On the morning of July 11, he went to Lori's rental home in Chandler, Arizona, to pick up JJ and take him to school. The only thing we we can know for sure is that At one point, whoever did this, dismembered her body and burned it. They found a melted bucket. FILE - A boy looks at a memorial for Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow in Rexburg, Idaho, on June 11, 2020. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. Morgan Loew: He was at that property for over two hours that morning. But shortly after what would have been Tylees 17th birthday in September of 2019, the tone and syntax of those texts changed. 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. RAY HERMOSILLO: I observed what looked to be brown human hair. In an interview with NBCs Dateline in 2020, Gibb described Vallow as a puppet on Daybells hand. Ryan later died in his home of a suspected heart attack. Due to a ruling by Judge Steven Boyce, who is presiding over the trial, there is no live video or audio of the trial. 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. Melani Pawlowski outside a courthouse in Mesa, Ariz., on Feb. 27, 2020. LORI VALLOW: We're OK. How are you doing, babe? It takes a community to raise one of our children and JJ had a community. Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? I dont even think there was a fight, Adam Cox said in the interview. I wish that she had known that there were people that really loved her. Gwilliam is Tammy Daybells sister the only two girls in a family of five kids. And so much potential. Tylee had last been seen alive a few weeks earlier, but at the time Ryan didnt know she was missing. They are investigating her for conspiracy to commit murder. He also said they were both empty nesters, with no young kids at home, Gwilliam told the jury. It's like not a care in the world. Police learned what happened to JJ by once again following Alex Cox's cell phone. How are you guys? Chad Daybell and Lori' Vallow's hula dancing days were numbered. Vaisia Itaaehau: She was a fan of his writing. Add users and update your contact preferences, View account-related messages including emails & texts, View current & past bills, make payments, and more, Discover features, tips and basic how-to's to maximize the enjoyment of your Cox services, Cart for home internet, TV, phone or home security services. ROB WOOD: After (unintelligible) these phone calls, how did that make you feel? Colby Ryan is Vallow Daybells eldest son. MELANIE GIBB: I'm just worried for you guys because, you know, he's missing and, you know LORI VALLOW: I know exactly where he is. Morgan Loew: Alex was Lori's protector. It it was in every classroom, in every environment. He's perfectly fine. 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. The wedding also took place just weeks after Daybell'swife of 30 years Tammyhad died suddenly in her sleep - a death police first deemed natural but now believe to have been caused by asphyxiation. Joshua Vallow, sometimes referred to by the nickname JJ, was adopted in 2014 by Lori and her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. They believed the world was going to end and that they needed to prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. 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. Investigators at Chad Daybell's preliminary hearing In August 2020 described in chilling detail finding the remains of the two children in Daybell's backyard. But the horror was just beginning to unfold. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. In court, Melanie Gibb described getting a call from Lori asking her to back up the "Frozen" story: MELANIE GIBB: and that she told the police that I had JJ, that I was at a movie called "Frozen," that she asked me just to pick up my phone and take a picture, random picture of kids running around. Melanie Gibb testified, "She asked me just to pick up my phone and take a picture of random kids to make it look like it was JJ.". The prosecution is arguing that Vallow Daybell wanted, as Fremont County Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey Blake said in her opening statement, "money, power and sex," and wouldn't let anything stand in her way. His birth name was legally changed to Joshua Jaxon Vallow during the adoption process. And that there was a demon living inside of him. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, now 54, met in 2018. 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. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. Leger's death came almost exactly two years after JJ's remains were found. Lori's attorney asked the judge if she could be excused from the courtroom while the graphic testimony was shared and images of their remains shown. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. "Where are your kids? JJs biological father is Dennis Trahan, who is Kay Woodcocks son. Tammy Daybell, the first wife of Chad Daybell, died in October 2019. And Lori thought/ that was a liability. Cox says Tylee came out of her room with a bat. 