The investigation is being led by the . And they cut through that. Official statements will come from authorities. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: Our administrator came into my office. Their souls had left them. The judge lowered her bail to $1 million. Yeah. "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. What is what is happening? We know that Lori was angry about that. Margaret Travillion: And just that growth of watching him come out of himself was just wonderful. [52] At least two local bond companies were reportedly unwilling to work with her. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? 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.". Tylee was last seen alive at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. October 2019 Lori's brother, Alex Cox, believed to be seen on video security footage using Lori's storage unit numerous times during this period, usually alone. 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. 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. And finally. [ 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]. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with the same crime: conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. [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". The police arrived and shot video of Cox on the curb outside the home. His cell phone left a digital map. August 6, 2021 James Archibald, a death-penalty-certified attorney, is appointed as co-counsel for Lori Vallow. 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. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. The two soon began a private communication. She had heard enough excuses. 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. That was such a huge red flag to me. She was silent as her lawyers put in a plea of not guilty for her. February 8, 2019 Charles Vallow files for divorce from Lori. Margaret Travillion: That it made sense. His partner in this venture was a man identified in media only by the name Douglas, a graphic artist and manager. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . ', [] the children are not with Chad and Lori. Around the time of the death of Daybell's wife, Lori Vallow and . The couple was raising two children Tylee, Lori's teenage daughter from a former marriage, and their adopted son JJ, the grandson of Charles's sister Kay Woodcock. May 2, 2022 - The prosecution announced that they will be seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow. On the same day, Chad Daybell had a closed hearing. February 4, 2021 Prosecutor Lindsey Blake takes over the Fremont County case involving Tamara Daybell's death. JJ had autism and Lori seemed the ideal mother for him, says Raymond. December 8, 2022 - New trial date has been set for April 3, 2023. 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. 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. But the little boy was nowhere to be seen the next morning. I didn't hold it together at all. Chad later stayed at the Vallow residence in Arizona. And when she actually got to talk with him, it, yeah, just escalated from there. August 7, 2020 It is reported that Chandler, Arizona Police are planning to file a conspiracy to commit murder charge against Lori Daybell for the death of Charles Vallow. She was also charged with three misdemeanors: resisting or obstructing officers; criminal solicitation to commit a crime; and contempt of court. When the police returned to Lori's home, she embellished her story even more. MELANIE GIBB: He brought JJ into the house during the middle of the podcast. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? On June 10, his bail was set at $1 million. Melanie Gibb and her boyfriend David Warwick, both of whom testified at Daybell's hearing, were staying with Lori in Rexburg the last weekend of JJ's life. Lori's estranged 4th husband, Charles Vallow, was shot and killed in July 2019 by Lori's brother, Alexander Cox, who claimed self-defense; Cox died of a blood clot on December 12, 2019. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. It was a fresh start all right, but not in California. [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. 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". Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 19:21. Lori was held on US$5 million bail. DET. In October 2019, Chad's wife, Tammy Daybell, was attacked in her driveway by what she believed was someone shooting a defective paintball gun. ALEX COX [bodycam]: She came out to defend my sister with her bat. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. Then he goes back to his apartment, and then, after 9 in the morning, his cell phone appears in Chad Daybell's backyard. / CBS News. I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. July 15, 2022 - Lori Vallow-Daybells attorneys ask Judge Steven Boyce to clarify language in charges, separating potentially joined counts. Chad's home was also searched by investigators. 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. 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. February 20, 2020 Lori Vallow is arrested in Kauai and charged with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of dependent children. [46], As of September23, 2019[update], a doorbell video of J.J. playing with a friend is the last known video of him taken. [16] The couple's biological daughter, Tylee, was born in 2002. BOISE Additional testing is underway on the bodies of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow after the Ada County Coroner's Office completed autopsies earlier this month. 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. I never even considered that they weren't. [38], After Charles' death, his attorneys stated he was primarily concerned for J.J.'s safety and well-being, as he needed a consistent routine due to his special needs. One payment was sent on October 10, with a message that read "we love you", and the second payment was sent on October 16, with a heart emoji. Margaret Travillion: Because he was amazing. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. I didn't hold it together at all. 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. And on January 25, 2020, she was formally served an order to produce Tylee and JJ within five days. Here is what we know. There has been no new trial date set. September 2019 Lori, with Tylee, and J.J., moves to Rexburg, Idaho, to be with Chad Daybell. Roughly one month after JJ's death, Chad's 49-year-old wife Tammy Daybell, died mysteriously in her sleep. 