August 5, 2021 Prosecution announces they are seeking the. 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. April 19, 2022 - Lori Vallow is arraigned. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. That's not that's not what a friend does. And when she actually got to talk with him, it, yeah, just escalated from there. A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. Echo Itaaehau [in tears]: I just can't bear the thought of Tylee being scared and JJ being scared or know or knowing what was happening and by who. The scary story tells about the life and crimes of Lori Vallow Daybell, who has been called the "doomsday mom" by the media. Yeah. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. 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. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. Vaisia Itaaehau: I just always had that hope that they were alive. December 8, 2022 - New trial date has been set for April 3, 2023. Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow died grisly deaths, and police allege their mother, Lori Vallow, was behind the murders. 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. September 29, 2022 - For the second time, Lori Vallow-Daybell's trial has been suspended due to competency concerns. 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. POLICE OFFICER [bodycam audio]: So, we're here . And JJ loved dancing. Their cases have been merged and their team has moved to dismiss the charges and obtain a change of venue. It's like not a care in the world. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. [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. Authorities believe J. J. died around that time frame based on location data on the cell phone of his uncle. March 21, 2022 - Judge denied Chad Daybell's request to separate his case from Lori Vallow's case. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho A married couple accused in a triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. Fun times.". that's a real thing. [16][2] That night, a neighbor saw Lori and Alex Cox packing a truck outside her home. An Idaho judge says Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell's triple murder case will be tried separately. He's there for a couple of hours. December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. However, police uncovered a cryptic series of messages that proved to be . The evidence of course will speak for itself. 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. One of the many tributes to JJ and Tylee. It was a fresh start all right, but not in California. 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. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. October 19, 2019 Tammy Daybell is found dead in her home in. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. And Lori thought/ that was a liability. December 2011 Alex Cox's probation ends more than one year before it was originally scheduled to end (May 2013). And now we're gonna talk about it. Margaret Travillion: I just get so angry. 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. 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. May 25, 2012 Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow is born, the son of Charles Vallow's nephew. Lori told Gibb she was hiding JJ because he was in danger. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? At the time, she went along with the self-defense story, but could she have changed her mind? He's perfectly fine. 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. January 30, 2020 Lori misses court-ordered deadline to produce J.J. and Tylee. Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. 2007 Alex Cox (Lori's brother) attacks Joseph Ryan with a taser and threatens his life; Cox sentenced to 90 days in jail and 5 years of probation. "There's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.". August 6, 2021 James Archibald, a death-penalty-certified attorney, is appointed as co-counsel for Lori Vallow. ROB WOOD: OK, what did she say about Kay? Police efforts to locate J.J. led to the discovery that Tylee was also missing. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. They were the center of her world. Sometime in 2018 Lori met Chad Daybell and spent time with him away from her family. The results were completed by February 2021 but have not been made public. "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. The remains of the two children . 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. Since the children's remains were found, they are no longer considered missing and the investigation is now focused on determining the circumstances surrounding their deaths.[60][61][62]. She finally reached out to the police. She ignored it and was arrested on the island of Kauai on child abandonment charges. Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. Morgan Loew: Why do you bind somebody's feet and hands and mouth in duct tape? Because of the second ruling of incompetence, the January 2023 trial date was canceled. In 2018, Ryan died of a reported heart attack. Their souls had left them. Beneath the rocks, they found thin pieces of wood paneling. The autopsy reports of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan have not been publicly released, as the investigation into their deaths is ongoing. CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? 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. 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. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. August 21, 2020 Chad Daybell pleads not guilty to all four of his felony counts against him. April 11, 2022 - Judge Boyce declares that Lori Vallow is now competent to stand trial. Some believe Chad Daybell was the driving force; others believe it was Lori. 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. LORI VALLOW: He's with one of my friends in Arizona. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the son of Vallow's subsequent . Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. 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. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. Cox was never charged in connection to Charles Vallow's death. Some details of their last moments and autopsy have not been made. [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. Morgan Loew: The medical examiner performed an autopsy on Alex Cox and found that he died of natural causes. They Googled Charles Vallow's name and learned the truth. In 2016, the Vallow family moved back to Arizona. [48] There they told others that Tylee had died in 2017 and/or that Lori had no minor children. [16], In October 2019, two Venmo payments were made from Tylee's account to her older half-brother, Colby Ryan. [16] Colby has said he had not heard from Tylee since these texts. Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, was responsible for the murders of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who both met horrifying ends. [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. In November 2019, police questioned the children's mother, Lori (Cox) Yanes Lagioia Ryan Vallow Daybell, about the children's whereabouts and welfare. Echo Itaaehau: I didn't. Investigative reporter and CBS News consultant Morgan Loew has covered this story since the beginning. September 9, 2020. 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. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: Our administrator came into my office. April Raymond says Lori told her one of those evil beings was her own husband Charles Vallow. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. Morgan Loew: I think what Lori didn't bank on was that Melanie had a conscience and Melanie was really worried about what happened. Morgan Loew: He said, "I need to report a shooting. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. [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. [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. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. She repeatedly dodges their questions regarding his cause of death. But what killed them? But it was Tylee's bond with JJ that Vaisia will always remember. February 10, 2020 CBS News reports police found Tylee's cell phone with Lori's belongings in Hawaii. and It was just the beginning. Those who were "light" were "followers of Jesus Christ". ROB WOOD [in court]: Where was he located when you saw him? The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. Over the past year, Cushing has advocated . They wanted to start over. 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. MELANIE GIBB: Horrible. Little is known about his death as investigators await results from an ongoing autopsy. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. On November 26, 2019, two months after JJ was last seen, Rexburg Police came knocking on Lori's door looking for the little boy. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. It is horrifying! November 30, 2019 Newly divorced Melani Boudreaux marries Ian Pawlowski of Rexburg in Las Vegas, one day after Alex Cox (Melani's uncle) wed Zulema Pastenes. 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. April Raymond: I feel like it's difficult to conceive of a scenario where she didn't. How come you're not telling anybody where your kids are?" He's not moving. Despite all of Lori's talk about demons inhabiting Charles's body, Morgan Loew says her motive may have been more mundane: money. Melanie Gibb testified, "She asked me just to pick up my phone and take a picture of random kids to make it look like it was JJ.". 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. 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 passed away in 2018 of natural causes, according to investigators. This finding was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. The trial is set for October 11, 2022 to December 16, 2022. LORI VALLOW: We're OK. How are you doing, babe? March 3, 2023 - Judge has severed the case of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow. [34] In 2013, the couple adopted Vallow's grandnephew, Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow (born 2012),[35] and in late 2014, they moved to Kauai, Hawaii.[16]. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. 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.". February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. CHARLES VALLOW: She said, you're not Charles. Morgan Loew: He goes into the house. Her younger adopted brother, J.J., was last seen alive on September 23, 2019, at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. [46], As of September23, 2019[update], a doorbell video of J.J. playing with a friend is the last known video of him taken. July 17, 2020 Lori Daybell's jury trial was set in Madison County for January 2529, 2021, on three misdemeanor charges. Because I think they are at the movies right now. ROB WOOD: After (unintelligible) these phone calls, how did that make you feel? ', [] the children are not with Chad and Lori. It's the last moments of the children's lives that keeps Echo up at night. On December 5, 2018, Chad and Lori appeared together on the Preparing a People[37] podcast episode "Time to Warrior Up". When JJ was there, you knew he was there. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? 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 . He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. But they got one thing wrong. I just can't bear that thought. February 20, 2020 Lori Vallow is arrested in Kauai and charged with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. 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. ROB WOOD | Madison County/City of Rexburg Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: And what did you observe when they did that? 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. According to Gibb, Chad stated that he had lived 31 different lives on various earth-like planets. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. March 3, 2022 - Prosecutors in Arizona announce that they will not file conspiracy to commit murder charges against Chad Daybell in the attempted shooting case of Brandon Boudreaux. The police blurred Tylee's face, because she was a minor. Police. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. 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. 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. [2] When Rexburg police and the FBI arrived the next day to search the home, it was abandoned. 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? I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with him. ALEX COX: Well it was over my sister. 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. Julia Allen: He was a spitfire, for sure. Morgan Loew: It appears that Chandler Police believe Lori had something to do with Charles's death. 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. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with the same crime: conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. But as they dug further, they found some things that were strange. Two months later, Tammy's body was exhumed and autopsied. [57] She has since been deemed competent to stand trial after mental health treatment, incompetent, and again competent. JJ was wrapped in plastic and. 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. Autopsy performed on Idaho remains positively identifies JJ and Tylee | KUTV SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - The autopsy performed by the medical examiner's office on the bodies found on the property. Noah Rodriguez. They saw him several times during their stay. "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. Even if her mother didn't [cries]. After months of silence, they started speaking JJ's name and couldn't stop. [18], Lori Ryan Daybell,[d] also referred to as Lori Vallow Daybell, was born Lori Norene Cox on June 26, 1973, in San Bernardino, California. She was released from the mental health facility into the custody of the Fremont County Sherriff. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1992 with a B.A. 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. He dropped dead six months before JJ and Tylee were found. '", Through their lawyer, the Daybells stated that, "Chad Daybell was a loving husband and he has the support of his children in this matter. GRAPHIC CONTENT: New clues found on #JJVallow's remains that could lead to his cause of death. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. He and his wife Tammy had five children. I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. He filed for an order of protection against Lori at the advice of his attorney, citing a "genuine fear for his life". JJ was found dead in a duct-taped plastic bag while Tylee's body was burned, dismembered, and left in a pet cemetery on the property. Lori's attorney had no comment and Chad's attorney did not respond. A new trial has not been scheduled. [c] In early October 2019, Brandon Boudreaux, the then-estranged husband of Lori's niece, Melani, was shot at in the driveway of his Gilbert, Arizona, home from a vehicle still registered to the deceased Charles Vallow. In . [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. 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 . [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. "Where are your kids? 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". No one wanted this. October 8, 2021 - Judge grants Chad Daybell's request for a change of venue. Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. Police initially determined that Cox acted in self-defense, but the case was reopened later that year when Lori's children Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, seven, were reported missing. It appears the first problem was a 16-year-old girl: Tylee Ryan. 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 she was kind of like another mama to him. On June 10, his bail was set at $1 million. Recently released autopsy reports, photos, and results have provided crucial insight into the cause of their deaths. 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. Source: So, shook up, she called Lori and Chad 12 days later and secretly recorded it. March 9, 2020 Lori remains in jail, and some local bail bond companies reportedly have refused to assist her. November 4, 2019 Alex Cox and Melani Boudreaux arrive 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. Tylee Ryan’s cause of death. Soon his secret was out.