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 . July 8, 2020 5:27pm. Chad's trialwas postponed as a result, and a new trial date has not yet been set. The trial, in Boise, Idaho, could last up to 12 weeks as the prosecution and Vallows defense team try to cover multiple allegations. Alex Cox died in December 2019 from a pulmonary embolism, a condition that causes one or more arteries in the lungs to become blocked by a blood clot, according to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office. Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski is Lori Vallows niece, and in 2019 she was divorced from Brandon Boudreaux. Lori Vallow, a blonde beauty pageant-winning mom from California, allegedly murdered her two children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua Jackson 'JJ' Vallow, seven. Lori's trial is expected to last for eight weeks. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. He is in custody at the Fremont County Jail. He reportedly believed he had numerous past lives and could talk to angels. Gibb testified she had no previous knowledge about what Vallow told police. Please enter valid email address to continue. LORI VALLOW: Like, "Hi neighbors, sorry" [laughs]. LORI VALLOW: My husband switched his life insurance policy to her right? When the seven-year-old - who was autistic - wasreported missingby Kay Woodcock in November 2019, weeks after he was last seen alive, Mandy was seeking advice on how she could get JJ back. Authorities in Arizona are also investigating the shooting death of Lori's former husband, Charles Vallow. Vallow Daybell is accused along with her husband, Chad Daybell, of murder in connection with the deaths of Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, who was last Benjamin Hyde: That gives me the willies, look at this! "She beat herself up over it all so much, it really took a toll," another source said. Charles Vallow had good reason to be scared. And he had so many people that loved him and wanted him. May 29, 2021 / 10:42 PM 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. Morgan Loew: He tapped into this "prepper" element out there, people who wanted to prepare for Armageddon. After Ryan moved out of the family home, he continued to exchange texts with Tylee. April Raymond: There were people from all walks of life at that memorial And it didn't really matter our differences, but we were all there for Tylee and JJ. He died from a heart attack in 2018. Morgan Loew: In 30 years, I've never covered a story quite like this. Ryan, 27, is Vallow Daybells only living child. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. According to her ex-husband, she had similar extreme religious beliefs as the Daybells. 'Cause he had so much possibility. They both had unconditional love for each other. She finally reached out to the police. Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. Two childrenTylee Ryan, age 17; and Joshua J.J. Vallow, age 7died under suspicious circumstances while under the care of their mother, Lori Vallow. But what about the man who led them to Daybell's backyard? Police said they believe Cox attempted to shoot Brandon Boudreaux in October 2019, according to KSL. I didn't hold it together at all. Morgan Loew: Why do you bind somebody's feet and hands and mouth in duct tape? April Raymond met Lori in 2015 in Hawaii. Daybell was married. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. We could only dig for a couple of minutes. 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. He and his wife Tammy had five children. To his sister. Vallow and her husband ROB WOOD: OK. And then what did she tell you? / CBS News. Joshua, known as JJ, had autism, and by all accounts he and his sister Tylee were close. Vallow Daybell is currently on trial at the Ada County Courthouse. I was not OK with it because she told something to the police that was not true So, I was I had a really bad feeling in my stomach, and I felt very shooken [sic] up by it. At the time, she went along with the self-defense story, but could she have changed her mind? 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. While JJ was missing, no one at his old school spoke his name as if that somehow made it less real. Lori Vallow is accused of killing two of her children and a former husband and conspiring to kill the late wife of her current husband, Chad Daybell. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. 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.". Friends told police that in some cases they determined a person had become a zombie, fully controlled by the evil spirit. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. Prosecutors allege she and her current husband, Chad Daybell, killed the children and their spouses as part of an obsessive doomsday religious belief. Joshua Jaxon JJ Vallow was the adopted son of Charles and Lori Daybell. They were the center of her world. He married Tammy Daybell in 1990, and they had five kids. 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. And his grandmother Kay Woodcock was the threat. 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. Brandon witnessed the Jeep and observed a rifle with a silencer come out of the rear window of the Jeep and then Brandons vehicle was shot once in the front drivers doorframe, according to the probable cause affidavit. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you read that email? MELANIE GIBB: Hi Chad. Multiple witnesses have said in testimony or presented evidence that Vallow Daybell wasnt aware hed changed his policy before he died, but one witness Vallow Daybells former friend Melanie Gibb said Vallow Daybell knew. That pet cemetery just behind a bush where investigators found the charred remains of Tylee Ryan. And on January 25, 2020, she was formally served an order to produce Tylee and JJ within five days. And they cut through that. Trahans DNA was compared to JJs, while Lori Vallow Daybells DNA was compared to that of Tylee Ryan. Charles told police in Gilbert, Arizona, he was worried about Lori and what she could do to Tylee's friend Vaisia posted a kaleidoscope of memories online. Lori later married Charles Vallow, and the Vallows adopted J.J., who was autistic. JJ Vallow's birth mom made a heart-wrenching plea for answers for her murdered son just hours before she died from heart complications, a friend has said. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? Meanwhile, Chad Daybells wife, Tammy Daybell, died suddenly in October, and he and Vallow Daybell married two weeks later. Chad Daybell said his new wife's name was Lori Ryan, and that her previous husband had died of a heart attack. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Something's happened to her. Authorities initially believed the 49-year-old woman died from natural causes in her sleep, but an autopsy later declared her death a homicide by asphyxiation. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: Hi, who are are you? Hes a self-published author who has written more than two dozen books about near-death and doomsday events. Lori and Tylee and JJ are there, and so is Alex Cox. Charles Vallow filed for divorce in February 2019 after Lori Vallow started seeing Daybell and after she accused him of having an affair. "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. Joseph Joe Ryan was the third husband of Lori Daybell. Eventually the last conversation I had with Chad was in December, of 2019, Gwilliam told the jury. They wanted to start fresh. First published on October 3, 2020 / 11:09 PM. Prosecutors allege that Vallow and Daybell became obsessed with doomsday-focused religious beliefs that led them to commit four murders. He was getting physical with her. Charles Vallow filed for divorce soon after the incident. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. Investigators were able to piece together what happened after this photo was taken thanks to Alex Cox. They were both like gasoline and fire. CHARLES VALLOW [to police officer]: She's unhinged. Later that year, Tammy Daybell, the wife of Chad Daybell and the mother of his five children, died at the Daybell's home in Idaho of what officials initially said were natural causes but later said was suspicious. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. I never even considered that they weren't. So in a way, they were their equal match, in that they were destructive to each other. You do it to keep them from yelling or talking. And when she actually got to talk with him, it, yeah, just escalated from there. According to the police documents obtained by KSL, Charles Vallow learned that his wife was having an affair with Chad Daybell in June 2019, days before he was shot. He's there for a couple of hours. Shes pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in the deaths of her two youngest kids and her new husbands previous wife. 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. Tammy and Chad Daybell had five children together. Daybell, 54, was also a member of the LDS church and a self-published author who wrote doomsday-focused fiction loosely based on church teachings. Chad Daybell became her fifth husband on November 5, 2019 roughly two weeks after his previous wife Tammy Daybell died under suspicious circumstances. But it turned over his records , Republicans say Montana deserves better, but Zephyr said decorum used as tool of oppression , Cheney High School student dies after incident during PE class, Homeless in the city where he was once mayor, Tincture of iodine kills skin, nail fungi, Suspect identified in crash that killed bicyclist. Doha Madani is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. Though he was born of Vallow Daybells second marriage, when his mother remarried Colby took Joe Ryans last name. "She threatened me, murder me, kill me," he told police in a conversation captured on video, "48 Hours" reported. April Raymond traveled from Utah to Rexburg, Idaho, where it all began. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's he with in Arizona? For the first day of trial, the 60 seats available were reportedlyreserved within two minutes. A condition of the adoption was that the Woodcocks remain in JJs life. Brandon Boudreaux is the ex-husband of Vallow Daybells niece, Melani Pawlowski. Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be.

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