[16] Vallow, a lifelong Catholic, became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), converting to his new wife's faith. December 2011 Alex Cox's probation ends more than one year before it was originally scheduled to end (May 2013). They saw him several times during their stay. November 29, 2019 Alex Cox marries Zulema Pastenes of. MELANIE GIBB: He was in the family room mostly, and then outside some. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that . She remains incarcerated in Kauai awaiting extradition to Idaho. Jonathan Vigliotti: Why do you think the children were murdered? "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with the same crime: conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. February 2019 to March 2019 Lori Vallow disappears for 58 days. July 2014 Lori and Charles officially adopt Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow. Newly released video shows Tylee Ryan fidget as she talks to Chandler, Arizona police about her stepdad's shooting death. Vallow is in jail in Idaho facing felony child desertion charges. 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. She ignored it and was arrested on the island of Kauai on child abandonment charges. CBS News. Margaret Travillion: And just that growth of watching him come out of himself was just wonderful. 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.". 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. They dug up a dog. April Raymond: I feel like whatever story we were given about how Charles was killed was not the truth. April Raymond: I feel like they were a liability. In 2018, Ryan died of a reported heart attack. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. Lori's attorney had no comment and Chad's attorney did not respond. The judge also denies a request from prosecutors to have a jury transported from Ada County to Fremont County for the trial and re-affirms that the trial will happen in Ada County. She was extradited to Idaho and transported there by officials on March 5, 2020. And when she actually got to talk with him, it, yeah, just escalated from there. 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. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. And so much potential. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. CHAD DAYBELL phone call]: Hello, sweet Melanie. May 29, 2021 / 10:42 PM It is horrifying! It was updated on May 29, 2021. Benjamin Hyde: That was the number one thing that told me something was horribly wrong . 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 . 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. [2] When Rexburg police and the FBI arrived the next day to search the home, it was abandoned. RAY HERMOSILLO [in court]: They began pulling up the sod and topsoil which revealed three large white rocks, flat rocks. Due to this, there is a stay in her case in Idaho. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. Tylee Ryan autopsy report The horrible events surrounding the finding of Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan in Chad Daybell's garden were detailed in court documents which spelled out whereby JJ was wrapped in plastic and restrained with duct tape as Tylee was mutilated and burnt. January 25, 2020 Local authorities locate Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow in. And that Tylee knew the truth. February 24, 2006 Lori Ryan marries Charles Vallow. In the filing, Charles claims that, in late January 2019, Lori threatened to murder him if he got in the way of her, July 11, 2019 Charles Vallow is shot dead in. Reality and justice were not far behind. 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. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. A coroner in Idaho has confirmed that autopsies have been completed on the bodies of two missing children found buried in their stepfather Chad Daybell's backyard earlier this month, but additional testing is needed before authorities can confirm the cause of death or release the results. Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. ", Margaret Travillion [reading aloud] "If you're working or playing or sitting with friends you can [cries] dance til you're dizzy." Around 2015, Lori read Chad Daybell's Standing in Holy Places series of books, reportedly becoming "obsessed" with them. [16] The couple's biological daughter, Tylee, was born in 2002. ROB WOOD: OK, what did she say about Kay? Tweet. 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. Their souls had left them. Jonathan Vigliott | CBS News correspondent: How did you hold it together? No post-mortem or autopsy was initially performed. Morgan Loew: It's hard to discount the idea that a million-dollar life insurance policy would be a motive for a murder. [51] She later agreed to be extradited back to Idaho to fight the charges. April Raymond: The way she had explained it to me about Charles was that Charles was already dead. I never even considered that they weren't. Authorities in Arizona are also investigating the shooting death of Lori's former husband, Charles Vallow. Somebody else must have helped with that. April 28, 2022 - Judge Boyce denied request from Chad Daybell's attorney to drop his charges. [6][7][8] On June 9, 2020, police executed a search warrant at Chad's home and discovered the remains of J.J. and Tylee. [16], On July 11, 2019, Charles Vallow was shot and killed in Chandler, Arizona by Lori's brother, Alex Cox,[39][40] who claimed self-defense. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. He's perfectly fine. His last confirmed sighting was at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. She finally reached out to the police. 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. It appears the first problem was a 16-year-old girl: Tylee Ryan. [42] Lori was indicted in June 2021 for conspiracy to murder Charles. [9][10][11] Chad was arrested later that day on charges of destruction or concealment of evidence. 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. There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". On June 10, his bail was set at $1 million. Their cases have been merged and their team has moved to dismiss the charges and obtain a change of venue. But what killed them? Then family members filed a missing case. On February 20, 2020, Lori was arrested in Kauai, Hawaii, and charged with desertion and nonsupport of her dependent children. Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. May 2, 2022 - The prosecution announced that they will be seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow. Morgan Loew: The medical examiner performed an autopsy on Alex Cox and found that he died of natural causes. Cox says Tylee came out of her room with a bat. 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. [19] In 1992, at the age of 19, she married high school boyfriend Nelson Yanes, but the marriage ended in divorce shortly afterwards. MELANIE GIBB: He brought JJ into the house during the middle of the podcast. That's not that's not what a friend does. The autopsy results are not published but seeing the critical conditions of the children's dead bodies; were killed brutally. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. All that potential, all that love gone. December 5, 2018 Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow meet. 911 DISPATCHER: And is he hurt? Benjamin Hyde has known Chad Daybell since the two men were missionaries together when they were 19. To his sister. [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. Lori explained why. Morgan Loew: Lori, at that point takes JJ to school. ROB WOOD: OK. And then what did she tell you? May 26, 2022 - The start date of Lori Vallow's trial has been changed from October 11, 2022 to January 9, 2023. Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. [35] On September 24, 2019, Lori contacted the school to tell them that she was withdrawing J.J. from classes, claiming she would be homeschooling him. Chad and Tammy Daybell's five children remain steadfast in their belief that their father had nothing to do with the death of their mother, or the murders of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Authorities believe J. J. died around that time frame based on location data on the cell phone of his uncle. At 9:55 a.m. on September 23, 2019, Cox returned to Chad Daybell's backyard. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. He passed away in 2018 of natural causes, according to investigators. He reportedly believed he had numerous past lives and could talk to angels. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. And evilness took over their bodies. Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell were set to stand trial on April 3, 2023, over the murders of her children, JJ, 7, and Tylee, 17, but at a status hearing, Judge Boyce severed the . 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. Vaisia Itaaehau: She was a fan of his writing. Then came the news that he was never coming back. Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife and son, Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed last month, doctor says, White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes kicked out of CPAC, Tom Sizemore, actor known for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat," dies at 61, Biden team readies new advisory panel ahead of expected reelection bid, At least 10 dead after winter storm slams South, Midwest, House Democrats unhappy with White House handling of D.C.'s new criminal code. I I shot my brother-in-law in self-defense.". Beneath the rocks, they found thin pieces of wood paneling. September 2019 Lori, with Tylee, and J.J., moves to Rexburg, Idaho, to be with Chad Daybell. DET. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. This is Chad Daybell's backyard. They found a melted bucket. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? RAY HERMOSILLO: Under the bucket was a partial human skull. 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The trial is set for October 11, 2022 to December 16, 2022. She also believed she had been appointed another, more ominous role, says Raymond. Lori's estranged 4th husband, Charles Vallow, was shot and killed in July 2019 by Lori's brother, Alexander Cox, who claimed self-defense; Cox died of a blood clot on December 12, 2019. He filed for an order of protection against Lori at the advice of his attorney, citing a "genuine fear for his life". 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. Morgan Loew: Charles He was worried about his safety and the safety of his children. 