got, so thenI went to, pardons, the
commission of pardon and parole.
Do you know, let me just say,this is kind of snaky.
They only post the last twomonths.
Otherwise, you have to do arecords request of who they give
parole to.
(36:22):
So, I was thinking, oh, that hasto be it.
Like, he had to ask forsomething.
Some type of pardon.
Yeah, um, I don't know whathappened.
It's just, but there was nothingon the last, I only could see
the last two months.
He wasn't there, but there wassome Folks, help us.
If you know a better avenue.
Yeah, I'm like, how did thatjust fucking drop?
I literally, otherwise Iwouldn't have these dates.
Stephanie (36:45):
That is so
Dani (36:46):
strange.
Something happened this monththat made that drop off.
So now, basically, he's eligiblefor parole in 2033.
Because that other one's gone.
I don't know how that happened.
Stephanie (37:04):
What a cliffhanger.
Dani (37:06):
I know.
If anybody knows.
I wanted to.
I want this out.
So long she was just no answers.
My, my heart went out to hersister and her mother was just
devastated.
They're like, this is not my.
You, and, and, I just, for, forhim to claim that she just left
(37:28):
her children is the worst.
Like, you are such a fucking fatmouth, and to leave everybody
hanging for all those years, um,is worse than just having them
know an answer early so they canstart to heal.
Or, maybe not even heal, butjust some acceptance.
(37:48):
But you dragged out this big olfucking lie.
And mistreated them the wholeway.
Just heartbreak.
So anyways, go fuck yourself.
Fuck you, bitch!
Stephanie (38:00):
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Dani (38:24):
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If you know how I can find theseanswers, please let me know.
I have a pay star account.
I just am so scared to use itbecause I don't know how to
navigate it.
And, again, apologies, Teresa,for
Stephanie (38:39):
the language.
The language was, once again,off the charts terrible, for the
record.
so, we're putting a disclaimer,and we have marked the podcast
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Sorry about that.
But, thanks for listening again,guys.
We love you.
See you next time.
(39:00):
Damn for rubber ducky! Fuck
Dani (39:03):
yeah!
Thank you for watching.
welcome back to The Lethal Library.
I'm Stephanie.
I'm
Dani (00:34):
Dani.
Stephanie (00:35):
And we are here to tell you another tale about true
crime.
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If you haven't followed our TikTok, please do because we are
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So
Dani (00:52):
for your entertainment.
Anyway, What are we talkingabout?
We are talking about a big fatmouth.
So, can you imagine not knowingwhat happened to your loved one?
One day they're just gone.
Are they dead or alive?
(01:14):
Will you get that call a bodyhas been discovered?
Or are they going to walkthrough the door?
Stephanie (01:21):
yeah.
Dani (01:22):
There's a lot of
Stephanie (01:22):
cases like this where it's feasible that they could
have just went off and yeah,the, yeah.
Being in limbo like that.
I don't envy anyone that has togo through that.
Dani (01:35):
A mother of three is missing in Priest River, which
is in the panhandle of northernIdaho.
Christine Lott, 34, disappearedaround 11 a.
m.
on March 25th.
She was last seen by herhusband, Steve Lott, getting
into a red 1990 Ford pickup withWashington license plates, just
(01:57):
outside of Mitchell's HarvestFoods.
Christina just made a shortphone call from a pay phone
before getting into the truck.
Christine's sister.
Angela Cucera Baker said thatthe couple had argued earlier
that day and Christine had askedher husband to drop her off at
the store.
(02:18):
Steve went inside and that'swhen he saw Christine get into
the truck.
The two young children, Lucas,age 10, and Sean, age 12, were
already off to school thatmorning.
Her sister said Christine mightbe upset because her oldest son
Raymond Who's age 14 went tostay with his father just a few
days before she disappeared.
(02:39):
So there was a little gapbetween When she disappeared and
then when they were asking forhelp and it was a couple months.
So Before before it was like inthe newspapers.
Okay, right?
So they're like well, she waspretty pissed off They fought
maybe she did just up and takeoff But then it kind of got
(03:04):
serious And mom and sister andeverybody's, you know, going to
the media saying, Hey, we got tostart looking, let's, let's look
into this.
