Tylee, who had gone outside with JJ, and Lori, who says she was in another room both said they heard the shooting but didn't see it. May 25, 2012 Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow is born, the son of Charles Vallow's nephew. The scary story tells about the life and crimes of Lori Vallow Daybell, who has been called the "doomsday mom" by the media. [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. And Lori thought/ that was a liability. The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. The remains of 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and her 7-year-old adopted brother JJ Vallow were found in shallow graves in June 2020. November 27, 2019 Chad and Lori are seen packing. LORI VALLOW: My husband switched his life insurance policy to her right? Within an hour of entering the house that morning, Vallow was lying on the floor in a pool of blood shot in the chest by Alex Cox. DAVID WARWICK: She said that he was being a zombie and climbed up on the cabinets, climbed up on top of the fridge, smashed her picture of Christ down, and then climbed up onto the upper cabinets and got between the top of the cabinet and the ceiling. ', [] the children are not with Chad and Lori. In the winter of 2019, Charles Vallow changed the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy from Lori to his sister Kay Woodcock, JJ's biological grandmother. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. What else is happening with the bizarre case, missing kids? OFFICER DORENBUSH | Gilbert Police Department: What did she say yesterday? Gibb and Warwick testified that Cox put JJ to bed in Lori's room. Morgan Loew: They're in this Hawaii vacation. January 25, 2020 Local authorities locate Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow in. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? On November 26, 2019, two months after JJ was last seen, Rexburg Police came knocking on Lori's door looking for the little boy. Then family members filed a missing case. September 24, 2019 Lori informs J.J.'s school that he will no longer be attending and will be homeschooled instead. 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. Margaret Travillion: I just get so angry. October 2, 2019 Brandon Boudreaux, Lori Vallow's nephew-in-law, is the target of a failed drive-by shooting in. She was given another 180 days to attain competence. After a year, the police officers found dead bodies in the Daybells estate. September 28, 2022 - Chad Daybell's lawyers again ask for his case to be separated from that of his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell. "48 Hours" and correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti detail the investigation into the heartbreaking national search for two missing children, the life of their mother Lori Vallow, and what is ahead in the case against Vallow and her new husband Chad Daybell, who have each been indicted on murder charges for the deaths of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. MELANIE GIBB: He carried him in, and he was asleep. By the summer of 2019, Charles Vallow had gone to the police twice claiming there was something desperately wrong with his estranged wife Lori Vallow. Chad was charged with insurance fraud "related to a life insurance policy he had on Tammy Daybell for which he was the beneficiary and received funds after her death". Chad was booked into jail later that day on obstruction or concealment of evidence; he was later charged with felony murder. Cox says Tylee came out of her room with a bat. Somebody else must have helped with that. 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. [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. December 20, 2019 Rexburg Police Department officially announce an investigation into the disappearances of Tylee and J.J. January 3, 2020 Rexburg Police Department and FBI search Chad and Tammy's former home in Idaho. Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow died grisly deaths, and police allege their mother, Lori Vallow, was behind the murders. Both J.J. and Tylee had witnessed the incident; according to an unidentified son of Charles' from a previous marriage, Lori did not inform the family about the shooting and he learned about it from the news. [16] After repeated calls to Tylee went unanswered, Colby became more worried. Tylee was last seen alive at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. They saw him several times during their stay. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Tylee, 16, and her 7-year-old brother JJ Vallow were found dead in the backyard of Vallow's now-husband Chad Daybell's home outside of Rexburg, Idaho, on June 9. Cox (who changed his surname to Pastenes, the surname of his wife) died on December 12, 2019. Reality and justice were not far behind. [ Lori] knows where they are or what has happened to them, but she has 'completely refused to assist this investigation, [choosing instead to leave the state with her new husband]. The body of Chad's wife, Tammy Daybell, has been exhumed and investigators are now calling her death suspicious. Police called that friend in Arizona, Melanie Gibb, to verify Lori's story, but she did not respond to their call. Below that, a layer of black plastic. The couple was raising two children Tylee, Lori's teenage daughter from a former marriage, and their adopted son JJ, the grandson of Charles's sister Kay Woodcock. The Chandler (Az.) April 19, 2022 - Lori Vallow is arraigned. Lori started doing podcasts with Daybell and began telling people she was a supernatural being appointed by God to lead the 144,000 chosen into the millennium. Authorities believe it is was they who embraced the darkness. Chad later stayed at the Vallow residence in Arizona. December 5, 2018 Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow meet. