Lori Vallows daughter was allegedly molested by her biological father years before her doomsday-obsessed mom Instead of helping search, they skipped off to another vacation back in Hawaii. Documents detail horrific manner JJ Vallow Im not hiding, why would you think Im hiding? she responds. Cox told police he shot Charles Vallow, but Cox died before the re-investigation into the death and the grand jury. I'm still not holding it together. LORI VALLOW: OK, sure. So in a way, they were their equal match, in that they were destructive to each other. 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. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. Joshua JJ Vallow was last seen alive on 22 September 2019. Here are all the key people involved , Idaho murder suspect's former school district wont talk. He told authorities the Jeep appeared to be one Charles Vallow had given Tylee. Back then, the only two people who didn't seem concerned were Lori and Chad. Doha Madani is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. Vallow We're going to do it for JJ. Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom - US The last time anyone saw Tylee Ryan was in September 2019, when the family took a trip to Yellowstone National Park. Vallow Daybell claimed the only way to get rid of a zombie was to destroy the persons body, prosecutors say, and one friend told police she heard Vallow Daybell call the children zombies before they disappeared. Authorities said they believe Loris brother, Alex Cox who died from natural causes also conspired to kill JJ, Tylee and Tammy Daybell, according to the indictment filed by prosecution teams from Madison and Fremont counties. And finally. Lori Vallow went to the police department hours later, telling officers that she had caught her husband cheating and that she told him not to come home. 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. Like Vallow Daybell, he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. He is in custody at the Fremont County Jail. He said in the 911 call that he "got in a fight with my brother-in-law and I shot him." Friends of the couple told investigators that the pair shared the same unusual beliefs, including that they could tell if someone had been taken over by an evil spirit. When JJ was there, you knew he was there. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. Leger's death came almost exactly two years after JJ's remains were found. WebIn April that year, Lori Vallows third husband, Joseph Ryan, biological father to Tylee Ryan, died of an apparent heart attack. 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. You can listen to "Inside the Lori Vallow Daybell Trial" on the"48 Hours" YouTube Channel. Morgan Loew: It's hard to discount the idea that a million-dollar life insurance policy would be a motive for a murder. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. This is an area the Daybell family called the pet cemetery. IE 11 is not supported. 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. He also said they were both empty nesters, with no young kids at home, Gwilliam told the jury. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? Chad Daybell at a court hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Aug. 4, 2020. Zulema Pastenes is the widow of Cox. April Raymond: Part of her mission on Earth was to eliminate the darkness, the demonic the evil. All rights reserved. JJ's adoptive mom,Lori Vallow, and her doomsday author fifth husband,Chad Daybell, are accused of killing the two children and others as part of a depraved plot fueled by their bizarre religious beliefs. Joshua, known as JJ, had autism, and by all accounts he and his sister Tylee were close. Kay Woodcock, the biological grandmother of slain 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow, detailed Lori Vallow's shift in priorities from her children to her "Doomsday cult" on MELANIE GIBB: She said that Kay was trying to kidnap JJ. April Raymond: Tylee had a network of people that really did love her, and I don't know if she knew that. Charles Vallow Cut Lori Vallow Out of Life Insurance Policy: Sister What turned out to be the remains of Tylee Ryan. Joshua Vallow, sometimes referred to by the nickname JJ, was adopted in 2014 by Lori and her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and "48 Hours" producers offer trial recaps and analysis in a weekly podcast. Tylee spent what's believed to be the last day of her life at Yellowstone National Park with Lori, JJ and Alex. Somebody else must have helped with that. Daybell waived his right to a speedy trial, and a judge granted the request, so his will happen at a later date. Blake also argued that Vallow Daybell and her husband used their religious beliefs to try to persuade those around them not to question their actions and even to justify murder. Gwilliam is Tammy Daybells sister the only two girls in a family of five kids. ROB WOOD: OK, what did she say about Kay? A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom Woodcock was the first witness in the trial. Morgan Loew: What happened to those kids is is horrendous. He was adopted by Lori and her late husband Charles Vallow in Lori Vallow Trial: Mom Mouthed 'Oh My Baby' When Son Took the Her father was Vallows third husband, Joseph Ryan, who died of a heart attack in 2018 and had been in a bitter custody battle with Vallow over Tylee. According to a probable cause affidavit filed against Daybell, Gibb told authorities she had visited the couple at their home between Sept. 19, 2019, and Sept. 23, 2019. And that she was going to let the police know that JJ was with me.. Morgan Loew: One of the crime scene investigators cut a hole in the top of this plastic, and beneath the black plastic was some white plastic, like, plastic bag. Vallow Margaret Travillion: That it made sense. Vallow Grandmother Of Slain J.J. Vallow Testifies In Lori Vallow Trial Opening statements begin in trial of 'doomsday mom' Lori Vallow, accused of killing two children, Chad Daybell claimed to have had a vision, Lori Vallow's late husband seen on video telling police: 'She's threatened me, to murder me, kill me', learned that his wife was having an affair, probable cause affidavit filed against Lori Vallow, Melanie Gibb discusses her former friendship with Chad and Lori. It was a fresh start all right, but not in California. Tylees remains, meanwhile, were so badly burned that investigators were unable to determine a cause of death. Daybell had a religious-focused podcast, on which Vallow Daybell appeared. And JJ loved dancing. 