Vallow's four former husbands are Nelson Yanes, William Lagioia, Joseph Ryan, and Charles Vallow. "Lori talked about death a lot actually, talked about the next life, how great the next life is and how its going to be perfect, and how her kids wont have to suffer in the next life," Adam said. The chief medical examiner for Utah took the stand, testifying about Tammys body being buried and then exhumed in late 2019. Charles Vallow and Cox planned to stage an intervention for Vallow at her Arizona home in July 2019, but the intervention never happened. That would change after Lori Vallow would begin to associate herself with Chad Daybell in 2018. Per a court order obtained by PEOPLE, was committed to 90 days in a psychiatric facility run by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Cox remembers his younger sister from a simpler time: growing up in Southern California as the middle of five siblings; teaching her how to shoot a basketball; her joining the cheer squad in ninth grade; even her brief marriage to her high school sweetheart. The Daybell couple is also charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of Lori Vallow's children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell's trials are both scheduled for 2023 in Idaho. Adam Cox recalls moments with his sister Lori Vallow and brother Alex Cox. Police say this is the last known photo of Tylee before she disappeared. Neighbors reportedly claimed that Daybell acted "strangely" a week before his first wife diedat their Salem home. Gwilliam testified she asked Chad Daybell if he and his new wifewould be raising the kids together. And some family members may believe one thing, and other family members may believe another thing," said Cox, referring to how Lori Vallow and Alex Cox explained events to other family members. "I saw a change in 2018," Larry Woodcock, Lori's former father-in-law, told PEOPLE in January 2021. JJ Vallow was discovered bound in duct tape with a plastic bag over his head, his body lying in black plastic bags. Meanwhile, Tylee's cause of death was determined "homicide by unspecified means.". In February 2020, unearthed surveillance footage then appeared to show Vallow dumping children's items at a storage facility, around the time she and Daybell fled to Hawaii. That December, police declared Tammy Daybell's death "suspicious," and her body was exhumed for an autopsy. The brother and nephew of Lori Vallow, who with her husband Chad Daybell is charged murdering her two children, said the union between Vallow, obsessed with death and the afterlife, and Daybell, a doomsday evangelist, was the "perfect storm.". The call was from the Daybell residence at the 200 block of 1900 East in Salem, Idaho. Vallow is accused of killing her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybell's ex-wife, Tammy. The couple married in Hawaii soon after. Gwilliam said she spoke with her sisterthe last time she was ill. Duringavisit with Tammy Daybell two weeks before she died in October 2019, Gwilliam said her sisternever mentioned she felt sick. Together with his wife Tammy Daybell, he was raising five children. Gwilliam also testifiedshe asked Chad Daybell why he wasburying her sister in Springville, Utah, rather than in Rexburg, Idaho, where Chad and Tammy Daybelland theirkids lived. Lori "had a lot of things going for her like a lot. Police returned the next day to find Vallow gone and her home vacated. Here are the celestial shows to look out for this month. In 2005, Lori married Charles Vallow, with whom she adopted J.J. Charles is also a father to two children from his previous marriage to Cheryl Wheeler. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, were both at the courthouse in the eastern Idaho town of St. Anthony for court proceedings; Vallow Daybell for an arraignment that was delayed for months while she underwent treatment at a mental health facility, and Chad Daybell for a hearing over the trial venue. Attorneys began selecting 18 potential jurors for the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, charged in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot. Brenda Dye, the Fremont County coroner, and Cammy Willmore, the Fremont County deputy coroner, arrived at the Daybell residence within an hour of each other early that morning between 6-7 a.m. Willmore said she went to the bedroom where Tammy Daybell's body was and found her on the bed. John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Inside Lori Vallow's Internet History: Wedding Dresses on Day Tammy Daybell Was Buried & Kids' Life Insurance, Forensic Pathologist Reveals How Lori Vallow Daybell's Son J.J. Was Killed, Daughter's Cause of Death Unknown, Lori Vallow Daybell Is on Trial for Murder. A county coroner,Brenda Dye, who also testified on Friday said she found Tammy Daybell dead at her house. Meanwhile, Lori's former in-laws, Larry and Kay Woodcock, have urged her to be "half-honest" about their grandson's death. He added that Lori "loved her daughter and loved J.J.," leaving him and wife Kay struggling to reconcile who she was with the murders she was accused of committing. By Jeff Truesdell, Corin Cesaric, and Greg Hanlon. Its not for the Lord.". Throughout the course of her life, Vallow has been married at least five times - including her current husband Chad Daybell, according to East Idaho News. Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell are charged with the murders of Vallow's kids - JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, who vanished in September 2019. He told them Lori believed she was a "god" preparing for the end of days. Police say this is where the last known photo of Tylee was taken before she vanished. "And she goes, 'You think I'm crazy, don't you?'". Rexburg Police Officer Chuck Kunsaitis also testified that in August 2019, just before Tammy Daybell's murder, Vallow attempted to buy matching, glow-in-the-dark, malachite-inlay titanium rings from Etsy. For all previous and extensive coverage on this case, visit https://fox10phoenix.com/vallow + watch the in-depth special here. Two weeks later, she was extradited to Idaho. Like Nephi killed just to stop the pain and to stop him coming after me and to stop him coming after my children.". "The partial DNA profile matched the DNA profile provided for Lori Vallow Daybell," DNA analyst Keeley Coleman testified Monday of the hair stuck to a piece of adhesive. Samantha described the couple as awkward and said that Chad Tylee Ryan experienced some sort of trauma with a bladed tool. 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He is also being charged in their deaths. "We would have taken them! On April 26, 2023, Dr. Garth Warren, a forensic pathologist, revealed J.J.'s cause of death. Lori did not have cancer, and it was Woodcock who later reported J.J. missing to authorities. Charles was the estranged husband of Vallow when he was fatally shot by her brother last year in Phoenix. In the recording, Shiflet yelled at her sister about the alleged crimes, revealing that Lori went to Hawaii and was "dancing on the beach" after her kids' deaths. It was Daybell's second marriage and Vallow's fifth. The couple, who were both doomsday preppers, have been connected to a number of deaths, including Vallow's previous husband and her brother, along with her kids and his ex-wife. "(Chad Daybell)said that he thought it would be better if she was down there because its cold in Rexburg, and they wouldnt get to visit her as much," Gwilliam testified, according to East Idaho News. He did not specify what made her incompetent, nor what treatment she'd require. Cox was never charged with a crime, and he later died of natural causes. two youngest kids, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, discovered by authorities in Chad Daybell's backyard near a "pet cemetery," in June 2020, sibling's dead kids were "thrown away like garbage,", found in plastic bags and also "charred and burned. "[T]he term 'zombie' refers to an individual whose mortal spirit has left their body and that their body is now the host of another spirit," Rexburg police Lt. Ron Ball wrote in an affidavit obtained by PEOPLE. Friends say it appeared to be a happy marriage. "There's so much deceit. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had both been recently widowed when they were married on a beach in Hawaii in Nov. 2019. Car break-ins in day care parking lots have become an issue in Gilbert after a series of these incidents were reported. In April 2022, Judge Boyce declared that Lori was "restored to competency and fit to proceed.". Vallow was declared "not competent to proceed" with trial by an Idaho judge earlier this year and it remains unclear if she will ever stand trial. Vallow's Adam Cox is still struggling to make sense of everything that has unfolded. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. No one in the family wanted an autopsy, Dye said, including Chad Daybell. Daybell's daughter, Emma Murray, says she believes Chad was framed by Alex Cox and Lori Vallow Daybell. "CULT" mom Lori Vallow, whose kids were found "charred" and "buried" in Idaho nine months after they vanished, has had five different husbands since 1992. Lori, 49, has been married five times. Gwilliam took to the internet, searching Lori Ryan's name. Tammy Daybell was murdered, and someone had asphyxiated her. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Lori is currently married to Chad Daybell, 'Cult mom' Lori Vallow has first court date as prosecutors say she 'helped Chad Daybell hide her missing kids' bodies', failing to produce proof of life for her missing kids, acted "strangely" a week before his first wife died, appeared to show Vallow dumping children's items at a storage facility, Daybell has since pleaded not guilty to all the charges, Vallow was declared "not competent to proceed" with trial, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Vaisia Itaaehau met the Vallow family when they lived in Arizona. ADA COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) Forensics were center stage at the start of court on Thursday in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, who is accused of killing her two youngest children and conspiring to kill her fifth husbands first wife, Tammy Daybell. April showers bring May flowers, and apparently, that's the case for the full moon this month too. BOISE, Idaho - A piece of Lori Vallow's hair was apparently stuck to a piece of duct tape wrapped around her murdered 7-year-old son's body, a witness testified Monday, according to local reports. Vallow Daybells first marriage, to a high school sweetheart when "I don't remember the exact wording, but she basically told me she knew where they were and they were safe," Shiflet recalled. "Whatever plan they had, I really believe that they thought they were gonna get away with it," he said. Lori Vallow Daybell was also charged with conspiring to murder Charles Vallow. Vallow and her fifth husband, have been linked to a string of suspicious deaths that occurred prior to their Hawaii wedding. However, their She loved her grandkids," Gwilliam said through tears. Daybell is also charged with the murder of his ex-wife and insurance fraud while Vallow is additionally charged with grand theft for allegedly continuing to draw Social Security benefits for her children after their deaths. The couple was later charged with first-degree murder of the children