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 . [51] She later agreed to be extradited back to Idaho to fight the charges. CHARLES VALLOW: She thinks she's a resurrected being and a and a god. 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; . CBS News. 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. Lori, Alex and Tylee were questioned at the police headquarters. Where is Lori right now? 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. His birth name was Canaan Todd Trahan. ROB WOOD | Madison County/City of Rexburg Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: And what did you observe when they did that? Morgan Loew: Everybody was hoping in the back of their minds that maybe there was a chance the kids were alive. [16][2] That night, a neighbor saw Lori and Alex Cox packing a truck outside her home. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: What went on in your mind when, weeks after Tammy died, Chad and Lori get married? She finally reached out to the police. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. 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. What is it over? His last confirmed sighting was at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. 0:05. Margaret Travillion: We're gonna talk about JJ dancing in heaven. They both had unconditional love for each other. February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan. Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. Morgan Loew: Why do you bind somebody's feet and hands and mouth in duct tape? In attendance were both Gibb and Chad, who was speaking at another conference in Mesa, Arizona. November 4, 2019 Alex Cox and Melani Boudreaux arrive in Rexburg. 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. She ignored it and was arrested on the island of Kauai on child abandonment charges. 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. And the FBI tracked the messages of Lori and her husband so they could find the real culprit easily. Vallow Daybell's children missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan are . Lori and Tylee and JJ are there, and so is Alex Cox. 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]. I can only say it didn't feel right. She was released from the mental health facility into the custody of the Fremont County Sherriff. In late 2019, he married Zulema Pastenes in, Daybell has been known by a variety of different legal names. "Chad Daybell was a gravedigger for a profession when he was younger. I don't know what your intention is on this phone call. Produced by Liza Finley and Richard Fetzer. The evidence of course will speak for itself. 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. [56] On May 27, 2021, Lori was found incompetent and unfit to stand trial, and her case was stayed. 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. 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. Morgan Loew: Lori, at that point takes JJ to school. February 24, 2020 In child custody court documents. 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. [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. Morgan Loew: Lori sort of viewed Alex as the destroyer of bad things in her eyes he was there to take care of the problems. On December 5, 2018, Chad and Lori appeared together on the Preparing a People[37] podcast episode "Time to Warrior Up". The judge also denies a request from prosecutors to have a jury transported from Ada County to Fremont County for the trial and re-affirms that the trial will happen in Ada County. I'm still not holding it together. Ten days later, Tammy was found dead in her home, purportedly from natural causes. The remains of the two children . The Chandler (Az.) Items are seen hanging on the fence in memory of Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, at Chad Daybell's residence in Salem, Idaho on Thursday, June 11, 2020. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan found dead. Evidence was collected, and Tammy's body was exhumed for autopsy. A new trial has not been scheduled. And the only way to release their spirits to heaven was to kill the bodies. [33], On February 24, 2006, Lori married Leland Anthony Vallow (August 17, 1956, Calcasieu, Louisiana July 11, 2019, Chandler, Arizona), commonly known as Charles Vallow, in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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. Both Daybell and Vallow are in custody in Idaho facing multiple charges related to the alleged concealment and destruction of evidence, but neither have yet been charged with murder. [16], In October 2019, two Venmo payments were made from Tylee's account to her older half-brother, Colby Ryan. Alex Cox, Lori's brother, incredibly, had also died. Her 17-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old son Joshua "JJ" Vallow have not been seen since September, and Vallow has refused to cooperate with the police investigation into her children's disappearance. Morgan Loew: I think what Lori didn't bank on was that Melanie had a conscience and Melanie was really worried about what happened. 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 . 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. May 25, 2021 Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell are charged with the murders of Tamara Daybell, Tylee Ryan, and JJ Vallow. We're going to do it for JJ. 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. August 5, 2021 Prosecution announces they are seeking the. On November 26, 2019, two months after JJ was last seen, Rexburg Police came knocking on Lori's door looking for the little boy. After JJ and Tylee's remains were found, they were taken to the Ada County Coroner's Office for an autopsy. He referred to others as light or "dark" and various gradations in between. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. April 28, 2022 - Judge Boyce denied request from Chad Daybell's attorney to drop his charges. He was getting physical with her. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Her younger adopted brother, J.J., was last seen alive on September 23, 2019, at Rexburg's Kennedy Elementary School. When the little boy who loved to dance first came to LIFE, a school for special needs students, he was a very different child than when he left, says Travillion. [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. And his grandmother Kay Woodcock was the threat. This is to make sure that she and Chad Daybell will be tried together. Authorities believe it is was they who embraced the darkness. Morgan Loew: Somehow, in 17 minutes, there was a grave dug and filled in. [e] According to Gibb, by the end of the weekend, Chad told Lori the two had been married in seven previous lifetimes. "[16], Authorities soon turned their attention to a Rexburg storage locker rented by Lori in October 2019. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and she resents assertions to the contrary. He withdrew the petition one month later, saying he "wanted to try to make the marriage work". Cindy Cesare and Alyssa Estrada are the lead development producers. Authorities in Arizona are also investigating the shooting death of Lori's former husband, Charles Vallow. July 12, 2019 Lori Vallow notifies Charles' sons from another marriage of his death via text message. [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. Ryan filed for divorce on August 13, 2004, which was finalized on May 18, 2005. With Lori now in jail, Chad Daybell returned home. They just I really thought he was comin' home. 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 . And that there was a demon living inside of him. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. Vallow was married to Joseph Ryan, Tylee's father, until 2004 when the couple divorced. April Raymond: She did everything for JJ, everything for Tylee. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says. Lori Vallow (their mother) and Chad were immediately arrested on . 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. Their cases have been merged and their team has moved to dismiss the charges and obtain a change of venue. February 24, 2006 Lori Ryan marries Charles Vallow. When JJ was there, you knew he was there. July 17, 2020 Lori Daybell's jury trial was set in Madison County for January 2529, 2021, on three misdemeanor charges. Instead of helping search, they skipped off to another vacation back in Hawaii. Benjamin Hyde: That gives me the willies, look at this! "Paint til you're blue." Some believe Chad Daybell was the driving force; others believe it was Lori. No one wanted this. 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. And evilness took over their bodies. His lawyers also asked that the trial be pushed back to the fall of 2023. April Raymond: The way she had explained it to me about Charles was that Charles was already dead. [49] When police reached Gibb by phone, she told police that J.J. was not with her and had not been there for several months. and It was just the beginning. Tylee was really protective over JJ. 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 . Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Chad Daybell and Lori' Vallow's hula dancing days were numbered. Noah Rodriguez. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the son of Vallow's subsequent . ROB WOOD: OK, what did she say about Kay? [16] Colby has said he had not heard from Tylee since these texts. 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. Benjamin Hyde: That was the number one thing that told me something was horribly wrong . December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. CHARLES VALLOW: She said, you're not Charles. Prosecutors charged Lori with conspiracy to murder Charles in June of this year, shortly after she was indicted over the deaths of her kids. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. April Raymond says Lori told her one of those evil beings was her own husband Charles Vallow. And so much potential. '", Through their lawyer, the Daybells stated that, "Chad Daybell was a loving husband and he has the support of his children in this matter. Investigative reporter and CBS News consultant Morgan Loew has covered this story since the beginning. Vallow is in jail in Idaho facing felony child desertion charges. "There's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.". How are you guys? September 8, 2021 Judge Boyce found Lori Vallow to still be incompetent based on the progress report from the mental health facility. A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. Gibb and Warwick testified that Cox put JJ to bed in Lori's room. Chad Daybell was a grave digger for a profession when he was younger. First published on October 3, 2020 / 11:09 PM. September 29, 2022 - For the second time, Lori Vallow-Daybell's trial has been suspended due to competency concerns. 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. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. 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. Ryan's sister Annie said on the "Dr. Phil" show that Vallow didn't tell her or other family members about Ryan's death for weeks. Investigators contended that "'Joshua and Tylee's lives are in danger. 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. Morgan Loew: Alex was Lori's protector. 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. to that big life insurance payout Kay Woodcock got from Charles Vallow. At the time, she went along with the self-defense story, but could she have changed her mind? Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. [49], More than a week later, Gibb called police saying that both Lori and Chad had asked her to lie to police about J.J.'s whereabouts but she refused. At right is their mother's brother Alex Cox. [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. One of those close friends was April Raymond. LORI VALLOW: My husband switched his life insurance policy to her right? Ryan W. Miller Joel Shannon. An aerial view of Todd Daybell's backyard, where the remains of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in June. While JJ was missing, no one at his old school spoke his name as if that somehow made it less real. Tylee Ashlyn Ryan (September 24, 2002 - c. September 9, 2019) [a] and Joshua Jaxon " J. J. 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. April Raymond: And she had described Tylee as having a dark spirit. LORI VALLOW: Well, they were going to "Frozen "2 today, so they may be at the movies. The autopsy results are not published but seeing the critical conditions of the children's dead bodies; were killed brutally. Margaret Travillion: I just get so angry. They were zombies. There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". JJ's grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, could barely contain their grief as they listened. [48] There they told others that Tylee had died in 2017 and/or that Lori had no minor children. [47], Chad and Lori were married in Hawaii on November 5, 2019, two weeks after the death of Chad's first wife, Tammy Daybell. Because so many people were affected. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside.