Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. It was January 2020 and a nationwide manhunt was underway for Vallows adopted son Joshua JJ Vallow, 7, and her 17-year-old daughter, Tylee Ryan. Charles Vallow filed for divorce soon after the incident. biological Zulema Pastenes is the widow of Cox. 911 DISPATCHER: And is he hurt? As part of that belief, she said people's bodies including, JJ, Tylee and Charles Vallow were possessed by evil spirits, turning them into "zombies," former friend April Raymond told "48 Hours.". She was devastated when she learned Chad Daybell remarried just a couple of weeks after Tammy died, she said, but he told her that he and his new wife connected because they were both grieving over deceased spouses. Joseph Joe Ryan was the third husband of Lori Daybell. At one stage, shefled to Hawaiiwith Daybell to get married and there was no sign of either of her children at the ceremony. Bordeaux had already spoken with authorities about Lori Vallow, alleging that a vehicle she had access to was involved in an attempt to kill him in October 2019, according to a probable cause affidavit filed against Lori Vallow in 2020, before the childrens remains were found. The criminal trial against Lori Vallow Daybell a 49-year-old Rexburg, Idaho, mother accused of killing her two children involves several states, families and a monthslong search for her kids. At 9:55 a.m. on September 23, 2019, Cox returned to Chad Daybell's backyard. Joshua, known as JJ, had autism, and by all accounts he and his sister Tylee were close. They just I really thought he was comin' home. A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. What is what is happening? OFFICER DORENBUSH: She threatened to murder you? Leger and JJ's biological father, Todd Trahan, suffered from substance abuse issues and JJ was born addicted to drugs. Lori Vallow and Cox were questioned at the time but werent charged, as they claimed self-defense. Here are some of the key people involved in the case: Lori Vallow Daybell, a 49-year-old Rexburg mother, accused of killing her two children, JJ and Tylee, and conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybells then-wife. Chad Daybell and Lori' Vallow's hula dancing days were numbered. Go to Cox Business. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. All rights reserved. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. JJs father, Charles Vallow, is actually Woodcocks brother: He adopted JJ as a baby because JJs biological parents including Woodcocks son were unable to care for the child. 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. Yeah. His cell phone left a digital map. April Raymond met Lori in 2015 in Hawaii. Lori Vallow Daybell is on trial in Boise, Idaho, for her alleged role in the deaths of her 16-year-old daughter, Tylee Ryan; her 7-year-old adopted son, Joshua "JJ" Vallow; and her husband's first wife, Tammy Daybell. Todd's parents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, 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. The trial, which is expected to last up to 10 weeks, started on Monday, April 10, after a week of jury selection that saw dozens of potential jurors dismissed, many for being too familiar with details of the case or having already formed an opinion. "I spoke to her the night before she died, and at that point, she just wanted to find out the truth of how [JJ] ended up being murdered - she wanted to know that more than anything - and how he ended up being put in that dysfunctional environment, to begin with. You can listen to each day's testimony, which the court releases at the end of each day, onCBS News' YouTube channel. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? It was one of many tributes to the two lost children. Vallow 'Cause I didn't want to. However, both Leger and JJs biological father, Todd Trahan, suffered from substance abuse issues, resulting in their son being born addicted to drugs. She married again in her early 20s, and had a son named Colby before divorcing. BOISE, Idaho Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy that included unusual spiritual beliefs and efforts to kill those who stood in the way of her goals. 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. It was updated on May 29, 2021. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: Hi, who are are you? Morgan Loew: It's hard to discount the idea that a million-dollar life insurance policy would be a motive for a murder. But by 2019, that marriage had also soured. An undated photo shows Lori Vallow. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. Colby Ryan, who testified that he had a happy childhood, started crying on the stand when prosecutors showed him photos of Tylee and JJ, and talked about how Tylee was receiving social security benefits because her biological father Joe Ryan died in 2018. But the horror was just beginning to unfold. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with him. Investigators later exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy, which ruled her death was a homicide. The best I can describe was just blobs of flesh that were falling apart [] just burnt flesh, what appeared to be put in a green bucket. Vaisia Itaaehau: If I had one more day with JJ and Tylee, I would want them to know how much they did for me. Colby Ryan, who is Vallows son from a previous relationship, said in 2020 that his stepfather Joseph Ryan physically and sexually abused him. This is Chad Daybell's backyard. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. Police said its unclear whether she ever received the email before her death. JJs father, Charles Vallow, is actually Woodcocks brother: He adopted JJ as a baby After months of silence, they started speaking JJ's name and couldn't stop. But by 2019, that marriage had also soured. The results showed 99.9999% of the male population was excluded from being JJ's father. Charles Vallow, meanwhile, had been shot dead by Alex Cox in July 2019. Leger's death came almost exactly two years after JJ's remains were found. The Daybells who had a monthslong affair before getting married are accused of conspiring to kill Chad Daybells then-wife, Tammy Daybell, along with Vallow Daybells two children. Lori Vallow's daughter allegedly molested by dad before death Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. But shortly after what would have been Tylees 17th birthday in September of 2019, the tone and syntax of those texts changed. Their bodies were found the following year buried in Chad Daybells yard. That welfare check in November 2019 revealed that both kids were missing. Julia Allen: He was a spitfire, for sure. We're going to do it for JJ. HBO Max, SHOWTIME, STARZ, MGM+ & Cinemax. 