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. "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. Those who were "light" were "followers of Jesus Christ". Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. [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. Due to this, there is a stay in her case in Idaho. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. His cell phone left a digital map. January 25, 2020 Local authorities locate Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow in. Chad showed his support in the courtroom as Lori was extradited to Rexburg, Idaho. April 19, 2022 - Lori Vallow is arraigned. [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. How Did Tylee Ryan And Jj Vallow Pass Away? Here's Everything You Need 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. And that there was a demon living inside of him. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. Cox legally changed his name to Alex Pastenes just before his marriage. Two-and-a-half weeks later, the widower and the merry widow wed in Hawaii. It was updated on May 29, 2021. Margaret Travillion: We're gonna talk about JJ dancing in heaven. Cox was born Alexander Lamar Cox and was known by the diminutive "Alex". 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. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. "Outside and . Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and she resents assertions to the contrary. They wanted to start fresh. While JJ was missing, no one at his old school spoke his name as if that somehow made it less real. 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. 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. June 29, 2020 Police execute another search warrant at the home of Chad Daybell. February 10, 2020 CBS News reports police found Tylee's cell phone with Lori's belongings in Hawaii. LORI VALLOW: That's why the neighbors don't know us very well. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. Police learned what happened to JJ by once again following Alex Cox's cell phone. [48] There they told others that Tylee had died in 2017 and/or that Lori had no minor children. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. She was silent as her lawyers put in a plea of not guilty for her. Disturbing moment Lori Vallow LAUGHS hours after husband's death as September 8, 2021 Judge Boyce found Lori Vallow to still be incompetent based on the progress report from the mental health facility. March 22, 2021 Scheduled court date for Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. And Lori thought/ that was a liability. But the horror was just beginning to unfold. A #forensic expert looks at what we know of evidence and where. Tylee Ryan autopsy report - vimbuzz.com GRAPHIC CONTENT: New clues found on #JJVallow's remains that could lead to his cause of death. Benjamin Hyde has known Chad Daybell since the two men were missionaries together when they were 19. It was one of many tributes to the two lost children. [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. 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. However, police uncovered a cryptic series of messages that proved to be . I don't know what your intention is on this phone call. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. It just seems very unlikely. 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. This discovery was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. 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. 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. Investigators contended that "'Joshua and Tylee's lives are in danger. Ryan told police that Charles Vallow was angry on the morning that. "Where are your kids? The results were completed by February 2021 but have not been made public. How Did JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan Die? Here's What We Know January 11, 2021 Chad Daybell's trial was scheduled to begin. Morgan Loew: In 30 years, I've never covered a story quite like this. He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. [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 then Police tracked his cell phone to Lori's apartment at 2:45 in the morning on September 9th. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . J." " 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 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. Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow's Cause of Death: How Did They Die? Did Lori In 2001, Lori married Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr., who legally adopted Colby. The county sheriff's office did not find the perpetrator. So angry she was still talking about it when the Rexburg police first came to her door looking for JJ. 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. July 17, 2020 Lori Daybell's jury trial was set in Madison County for January 2529, 2021, on three misdemeanor charges. 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 big sister who used to watch over her little brother was no longer there to protect him. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? CHAD DAYBELL phone call]: Hello, sweet Melanie. 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. You do it to keep them from yelling or talking. Back then, the only two people who didn't seem concerned were Lori and Chad. [51] She later agreed to be extradited back to Idaho to fight the charges. October 19, 2019 Tammy Daybell is found dead in her home in. Julia Allen: He was a spitfire, for sure. Evidence was collected, and Tammy's body was exhumed for autopsy. But what about the man who led them to Daybell's backyard? [19] In 1992, at the age of 19, she married high school boyfriend Nelson Yanes, but the marriage ended in divorce shortly afterwards. