The boy was asphyxiated with a plastic bag and duct tape over his mouth. Vallow had initially told cops her children were staying with a family friend in Arizona when police conducted a welfare check at the family home in Rexburg. Zac lived with Vallow, her fourth husband, Charles, and the kids for more than a year starting in late 2017 and thought of Tylee and JJ as siblings. At the time, police said Vallow and her current husband, Chad Daybell, had lied about the kids' whereabouts and even their existence. In 2006, Lori married Charles Vallow and the couple adopted JJ after Charles' sister, Kay Woodcock, who had been caring for the boy at the time, suggested the idea. Video later showed Charles in distress as he was worried for his children's lives and his own - because Vallow had allegedly threatened to murder him. He told Gwilliam her name was Lori Ryan, she said. 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She relocated her kids to Rexburg, Idaho. Tylee was last seen on Sept. 8, 2019. Lori's former friend, April Raymond, told "48 Hours" that Lori started referring to her husband, Charles Vallow, as a "demon.". ", Wheeler recalled that as long as she knew of Lori, Lori never worked. LORI Vallow's alleged hitman brother once tried to have sex with her when she was in seventh grade and was "fixated on her," according to a new book. Rexburg, Idaho, police are investigating the October 2019 death of Daybell's wife, Tammy, who died weeks before her husband married Vallow in Hawaii. 2:28. 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. Adam said he and Vallow were raised Mormon, but the family was not strict. I wanted to be just like her.". I got close enough that one shot did the trick. 20/20 spoke to Janis Cox a month before the bodies were found. Her sister was healthy and active. In order to be closer to Daybell, a married father of five, Lori Vallow, J.J., Tylee and her brother Alex Cox relocated from Arizona to Rexburg, Idaho, in September 2019. Police say this is where the last known photo of Tylee was taken before she vanished. Lori did not have cancer, and it was Woodcock who later reported J.J. missing to authorities. The married couple also face other charges related to the mysterious deaths of their former spouses. He said he got up, turned on the lights She had partially fallen off the bed," Greenhalgh said. Adam told us he was really worried about Lori, said Janis Cox. Lori Vallow Daybell was born Lori Norene Cox on June 26, 1973, in San Bernadino, Calif. She got married for the first time in 1992, when she was 19 years old, to her high school sweetheart, Nelson Yanes. "Whatever plan they had, I really believe that they thought they were gonna get away with it," he said. "If she says, 'Im not going to tell you where the kids are,' that means the kids arent alive. Vallow and her fifth husband, have been linked to a string of suspicious deaths that occurred prior to their Hawaii wedding. Vallow and her fifth husband, have been linked to a string of suspicious deaths that occurred prior to their Hawaii wedding. Lori will not face the death penalty, though prosecutors recommended it for Chad. 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. Lori's brother Alex Cox shot Charles to death in 2019, claiming it was in self-defense. "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," said he brother. ", After discovering Charles Vallow was fatally shot by Alex Cox, Vallow Daybell's brother, Gwilliam testified that she took that information to her husband, andtold him, 'I think this is the same woman who he married. Vallow is currently on trial on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in these cases. Prosecutors believe she was buried in the same location Chad Daybell referenced when he texted Tammy Daybell nine months earlier, saying he was burying a raccoon. That same month, a judge ruled Lori incompetent to stand trial while she receives mental health treatment. Dyetold prosecutorsthat Chad Daybell said that Tammy Daybell"had been feeling really off lately like she wasnt in her body," East Idaho News reported. Investigators learned that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell began an extramarital affair shortly afterward, records said. 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The FBI, Rexburg PD and Fremont County Sheriff's Office descend upon Chad Daybell's home and property in search of the missing children. 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. Lori Vallow's sister Summer Shiflet, left, and mother Janis Cox. For other inquiries, Contact Us. "Mother [Lori Vallow] informed Father [Charles Vallow] that she was a God assigned to carry out the work of the 144,000 at Christ's second coming in July 2020 and that if Father got in her way of her mission she would murder him," a 2019 court filing read in part. The couple was together for three years before divorcing in 2004, and KSAZreported Ryan died of an apparent heart attack in 2018. "There was nothing odd, there was nothing alarming or something that you would think that, 'How could she go off and do these things?'" But we sadly have to face this new reality and our family will never ever be the same.". But, there was one thing in common the cars shared. "They appeared to be wedding rings," he said. There was no funeral in Idaho for Tammy Daybell, although her family held a service in Utah, where she is currently buried. Melanie Gibb says that she and her boyfriend, David Warwick, were staying with Lori Vallow in Rexburg that weekend. Neighbors reportedly claimed that Daybell acted "strangely" a week before his first wife diedat their Salem home. "They were ready to be taken," said Vallow's brother, Adam Cox on "The Followers: Madness of Two" podcast, which is exploring the case. Tammys niece Brooke Unti spoke with FOX 10 about what this ordeal has been like for her family. 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. You did not deserve any of this and I am just heartbroken. "From that point, she tried to cut everything off with me," Cox added. It's an emotional disaster You get a sick feeling in your stomach that that could even happen.". Like Nephi killed just to stop the pain and to stop him coming after me and to stop him coming after my children.". For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Tammy Daybell died the year before her 50th birthday, Gwilliam said, and she remembered planning the celebration with her sister. 