Her husband, Steve searched forher for two days before
notifying her family or, or anypolice.
At first they thought she mightjust need a few days to cool
(03:26):
off, but her family said itwould be unlike Christine to
abandon her children.
Lots said Christine and him hadargued over their finances that
morning.
And about his desire to workoutside of the local area.
They were also having problemswith their oldest son, Raymond.
Teenagers, just saying.
(03:48):
We've all been there, done that,right?
Mm hmm.
Lot told police Christine lovedher children, but couldn't wait
for them to grow up, and she wasstressed out and tired of being
a mother.
According to Lot, she wantedout.
Stephanie (04:04):
You don't, even, even though mothers can be overly
stressed and overly work.
You don't see a lot that arelike, give me a few years.
I'll come back.
That's not a, I'm out.
So I'm done for now.
Thank you.
I'll be calling when you're 21.
We'll go to Vegas.
How's that?
(04:25):
Yeah.
You don't see that a whole lotwith women.
So little suspish,
Dani (04:32):
during a search of lots home, the police found letters
and notes all over the housewritten by him.
They, were to Christine afterher disappearance.
It's asking her to please stayhome.
If you come back, if you returnwhile I'm not home, please stay
here.
So we have like all these littlenotes and letters all over the
(04:52):
house that they discovered.
In case she
Stephanie (04:53):
like crept back in.
Yeah, in case
Dani (04:55):
she came home while he wasn't there.
Lot did not pass the polygraphtest that was administered to
him.
I mean, it's not admissible incourt, but.
Stephanie (05:08):
No, it isn't and people can't pass it for many
reasons, but it is.
Dani (05:15):
Not a good luck.
When
Stephanie (05:15):
you see someone that passes for the most part from
the cases that I've seen,usually they passed because they
had nothing to do
Dani (05:25):
with it.
Usually.
Usually, yes.
so it's not admissible in court,but just wanted to note that.
Mm hmm.
Lot said Christine had cheatedon him in the past and it was
possible she was seeing someoneelse.
And that's why he didn't followChristine to the payphone.
But, it came out during all ofthis that Christine had told
(05:47):
friends that Lot had choked herbefore and shoved her into
things.
And we
Stephanie (05:52):
know that if someone is choking or strangling you,
that is one of the last thingsthat someone will do to you
before killing you as a woman ina relationship.
So, yikes.
Dani (06:09):
In 2005, Christine's mother Lucille is reaching out
to the public again to help findher daughter.
Quote, I feel like she's eitherbeen killed or she's being held
against her will.
She would never, ever, ever dothis to her children.
She would not do this.
She wanted to be home when thekids got off the bus.
(06:30):
She said so many times, thesekids are my life.
Lucille has lost contact withtwo of her grandsons because
Steve moved to Phoenix in June.
The two youngest children are,are not Steve's and neither is
Raymond.
So none of these three boys areSteve's.
(06:51):
But they're all with him, or atleast two.
Well, Raymond is with, with, andto live with his father at 14,
which is pretty typical forteenagers.
They're just like, well, thatwas so much better.
Okay, bye.
but the youngest one, Lucas,Steve was the only father he'd
ever known like that was his dadand so they decided not to break
(07:15):
up the boys the grandparents andBecause Steve was gonna fight
for the the younger one.
And so the grandparents werelike We don't want to break up
these brothers.
They're already going through somuch.
So, they let the other, the 12year old, go down and be
(07:36):
together.
So, I mean, I understand theirreasoning, their thought process
behind it.
Like, we don't want to break upa whole family and have kids
scattered everywhere.
They're already missing theirmother.
Right?
Even though they weren't his, hehas custody of those two boys.
Because they were married, yeah,right.
her parents, Christine's parentshad all three kids after Steve
(07:58):
left in June, but they decidedto let the two younger boys go
to Phoenix to be with Steve.
Steve was the only father thatthey'd, they'd ever known.
Okay, so that was 2005.
Let's move up to 2016.
Okay,
Stephanie (08:16):
literally a year ago.
Dani (08:19):
So 11 years later.
Christine's body was found alonga Forest Service road near Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho in February by ashed hunter.
It was kept confidential why theinvestigators looked for Steve.