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. this one sticks this one is bad. JJ's grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, could barely contain their grief as they listened. Jonathan Vigliotti: What went on in your mind when, weeks after Tammy died, Chad and Lori get married? And just let them know that I love them, and I've never met anyone like them. Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. Not a good match. I can only say it didn't feel right. Morgan Loew: I think what Lori didn't bank on was that Melanie had a conscience and Melanie was really worried about what happened. Woodcock was the first witness in the trial. Court documents later showed that Joshuas remains had been buried in a pet cemetery and that Tylee had been dismembered and burned in a fire pit. They were the center of her world. How come you're not telling anybody where your kids are?" He said in the divorce filing that his wife had threatened to murder him. Cox told police the shooting was in self defense, and was never charged in the case. Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. The couple had a baby girl named Tylee in 2002, but divorced just a few years later. At right is their mother's brother Alex Cox. He was shot and killed by one of Lori Vallows brothers, Alex Cox, on July 11, 2019. Joshua JJ Vallow Charles and Lori Vallow adopted JJ in 2014. The 7-year-old boy was killed and found buried in a shallow grave in June 2020 on Chad Daybells property. Morgan Loew: They're in this Hawaii vacation. Authorities in Arizona are also investigating the shooting death of Lori's former husband, Charles Vallow. ALEX COX: Well it was over my sister. One of those close friends was April Raymond. Zombies are described in the court documents as human bodies that have had their original spirits forced from them and have been possessed by a demon, a disembodied spirit or a worm or slug. The teenager had been dismembered and burned. The hunt continued even as police arrested Vallow Daybell in Hawaii on two felony counts related to the missing children and three other misdemeanors. Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell case: JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan found dead It was just to ask him to stop lying about what was going on.. Vallow Jonathan Vigliotti: Why do you think the children were murdered? Chilling details revealed in death investigation of JJ Vallow and Her late husband told police she believed she was "a resurrected being a god," "48 Hours" reported. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. But I love you with all my heart, and I have forever, and I will always love you. And the children who embraced the light. Daybell, 54, was also a member of the LDS church and a self-published author who wrote doomsday-focused fiction loosely based on church teachings. He moved to Idaho around the same time as Vallow Daybell in September 2019, but went back and forth between Idaho and Arizona. Who got a million dollars when he died. IE 11 is not supported. WebThey later adopted Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow. Morgan Loew: He goes into the house. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. And she comes back later with Tylee. Everyone wanted to know what happened to them. Cult beliefs, hazmat suits and charred remains: Key revelations from The couple later adopted JJ, who was the biological grandson of Vallows sister, and the family lived together with Tylee for years. WebIn April that year, Lori Vallows third husband, Joseph Ryan, biological father to Tylee Ryan, died of an apparent heart attack. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? Vallow The bucket was melted so it was kind of deformed.. And the only way to release their spirits to heaven was to kill the bodies. April Raymond: She did everything for JJ, everything for Tylee. Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Tammy Daybell. Lori later married Charles Vallow, and the Vallows adopted J.J., who was autistic. The 16-year-old was killed just a few days before her 17th birthday, and her body was found dismembered in June 2020 on Chad Daybells property. RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. They were last seen in September, and they were declared missing in November after extended family urged police to investigate. Vallow JJ Vallow's birth mom made a heart-wrenching plea for answers for her murdered son just hours before she died from heart complications, a friend has said. He reportedly believed he had numerous past lives and could talk to angels. Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be. Nate Eaton And now we're gonna talk about it. ROB WOOD [in court]: Where was he located when you saw him? Charles Vallow was killed in 2019, shot in an altercation with Vallow Daybell's brother, Alex Cox, in Arizona, where the Vallow family including JJ and Tylee and Cox were living at the time. The trial, in Boise, Idaho, could last up to 12 weeks as the prosecution and Vallows defense team try to cover multiple allegations. John Roark / The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool file. 