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. On Dec. 20, 2019, the Rexburg Police Department went public on their search for JJ and Tylee. [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. Cox (who changed his surname to Pastenes, the surname of his wife) died on December 12, 2019. 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". Over the past year, Cushing has advocated . Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. Morgan Loew: We know that shortly after Charles's death, Lori tried to claim that life insurance policy he had changed the beneficiary to his sister. April Raymond: Tylee had a network of people that really did love her, and I don't know if she knew that. MELANIE GIBB: He carried him in, and he was asleep. August 26, 2021 - Chad Daybell waives his right to a. August 30, 2021 - Lori Vallow still found to be incompetent, due to incomplete status update from mental health facility. Tylee was last seen September 8, 2019, at Yellowstone National Park with her brother J.J., her mother Lori, and her uncle Alex Cox,[c] Lori's brother. In a troubling sign of the deception to come, Lori told a completely different story to JJ's school Lauren's Institute for Education or LIFE. The Chandler (Az.) There has been no new trial date set. The thought of Tylee ending up that way was almost too much for Echo Itaaehau to bear. LORI VALLOW: OK, sure. 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. The evidence of course will speak for itself. 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. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. Morgan Loew: Alex was Lori's protector. One of those close friends was April Raymond. The results were completed by February 2021 but have not been made public. Morgan Loew: He said, "I need to report a shooting. Tylee's friend Vaisia posted a kaleidoscope of memories online. [45] Melani Boudreaux, Lori's niece, reportedly shares these beliefs. His cell phone left a digital map. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. Margaret Travillion: I just get so angry. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. Sometime between 9 p.m. and midnight on September 22, the last night of their visit, Lori, Melanie and David were in the kitchen doing a religious podcast when Alex Cox appeared. 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. BOISE Additional testing is underway on the bodies of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow after the Ada County Coroner's Office completed autopsies earlier this month. The county sheriff's office did not find the perpetrator. I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. She was silent as her lawyers put in a plea of not guilty for her. Despite all of Lori's talk about demons inhabiting Charles's body, Morgan Loew says her motive may have been more mundane: money. Produced by Liza Finley and Richard Fetzer. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. But they got one thing wrong. Morgan Loew: That night, we know Alex was in his own apartment. 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. His uncle Alex Cox later went to take J. J. to his apartment. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. And on January 25, 2020, she was formally served an order to produce Tylee and JJ within five days. 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. I can't conceive of a scenario where she wasn't involved. that's a real thing. Police in Hawaii searched Lori's rental car looking for evidence of the kids. [54], On June 9, 2020, police executed a search warrant at Chad's home, where they discovered human remains buried in a purported pet cemetery. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. Ryan filed for divorce on August 13, 2004, which was finalized on May 18, 2005. And Lori thought/ that was a liability. 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. We know that Lori was angry about that. Morgan Loew: They dug up a cat. April 19, 2022 - Lori Vallow is arraigned. In the end, Chad and Lori's belief in evil may prove to be true. 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 . I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. In 2001, Lori married Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr., who legally adopted Colby. Ten days later, Tammy was found dead in her home, purportedly from natural causes. Benjamin Hyde: That gives me the willies, look at this! LORI VALLOW: Well, they were going to "Frozen "2 today, so they may be at the movies. 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 . Now the cold glare of death would shift focus to Chad Daybell's family. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. Cox was never charged in connection to Charles Vallow's death. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. I spotted a big raccoon along the fence. 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. 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). October 2019 Lori's brother, Alex Cox, believed to be seen on video security footage using Lori's storage unit numerous times during this period, usually alone. The judge denied her request. Morgan Loew: Why do you bind somebody's feet and hands and mouth in duct tape? At the time, Lori was married to businessman Charles Vallow. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. But what about the man who led them to Daybell's backyard? LORI VALLOW: My husband switched his life insurance policy to her right? He was getting physical with her. They Googled Charles Vallow's name and learned the truth. CHARLES VALLOW [to police officer]: She's unhinged. June 29, 2021 Lori Vallow is indicted by Arizona grand jury on conspiracy to murder her husband Charles Vallow. A start date of January 2023 for both trials had been set,[58] but was canceled in November 2022 without a new date being set. At Chad Daybell's preliminary hearing, Detective Ray Hermosillo testified the child was covered head to toe in duct tape. This finding was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. June 9, 2020 Human remains are found on Chad Daybell's property in. [47], Chad and Lori were married in Hawaii on November 5, 2019, two weeks after the death of Chad's first wife, Tammy Daybell. Charles was so spooked by Lori he went to the police. 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 . Lori Vallow-Daybell and JJ Vallow at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow died grisly deaths, and police allege their mother, Lori Vallow, was behind the murders. And I'll always remember them like that. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan. Morgan Loew: He goes into the house. [53], On March 24, 2020, NBC News reported on documents showing that Chad and Lori became convinced that Tylee and J.J. were "possessed" and had become "zombies". Roughly one month after JJ's death, Chad's 49-year-old wife Tammy Daybell, died mysteriously in her sleep. March 6, 2020 In first hearing after being extradited from Hawaii to Idaho, court lowers bail from $5 million to $1 million. [27] At age 22, she married 23-year-old William Lagioia in Travis County, Texas, on October 22, 1995. He withdrew the petition one month later, saying he "wanted to try to make the marriage work". April Raymond: She did everything for JJ, everything for Tylee. 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. and she was kind of like another mama to him. Chad Daybell and Lori' Vallow's hula dancing days were numbered. It just seems very unlikely. 'Cause he had so much possibility. 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. 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 had a lot of energy. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? They tied yellow ribbons around the trees and waited for his return. 0:57. A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. He and Tammy moved there from Springville, Utah, that June. June 10, 2020 Kay Woodcock, the biological grandmother of J.J. Vallow, announces that one of the sets of human remains belongs to J.J. Vallow. [17], No post-mortem or autopsy was performed on Tammy's body at the time, as Chad had declined to do so and the county coroner did not overrule his decision. I'm still not holding it together. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1992 with a B.A. Morgan Loew: Everybody was hoping in the back of their minds that maybe there was a chance the kids were alive. Tylee's body was dismembered and burned, according to court documents, while JJ's. This is an area the Daybell family called the pet cemetery. September 8, 2021 Judge Boyce found Lori Vallow to still be incompetent based on the progress report from the mental health facility. USA TODAY. How are you guys? And finally. 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. 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. March 3, 2023 - Judge has severed the case of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow. in journalism,[14] and worked as a cemetery sexton, or gravedigger, among other jobs. 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. They both had unconditional love for each other. [56] On May 27, 2021, Lori was found incompetent and unfit to stand trial, and her case was stayed. [16], In October 2019, two Venmo payments were made from Tylee's account to her older half-brother, Colby Ryan. It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. [38] Charles was also concerned for Tylee, but he was unable to include her in the filings as she was not his biological daughter and thus he had no legal standing. February 4, 2021 Prosecutor Lindsey Blake takes over the Fremont County case involving Tamara Daybell's death. [52] At least two local bond companies were reportedly unwilling to work with her. August 7, 2020 It is reported that Chandler, Arizona Police are planning to file a conspiracy to commit murder charge against Lori Daybell for the death of Charles Vallow. JJ was wrapped in plastic and. March 21, 2022 - Judge denied Chad Daybell's request to separate his case from Lori Vallow's case. The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. [16] Colby has said he had not heard from Tylee since these texts. 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. And we're grateful that we were chosen to share and to be part of his life for the time that we did. The investigation is being led by the . Soon after the newlyweds returned to Rexburg from Hawaii, JJ's grandmother, Kay Woodcock, sounded the alarm. Some believe Chad Daybell was the driving force; others believe it was Lori. I'm like, 'why are police coming my door?'" Tylee was really protective over JJ.
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