They wanted to question him.
They want to know where he's at.
Yeah.
(08:40):
Her death is being investigatedas a homicide.
Christine was identified by herskull's dentition and maxillary
sinus pattern through the namusA database for missing persons.
Stephanie (08:56):
There we go.
I Danny did that.
I need an Academy Award.
Can we, you know what, let'stake a quick pause, round of
applause, because that, no, I'mnot even being like, you deserve
it.
Clap for yourself.
Dani (09:16):
Okay, it was a lot of big words, but this is very serious
and I didn't even know like the,the, I, the, uh, dent, oh,
dentition.
Stephanie (09:27):
I'll be your, I'll be the wing beneath
Dani (09:30):
your wings.
Identifying.
I think you'd be my wings.
This is such a sad part too.
Okay, I'm messing, okay.
We're laughing at each other.
Not the details.
Right.
I knew that, uh, somebody couldbe identified from their teeth,
right, but the Maxillary sinuspattern, which is like they know
(09:58):
from pictures
Stephanie (09:59):
that they've taken
Dani (10:00):
yeah And that there's a whole database for that.
Stephanie (10:04):
I think that's great.
I
Dani (10:06):
think it's fucking fantastic
Stephanie (10:07):
very Deteriorated right?
Well, she was fine.
She was out there for 12 yearsThank you, Shed Hunter, for
finding someone, like, sorry forhim that he found that, but.
How grateful though, because nowthere's somewhere to go.
(10:27):
It seems like it must have beenvery remote, and not like a
popular trail or anything thatpeople would have been on.
This was someone trying to getin the more obscure places where
nobody goes, and he was able tofind her, so thank you.
And shed hunters are
Dani (10:44):
looking for bones, so they are, they're spotting that
whiteness because it could be anantler, like they could have
been standing up on the top of aravine looking down going, there
we go, what's underneath there.
I've always wanted to shed huntbut I never, well,
Stephanie (11:02):
you can train dogs to help you do it too, which I
think would be very cool.
Dani (11:05):
I think they're so cool to find.
additional bones were alsorecovered.
They included vertebraeconnected by a surgical
appliance.
And Christine had a prior backsurgery.
So it's, it's her.
But they did not announce thatthey had found Christine's body.
(11:28):
Until December of 2017.
Being very sneaky.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
So, that was like a year and ahalf.
Almost two years.
Stephanie (11:40):
I can't believe this is so recent that this has all
come to life.
Yeah,
Dani (11:43):
and they kept it under wraps.
It's
Stephanie (11:45):
um,
Dani (11:45):
I was like.
Because
Stephanie (11:46):
2017 was literally one year ago.
Ha
Dani (11:49):
ha ha.
Absolutely.
I know it
Stephanie (11:50):
wasn't, but I feel that way.
Dani (11:53):
Ha ha ha.
Well, I 2020 completely.
We all could have.
Okay.
Ha ha ha.
on June 19th, 2018, Stephen Lottis arrested in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee.
Nailed it.
Laura Lott, Steve's ex wife,told investigators she had went
(12:18):
over to reconcile herrelationship with Steve when she
was told some disturbingdetails.
Lot told his ex wife that he hadtried to commit suicide by
placing a zip tie around hisneck, but was interrupted by a
maintenance worker that enteredhis apartment.
Stephanie (12:36):
How often does that happen?
Dani (12:38):
I had that same thought process.
Stephanie (12:40):
Usually maintenance has to let you know before they
enter, I mean, I'm not, maybethis is what happened.
Suicide's a big deal, but Ooh,zip tie, very rare.
Regardless, sure, sure, sure.
Dani (12:55):
When Laura asked why he would do that, he replied, that
is how Christine died.
Lot then gave Laura ahandwritten statement detailing
the events that occurred the dayChristine disappeared.
The statement claims Lot wasworking at the house, doing
(13:16):
chores outside that day.
He went inside and showered andthen he and Christine had sex.
Why do they always say that?
They always say that beforesomebody's missing or they
murder somebody like, oh, but wehad sex before.
After having sex, he toldChristine he wanted a divorce
and would be filing for fullcustody of Lucas.
Stephanie (13:39):
And so that's something where it's like I
don't think this is the truestory.