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. Vallow Daybell is accused along with her husband, Chad Daybell, of murder in connection with the deaths of Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, who was last Todd's parents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, 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. Lori Vallow also has an adult son, Colby Ryan. They believed the world was going to end and that they needed to prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. In the end, Chad and Lori's belief in evil may prove to be true. He was getting physical with her. Soon his secret was out. 2014: Charles and Lori adopted Joshua JJ Vallow, who is the biological grandson of Charless sister Kay Woodcock, and her husband Larry Woodcock.JJ had autism, and Loris attorney said his parents could not take care of him, so they agreed to adopt him. "She threatened me, murder me, kill me," he told police in a conversation captured on video, "48 Hours" reported. His sister Tylee had also vanished without a trace days earlier, having last been seen during a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park on September 8. Born Canaan Trahan in May 2012, JJ was adopted by Lori andCharles Vallow- JJ's uncle - in 2013, shortly before his first birthday, and his name was later changed to Joshua Jaxton Vallow. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom - US He is in custody at the Fremont County Jail. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. Before she could complete the program, JJ's adoption to the Vallow family had already been finalized, they claimed. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. She alleged that Vallow told her at that time that Joshua had been replaced by a zombie, a claim similar to the one she made about Tylee earlier that spring. We could only dig for a couple of minutes. She then recorded a call with the couple about Joshua's whereabouts and why they had lied to police about his being with her, which she later turned over to police, Gibb said. 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. He was also still wearing a pair of red pajamas and a nighttime diaper, authorities told a courtroom during Lori's trial earlier this week. Joshua JJ Vallow & Tylee Ryan: 5 Fast Facts | Heavy.com "48 Hours" reached out to Chad and Lori's attorneys to ask whether their clients had some involvement in the children's deaths. 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 brought a tragic end to A grand jury charged her with conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree nearly two years after his death, the Maricopa County Attorneys Office said. The night before she died, Leger had made a defiant vow to a friend in a text message, voicing determination to get to the bottom of what happened to her biological son. Lori Vallow Trial: Mom Mouthed 'Oh My Baby' When Son Took the Morgan Loew: He said, "I need to report a shooting. I didn't hold it together at all. Morgan Loew: Because of the condition of of Tylee's remains, it's hard to tell what happened to her. But no one acted on it and Vallow let his guard down. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with the same crime: conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. Ahorrific discoverywould eventually be made on June 9, 2020, after authorities served a search warrant at the Rexburg home of Chad Daybell. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. According to marriage records, Charles Vallow was Vallow Daybells fourth husband; the two married in 2006. In 2012, the two adopted then 2-year-old Joshua, whose biological father was Vallow's nephew the son of his sister, Kay Woodcock. Cult mom Lori Vallow is currently on trial in a case that has shocked the nation with its bizarre doomsday cult ties and the tragic deaths of almost everyone close to For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Chad Daybell is the fifth and current husband of Lori Vallow Daybell. 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. She told the news outlet that it is feasible that he could have died of a heart attack, but she has questions about the autopsy. Joe Ryan was cremated. who in the Daybell case She was extradited to Idaho. "She beat herself up over it all so much, it really took a toll," another source said. He was last seen on Sept. 23, 2019, at Kennedy Elementary School in Rexburg, according to KPVI. Then came the news that he was never coming back. You do it to keep them from yelling or talking. RAY HERMOSILLO: Under the bucket was a partial human skull. And evilness took over their bodies. They found a melted bucket. As adults, they talked nearly every day, Gwilliam told the jury, and Tammy seemed healthy and was training to run a race just two weeks before her death. Chad Daybell was also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Tammy Daybell. The search continued into 2020, when police executed a search warrant on Daybell's property in Rexburg, Idaho. Tylee Ryan would have turned 17 on Sept. 24, 2019, but it's believed she died before her birthday. Documents in the police investigation obtained by NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City said a friend of the couple told authorities Chad Daybell claimed to have had a vision that Tammy would die on a trip and that when she didnt, he began to believe she had been taken over by a spirit and was a zombie.. First published on April 10, 2023 / 10:41 AM. At the time, Lori was married to businessman Charles Vallow. Soon after the newlyweds returned to Rexburg from Hawaii, JJ's grandmother, Kay Woodcock, sounded the alarm. DET. Cox says he came back and shot Charles Vallow dead. JJs father, Charles Vallow, is actually Woodcocks brother: He adopted JJ as a baby because JJs biological parents including Woodcocks son were unable to care They alleged that Gibb testified that she later heard from Vallow, who repeated the story she had told police about Joshuas being with Gibb. Tylee was born around 2002. Witnesses have described finding the bodies of JJ and Tylee as well as Vallow Daybell's religious beliefs. 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. 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. Lori and Tylee and JJ are there, and so is Alex Cox. Jonathan Vigliott | CBS News correspondent: How did you hold it together? Chad Daybells jury trial hasnt been scheduled. MELANIE GIBB: I appreciate those words, but if you really love me, you wouldn't have told the police that I had JJ with me. He was adopted by her third husband. Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell, have both been charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder, and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow's two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua
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