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. MELANIE GIBB: He carried him in, and he was asleep. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. 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. 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[15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. [51] She later agreed to be extradited back to Idaho to fight the charges. Morgan Loew: They dug up a cat. They wanted to start over. [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. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan found dead. 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 . In 2016, the Vallow family moved back to Arizona. However, police uncovered a cryptic series of messages that proved to be . It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. 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. [52] At least two local bond companies were reportedly unwilling to work with her. The police arrived and shot video of Cox on the curb outside the home. 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 . RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. CHAD DAYBELL phone call]: Hello, sweet Melanie. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. Morgan Loew: He tapped into this "prepper" element out there, people who wanted to prepare for Armageddon. Ten days later, Tammy was found dead in her home, purportedly from natural causes. October 9, 2019 Tamara "Tammy" Daybell calls police after a masked assailant attempted to shoot her in her garage with what she believed was a paintball gun. This is Chad Daybell's backyard. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, which he served in Austin, Texas. DET. Tylee Ryan’s cause of death. Morgan Loew: He said, "I need to report a shooting. 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. They were zombies. 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. 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. 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. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. CBS News. Vallow had two sons from a previous marriage, Nicholas and Zachary Chase. 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. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. That's an awful coincidence," reporter Morgan Loew said of the children's bodies being found buried in Daybell's backyard. The only thing we we can know for sure is that At one point, whoever did this, dismembered her body and burned it. 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. [59], On June 10, 2020, the Woodcock and Ryan families confirmed that the human remains found on Chad's property were those of Tylee and J.J. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? 0:00. The whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. So, shook up, she called Lori and Chad 12 days later and secretly recorded it. Some believe Chad Daybell was the driving force; others believe it was Lori. February 2019 to March 2019 Lori Vallow disappears for 58 days. POLICE OFFICER [bodycam audio]: So, we're here . And finally. May 26, 2022 - The start date of Lori Vallow's trial has been changed from October 11, 2022 to January 9, 2023. CHARLES VALLOW: She thinks she's a resurrected being and a and a god. How come you're not telling anybody where your kids are?" and she was kind of like another mama to him. February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. Roughly one month after JJ's death, Chad's 49-year-old wife Tammy Daybell, died mysteriously in her sleep. 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. 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 . Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be. His uncle Alex Cox later went to take J. J. to his apartment. Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? Police efforts to locate J.J. led to the discovery that Tylee was also missing. Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. That's an awful coincidence . On May 25, 2021, they were formally charged with murder in the first degree in the deaths Tylee and JJ. 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. June 13, 2020 Authorities officially confirm the remains are those of the children. On the same day, Chad Daybell had a closed hearing. It appears the first problem was a 16-year-old girl: Tylee Ryan. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. It was updated on May 29, 2021. 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. They are investigating her for conspiracy to commit murder. 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. At right is their mother's brother Alex Cox. After almost 13 years of marriage, Charles Vallow filed for divorce. Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. Chad later stayed at the Vallow residence in Arizona. Court documents later show that Tylee's body was dismembered and partially burned, while J.J.'s body was wrapped in black plastic bags and secured with duct tape. September 9, 2020. Cushing is the sister of Joseph Ryan, Tylee's father and Lori's third husband. Morgan Loew: It appears that Chandler Police believe Lori had something to do with Charles's death. Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. Something's happened to her. 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. Benjamin Hyde: That was the number one thing that told me something was horribly wrong . [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]. There has been no new trial date set. Cox was never charged in connection to Charles Vallow's death. Requests from Chad to separate his case from Lori's have been denied. He passed away in 2018 of natural causes, according to investigators. His last confirmed sighting was at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. [12][13] On May 25, 2021, Lori and Chad were charged with the first degree murders of Tylee, J.J., and Tammy. The thought of Tylee ending up that way was almost too much for Echo Itaaehau to bear. Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. And the FBI tracked the messages of Lori and her husband so they could find the real culprit easily. [46], As of September23, 2019[update], a doorbell video of J.J. playing with a friend is the last known video of him taken. It is horrifying! RAY HERMOSILLO [in court]: They began pulling up the sod and topsoil which revealed three large white rocks, flat rocks. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. The county sheriff's office did not find the perpetrator. They just I really thought he was comin' home. [57] She has since been deemed competent to stand trial after mental health treatment, incompetent, and again competent. 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. [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. March 9, 2020 Lori remains in jail, and some local bail bond companies reportedly have refused to assist her. Below that, a layer of black plastic. Morgan Loew: Every time, Kay Woodcock, would call, there would be a different excuse about where the kids were. Vaisia Itaaehau: I just always had that hope that they were alive. and It was just the beginning. I spotted a big raccoon along the fence. By the time the remains of 7-year-old JJ Vallow and his 16-year-old sister Tylee Ryan were found buried in shallow graves on Chad Daybell's property in June 2020, they had become two of the most famous missing children in America. Morgan Loew: Lori sort of viewed Alex as the destroyer of bad things in her eyes he was there to take care of the problems. 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. Lori, Alex and Tylee were questioned at the police headquarters. February 10, 2020 CBS News reports police found Tylee's cell phone with Lori's belongings in Hawaii. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? No one wanted this. JJ and Tylee Autopsy Report The couple, Lori Willow and Daybell, are charged with first-degree killing and are on death row, so the court hasn't released the autopsy results yet. May 29, 2021 / 10:42 PM Morgan Loew: Charles He was worried about his safety and the safety of his children. Chad Daybell, a former gravedigger turned author, podcaster and doomsday prophet, was a married father of five. LORI VALLOW: Well, they were going to "Frozen "2 today, so they may be at the movies. How are you guys? It's like not a care in the world. 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. The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. 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. September 8, 2021 Judge Boyce found Lori Vallow to still be incompetent based on the progress report from the mental health facility. 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. 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. August 10, 2019 The last time grandparents Larry and Kay Woodcock reportedly speak with J.J. August 30, 2019 Lori returns J.J.'s service dog, citing "a change in life circumstances". And JJ loved dancing. DET. And she comes back later with Tylee. February 20, 2020 Lori Vallow is arrested in Kauai and charged with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. He's perfectly fine. 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. Morgan Loew: Because of the condition of of Tylee's remains, it's hard to tell what happened to her. this one sticks this one is bad. November 27, 2019 Chad and Lori are seen packing. October 2, 2019 Brandon Boudreaux, Lori Vallow's nephew-in-law, is the target of a failed drive-by shooting in. She had heard enough excuses. 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 . She was given another 180 days to attain competence. Margaret Travillion: And just that growth of watching him come out of himself was just wonderful. He's there for a couple of hours. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. Margaret Travillion: Because he was amazing. I'm like, 'why are police coming my door?'" First published on October 3, 2020 / 11:09 PM. USA TODAY. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . [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. LORI VALLOW: We're OK. How are you doing, babe? 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. GRAPHIC CONTENT: New clues found on #JJVallow's remains that could lead to his cause of death. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. Joshua, aged 7, and Tylee, age 16, went to Yellowstone National park with Loris and Loris's Brother. he never hesitated to resort to violence if he believed he was defending his sister.