But even if it was, as a woman,I think we can all relate to how
that would feel.
And then to, to be breaking thenews right after an event like
that, I'm sure it wasn't a, a, agood conversation.
(14:02):
That's, that's not how you breakthat news is by doing that and
then being like.
Thanks for the last rodeo, babe.
Here's a towel, um, also somedivorce paper.
Like, I'd be worried for my ownlife as a man doing that.
Tacky.
Very
Dani (14:21):
tacky.
They argued and Christine wastrying to get him to stay.
Then things got heated and alittle bit physical, Lot said.
A little bit?
Just a smidge.
Then he left the house.
For a fifteen to twenty milewalk.
And was gone for several hours.
Fifteen to
Stephanie (14:41):
twenty miles?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha.
Yeah.
No.
No.
Dani (14:48):
I walked a long time, uh, detective.
Like, it had to be like at leastfifteen, twenty miles.
I went at least up to Canada.
I was walking.
Forrest Gump over here.
Are you shitting my dick?
Stephanie (15:09):
I couldn't help it.
This guy.
Who walks 15 to 350 mile walk asone does.
I just.
When you're stressed out, you'relike, I gotta walk to.
New Mexico.
Dani (15:24):
The Canadia.
They're close.
I'm just saying.
Oh,
Stephanie (15:30):
just
Dani (15:30):
a
Stephanie (15:30):
quick little, quick little jog
Dani (15:32):
to cool my, dude, if you need 15 to 20 miles to cool off,
you got some fucking angerissues.
Yeah, see a therapist.
Please.
a better response.
Let me just, I'm, I'm going togive some advice here.
A better response would havebeen like.
I walked a couple miles up tothe nature trail, and I just sat
there, and just thought about mylife, and thought about, you
(15:53):
know, just thinking about how Iwas going to handle this, and I
just sat there for like, anhour, two hours, like, just
thinking I was so upset, andthen I came back home.
That's, exactly.
Thank you.
But, after his, fuckingmarathon, frankly, Marathon?
(16:16):
How far?
What's a mile?
I mean, what's a marathon?
How many is that?
Like 24?
Yeah.
So basically he walked a fuckingmarathon.
He did the Boston Marathon andcame home.
What a fucking idiot.
Okay.
Rant over.
I was just like, shut the fuckup, dude.
When he returned, he said hefound Christine face down on the
(16:38):
bed.
Christine had a zip tie aroundher neck.
He found a suicide note that shehad left on the bed.
He has lost it.
Stephanie (16:49):
Whoops,
Dani (16:51):
it's been a while.
Locke cut off the zip tie butcould not revive her.
He was scared and freaked outbecause he didn't want the kids
to see her like that.
And that's when he decided tomake it look like she left her
family.
Stephanie (17:06):
Oh, okay.
Dani (17:08):
Reasonable.
He carefully wrapped Christineup and put her in the bedroom.
Lot then went and picked up thetwo kids from school and told
them, Your mother's, your motheris gone.
The following morning, Lot sentthe kids to school and resumed
his chores around the house.
we still have, like, Christineis still there.
Stephanie (17:31):
There's a literal body of your wife, or are they
married?
Yes.
Yeah, your wife's there.
Her body He's like,
Dani (17:41):
I'm just gonna go do a few chores.
I gotta
Stephanie (17:42):
do some dust.
I, I said I was gonna do thevacuuming today, so just a quick
little vacuum.
gotta go mow the lawn.
Gotta mow the lawn.
Dani (17:55):
Later that evening, he decided he was gonna take
Christine's body to themountains and bury her.
So, you know, he went and pickedup those kids, brought them
home.
He's like, boys, I'll be back.
They're 10 and 12.
Stephanie (18:07):
Watch a movie, have some little TV dinners.
Play
Dani (18:10):
some Nintendo.
When he got to the, the firstplace he chose, he tried to dig,
but the ground was partiallyfrozen and he was unable to do
so.
Oh, fuck.
Well.
Cause you're an idiot.
Well.
Then he took her, well, shit.
Stephanie (18:27):
Now what?
Now he's driving around.
He's like, this is way too hard.
I can walk 73 miles.
Yeah, sure.
