On February 20, 2020, Lori was arrested in Kauai, Hawaii, and charged with desertion and nonsupport of her dependent children. A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. UNIDENTFIED PERSON #1: Could you get a hold of her at some point and say, "Can you please call back the officer that's been trying to call you?". At the time, Lori was married to businessman Charles Vallow. Produced by Liza Finley and Richard Fetzer. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . On May 1, 2020, Lori appeared for a court hearing in Rexburg to request a reduction of her $1 million bail. In addition to the bond reduction, a jury trial for the Madison County charges against Lori was set for January 2529, 2021. January 2529, 2021 Lori Vallow's trial for the misdemeanor charges was scheduled to begin. Vallow (May 25, 2012 c. September 23, 2019)[b] were two American children from Chandler, Arizona, who disappeared in September 2019 and whose remains were found buried in shallow graves on June 9, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho, in their stepfather Chad Daybell's backyard. What is what is happening? Police. [56] On May 27, 2021, Lori was found incompetent and unfit to stand trial, and her case was stayed. ROB WOOD | Madison County/City of Rexburg Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: And what did you observe when they did that? [42] Lori was indicted in June 2021 for conspiracy to murder Charles. 2007 Alex Cox (Lori's brother) attacks Joseph Ryan with a taser and threatens his life; Cox sentenced to 90 days in jail and 5 years of probation. When the little boy who loved to dance first came to LIFE, a school for special needs students, he was a very different child than when he left, says Travillion. Gibb and Warwick testified that Cox put JJ to bed in Lori's room. Soon his secret was out. [2], Complicating circumstances around the disappearances was a string of suspicious deaths. They started by removing a top layer of earth on a 4 foot-by-2 foot patch of grass that was shorter than the rest. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. in journalism,[14] and worked as a cemetery sexton, or gravedigger, among other jobs. Vallow was married to Joseph Ryan, Tylee's father, until 2004 when the couple divorced. Vallow-Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan . They both had unconditional love for each other. I'm still not holding it together. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? Chad Guy Daybell (born August 11, 1968, Provo, Utah)[14] married Tamara "Tammy" Douglas (May 4, 1970 October 19, 2019) in Manti, Utah, on March 9, 1990. LORI VALLOW: Like, "Hi neighbors, sorry" [laughs]. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1992 with a B.A. She was born, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, List of solved missing person cases: post-2000, "Documents detail horrific manner JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in Chad Daybell's backyard", "Northwest Passages Book Review: 'When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times' Leah Sottile (Twelve)", "FBI, Kauai police aiding Idaho authorities in case of missing children", "Mother does not bring 2 missing Idaho children to police by deadline", "Idaho Mom Had 5 Days to Produce Her 2 Missing, Endangered Kids and She Missed Deadline", "Human remains found at property of man tied to missing kids", "Missing boy JJ Vallow's remains found on Chad Daybell's property: report", "Report: Grandmother confirms human remains found on Chad Daybell's property belong to JJ Vallow", "BREAKING: Woodcock and Ryan family confirm the worst. Chad Daybell was also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Tammy Daybell. Their cases have been merged and their team has moved to dismiss the charges and obtain a change of venue. The whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. April Raymond says Lori told her one of those evil beings was her own husband Charles Vallow. Melanie Gibb and her boyfriend David Warwick, both of whom testified at Daybell's hearing, were staying with Lori in Rexburg the last weekend of JJ's life. The children hadn't been seen alive since the fall of 2019. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. February 8, 2019 Charles Vallow files for divorce from Lori. And evilness took over their bodies. May 25, 2012 Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow is born, the son of Charles Vallow's nephew. Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (September 24, 2002 c. September 9, 2019)[a] and Joshua Jaxon "J. Due to this, there is a stay in her case in Idaho. Tweet. December 28, 2021 - Judge removes Mark Means from Lori Vallow's defense team because there is a conflict of interest relating to having previously represented her husband Chad Daybell. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. Echo Itaaehau [in tears]: I just can't bear the thought of Tylee being scared and JJ being scared or know or knowing what was happening and by who. Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found dead on the property of their step-father's home this week, police say, a horrific discovery that . She finally reached out to the police. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: Our administrator came into my office. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. April 28, 2022 - Judge Boyce denied request from Chad Daybell's attorney to drop his charges. Lori Vallow-Daybell and JJ Vallow at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. March 6, 2020 In first hearing after being extradited from Hawaii to Idaho, court lowers bail from $5 million to $1 million. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. In late 2019, he married Zulema Pastenes in, Daybell has been known by a variety of different legal names. And JJ loved blue. At this point in the ongoing investigation, only Chad and Lori know the truth about what happened to JJ and Tylee. One payment was sent on October 10, with a message that read "we love you", and the second payment was sent on October 16, with a heart emoji. That's an awful coincidence," reporter Morgan Loew said of the children's bodies being found buried in Daybell's backyard. 