December 5, 2018 Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow meet. JJ's teacher Julia Allen says he made a big impression in a small amount of time. He withdrew the petition one month later, saying he "wanted to try to make the marriage work". July 2014 Lori and Charles officially adopt Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow. In 2016, the Vallow family moved back to Arizona. May 2, 2022 - The prosecution announced that they will be seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow. And just let them know that I love them, and I've never met anyone like them. 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 . May 27, 2021 Lori Vallow is deemed incompetent and unfit to stand trial. RAY HERMOSILLO [in court]: They began pulling up the sod and topsoil which revealed three large white rocks, flat rocks. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. 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 . Yeah. December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. Tweet. DET. On November 26, 2019, two months after JJ was last seen, Rexburg Police came knocking on Lori's door looking for the little boy. May 29, 2021 / 10:42 PM The results were completed by February 2021 but have not been made public. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. DET. According to Gibb, Chad stated that he had lived 31 different lives on various earth-like planets. He was getting physical with her. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. Ryan W. Miller Joel Shannon. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. [55], On July 17, 2020, in light of the two felony counts against Lori having been dropped, her bond was lowered by Madison County judge Michelle Mallard. January 30, 2020 Lori misses court-ordered deadline to produce J.J. and Tylee. What is it over? And so much potential. This story previously aired on October 3, 2020. LORI VALLOW: Well, they were going to "Frozen "2 today, so they may be at the movies. Newly released video shows Tylee Ryan fidget as she talks to Chandler, Arizona police about her stepdad's shooting death. Echo Itaaehau: I didn't. [c] Cox tasered Ryan and threatened to murder him. Then came the news that he was never coming back. 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. 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. February 10, 2020 CBS News reports police found Tylee's cell phone with Lori's belongings in Hawaii. 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. He and his wife Tammy had five children. Investigative reporter and CBS News consultant Morgan Loew has covered this story since the beginning. RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. She was silent as her lawyers put in a plea of not guilty for her. The investigation is being led by the . Beneath the rocks, they found thin pieces of wood paneling. 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. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. CHAD DAYBELL phone call]: Hello, sweet Melanie. [12][13] On May 25, 2021, Lori and Chad were charged with the first degree murders of Tylee, J.J., and Tammy. Investigators at Chad Daybell's preliminary hearing In August 2020 described in chilling detail finding the remains of the two children in Daybell's backyard. She remains incarcerated in Kauai awaiting extradition to Idaho. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . J. J. was last seen on the evening of September 22, 2019, at his mother Lori Daybell's Rexburg apartment. "Where are your kids? [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. August 21, 2020 Chad Daybell pleads not guilty to all four of his felony counts against him. Authorities believe it is was they who embraced the darkness. 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. 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. 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 VALLOW: I don't know why you're being controversial to me or if you're recording this conversation for the police or whatever. [57] She has since been deemed competent to stand trial after mental health treatment, incompetent, and again competent. MELANIE GIBB: He brought JJ into the house during the middle of the podcast. So, shook up, she called Lori and Chad 12 days later and secretly recorded it. Police efforts to locate J.J. led to the discovery that Tylee was also missing. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, was responsible for the murders of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who both met horrifying ends. Police in Hawaii searched Lori's rental car looking for evidence of the kids. October 19, 2019 Tammy Daybell is found dead in her home in. This is an area the Daybell family called the pet cemetery. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you saw the photos of Chad and Lori in Hawaii, the ukulele in hand all smiles. The only thing we we can know for sure is that At one point, whoever did this, dismembered her body and burned it. Vallow Daybell's children missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan are . Chad Daybell, a former gravedigger turned author, podcaster and doomsday prophet, was a married father of five. Lori explained why. Evidence was collected, and Tammy's body was exhumed for autopsy. In 2018, Ryan died of a reported heart attack. She ignored it and was arrested on the island of Kauai on child abandonment charges. November 4, 2019 Alex Cox and Melani Boudreaux arrive in Rexburg. 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. [ Lori] knows where they are or what has happened to them, but she has 'completely refused to assist this investigation, [choosing instead to leave the state with her new husband]. He's not moving. 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 . Morgan Loew: The medical examiner performed an autopsy on Alex Cox and found that he died of natural causes. Vallow was married to Joseph Ryan, Tylee's father, until 2004 when the couple divorced. 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. [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. And JJ loved dancing. 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 whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. He's the sweetest soul I've ever met. J." He had a lot of energy. "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. ALEX COX: Well it was over my sister. Here is what we know. Autopsy confirms remains found on Chad Daybell's property belong to JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan Chad Daybell was booked into the Fremont County Jail after police say they found what appears to be human . Cox says he came back and shot Charles Vallow dead. Two-and-a-half weeks later, the widower and the merry widow wed in Hawaii. [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. At this point in the ongoing investigation, only Chad and Lori know the truth about what happened to JJ and Tylee. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? Investigators contended that "'Joshua and Tylee's lives are in danger. Morgan Loew: Lori, at that point takes JJ to school. But the horror was just beginning to unfold. 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. Morgan Loew: In 30 years, I've never covered a story quite like this. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho A married couple accused in a triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. Reality and justice were not far behind. It's like not a care in the world. '", Through their lawyer, the Daybells stated that, "Chad Daybell was a loving husband and he has the support of his children in this matter. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. 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. 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. But not everyone believes they played equal parts. Two months later, Tammy's body was exhumed and autopsied. On the same day, Chad Daybell had a closed hearing. [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. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. Vaisia Itaaehau: If I had one more day with JJ and Tylee, I would want them to know how much they did for me. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. [50], On February 20, 2020, Lori was arrested by the Kauai Police Department in Princeville, Hawaii, and charged by prosecutors in Madison County, Idaho with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. September 9, 2020. Over the past year, Cushing has advocated . Vallow is in jail in Idaho facing felony child desertion charges. [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. Around 2015, Lori read Chad Daybell's Standing in Holy Places series of books, reportedly becoming "obsessed" with them. That was such a huge red flag to me. And JJ loved blue. 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Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. His last confirmed sighting was at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. One of those close friends was April Raymond. RAY HERMOSILLO: I observed what looked to be brown human hair. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. [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. He and Tammy moved there from Springville, Utah, that June. 2019 American disappearance and homicide case, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's marriage and flight, Tylee was last seen September 8, 2019, at. November 27, 2019 Chad and Lori are seen packing. 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. There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". 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. 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. May 25, 2012 Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow is born, the son of Charles Vallow's nephew. 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. 0:57. His cell phone left a digital map. 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. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? 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June 29, 2020 Police execute another search warrant at the home of Chad Daybell. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, which he served in Austin, Texas. 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]. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that . 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. 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. 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 . Video footage shows her and her brother, Alex Cox,[c] moving items in and out of the locker prior to her departure. 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. He's perfectly fine. Morgan Loew: They're in this Hawaii vacation. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with him. Because so many people were affected. LORI VALLOW: That's why the neighbors don't know us very well. Chad Daybell was a grave digger for a profession when he was younger. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. What else is happening with the bizarre case, missing kids? April Raymond: She did everything for JJ, everything for Tylee. It takes a community to raise one of our children and JJ had a community. 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 .