Do you not have a six foot holein the frozen
Dani (18:35):
ground?
Not gonna happen.
Loser.
He took her to an area, in theCorn Lane Forest.
Lot took her down a steepincline and covered her up.
He said he was gonna tell thekids, his kids the truth but was
gonna tell them on his terms.
Okay.
(18:56):
12 years?
Excuse me?
Like when?
On your 18th birthday?
Stephanie (19:01):
Happy birthday! Also And put your mom in the woods?
Yeah.
Dani (19:06):
Your mom killed herself when you were 12 and then I
Just, I didn't want you to knowabout that till now.
You're an adult now,
Stephanie (19:12):
so now I can tell you.
What a
Dani (19:13):
fucking horrible motherfucker.
Stephanie (19:15):
Well, and what a stupid fucking story.
Thank you.
I just, I wanted to tell thekids so bad, I just have to tell
them on my own.
Dani (19:24):
Shut the fuck up.
A grand jury indicted Lott forfirst degree murder and failure
to report a death.
Boom, gotcha, gotcha fucker.
So in 2019 Lott pled guilty toreduced charge of voluntary
(19:45):
manslaughter and failure toreport a death in an Alford plea
Stephanie (19:51):
You know what?
I don't hate the Alford pleabecause I feel like it saves so
many of the appeals, appeals,appeals
Dani (19:57):
Mm hmm,
Stephanie (19:57):
and I think it's a good way to be like It gives
them some sort of plausibledeniability because the alpha
plea is where you're basicallysaying, I'm not pleading guilty,
but I know that I couldn't withthe evidence or whatever is
going to be put against me, Icouldn't be able to fight it.
Right.
(20:18):
So.
Dani (20:20):
A la staircase.
Mmm.
We all know about that one,don't we?
Yeah.
During the sentencing hearing,Christine's eldest son, Raymond
Flynn, testified.
When asked how his mother'sdisappearance and death has
affected him, he said quote,Yes, it affects me every day.
Anytime my children do somethingI am proud of, I think to myself
(20:43):
how great it would be to sharethat moment with their grandma
that they'll never know.
He also said he had no mother toprotect him as a boy, leading to
bad choices as a teenager.
Lot took away his childhoodyears.
took away his mother, split heand his brothers up, and lot
lived his normal life for yearslike nothing ever happened.
(21:07):
And that's true.
Just that
Stephanie (21:10):
gut punch of that like year and the split up
siblings that could have reallyused each other to rely on.
Dani (21:17):
Mm hmm.
And the eldest brother wasseparated from those younger
boys, and I just think theyneeded their big brother.
Yeah.
Wonder why he ran to Phoenix.
Christine's sister, Angela, saysthat she has mourned her sister
all these long years.
(21:38):
Angela said, quote, Sorry youhave lupus, Steve, but at least
you're alive.
Stephanie (21:47):
We know about lupus.
Yes.
Was he at least sentenced to,Seattle, Washington?
Hopefully not Arizona.
Oh, that would have been great.
Dani (22:01):
Go get you some sunshine, bitch.
Have some sunshine.
Have some sunshine with yourlupus.
For those that don't know,
Stephanie (22:06):
those with lupus, sunshine can affect it quite a
bit.
So,
Dani (22:13):
he is not in Arizona, but I wish he was in an open
daylight sale.
Anyway, okay.
Woo! In a kennel, outside.
she lovingly referred to hersister as Chrissy.
So everybody called her Chrissy,which is such a cute name.
(22:35):
Lucas Lott, the youngest son,said on the stand that Lott was
not a great father.
He said Lot had lied to themabout everything.
He asked, why would you say mymom left us?
He begs for Lot to come cleanand tell him the truth.
He tells a story about when himand his brother, this is the
kind of lies these kids dealtwith.
(22:57):
The deception.
He tells a story about when himand his brother caught Lott
watching pornography when theywere younger.
And Lott told them, your mom wasinto this kind of thing, so I'm
looking for her.
Oh my,
Stephanie (23:17):
I have to watch all these tapes to see if your mom's
in here.
Dani (23:20):
What a fucking dick.
That is
Stephanie (23:23):
one of the worst things I've ever heard.
Isn't that horrible?
