[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. 'Cause he had so much possibility. Inside the mysterious case of 3 deaths, 2 missing children and a Police efforts to locate J.J. led to the discovery that Tylee was also missing. They saw him several times during their stay. They wanted to start fresh. Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell case: JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan found dead 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. A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. February 4, 2021 Prosecutor Lindsey Blake takes over the Fremont County case involving Tamara Daybell's death. Because I think they are at the movies right now. In a subsequent interview, one of Tammy and Chad's children, Emma, said that her family has not been contacted regarding the results of her mother's autopsy. Another hearing set for September 8, 2021. However, in June 2020, the remains of the two children were found buried on the property of Chad Daybell, who has been charged with multiple counts related to their deaths. Vaisia Itaaehau: She was a fan of his writing. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. The discovery of the children in Chad Daybell's backyard was the result of a complicated six-month investigation that unraveled a sordid tale of murder, greed and religious fanaticism a story that began with their mother, Lori Vallow, who, to her friend April Raymond, was a woman who once seemed incapable of harming her own children. September 29, 2022 - For the second time, Lori Vallow-Daybell's trial has been suspended due to competency concerns. October 2, 2019 Brandon Boudreaux, Lori Vallow's nephew-in-law, is the target of a failed drive-by shooting in. After almost 13 years of marriage, Charles Vallow filed for divorce. 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". 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. Daybell was married. Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow died grisly deaths, and police allege their mother, Lori Vallow, was behind the murders. That pet cemetery just behind a bush where investigators found the charred remains of Tylee Ryan. "There's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.". Morgan Loew: What happened to those kids is is horrendous. And she comes back later with Tylee. MELANIE GIBB: Hi Chad. He and his wife Tammy had five children. July 12, 2019 Lori Vallow notifies Charles' sons from another marriage of his death via text message. In 2018, Ryan died of a reported heart attack. MELANIE GIBB: Take a picture of random kids to make it look like it was JJ. [47], Chad and Lori were married in Hawaii on November 5, 2019, two weeks after the death of Chad's first wife, Tammy Daybell. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. How Did JJ Vallow & Tylee Ryan Die? Forensic Expert Weighs In on October 1, 2019 Lori rents storage locker in Rexburg in which children's belongings are later found. He had a lot of energy. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. They were the center of her world. March 9, 1990 Chad Daybell and Tamara Douglas are married. He's the sweetest soul I've ever met. Margaret Travillion: And I literally remember coming into the classroom in the beginning and him just being very closed off To the later part of him being with us, just to "Miss Margaret" (chuckles). [27] At age 22, she married 23-year-old William Lagioia in Travis County, Texas, on October 22, 1995. It it was in every classroom, in every environment. JJ was wrapped in plastic and. It worked. At right is their mother's brother Alex Cox. Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. That's an awful coincidence . August 5, 2021 Prosecution announces they are seeking the. 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. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. April 11, 2022 - Judge Boyce declares that Lori Vallow is now competent to stand trial. 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. Around September 1, 2019, Lori, Tylee and JJ moved into a town home in Rexburg, Idaho not far from where Chad Daybell lived with his wife, Tammy. CBS News. Their cases have been merged and their team has moved to dismiss the charges and obtain a change of venue. Investigators contended that "'Joshua and Tylee's lives are in danger. CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? Julia Allen: He was a spitfire, for sure. Then came the news that he was never coming back. What is it over? Kind of a heaviness on the campus. Tylee spent what's believed to be the last day of her life at Yellowstone National Park with Lori, JJ and Alex. 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 . November 4, 2019 Alex Cox and Melani Boudreaux arrive in Rexburg. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. He was initially reported missing by relatives concerned about not only the childrenwhom they had not heard from in weeksbut also several other suspicious incidents. Tylee & JJ's Cause of Death: How Did the Vallow Children Die His birth name was Canaan Todd Trahan. Chad claimed that she had retired the night before "with a terrible cough" and died in her sleep. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. [e] According to Gibb, by the end of the weekend, Chad told Lori the two had been married in seven previous lifetimes. OFFICER DORENBUSH | Gilbert Police Department: What did she say yesterday? Cox (who changed his surname to Pastenes, the surname of his wife) died on December 12, 2019. February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you saw the photos of Chad and Lori in Hawaii, the ukulele in hand all smiles. She repeatedly dodges their questions regarding his cause of death. April 19, 2022 - Lori Vallow is arraigned. 