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. / CBS/AP, Today, people know Lori Vallow Daybell as a "doomsday mom." In January 2020, Colby Ryan, Lori's son with ex Joseph Ryan, released a YouTube video in which he urged Lori to come clean and help authorities find Tylee and J.J. "I know you know [what] the right thing to do is and I know you have a good heart," he said in the seven-minute clip. 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. "I saw a change in 2018," Larry Woodcock, Lori's former father-in-law, told PEOPLE in January 2021. "Our family is nothing the way it used to be You don't know who to trust, who's saying what, what actually happened," Cox said in an exclusive network interview with ABC's "20/20.". Gwilliam said the family learned -- one month to the day of Tammy Daybell's burial -- that Chad Daybell had married Lori Vallow. Gwilliam said her sister never seemed suspicious about an affair. "Lori was, before she had even met Chad Daybell, she was listening to podcasts by Julie Roe," a self-proclaimed clairvoyant who says she has had visions about the end times. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Watch more coverage of the Lori Vallow trial on the KTVB YouTube channel: Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybells Journey. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, a US couple at the centre of a bizarre and long-running criminal investigation, have been charged with murder. said Adam Cox. Douglass said Colby bought a lightsaber with the money. He did not provide other details about her treatment or mental condition. Chad Daybell with his attorney John Prior. ", Lori reportedly exchanged emails with Chad Daybell asking him whether J.J. and Tylee's spirits were "dark" or "light." More 911 calls were also released surrounding Tammy's death. On June 9, 2020, the FBI, Rexburg Police and Fremont County Sheriff's Office descended upon Chad Daybell's home and property. Chad is Lori's fifth spouse. ', Vallow Daybell's trial has been the subject of national fascination and scrutiny. The Daybell children told "48 Hours" they declined an autopsy. 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. Charles was supposed to drop their son JJ off at school. 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. They took workout classes with her and she never fell behind, seemed exhausted or sick, even in the weeks before she died suddenly. 2014: Charles and Lori adopted Joshua JJ Vallow, who is the biological grandson of Charles sister, Kay Woodcock and her HAPPILY MARRIED: Lori and Charles Vallow wed in 2006. Gwilliam said Tammy Daybell's parents didn't know Chad Daybell had gotten married -- "He wouldn't even tell my parents he had gotten remarried. Tammy Daybell was murdered, and someone had asphyxiated her. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and their uncle, Alex Cox, at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. Adam Cox recalls moments with his sister Lori Vallow and brother Alex Cox. ", "Its life in prison or death penalty," he said. " Neighbors reportedly claimed that Daybell acted "strangely" a week before his first wife diedat their Salem home. Charles Vallow went to the house where Lori Vallow was living with the children in Chandler, Arizona. Dye asked Chad Daybell how Tammy Daybell could have fallen off the bed if she was already dead. Lori Vallow, 46, was arrested in February in Hawaii on a warrant for failing to comply with a court order to produce her children. A memorial was built along the Daybell's fence to honor the victims. Lori Vallow Daybell was arrested in Hawaii on February 20, 2020.Two weeks later, she was extradited to Idaho. "There is no justice for them. FOX 10s Justin Lum walks us through the crucial timeline on the eve of Vallows trial. 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. Lori Vallow is on trial in Idaho on accusations she murdered her two children and her husband's first wife. Chad Daybell once described himself and Lori Vallow as having "no kids" while they were missing. The call was from the Daybell residence at the 200 block of 1900 East in Salem, Idaho. "If you think about what those kids went through, is there anything that could bring justice to what happened to those kids? Daybell was also charged with murdering his first wife, Tammy Daybell. "I thought Lori was great, very loving," Lori's former sister-in-law, Annie Cushing, concurred. Kay Woodcock told The Rexburg Journal that the judge's decision tracked with Lori's history of financial difficulty, noting, "She's never been good at money management. In the fall of 2018, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell first met through a mutual friend named Melanie Gibb at a religious Chad Daybell's trial has not yet been scheduled. The two were close -- they talked every day and saw each other often when they lived in Utah. In 2019, Charles Vallow became very worried about Lori, and he went to the police with his concerns. Dressed nicely, organized, unflappable. The former all-American mom and Mrs. Texas beauty pageant winner was the subject of a Netflix docuseries that depicted her downfall after better times, includingwinning $17,500 in 2004 on the popular TV game show, "Wheel of Fortune. Vallow is now charged in connection to four deaths in two states: Vallow's children, her husband Charles Vallow, and Daybell's former wife, Tammy Daybell. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell's trials are both scheduled for 2023 in Idaho. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, are accused of murdering Tammy Daybell and Vallow Daybell's two youngest kids, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, in 2019. In February 2020, Lori and Chad, who had fled to Kauai, Hawaii, were arrested for failing to meet a court order to produce the children. With Lori Vallow's children's whereabouts unknown, tragedy struck Chad Daybell's family. Even after Vallow Daybell's arrest, the couple refused to say where the children were. More than two years ago, the nation became captivated by the story of two missing children and their mother who didn't seem to be looking for them. According to him, Gwilliam said "she had a hard life" and the two bonded from grieving a spouse. 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