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan. October 19, 2019 Tammy Daybell is found dead in her home in. I can't conceive of a scenario where she wasn't involved. And finally. He reportedly believed he had numerous past lives and could talk to angels. His lawyers also asked that the trial be pushed back to the fall of 2023. I'm still not holding it together. They were zombies. Morgan Loew: It appears that Chandler Police believe Lori had something to do with Charles's death. "[41] Police did not pursue the matter further. And now we're gonna talk about it. November 4, 2019 Alex Cox and Melani Boudreaux arrive in Rexburg. Autopsy completed in investigation of Tammy Daybell's death Feb. 5, 2021 Updated Fri., Feb. 5, 2021 at 10:07 p.m. Children Joshua "JJ" Vallow, left, and Tylee Ryan. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. The police blurred Tylee's face, because she was a minor. In attendance were both Gibb and Chad, who was speaking at another conference in Mesa, Arizona. [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. At this point in the ongoing investigation, only Chad and Lori know the truth about what happened to JJ and Tylee. Everyone wanted to know what happened to them. ", Margaret Travillion [reading aloud] "If you're working or playing or sitting with friends you can [cries] dance til you're dizzy." Her 17-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old son Joshua "JJ" Vallow have not been seen since September, and Vallow has refused to cooperate with the police investigation into her children's disappearance. [16], On October 9, 2019, Tammy reported on her Facebook profile and to police that she had been shot at, in her driveway, by a masked man with what she believed was a defective paintball marker. 'Cause he had so much possibility. 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. Morgan Loew: What happened to those kids is is horrendous. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. 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. We're going to do it for JJ. [c] Cox tasered Ryan and threatened to murder him. It worked. September 8, 2021 Judge Boyce found Lori Vallow to still be incompetent based on the progress report from the mental health facility. Margaret Travillion: And I literally remember coming into the classroom in the beginning and him just being very closed off To the later part of him being with us, just to "Miss Margaret" (chuckles). Alex told them Charles and Lori got into a fight. Items are seen hanging on the fence in memory of Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, at Chad Daybell's residence in Salem, Idaho on Thursday, June 11, 2020. 2001 Lori Norene Cox marries Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr. September 24, 2002 Tylee Ryan is born to Lori and Joseph, who later divorce. CHAD DAYBELL phone call]: Hello, sweet Melanie. 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?". September 9, 2020. What is what is happening? On the same day, Chad Daybell had a closed hearing. 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. The trial is set for October 11, 2022 to December 16, 2022. He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. [14], In 2015, Chad claimed he heard a voice telling him to relocate to Rexburg, Idaho. When the police returned to Lori's home, she embellished her story even more. Wiped out in late September 2019 roughly two weeks after the big sister he adored disappeared. December 2011 Alex Cox's probation ends more than one year before it was originally scheduled to end (May 2013). They just I really thought he was comin' home. I was not OK with it because she told something to the police that was not true So, I was I had a really bad feeling in my stomach, and I felt very shooken [sic] up by it. If there is a picture book that captures the JJ Vallow educators at LIFE school came to love, Margaret Travillion says it's this one: "Wherever you are my love will find you. After text-messaging Tylee indicating he was worried, he received responses from Tylee's cell phone that indicated she was safe but too busy to talk. Tylee's friend Vaisia posted a kaleidoscope of memories online. 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. Tammy's autopsy took so long since it began, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow have been charged with conspiracy to hide the bodies of her two kids, Tylee Ryan, 17, and JJ Vallow, 7, on his Salem property and are facing a summertime trial in Fremont County, Idaho in part because she had been dead for two months by the time she was exhumed . Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says. [16], Shortly after, the Fremont County prosecutor's office announced they would be handling the case going forward. At 11:53 a.m., after Alex Cox left the backyard, Chad Daybell wrote a text to his wife Tammy who wasn't home explaining why there was a new grave in the pet cemetery. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the son of Vallow's subsequent . RAY HERMOSILLO [in court]: They began pulling up the sod and topsoil which revealed three large white rocks, flat rocks. It was updated on May 29, 2021. March 22, 2021 Scheduled court date for Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. March 6, 2020 In first hearing after being extradited from Hawaii to Idaho, court lowers bail from $5 million to $1 million. The two soon began a private communication. Ryan's sister Annie said on the "Dr. Phil" show that Vallow didn't tell her or other family members about Ryan's death for weeks. Tweet. READ ALSO: Where was Cooper Noriega found? That was such a huge red flag to me. On May 25, 2021, they were formally charged with murder in the first degree in the deaths Tylee and JJ. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. First published on October 3, 2020 / 11:09 PM. ROB WOOD: After (unintelligible) these phone calls, how did that make you feel? Margaret Travillion: And just that growth of watching him come out of himself was just wonderful. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. Soon after the newlyweds returned to Rexburg from Hawaii, JJ's grandmother, Kay Woodcock, sounded the alarm. Vallow was married to Joseph Ryan, Tylee's father, until 2004 when the couple divorced. Chad Daybell, a former gravedigger turned author, podcaster and doomsday prophet, was a married father of five. Her younger adopted brother, J.J., was last seen alive on September 23, 2019, at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. In 2004, Chad founded Spring Creek Book Company, which he used to self-publish his end times fiction and other religious books. She also believed she had been appointed another, more ominous role, says Raymond. Around 2015, Lori read Chad Daybell's Standing in Holy Places series of books, reportedly becoming "obsessed" with them. investigative reporter Morgan Loew asks Lori Vallow Daybell on March 5, 2020, as she was extradited from Hawaii to Rexburg, Idaho, to face child abandonment charges. Ryan told police that Charles Vallow was angry on the morning that. 1:11. April Raymond: The way she had explained it to me about Charles was that Charles was already dead. He and Tammy moved there from Springville, Utah, that June. Authorities in Arizona are also investigating the shooting death of Lori's former husband, Charles Vallow. April 11, 2022 - Judge Boyce declares that Lori Vallow is now competent to stand trial. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. 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 . MELANIE GIBB: I'm just worried for you guys because, you know, he's missing and, you know LORI VALLOW: I know exactly where he is. [35] The same month, Charles filed for divorce, stating that his wife had "threaten[ed] to murder him", taken US$35,000 from their joint bank accounts, and stolen his truck. After almost 13 years of marriage, Charles Vallow filed for divorce. [12][13] On July 2, prosecutors dropped two of the charges against Lori two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children and instead charged her with obstruction or concealment of evidence in regards to her children's remains. Police. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. Vallow had two sons from a previous marriage, Nicholas and Zachary Chase. August 5, 2021 Prosecution announces they are seeking the. JJ's grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, could barely contain their grief as they listened. Several weeks after their initial meeting, Lori's husband left town on a business trip and Lori held an intimate overnight gathering at her home. Both Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow were found dead in Chad Daybell's estate in Salem, Idaho, and their cause of death is still not confirmed. Lori became famous when she was arrested for killing her children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. Morgan Loew: The medical examiner performed an autopsy on Alex Cox and found that he died of natural causes. Colby and J.J.'s grandparents pleaded with the Daybells to return the children, with the latter offering a reward of $20,000. All told similar stories of self-defense and were sent home. [16], In October 2019, two Venmo payments were made from Tylee's account to her older half-brother, Colby Ryan. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan found dead. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. Tylee's body was dismembered and burned, according to court documents, while JJ's. Chad Daybell referred to Lori as an "eternal being" of 21 separate lives, only five of which had occurred on this planet; the same five he had lived on this planet. But around 2017, friends say Lori's relationships with her kids began to shift about the time she started reading the books of Chad Daybell. Beneath the rocks, they found thin pieces of wood paneling. [citation needed], Another factor contributing to the mystery was Chad and Lori's well-documented obsession with certain Mormon-influenced[43] apocalyptic beliefs,[44] which Chad had discussed in numerous books and podcasts. Morgan Loew: He tapped into this "prepper" element out there, people who wanted to prepare for Armageddon. She was extradited to Idaho and transported there by officials on March 5, 2020. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. In October 2019, Chad's wife, Tammy Daybell, was attacked in her driveway by what she believed was someone shooting a defective paintball gun. Cox alleged that he went to confront Charles about abusing his sister, whereupon "Charles Vallow struck him in the head with the bat, so he went to get his gun. [16] In 2007, Ryan was attacked by Lori's brother, Alexander Lamar "Alex" Cox, who claimed Ryan had been abusive to Lori and the children. He dropped dead six months before JJ and Tylee were found. [12][13] On May 25, 2021, Lori and Chad were charged with the first degree murders of Tylee, J.J., and Tammy. DET. Back in Rexburg, on November 26, police visited Lori's townhouse at the request of J.J.'s grandmother, Kay Woodcock, to conduct a welfare check on J.J. Lori told police that J.J. was in Arizona with a family friend, Melanie Gibb. She had heard enough excuses. The discovery of the children in Chad Daybell's backyard was the result of a complicated six-month investigation that unraveled a sordid tale of murder, greed and religious fanaticism a story that began with their mother, Lori Vallow, who, to her friend April Raymond, was a woman who once seemed incapable of harming her own children. After Chad and Lori's marriage two weeks after Tammy's death, law enforcement became suspicious and exhumed Tammy's corpse for autopsy.[3][4][5]. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. that's a real thing. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. And his grandmother Kay Woodcock was the threat. Requests from Chad to separate his case from Lori's have been denied. 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. Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. Joshua, aged 7, and Tylee, age 16, went to Yellowstone National park with Loris and Loris's Brother. J." Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? Morgan Loew: That taped phone conversation is when you can hear Chad and Lori go from, "Oh, yeah, everything's great," to that change where, "OK we've got a problem here.". Who got a million dollars when he died. But I love you with all my heart, and I have forever, and I will always love you. [27] At age 22, she married 23-year-old William Lagioia in Travis County, Texas, on October 22, 1995. I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with 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. Video footage shows her and her brother, Alex Cox,[c] moving items in and out of the locker prior to her departure. Morgan Loew: He said, "I need to report a shooting. July 2014 Lori and Charles officially adopt Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow. Morgan Loew: I don't know that regular people could begin to understand how he could live in that house All the while those kids were buried 50 feet away in the backyard. He is now in our pet cemetery. The only thing we we can know for sure is that At one point, whoever did this, dismembered her body and burned it. 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 . The big sister who used to watch over her little brother was no longer there to protect him. His birth name was Canaan Todd Trahan. REXBURG Court documents released Friday evening detail the horrific manner in which Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in Chad Daybell's backyard. Investigators contended that "'Joshua and Tylee's lives are in danger. December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. This discovery was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. They were the center of her world. / CBS News. This is Chad Daybell's backyard. Vallow Daybell's children missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan are . But the horror was just beginning to unfold. LORI VALLOW: We're OK. How are you doing, babe? Where is Lori right now? He passed away in 2018 of natural causes, according to investigators. CHARLES VALLOW: She threatened me, murder me, kill me. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. Those who were "light" were "followers of Jesus Christ". Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. Around the time of the death of Daybell's wife, Lori Vallow and . On May 1, 2020, Lori appeared for a court hearing in Rexburg to request a reduction of her $1 million bail. Cindy Cesare and Alyssa Estrada are the lead development producers. The heartbreaking deaths of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow have remained a mystery to many. January 2529, 2021 Lori Vallow's trial for the misdemeanor charges was scheduled to begin. Two months later, Tammy's body was exhumed and autopsied. February 24, 2020 In child custody court documents. But the little boy was nowhere to be seen the next morning. LORI VALLOW: He's with one of my friends in Arizona. An aerial view of Todd Daybell's backyard, where the remains of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in June. I can only say it didn't feel right. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. Lori was charged with grand theft related to "Social Security Survivor benefits over $1,000 allocated for the care of minors Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow that were appropriated after the children were missing and ultimately found deceased". However, police uncovered a cryptic series of messages that proved to be . April Raymond: I feel like they were a liability. Instead of helping search, they skipped off to another vacation back in Hawaii. Benjamin Hyde: That was the number one thing that told me something was horribly wrong . Little is known about his death as investigators await results from an ongoing autopsy. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. Tammy Daybell died in October of 2019 just two weeks before her husband tied the knot with Vallow and about a month before his new wife's children, 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow and 17 . There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, was responsible for the murders of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who both met horrifying ends. February 8, 2019 Charles Vallow files for divorce from Lori. Chad Daybell was a grave digger for a profession when he was younger. Tylee was really protective over JJ. April Raymond: There were people from all walks of life at that memorial And it didn't really matter our differences, but we were all there for Tylee and JJ. She finally reached out to the police. DET. To his sister. He and his wife Tammy had five children. January 30, 2020 Lori misses court-ordered deadline to produce J.J. and Tylee. RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you saw the photos of Chad and Lori in Hawaii, the ukulele in hand all smiles. Vaisia Itaaehau: She took beautiful pictures, so we would just go to the beach and just take pictures and kind of capture certain moments She was just so clever and always just like really quick comebacks, like so witty. It's like not a care in the world. Sometime in 2018 Lori met Chad Daybell and spent time with him away from her family. April Raymond: I feel like it's difficult to conceive of a scenario where she didn't. Lori and her new fifth husband, Chad Guy Daybell, claimed that J.J. was staying with family friend Melanie Gibb in Arizona, where they had lived before moving to Idaho in early September 2019, which Gibb later denied. Morgan Loew: Why do you bind somebody's feet and hands and mouth in duct tape? But what about the man who led them to Daybell's backyard? In the fall of 2018, Lori and her friend Melanie Gibb attended a "Preparing a People" event, where Lori was introduced to Chad for the first time. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. GRAPHIC CONTENT: New clues found on #JJVallow's remains that could lead to his cause of death. That pet cemetery just behind a bush where investigators found the charred remains of Tylee Ryan.