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? Source: CHARLES VALLOW: She thinks she's a resurrected being and a and a god. When the police returned to Lori's home, she embellished her story even more. 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. On May 25, 2021, they were formally charged with murder in the first degree in the deaths Tylee and JJ. [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. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. Something's happened to her. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan found dead. Vaisia Itaaehau: I just always had that hope that they were alive. No one wanted this. 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. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. 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. June 13, 2020 Authorities officially confirm the remains are those of the children. Below that, a layer of black plastic. MELANIE GIBB: Take a picture of random kids to make it look like it was JJ. I didn't hold it together at all. After a year, the police officers found dead bodies in the Daybells estate. 0:00. [28] She and Lagioia had a son, Colby, in 1996 (who was later arrested on two counts of sexual assault in Arizona in 2022, charges that were later dropped without prejudice),[29][30] before divorcing on February 25, 1998.[16]. LORI VALLOW: Well, they were going to "Frozen "2 today, so they may be at the movies. MELANIE GIBB: Horrible. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. ROB WOOD: What did she ask you to do with that, again? August 21, 2020 Chad Daybell pleads not guilty to all four of his felony counts against him. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. She finally reached out to the police. Vallow Daybell's children missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan are . 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. 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. 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. Lori Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell to be tried separately [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. He reportedly believed he had numerous past lives and could talk to angels. Gibb later recalled Chad lavishing attention on Lori and expounding upon his unusual religious beliefs and "the deeper mysteries of God" with a small group of the overnight guests. They found a melted bucket. 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? MELANIE GIBB: He was in the family room mostly, and then outside some. She was given another 180 days to attain competence. It appears the first problem was a 16-year-old girl: Tylee Ryan. February 24, 2006 Lori Ryan marries Charles Vallow. East. And they cut through that. November 26, 2019 Rexburg Police Department conducts a well-being check on J.J. Lori claims J.J. is with relatives in Arizona and Tylee is away at. November 29, 2019 Alex Cox marries Zulema Pastenes of. No post-mortem or autopsy was initially performed. In court, Melanie Gibb described getting a call from Lori asking her to back up the "Frozen" story: MELANIE GIBB: and that she told the police that I had JJ, that I was at a movie called "Frozen," that she asked me just to pick up my phone and take a picture, random picture of kids running around. Then he goes back to his apartment, and then, after 9 in the morning, his cell phone appears in Chad Daybell's backyard. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan. [16], Shortly after, the Fremont County prosecutor's office announced they would be handling the case going forward. Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (September 24, 2002 - c. September 9, 2019) [a] and Joshua Jaxon " J. J. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. 2001 Lori Norene Cox marries Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr. September 24, 2002 Tylee Ryan is born to Lori and Joseph, who later divorce. POLICE OFFICER [bodycam audio]: So, we're here . Joshua, aged 7, and Tylee, age 16, went to Yellowstone National park with Loris and Loris's Brother. A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. LORI VALLOW: We're OK. How are you doing, babe? 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]. ROB WOOD: After (unintelligible) these phone calls, how did that make you feel? It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. The timeline in the disappearance and tragic deaths of JJ Vallow - KIVI Ryan W. Miller Joel Shannon. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. On the morning of July 11, he went to Lori's rental home in Chandler, Arizona, to pick up JJ and take him to school. he never hesitated to resort to violence if he believed he was defending his sister. Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. 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 . [57] She has since been deemed competent to stand trial after mental health treatment, incompetent, and again competent. 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; . Because of the second ruling of incompetence, the January 2023 trial date was canceled. [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. Jonathan Vigliotti: Lori hasn't been convicted of anything yet. And the only way to release their spirits to heaven was to kill the bodies. 1:11. Despite all of Lori's talk about demons inhabiting Charles's body, Morgan Loew says her motive may have been more mundane: money. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. Hey Lori. May 2, 2022 - The prosecution announced that they will be seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow. Lori, Alex and Tylee were questioned at the police headquarters. 