and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder against the children and Daybell's ex-wife, according to court documents. The children were eventually found buried on his property. Death isn't good enough," said Adam Cox. She was extradited back to Idaho to face multiple felony counts, including desertion and non-support of dependent children. In 2019, Charles Vallow became very worried about Lori, and he went to the police with his concerns. Even after Vallow Daybell's arrest, the couple refused to say where the children were. I discovered (Loris) name was tied to Vallow, and it brought up newspaper articles about a man in Arizona who had been shot in his own home by his brother-in-law. His testimony was accompanied by chilling postmortem photographs of J.J. and Tylee. JJ and Tylee, I am so sorry for what happened to you guys. Tammy Daybell died the year before her 50th birthday, Gwilliam said, and she remembered planning the celebration with her sister. "Oh my Oh man.". Things between her and Chad Daybell seemed off for a bit, but her sister was a close confidant to Gwilliam -- and never brought it up. 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On Dec. 20, 2019, Rexburg police and the FBI issued a press release announcing J.J. and Tylee were missing and endangered, and that Vallow and Daybell had fled the area, launching the story into national headlines. They were later discovered "charred" and "buried next to dead pets in the backyard of her Daybell's Idaho home on June 9, court documents revealed. Attorneys for Daybell and Vallow did not immediately respond to NBC News' requests for comment Wednesday. Cox told police that Lori and Charles got into a fight. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Lori Vallow's friend Melanie Gibb would later say she heard Chad Daybell and Lori talking about "zombies" people whose souls were replaced by "dark spirits." The bodies of Vallow's kids were found "charred"in Idaho. Eventually, a forensic examination of Alex Cox's phone led investigators to the backyard of Chad Daybell's property, where on June 9, 2020, the buried remains of J.J. and Tylee were discovered. JJ and Tylee disappeared in September 2019 butweren't reported missing until months later. ", "This paints a graphic and horrible picture of what was done to these kids," said Rachel Juarez, a Los Angeles-based attorney and a judge onthe TV court show, "Hot Bench." J.J. and Tylee's remains were found buried on Chad's property on June 9, 2020. They have both pleaded not guilty. 0:00. However, Gwilliamdisputed Chad Daybell's cause of her sister's death and testified that her sisterseemed very healthy andeven wanted to run in a race, East Idaho News reported. He was remarried two weeks later. The FBI, Rexburg PD and Fremont County Sheriff's Office descend upon Chad Daybell's home and property in search of the missing children. Adam told us he was really worried about Lori, said Janis Cox. ', Vallow Daybell's trial has been the subject of national fascination and scrutiny. In this March Lori Vallow Daybell, who is Chad Daybell's most recent wife, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in her death. "Losing our precious Tylee and JJ in this horrific way is more than we can bear," Cox Shiflet wrote. In the documents, Vallow accused his wife of becoming infatuated at times obsessive about near death experiences and spiritual visions. "Vallow further elaborated to Gibb that she had traveled with JJ and handed him off to Kay in an airport.". 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Charles filed for divorce from Lori in 2019, citing her religious beliefs and alleged threats against his life if he got in the way of what he said she believed to be her mission. The couple was together for three years before divorcing in 2004, and KSAZreported Ryan died of an apparent heart attack in 2018. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Vallow's brother Alex Cox, Colby Ryan's uncle on July 11, 2019. Daybell has since pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and his trial started on November 8, 2021, and is expected to last five to six weeks. Chad Daybell's children, clockwise from top left, Mark Daybell, Leah Murphy, Seth Daybell, Garth Daybell and Emma Murray. According to Fox10 Phoenix, Chad informed Lori via email that Tylee's spirit was rated "4.1D" and J.J.'s "4.2L," also noting that Tylee's deceased father Joseph's spirit was a "4.3D. Neighbors reportedly claimed that Daybell acted "strangely" a week before his first wife diedat their Salem home. In court documents, Charles expressed that he feared for his and the children's safety. Updated on: April 28, 2023 / 5:03 PM "It's heart-wrenching. Lori met author and self-proclaimed doomsday prophet Chad Daybell in 2018 and married him on Nov. 5, 2019 two weeks after the death of Chad's wife Tammy Daybell and three weeks before the missing person's case was opened for J.J. and Tylee. Gwilliam also testified she noticed the summer before her sisterdied, Chad Daybell seemed "more distant"and was acting very different. In 2001, Vallow then married her third husband Joseph Ryan - who was Tylee's biological father. "Clean couple, no pets, no kids," the application read, according to FBI Special Agent Mike Douglass, who testified in an Idaho courtroom Wednesday during the second week of Vallow's trial. In Sins of Our Mother, we initially see the show play out from what we know of the timeline of Lori Vallow Daybell's life starting with her previous marriages, up to Chad and Vallow Daybell are charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two of Vallow Daybells children: 7-year-old Joshua JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. Adam Cox