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. "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. Alex told them Charles and Lori got into a fight. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. Not a good match. Investigators later exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy, which ruled her death was a homicide. 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. Melanie Gibb was a friend of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell who became a key witness in the case against them. RAY HERMOSILLO: Under the bucket was a partial human skull. Vaisia Itaaehau: If I had one more day with JJ and Tylee, I would want them to know how much they did for me. What is what is happening? 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. 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. Kay Woodcock asked police in Rexburg, Idaho, to check on JJ in November but Vallow Daybell told police he was in Arizona with a family friend. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. Jurors were heard gasping throughout the harrowing testimony. Lori Vallow, a blonde beauty pageant-winning mom from California, allegedly murdered her two children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua Jackson 'JJ' Vallow, seven. "There's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.". 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. We started to uncover just burnt flesh, charred bone, the smell was again of a decomposing body," added the detective of Tylee's remains, which had been dismembered and dispersed around the ground. 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. Police left after they told him that it wasnt a criminal case and that they werent able to execute a mental health check on his wife at the time. But by 2019, that marriage had also soured. Benjamin Hyde: That was the number one thing that told me something was horribly wrong . Two-and-a-half weeks later, the widower and the merry widow wed in Hawaii. Ryan, 27, is Vallow Daybells only living child. July 8, 2020 5:27pm. Police learned what happened to JJ by once again following Alex Cox's cell phone. However, both Leger and JJs biological father, Todd Trahan, suffered from substance abuse issues, resulting in their son being born addicted to drugs. I didn't hold it together at all. Charles was so spooked by Lori he went to the police. I just can't bear that thought. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I was not OK with it, because she told something to the police that was not true that I had no knowledge of, Gibb told the court, adding that she "had a really bad feeling in my stomach.". April Raymond JJ was very difficult to take care of So I really admired how patient she was with him and how much care she took of him. It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. 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. whose father is Ms Vallows uncle, Charles Vallows sister Kay Woodcock was JJs biological grandmother. Lori Vallow's murdered son's birth mother made a heart-wrenching They wanted to start fresh. 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. April Raymond: And she had described Tylee as having a dark spirit. Morgan Loew: Every time, Kay Woodcock, would call, there would be a different excuse about where the kids were. That includes JJ Vallows biological grandmother, Kay Woodcock Loris other son, Colby Ryan and Loris sister, Summer Shiflet. Lori refused several law enforcement orders to produce the children to officials. Lori Vallow's kids Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow have Joseph Anthony Ryan, is Tylees father. Joe Ryans sister, Annie Cushing, told East Idaho News that she has questioned her brothers death. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. April Raymond: I feel like it's difficult to conceive of a scenario where she didn't. Cult beliefs, hazmat suits and charred remains: Key revelations from First published on April 10, 2023 / 10:41 AM. Todd's parents,Kay and Larry Woodcock, temporarily fostered the boy as a baby before Charles and Lori assumed full custody to raise him as their own in Arizona. That's when she realized Charles Vallow had been shot to death. I just kind of loved how she would just play with him and just always have, like, a really good time with him. A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom Hey Lori. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? 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 That welfare check in November 2019 revealed that both kids were missing. He was raised by his grandparents Larry Woodcock and his wife Kay 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. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom - US Losing custody of her son took a significant toll on Mandy, friends said. Prosecutors in Lori Vallows case told the court that they plan to prove that the attempt on Bordeauxs life was part of a larger scheme to access Bordeauxs wealth through her niece. She had pleaded not guilty. By this time, investigators believe JJ was already dead. Margaret Travillion: I just get so angry. Missing Idaho kids mystery: Older son begs mom to come home 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. Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be. JJ's grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, could barely contain their grief as they listened. A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. The children's grandparents held a press conference on Tuesday asking the public for help. The two were estranged but still married when Vallow Daybells brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed Charles Vallow outside his Phoenix suburban home. The whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. 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. She has also been charged with murder in the shooting of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in Arizona. 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. At the time, Lori was married to businessman Charles Vallow. Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. Jonathan Vigliotti: What went on in your mind when, weeks after Tammy died, Chad and Lori get married? For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 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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. Cox says Tylee came out of her room with a bat. DET. She was extradited to Idaho. While JJ was missing, no one at his old school spoke his name as if that somehow made it less real. The police blurred Tylee's face, because she was a minor. 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 the mother-of-three and her new husband Chad Daybell. Because I think they are at the movies right now. Tylee's remains were found close by. In a podcast interview, Adam Cox also said he believed his brother had been indoctrinated with the same end-of-times beliefs as Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Vallow Friends told police that in some cases they determined a person had become a zombie, fully controlled by the evil spirit. Tammy Daybell, the first wife of Chad Daybell, died in October 2019. And just let them know that I love them, and I've never met anyone like them. I was also given known samples from Dennis Trehan as well as Ms. After Ryan moved out of the family home, he continued to exchange texts with Tylee. Lori Vallow-Daybell and JJ Vallow at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. She told jurors that JJ was born with some disabilities and was diagnosed with autism. He's perfectly fine. But I love you with all my heart, and I have forever, and I will always love you. Vallow Vallow ROB WOOD | Madison County/City of Rexburg Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: And what did you observe when they did that? But he was never formally charged with a crime because the 51-year-old died from a blood clot in December 2019. Chad Daybell is the fifth and current husband of Lori Vallow Daybell. Eventually the last conversation I had with Chad was in December, of 2019, Gwilliam told the jury. Investigators were able to piece together what happened after this photo was taken thanks to Alex Cox. He was last seen on Sept. 23, 2019, at Kennedy Elementary School in Rexburg, according to KPVI. Tylee, who had gone outside with JJ, and Lori, who says she was in another room both said they heard the shooting but didn't see it. CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? Charles Vallow filed for divorce in February 2019 after Lori Vallow started seeing Daybell and after she accused him of having an affair. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. 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. Joshua "JJ" Vallow's Biological Parents : r/JJandTyleeRyan - Reddit Lori and Chad were officially designated persons of interest in the disappearance of both JJ and Tylee the same month, with investigators believing the children's lives to be in danger due toLori's lack of compliancewith their ongoing investigation to find them. Lori's attorney had no comment and Chad's attorney did not respond. 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? Chilling details revealed in death investigation of JJ Vallow and "Part of her mission on Earth was to eliminate the darkness, the demonic the evil," Raymond said. JJs biological grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock JJs father is their son, and Kay is Charles Vallows sister became concerned when they were unable to speak with the boy on the phone. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. The teenager had been dismembered and burned. Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. They were the center of her world. No one wanted this. since JJs adoptive father, Charles Vallow, is deceased. Below that, a layer of black plastic. He was killed by her brother, Alex Cox, after the two fought in Arizona. I spotted a big raccoon along the fence. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were married roughly two weeks after Tammy Daybell's funeral. "We uncovered bits and pieces of Tylee - who we assumed was Tylee," he added. While not yet scheduled, his lawyers initially asked for it to be pushed back to the fall of 2023. MELANIE GIBB: He brought JJ into the house during the middle of the podcast. 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. I dont even think there was a fight, Adam Cox said in the interview. She told him that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell believed their children had been possessed and had become zombies," the documents said. Then came the news that he was never coming back. J. J. Vallow was born to his parents Todd Trahan and Chrysta. Something's happened to her. Lori Vallow and Cox were questioned at the time but werent charged, as they claimed self-defense. Jonathan Vigliotti: Lori hasn't been convicted of anything yet. Chad Daybell was a grave digger for a profession when he was younger. ROB WOOD: OK. And then what did she tell you?