'Cause he had so much possibility. CHARLES VALLOW: She threatened me, murder me, kill me. We look forward to addressing the allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor. [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. It scared the crap out of me. Judge splits trials of couple charged in triple murder case "There's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.". The whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. CBS News. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. MELANIE GIBB: Hi Chad. Cox says he came back and shot Charles Vallow dead. They saw him several times during their stay. 'I pictured this day so many times,' says Tylee Ryan's aunt following MELANIE GIBB: He carried him in, and he was asleep. The investigation is being led by the . 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. ALEX COX: Well it was over my sister. An Idaho judge says Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell's triple murder case will be tried separately. [e] According to Gibb, by the end of the weekend, Chad told Lori the two had been married in seven previous lifetimes. CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. and I really love JJ. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. Chad Daybell was also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Tammy Daybell. He had a lot of energy. 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. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho A married couple accused in a triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. At 9:55 a.m. on September 23, 2019, Cox returned to Chad Daybell's backyard. Tylee and JJ Cause of Death: What Reason Does Their Autopsy Report Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that . Yeah. A month later, Lori told them she got a new job in California, and sent an email saying she was taking JJ out of school. Lori was both thrilled and attracted to this belief system and became increasingly fixated on this newfound "purpose" and on Chad. December 8, 2022 - New trial date has been set for April 3, 2023. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. [2] When Rexburg police and the FBI arrived the next day to search the home, it was abandoned. It's like not a care in the world. But not everyone believes they played equal parts. [14], In 2015, Chad claimed he heard a voice telling him to relocate to Rexburg, Idaho. First published on October 3, 2020 / 11:09 PM. Somebody else must have helped with that. Chad Daybell's children reveal authorities told them their mother was Autopsies for 'Cult mom' children found dead in Chad Daybell's backyard He was getting physical with her. Because so many people were affected. October 31/November 1, 2019 Alex Cox and Lori's niece, Melani Boudreaux, reportedly seen by Melani's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux, packing up in. This finding was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. He's perfectly fine. 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. Judge Mallard decided to decrease bond to US$50,000 on each charge, totaling US$150,000, but noted that Chad would still need to post US$1 million in neighboring Fremont County to get out of jail. [27] At age 22, she married 23-year-old William Lagioia in Travis County, Texas, on October 22, 1995. RAY HERMOSILLO: He had duct tape continuously wrapped from elbow all the way around his arms, over his hands, all the way to his right elbow. 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. Tylee spent what's believed to be the last day of her life at Yellowstone National Park with Lori, JJ and Alex. I can't conceive of a scenario where she wasn't involved. [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. One of those close friends was April Raymond. His partner in this venture was a man identified in media only by the name Douglas, a graphic artist and manager. Lori goes from saying people are out to get her "I just feel like I'm being tracked all the time. CHARLES VALLOW [to police officer]: She's unhinged. The corpses of J.J. and Tylee were discovered at Chad’s residence on June 9, 2020, after authorities carried out a search order there. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. I'm like, 'why are police coming my door?'" Tylee Ryan told therapist her father molested her; Mom Lori Vallow said October 1, 2019 Lori rents storage locker in Rexburg in which children's belongings are later found. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. Vallow is in jail in Idaho facing felony child desertion charges. Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell to be tried separately in triple murder case [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. In . 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. There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". They abandon everything in Rexburg, including the contents of Lori's storage unit, and disappear until found in Kauai in late January. Police had followed Alex's Cox's cellphone data to the children's graves, and on June 9, 2020, Chad Daybell was arrested. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you read that email? 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. And we're grateful that we were chosen to share and to be part of his life for the time that we did. Joshua Vallow, Tylee Ryan disappearances may be tied to suspicious death In 2004, Chad founded Spring Creek Book Company, which he used to self-publish his end times fiction and other religious books. At Chad Daybell's preliminary hearing, Detective Ray Hermosillo testified the child was covered head to toe in duct tape. January 30, 2020 Lori misses court-ordered deadline to produce J.J. and Tylee.