has a hard time coming to grips with what has happened to his family. At the time, police said Vallow and her current husband, Chad Daybell, had lied about the kids' whereabouts and even their existence. But still, he can't wish the worst for his sister. Vallow and Lagioia - the biological dad of Vallow's eldest son Colby Ryan - married in 1995, but parted ways a year later. "If she says, 'Im not going to tell you where the kids are,' that means the kids arent alive. Charles Vallow went to the house where Lori Vallow was living with the children in Chandler, Arizona. "The way they would describe it is that Dad went to work and Lori would leave," Wheeler told the East Idaho News. In June 2021, Lori Vallow Daybell was also charged with conspiring to murder Charles Vallow. Thats not for me. The episode, entitled "The Doomsday Files," aired on November 12, 2021, at 9pm EST. "They were ready to be taken," said Vallow's brother, Adam Cox on "The Followers: Madness of Two" podcast, which is exploring the case. More 911 calls were also released surrounding Tammy's death. Her first marriage came in 1992 when, at the age of 19, she married high-school boyfriend Nelson James. Cox said. Ryan died in 2018 of an apparent heart attack, which authorities confirmed after looking into his death when an audio recording surfaced of Lori saying, "I went through a lot of years of this kind of hard stuff, and I was going to murder him. She asked if the two were going to raise any children together. "With scriptures, they got all twisted up the way that Chad explained things the way that she interpreted things.". But that didn't make sense to Gwilliam. She was told Chad Daybell and his son Garth Daybell moved the body back to the bed and covered it up with blankets. Authorities later confirmed that they identified the remains as JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Lori and Charles Vallow adopted JJ Vallow. Wailing and crying is heard in the background of the call. "I know I went into shock again and thought, 'Why in the world would they kill the kids and then bury them on Chad's property?'" Authorities dug in areas of the backyard where Alex Cox's cellphone had pinged in September 2019. John Glatt, author of The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family, describes Vallow's marriage to her third husband, Joseph Ryan, as "toxic." Evidence photos show she was wrapped up in a blue comforter laying sideways on the bed, with red and pink foam leaking from her mouth and running down her cheek. After learning Vallow Daybell had kids, Gwilliam testified that she askedChad Daybell:"Please tell me about this woman you replaced my sister with?". Chad Daybell, Tammy Daybell's husband, is charged with her murder. ", The morning after Tylee Ryan disappeared, investigators say that Alex Cox's cellphone GPS placed him in Chad Daybell's backyard, on the property for about 2 hours. He says She would tell him that she had spoken to Jesus Christ "face to face" and that she was a "translated being" who could not die. The remains of Tylee and JJ were found on Daybell's Idaho property in June of 2020. According to him, Gwilliam said "she had a hard life" and the two bonded from grieving a spouse. J.J.'s body had been wrapped in plastic and duct tape, while Tylee's remains had been dismembered and burned. It's an emotional disaster You get a sick feeling in your stomach that that could even happen.". The Idaho judge said news organizations will no longer be able to shoot still photography or videos inside the courtroom. Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, is a beautician by trade, a mother of three, and a wife five times over. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. I was like, Look, Lori is saying some crazy stuff. The investigation uncovered an even darker tale, including a string of deaths of people close to Vallow and Daybell, as well as their adherence to a strange doomsday ideology. Why investigators believe religion, greed and an affair led an all-American mom on a trail of death. Rexburg Police Officer Alyssa Greenhalgh also responded to the call, and she testified that she questioned Chad Daybell about what happened that morning. Wheeler claimed that she became concerned for Lori's mental health within Lori's first year of marriage to Charles. When Gwilliam testified shespoke to Chad Daybell in December2019, she said he and Lori Vallow were likely living off insurance money. "The ripple effect is unbelievable about what its done to our family.". Tammy Daybell's cause of death was originally ruled as a pulmonary edema from "natural causes" -- but when her body was exhumed for further investigation in December 2019, the medical examiner determined this wasn't the case, according to the Fremont County coroner. The episode, entitled "The Doomsday Files," aired on November 12, 2021, at 9pm EST. 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 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty in his case. I never heard her say that, said Cox. Within weeks, Lori and Chad married. Woodcock said she was concerned and hadn't heard from JJ in months. He went into the bathroom to help her clean up, and got her back to bed. Lori Vallow Daybell was arrested in Hawaii on February 20, 2020.Two weeks later, she was extradited to Idaho. 'Devastated' by Chad Daybell's new marriage: Tammy Daybell's sister takes the stand in Lori Vallow trial When Tammy Daybell was found in her bedroom, Chad Lori's ex-husband Charles Vallow claimed in a February 2019 court filing that part of why he wanted to divorce her was because of her extreme religious beliefs, some of which allegedly threatened him with violence, per court documents obtained by Fox 13.