2019 American disappearance and homicide case, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's marriage and flight, Tylee was last seen September 8, 2019, at. USA TODAY. The way they found that body leads you to believe that JJ was still alive Because you don't go through all that trouble to somebody who's already dead. Despite all of Lori's talk about demons inhabiting Charles's body, Morgan Loew says her motive may have been more mundane: money. He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. Morgan Loew: We know that in the spring of 2019, Lori started referring to Tylee as a zombie, to at least one of her close friends. Sometime in 2018 Lori met Chad Daybell and spent time with him away from her family. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. It was one of many tributes to the two lost children. CHARLES VALLOW: She said, you're not Charles. MELANIE GIBB: She said that Kay was trying to kidnap JJ. Ten days later, Tammy was found dead in her home, purportedly from natural causes. ALEX COX [bodycam video]: and he hit me in the back of the head with the bat So, I went to my room and got my gun, 'cause I always carry it. He and his wife Tammy had five children. to that big life insurance payout Kay Woodcock got from Charles Vallow. Both Daybell and Vallow are in custody in Idaho facing multiple charges related to the alleged concealment and destruction of evidence, but neither have yet been charged with murder. Around September 1, 2019, Lori, Tylee and JJ moved into a town home in Rexburg, Idaho not far from where Chad Daybell lived with his wife, Tammy. [38], After Charles' death, his attorneys stated he was primarily concerned for J.J.'s safety and well-being, as he needed a consistent routine due to his special needs. Tylee Ryan autopsy report Obituary Tylee Ryan autopsy report By Samuel Sasu May 4, 2022 On June 10, 2020, the Woodcock and Ryan families confirmed that the human remains discovered on Chad's property were those of Tylee and J.J. Joshua Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, were last seen in September 2019, but their mother, Lori Vallow, and her new hubby never reported them missing and haven't been cooperating with authorities . DAVID WARWICK: I asked to see him, and she just said that he was out of control, so she had Alex come and get him . Vaisia Itaaehau: If I had one more day with JJ and Tylee, I would want them to know how much they did for me. CHARLES VALLOW [to Officer Dorenbush]: She's psychologically, she's gone. This finding was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. But no one acted on it and Vallow let his guard down. Yeah. July 2019 Days after Charles Vallow's death, Lori learns her late husband had changed the beneficiary of his million-dollar life insurance policy from Lori to his sister, Kay Woodcock, who is also J.J.'s paternal grandmother. 2001 Lori Norene Cox marries Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr. September 24, 2002 Tylee Ryan is born to Lori and Joseph, who later divorce. Margaret Travillion: It just didn't make any sense why would you tell us he committed suicide last week and he's been gone for two weeks and he was actually shot by your brother? Morgan Loew: Because of the condition of of Tylee's remains, it's hard to tell what happened to her. February 24, 2020 In child custody court documents. And he had so much love- - so much love. That's not that's not what a friend does. At the time, she went along with the self-defense story, but could she have changed her mind? OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. Inside they discovered items belonging to or associated with Tylee and J.J., such as clothing, bikes, and photographs, all of which had been abandoned when Lori suddenly left Rexburg at the end of November 2019. [16] By February 2019, according to Charles Vallow, Lori was informing him that "she no longer cared about him or J.J." and claimed that she was the reincarnated wife of LDS founder Joseph Smith, then vanished for 58 days. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? He is now in our pet cemetery. She repeatedly dodges their questions regarding his cause of death. She also believed she had been appointed another, more ominous role, says Raymond. Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, was responsible for the murders of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who both met horrifying ends. The two have been indicted on several charges in connection to the deaths of two of Lori's children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and Chad's first wife, Tammy Daybell: Lori Vallow Daybell JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan First-degree murder; . Jonathan Vigliotti: What went on in your mind when, weeks after Tammy died, Chad and Lori get married? It's the last moments of the children's lives that keeps Echo up at night. September 8, 2019 Tylee is last seen in Yellowstone National Park, along with Lori, Alex and J.J. September 23, 2019 J.J. is last seen at his new school, Kennedy Elementary in Rexburg, Idaho. It worked. In 2018, Ryan died of a reported heart attack. In 2004, Chad founded Spring Creek Book Company, which he used to self-publish his end times fiction and other religious books. January 25, 2020 Local authorities locate Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow in. And the children who embraced the light. April Raymond: I feel like whatever story we were given about how Charles was killed was not the truth. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that . March 9, 2020 Lori remains in jail, and some local bail bond companies reportedly have refused to assist her. Joshua, aged 7, and Tylee, age 16, went to Yellowstone National park with Loris and Loris's Brother. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. They saw him several times during their stay. In 2001, Lori married Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr., who legally adopted Colby. They tied yellow ribbons around the trees and waited for his return. Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. April Raymond JJ was very difficult to take care of So I really admired how patient she was with him and how much care she took of him. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. March 3, 2022 - Prosecutors in Arizona announce that they will not file conspiracy to commit murder charges against Chad Daybell in the attempted shooting case of Brandon Boudreaux. [55] On May 25, 2021, Chad and Lori were indicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree murder, and grand theft by deception for the deaths of Tylee, and J.J., and Tammy. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you read that email? It scared the crap out of me. Little is known about his death as investigators await results from an ongoing autopsy. November 27, 2019 Rexburg police search for children, to no avail, with search warrants to the three apartments of Lori Vallow Daybell, Alex Cox (aka Alex Pastenes) and Melani Boudreaux. End of 2014 Charles and Lori move to Kauai, Hawaii, with Tylee and J.J. April 3, 2018 Joseph Ryan dies of apparent heart attack. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. The autopsy report suggests that Tylee's body was burned, dismembered, and dumped in a pet graveyard on the property, and JJ was discovered dead inside a plastic bag that had been duct wrapped. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. And we're grateful that we were chosen to share and to be part of his life for the time that we did. According to Gibb, Chad stated that he had lived 31 different lives on various earth-like planets. [19] In 1992, at the age of 19, she married high school boyfriend Nelson Yanes, but the marriage ended in divorce shortly afterwards. September 2019 Lori, with Tylee, and J.J., moves to Rexburg, Idaho, to be with Chad Daybell. that's a real thing. After almost 13 years of marriage, Charles Vallow filed for divorce. I spotted a big raccoon along the fence. MELANIE GIBB: He carried him in, and he was asleep. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. [9][10][11] Chad was arrested later that day on charges of destruction or concealment of evidence. She had heard enough excuses. Autopsy performed on Idaho remains positively identifies JJ and Tylee | KUTV SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - The autopsy performed by the medical examiner's office on the bodies found on the property. At Chad Daybell's preliminary hearing, Detective Ray Hermosillo testified the child was covered head to toe in duct tape. Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. And on January 25, 2020, she was formally served an order to produce Tylee and JJ within five days. 0:57. October 2, 2019 Brandon Boudreaux, Lori Vallow's nephew-in-law, is the target of a failed drive-by shooting in. April Raymond: And she had described Tylee as having a dark spirit. The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. After months of silence, they started speaking JJ's name and couldn't stop. January 11, 2021 Chad Daybell's trial was scheduled to begin. They abandon everything in Rexburg, including the contents of Lori's storage unit, and disappear until found in Kauai in late January. At right is their mother's brother Alex Cox. So, shook up, she called Lori and Chad 12 days later and secretly recorded it. That pet cemetery just behind a bush where investigators found the charred remains of Tylee Ryan. They wanted to start over. [16] After repeated calls to Tylee went unanswered, Colby became more worried. [34] In 2013, the couple adopted Vallow's grandnephew, Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow (born 2012),[35] and in late 2014, they moved to Kauai, Hawaii.[16]. He's perfectly fine. Chad believed the "Dark" individuals were from this earth but were followers of Satan. In . A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. [16] The couple's biological daughter, Tylee, was born in 2002. [46], As of September23, 2019[update], a doorbell video of J.J. playing with a friend is the last known video of him taken. [2] From December 2019 to January 2020, Rexburg police, the Fremont County sheriff's office, and the FBI intensified the investigation into the disappearances of the two children, as well as the investigation into Tammy's death and the flight of Chad and Lori from Idaho. His last confirmed sighting was at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. A guardian who was involved in the custody battle between Lori Vallow and Tylee Ryan's father expressed concern about Tylee's well-being a decade before she and her younger brother were found dead. May 27, 2021 Lori Vallow is deemed incompetent and unfit to stand trial. LORI VALLOW: He's with one of my friends in Arizona. Court documents later show that Tylee's body was dismembered and partially burned, while J.J.'s body was wrapped in black plastic bags and secured with duct tape. April Raymond traveled from Utah to Rexburg, Idaho, where it all began. He filed for an order of protection against Lori at the advice of his attorney, citing a "genuine fear for his life". ST. ANTHONY, Idaho A married couple accused in a triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. August 10, 2019 The last time grandparents Larry and Kay Woodcock reportedly speak with J.J. August 30, 2019 Lori returns J.J.'s service dog, citing "a change in life circumstances". April Raymond: I feel like it's difficult to conceive of a scenario where she didn't. Lori's attorney had no comment and Chad's attorney did not respond. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. Wiped out in late September 2019 roughly two weeks after the big sister he adored disappeared. This is Chad Daybell's backyard. It's like not a care in the world. That's not possible. February 20, 2020 Lori Vallow is arrested in Kauai and charged with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says. Then family members filed a missing case. Just two months before Idaho mom Lori Vallow's two kids went missing, she and her 17-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan spoke to Arizona investigators about the shooting death of Lori's husband, 62 . But what about the man who led them to Daybell's backyard? November 29, 2019 Alex Cox marries Zulema Pastenes of. But the horror was just beginning to unfold. But what killed them? "48 Hours" reached out to Chad and Lori's attorneys to ask whether their clients had some involvement in the children's deaths.
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