WebIn April that year, Lori Vallows third husband, Joseph Ryan, biological father to Tylee Ryan, died of an apparent heart attack. April Raymond: Tylee had a network of people that really did love her, and I don't know if she knew that. Chad Daybell whose trial date hasnt been set also faces a first-degree murder charge in Tammy Daybells death. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. Charges dropped against son of Lori Vallow, the Idaho mom A smiling Lori Vallow on police bodycam video after learning her husband was dead. Joshua Vallow, 7, and sister Tylee Ryan, 17, went missing last September 23 in Rexburg, Idaho, authorities said. JJs biological father is Dennis Trahan, who is Kay Woodcocks son. The occasional money transfers continued too, though through a different phone app under his mothers name, he said. Investigators later exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy, which ruled her death was a homicide. Lori Vallow's kids Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow have Joseph Anthony Ryan, is Tylees father. 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. Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow a high-energy 7-year-old boy with a goofy smile died from asphyxiation because of a plastic bag over his head and duct tape over his In 2012, the two adopted then 2-year-old Joshua, whose biological father was Vallow's nephew the son of his sister, Kay Woodcock. A grand jury charged her with conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree nearly two years after his death, the Maricopa County Attorneys Office said. Vaisia Itaaehau: If I had one more day with JJ and Tylee, I would want them to know how much they did for me. April 28, 2023, at 6:10 p.m. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. The 7-year-old boy was killed and found buried in a shallow grave in June 2020 on Chad Daybells property. In an interview with NBCs Dateline in 2020, Gibb described Vallow as a puppet on Daybells hand. She and her husband, Larry, are JJs grandparents, which makes Charles JJs biological great-uncle. Instead of helping search, they skipped off to another vacation back in Hawaii. Leger's death came almost exactly two years after JJ's remains were found. Alex Cox, Lori's brother, incredibly, had also died. Charles told police in Gilbert, Arizona, he was worried about Lori and what she could do to Yeah. And the children who embraced the light. 2. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. ", Margaret Travillion [reading aloud] "If you're working or playing or sitting with friends you can [cries] dance til you're dizzy." Leger reportedly had visitation rights for the first six months of JJ's life before she relapsed and was ordered to go to rehab in order to regain access to her son, one source said. Copyright 2023, The Spokesman-Review | Community Guidelines | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy, Venezuelan tattoo artist creates graffiti mural for kids room at Wenatchee mission, 3 Richland school leaders 'knowingly' violated state law, WA Supreme Court rules , Lori Vallow Daybells case spans 3 states, 4 deaths. Eventually the last conversation I had with Chad was in December, of 2019, Gwilliam told the jury. You do it to keep them from yelling or talking. Daybellowned a religious publishing company, and his own writing focused on fringe beliefs, including what he said were his own near-death experiences and the end times. Morgan Loew: What happened to those kids is is horrendous. CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? While Daybell could face the death penalty, the judge ruled Vallow Daybell would not face capital punishment if convicted in the deaths of the children. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. "She was completely devastated [when JJ was found dead]," the friend told The U.S. Sun. One of the many tributes to JJ and Tylee. It was one of many tributes to the two lost children. A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow was the adopted son of Charles and Lori Daybell. 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. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? At the time, she went along with the self-defense story, but could she have changed her mind? The evidence of course will speak for itself. Tylees remains, meanwhile, were so badly burned that investigators were unable to determine a cause of death. They later adopted Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. Tylee Ryan was Vallow Daybells biological daughter. Like Vallow Daybell, he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. His biological father is Charles nephew. whose father is Ms Vallows uncle, Charles Vallows sister Kay Woodcock was JJs biological grandmother. J. J. Vallow Biological Parents, Age, Siblings, Charles Vallow The police blurred Tylee's face, because she was a minor. Friends told police that in some cases they determined a person had become a zombie, fully controlled by the evil spirit. Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski is Lori Vallows niece, and in 2019 she was divorced from Brandon Boudreaux. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Detective Ray Hermosillo testified that investigators had honed in on an area of concern near a tree during the execution of their search warrant. RAY HERMOSILLO: He had duct tape continuously wrapped from elbow all the way around his arms, over his hands, all the way to his right elbow. I dont even think there was a fight, Adam Cox said in the interview. Kay Woodcockpreviously describedto The U.S. Sun how the discovery of JJ's remains was, for her, a "waking nightmare" that left her emotionally scarred. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. Lori Vallow and Cox were questioned at the time but werent charged, as they claimed self-defense. At 9:55 a.m. on September 23, 2019, Cox returned to Chad Daybell's backyard. / CBS News. But around 2017, friends say Lori's relationships with her kids began to shift about the time she started reading the books of Chad Daybell. RAY HERMOSILLO: Under the bucket was a partial human skull. JJs biological father is Dennis Trahan, who is Kay Woodcocks son. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. The day after, Lori Vallow informed the school JJ would not be attending anymore. Alex told them Charles and Lori got into a fight. Sometimes she would send money to Colby Ryan through a phone app, and sometimes his mom would put money into Tylees account to send to him, he said. Their remains were found in June 2020 on a property in Fremont County, Idaho, that was owned by Chad Daybell. "I spoke to her the night before she died, and at that point, she just wanted to find out the truth of how [JJ] ended up being murdered - she wanted to know that more than anything - and how he ended up being put in that dysfunctional environment, to begin with. And they cut through that. since JJs adoptive father, Charles Vallow, is deceased. ROB WOOD: What did she ask you to do with that, again? By the time the deadline came around on January 30, Lori had failed to comply with the order. It's like not a care in the world. As a baby, JJ Vallow Jonathan Vigliotti: Lori hasn't been convicted of anything yet. CHARLES VALLOW: She thinks she's a resurrected being and a and a god. It was January 2020 and a nationwide manhunt was underway for Vallows adopted son Joshua JJ Vallow, 7, and her 17-year-old daughter, Tylee Ryan. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom - US I hurried and got my gun One shot did the trick. The bucket was melted so it was kind of deformed.. I don't know what your intention is on this phone call. And then Police tracked his cell phone to Lori's apartment at 2:45 in the morning on September 9th. Prosecutors have alleged that the couple planned to kill Tylee and steal the Social Security benefits she was receiving because her father had died. RAY HERMOSILLO: I observed what looked to be brown human hair. UPDATE: Testimony reveals how Vallow Daybells children died Police said its unclear whether she ever received the email before her death. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and "48 Hours" producers offer trial recaps and analysis in a weekly podcast. 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. Lori Vallow, a blonde beauty pageant-winning mom from California, allegedly murdered her two children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua Jackson 'JJ' Vallow, seven. UNIDENTFIED PERSON #1: Could you get a hold of her at some point and say, "Can you please call back the officer that's been trying to call you?". After months of silence, they started speaking JJ's name and couldn't stop. Because so many people were affected. Vallow Tammy and Chad Daybell had five children together. 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. Lori refused several law enforcement orders to produce the children to officials. He told authorities the Jeep appeared to be one Charles Vallow had given Tylee. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. Daybell had a religious-focused podcast, on which Vallow Daybell appeared. He had a lot of energy. Gwilliam told the police the location of the pet cemetery on Chads and Tammys Salem, Idaho, property, which led to authorities finding Tylees remains, according to East Idaho News. DET. Margaret Travillion: That it made sense. Police had followed Alex's Cox's cellphone data to the children's graves, and on June 9, 2020, Chad Daybell was arrested. By this time, investigators believe JJ was already dead. Vallow Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. 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. The two were estranged but still married when Vallow Daybells brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed Charles Vallow outside his Phoenix suburban home. That welfare check in November 2019 revealed that both kids were missing. 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Lori contacted JJ's specialist elementary school the following day, informing administrators that the young boy would not be returning and that she'd now be homeschooling him instead. Chad Daybell said his new wife's name was Lori Ryan, and that her previous husband had died of a heart attack. April Raymond: I feel like whatever story we were given about how Charles was killed was not the truth. Todd's parents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, Vallow 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. Sources familiar with the matter told The U.S. Sun that Leger's dad and step-mom requested to foster JJ in the hope of keeping him in Louisiana but were denied by local Child Protection Services (CPS) officials. Charles Vallow was killed in 2019, shot in an altercation with Vallow Daybell's brother, Alex Cox, in Arizona, where the Vallow family including JJ and Tylee and Cox were living at the time. LORI VALLOW: My husband switched his life insurance policy to her right? Though he was born of Vallow Daybells second marriage, when his mother remarried Colby took Joe Ryans last name. Investigators were able to piece together what happened after this photo was taken thanks to Alex Cox. 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 . Vallow Daybell is also charged with grand theft, a felony, allegedly for collecting Social Security benefits on behalf of her children, including those Tylee was receiving because of her father's death. She had heard enough excuses. 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. Lori Vallows daughter was allegedly molested by her biological father years before her doomsday-obsessed mom Benjamin Hyde has known Chad Daybell since the two men were missionaries together when they were 19. Below that, a layer of black plastic. LORI VALLOW: Like, "Hi neighbors, sorry" [laughs]. Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Morgan Loew: Charles He was worried about his safety and the safety of his children. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. He's the sweetest soul I've ever met. Bordeaux had already spoken with authorities about Lori Vallow, alleging that a vehicle she had access to was involved in an attempt to kill him in October 2019, according to a probable cause affidavit filed against Lori Vallow in 2020, before the childrens remains were found. 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. JJ Vallow was born premature and was later diagnosed with autism, Kay Woodcock explained. ALEX COX: Well it was over my sister. Mandy Leger passed away in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on June 15, 2022, from natural causes brought on by hypertensive heart disease, a coroner's report obtained by The U.S. Sun showed. They believed the world was going to end and that they needed to prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Shortly before he died, he changed the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy from his wife to his sister. And his grandmother Kay Woodcock was the threat. Vallow Vallow An aerial view of Todd Daybell's backyard, where the remains of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in June. A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom Mandy Leger: JJ Vallows biological mom died from anguish and She married again in her early 20s, and had a son named Colby before divorcing. Colby Ryan, who testified that he had a happy childhood, started crying on the stand when prosecutors showed him photos of Tylee and JJ, and talked about how Tylee was receiving social security benefits because her biological father Joe Ryan died in 2018. All that potential, all that love gone. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? While not yet scheduled, his lawyers initially asked for it to be pushed back to the fall of 2023. As indicated in court records, Tylee Ryan, at age 5, also said that her father had sexually abused her and Colby. Melani Pawlowski outside a courthouse in Mesa, Ariz., on Feb. 27, 2020. Vallow There, they found human remains, later identified as JJ and Tylee his, duct-taped and in red pajamas, and hers, badly burned. To see the trial, you have be there in person andget a reservationfor a seat in the courtroom or one of two overflow rooms a day ahead of time. They are investigating her for conspiracy to commit murder. CHARLES VALLOW: She threatened me, murder me, kill me. It it was in every classroom, in every environment. Vallow "Chad Daybell was a gravedigger for a profession when he was younger. Colby Ryan is Vallow Daybells eldest son. Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow was the adopted son of Charles and Lori Daybell. 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. CHARLES VALLOW: Yes. JJs father, Charles Vallow, is actually Woodcocks brother: He adopted JJ as a baby because JJs biological parents including Woodcocks son were unable to No one wanted this. The call starts with Ryan asking Vallow Daybell if she thought she could keep hiding from him. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? Vallow