2019 American disappearance and homicide case, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's marriage and flight, Tylee was last seen September 8, 2019, at. The thought of Tylee ending up that way was almost too much for Echo Itaaehau to bear. And they cut through that. Chad Daybell, a former gravedigger turned author, podcaster and doomsday prophet, was a married father of five. [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. April Raymond: I feel like they were a liability. 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ROB WOOD: OK, what did she say about Kay? Below that, a layer of black plastic. Cox says he came back and shot Charles Vallow dead. June 13, 2020 Authorities officially confirm the remains are those of the children. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. 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. 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. On June 10, his bail was set at $1 million. A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. 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. March 22, 2021 Scheduled court date for Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Morgan Loew: A second team of investigators were searching a different part of the yard. On February 20, 2020, Lori was arrested in Kauai, Hawaii, and charged with desertion and nonsupport of her dependent children. He dropped dead six months before JJ and Tylee were found. Morgan Loew: We know that in the spring of 2019, Lori started referring to Tylee as a zombie, to at least one of her close friends. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . But the horror was just beginning to unfold. Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell to be tried separately in triple murder case Judge splits trials of couple charged in triple murder case DET. Lori was held on US$5 million bail. Margaret Travillion: They say it takes a village to raise a child. She had heard enough excuses. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. 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. In the end, Chad and Lori's belief in evil may prove to be true. 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 . 0:57. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. [16], In October 2019, two Venmo payments were made from Tylee's account to her older half-brother, Colby Ryan. April 28, 2022 - Judge Boyce denied request from Chad Daybell's attorney to drop his charges. [53], On March 24, 2020, NBC News reported on documents showing that Chad and Lori became convinced that Tylee and J.J. were "possessed" and had become "zombies". With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. [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. After JJ and Tylee's remains were found, they were taken to the Ada County Coroner's Office for an autopsy. 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. [35] On September 24, 2019, Lori contacted the school to tell them that she was withdrawing J.J. from classes, claiming she would be homeschooling him. 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. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? 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. May 25, 2012 Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow is born, the son of Charles Vallow's nephew. Tammy Daybell died in October of 2019 just two weeks before her husband tied the knot with Vallow and about a month before his new wife's children, 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow and 17 . Cox alleged that he went to confront Charles about abusing his sister, whereupon "Charles Vallow struck him in the head with the bat, so he went to get his gun. [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. He's not moving. "Chad Daybell was a gravedigger for a profession when he was younger. [19] In 1992, at the age of 19, she married high school boyfriend Nelson Yanes, but the marriage ended in divorce shortly afterwards. April Raymond says Lori told her one of those evil beings was her own husband Charles Vallow. 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. The autopsy report suggests that Tylee's body was burned, dismembered, and dumped in a pet graveyard on the property, and JJ was discovered dead inside a plastic bag that had been duct wrapped. August 21, 2020 Chad Daybell pleads not guilty to all four of his felony counts against him. 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. Police in Hawaii searched Lori's rental car looking for evidence of the kids. 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. We look forward to addressing the allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor. Who got a million dollars when he died. Lori and Tylee and JJ are there, and so is Alex Cox. I didn't hold it together at all. Alex Cox, Lori's brother, incredibly, had also died. 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.". Lori goes from saying people are out to get her "I just feel like I'm being tracked all the time. 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; . [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. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. 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". The remains of the two children . 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. I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with him. I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: Our administrator came into my office. Police had followed Alex's Cox's cellphone data to the children's graves, and on June 9, 2020, Chad Daybell was arrested. November 29, 2019 Alex Cox marries Zulema Pastenes of. You do it to keep them from yelling or talking. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and she resents assertions to the contrary. 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