There's so many other excuses orthings that you can say like
because like guys
Dani (23:33):
watch porn.
It's okay It's a normal thing,but no, I'm looking for your
mother.
She might be a porn star What afucking dick dude, and so, you
know, these boys have to watchthis to look for your mother.
I'm just yeah, so
Stephanie (23:50):
Isn't that horrible?
I'm so glad they threw that outthere cuz that is literally Wild
and I, I can't believe that anadult caring for children would
say that.
Dani (24:04):
Cause he doesn't give a fu he's, doesn't give a fuck.
also, he, the younger son, he'slike, I don't even know what to
call you.
he's just like, you are ahorrible parent.
He, he talks about the parents.
Parenting is, you never made ashower, you never made us brush
our teeth, you laid him in a bedand played video games 14 hours
(24:28):
a day, all we had was ramen, wewore the same pair of shoes for
years.
So he's basically just kept themalive?
Yeah.
No parenting.
Well, and with his lupus, he wasprobably collecting disability.
And them probably getting, I'mjust assuming here, he's
(24:49):
probably getting money from thestate.
Some type of child care fund.
Yeah.
I can imagine.
Some food stamps, probably somehousing.
But this kid was just like, wegrew up so poor and so, you
weren't even there for us.
Like, which I'm glad they
Stephanie (25:04):
had that, but this is someone that is clearly going to
take advantage of it.
And that money probably wasn'tgoing towards the kids.
Like, that money should bethere.
But, man.
Dani (25:18):
Lott did make a statement at the hearing.
Oh.
Quote, I'm sorry for breakingy'all's hearts.
If I could go back and changeit, I would.
Stephanie (25:28):
That sounds like something from a 15 year
Dani (25:30):
old.
Bonner County Judge BarbaraBuchanan threw the fucking book
at him.
Literally?
Please.
Yeah.
I wish.
she gave him the maximumsentence for each crime.
Which is beautiful because Ithink he thought that he was
gonna get, like, tampering withthe body.
(25:54):
He was sentenced to 15 yearsdeterminant for voluntary
manslaughter and 10 yearsdeterminant for failure to
report a death.
So 10 years for failure toreport a death is excessive.
She threw it at him.
This is Barb.
Yeah, Barb got him.
Thank you Barb.
(26:14):
And No concurrent.
These sentences are, are gonnarun consecutive.
25 years, bitch.
Boom.
Stephanie (26:24):
Well, he's had all these years free and what he's
done with these years, because Ithink that could tell you a lot
about a person, too.
If he had cared genuinely forthese boys, and they were like,
that would have made them belike, I don't think that he
could have ever done this.
He gave us the best childhood.
(26:44):
He was there for us at all ofour school things, and they're
like, We barely ate.
We don't even know how toshower.
Dani (26:53):
So, go fuck yourself, Steve.
Hi, Steve.
Fuck you.
2021, lot files for postconviction relief.
Pro se, it was a shit show.
Stephanie (27:06):
Pro se,
Dani (27:07):
that
Stephanie (27:07):
means what Danny told us.
Just no
Dani (27:10):
attorney.
Stephanie (27:11):
You're representing yourself.
Dani (27:13):
Allah.
Stephanie (27:14):
Fucking Lori Mallow.
And I can't believe anyone doesthat because pro se, even with
the worst public defender, theworst one, someone that may have
their own crack addiction or behomeless or who knows what the
fuck's going on.
You're never going to do betterthan a public defender somebody
(27:36):
who's actually went to fuckinglaw school Unless you are a like
you went to Harvard or youpassed the bar.
Sure Maybe you could do pro sebut if you have you still want a
buddy
Dani (27:46):
my buddy My buddy then
Stephanie (27:49):
it gives you an appeal of
Dani (27:52):
bad Representation effective counsel, which is what
so I read and I read it, like Iread the decision and they're
like, yep, we're denying this,yep, we're denying that, didn't
prove this, didn't prove that,because in the court of law,
when you file these things, youhave to be on your best, you
(28:12):
have to be sharp.
They have
Stephanie (28:14):
a certain way that you have to do everything.
That has to
Dani (28:17):
be worded the right way, you
Stephanie (28:18):
can't say, it was unfair.
And they're like, okay, what,what specific things are you.
Well,
Dani (28:24):
he said this to me, where's your evidence?
Where's your proof?
Stephanie (28:28):
What specific law did they violate?
Dani (28:31):
Mm hmm.
Stephanie (28:33):
So pro se, good on you buddy.
Very confident.
Dani (28:39):
He's the
Stephanie (28:40):
man.
Dani (28:42):
I don't even know what.
How grandiose to think that youcould represent and I'm, I'm
serious.
Even the worst public.
I mean, and they're shittypublic defenders.
Yeah, like they're, we've seenit.
we've even, done cases wherethe, where the attorney's like,
yeah, I probably shouldn't havebeen doing a death penalty case.
(29:03):
I've like I haven't even argueda traffic ticket, but at least
they know the law and so if thisis written down It's like and
they know the decorum of
Stephanie (29:11):
the courtroom of like when you can do what and
Dani (29:17):
Also, yeah, if you're gonna say this you have to have
evidence to back it up 101 Imean, I'm not a criminal or an
attorney and I even know that
Stephanie (29:29):
Pro se mmm don't recommend for anyone Even if
you're innocent, no one, if youare not trained in law, even if
you are trained in law, you'vejust taken an appeal reason out
of an appeal if you arewrongfully committed.
Don't do pro se, you wild assmotherfuckers.
Dani (29:53):
Go find some sunshine, you bitch.
I'll touch grass.
He argued he was misled bydefense counsel into pleading to
an amended charge of voluntarymanslaughter.
He also said the 25, which look,you know what?
I think that his attorneyprobably said you're gonna drag
(30:15):
everybody through the dirt.
Look, if you just plead guiltyto this manslaughter charge with
an offered plea, it might befive or seven years.
Right?
And then, but Barb said, go fuckyourself.
Boom.
Boom.
I still
Stephanie (30:33):
think it's the best he could have
Dani (30:36):
hoped for.
Because I do think that with allthe lies and stuff in that
letter and all the bullshit.
And his
Stephanie (30:42):
kids being like, he treated us like dogs.
Yeah.
Dani (30:46):
So I really think it was, and what the decision said is
that they're not gonna doanything about a tactical,
defense.
Like, That's not appealable.
Like your defense attorney saidthis is your best option and let
me tell you why and Then it'syour choice you
Stephanie (31:03):
choose But I really think
Dani (31:06):
I just think that his defense attorneys really thought
like well, it's been so manyyears
Stephanie (31:12):
And they're like, well we see this case, it only
gets 5 years for those 3 years.
Dani (31:17):
Barb was not having that shit.
Barb
Stephanie (31:18):
was like, sure, we'll take that, and I'm gonna fucking
rail you.
Dani (31:24):
so he was saying that the 25, year prison term was
excessive.
and the ineffective counsel, hesaid that he was told he bore
the burden of proof set theinstead of the state.
Um, excuse me sir.
Have you never watched one ofthe 50 fucking Gazillion crime
(31:45):
show?
Have you ever watched Law andOrder?
Have you ever watched Law andOrder Don?
Then you're a complete idiot.
Because, the majority ofAmericans know it is the burden
of the prosecution to proveyou're guilty.
You don't have to, that's whyyou don't have to testify.
(32:06):
That's why you don't have to sayshit.
And you can sow the seeds of
Stephanie (32:09):
doubt.
Yeah! Tell, tell, tell yourlawyer about any person she was
having an affair with.
Any person who is shady in yourlife.
Any person who could havepossibly done this, sow the
seeds of doubt.
So you're an idiot.
Dani (32:24):
Dipshit.
He also said that his illness oflupus and a kidney condition
incapacitated him during themediation process.
Quote, I was duped once bypublic defenders who failed to
represent me and lied to methroughout my criminal case and
refused to protect my rights ordo their job.
(32:46):
I won't stand by and allow it tohappen to me again.
Good for you.
Very big, strong boy.
But Bonner County ProsecutorLewis Marshall said, Lott was
able to navigate the judicialsystem good enough to reach an
agreement that was much lessthan what Lott was originally
(33:06):
charged with.
Exactly.
It's not first degree murder,motherfucker.
Marshall stated, Mr.
Lott took full advantage of thatdeal and is now upset that the
court within his discretionsentenced him to the maximum
sentence under the amendedcharges.
(33:27):
You knew that was a risk.
FAFO.
Fuck around and find out.
And Barb wasn't having it.
And what she basically said wasYou lied first.
So fucking long, right?
Like you lied all of theseyears.
Stephanie (33:44):
who commits suicide by zip tying their throat,
especially a woman.
The statistics for women'ssuicide do not usually involve
hurting your body in any way.
It's the pills.
It's the exhaust into the car.
It's those types of thingsbecause.
(34:06):
Once again, women are socourteous to those around them
that they're like, I don't wantyou to see my brain splatter.
I don't want you to see my neckall bruised up.
I would not like my children tosee.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, Steve needed to gorun a marathon.
He had to have a 17 and threequarters mile walk.
(34:27):
Fucking idiot.
As one does when they're upset.
Fuck him.
Anyway.
Dani (34:32):
So, I mean, there's the pills going back and forth, but
In 2025, as of current, Lott is55 years old and is currently in
the Idaho State CorrectionalInstitution medical annex.
I really, that's been a coupleof them.
I need to look up what that'sall about.
(34:54):
has this happened during thisweek of research?
I'm going to tell you.
No shit.
Let me just tell you somethingthat happened.
And I spent an hour and a halftrying to figure this out today.
So, voluntary manslaughtersatisfaction date is June 19th,
2033.
(35:17):
Oh my god, that sounds so weirdto say.
And the failure to notify of adeath satisfaction date is 3 22
20 42.
So that maths, right?
Like, the 25 years, right?
But when I went to go look againthis week, the failure to notify
(35:41):
the defy of a death off his, sowhen you go to the ID, uh, IDOC,
you can go look, look up asearching inmate and it says
their crimes and it says theirsatisfaction date or their
parole date.
It is gone.
And so then, what's up withthat?
(36:02):
I don't know.
I don't know if he got, so thenI went to, pardons, the
commission of pardon and parole.
Do you know, let me just say,this is kind of snaky.
They only post the last twomonths.
Otherwise, you have to do arecords request of who they give
parole to.
(36:22):
So, I was thinking, oh, that hasto be it.
Like, he had to ask forsomething.
Some type of pardon.
Yeah, um, I don't know whathappened.
It's just, but there was nothingon the last, I only could see
the last two months.
He wasn't there, but there wassome Folks, help us.
If you know a better avenue.
Yeah, I'm like, how did thatjust fucking drop?
I literally, otherwise Iwouldn't have these dates.
Stephanie (36:45):
That is so
Dani (36:46):
strange.
Something happened this monththat made that drop off.
So now, basically, he's eligiblefor parole in 2033.
Because that other one's gone.
I don't know how that happened.
Stephanie (37:04):
What a cliffhanger.
Dani (37:06):
I know.
If anybody knows.
I wanted to.
I want this out.
So long she was just no answers.
My, my heart went out to hersister and her mother was just
devastated.
They're like, this is not my.
You, and, and, I just, for, forhim to claim that she just left
(37:28):
her children is the worst.
Like, you are such a fucking fatmouth, and to leave everybody
hanging for all those years, um,is worse than just having them
know an answer early so they canstart to heal.
Or, maybe not even heal, butjust some acceptance.
(37:48):
But you dragged out this big olfucking lie.
And mistreated them the wholeway.
Just heartbreak.
So anyways, go fuck yourself.
Fuck you, bitch!
Stephanie (38:00):
This has been another episode of the Lethal Library
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(38:22):
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Dani (38:24):
no's?
If you know how I can find theseanswers, please let me know.
I have a pay star account.
I just am so scared to use itbecause I don't know how to
navigate it.
And, again, apologies, Teresa,for
Stephanie (38:39):
the language.
The language was, once again,off the charts terrible, for the
record.
so, we're putting a disclaimer,and we have marked the podcast
as explicit.
E for explicit.
Sorry about that.
But, thanks for listening again,guys.
We love you.
See you next time.
(39:00):
Damn for rubber ducky! Fuck
Dani (39:03):
yeah!
Thank you for watching.
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