Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. They wanted to start fresh. No post-mortem or autopsy was initially performed. October 31/November 1, 2019 Alex Cox and Lori's niece, Melani Boudreaux, reportedly seen by Melani's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux, packing up in. The whole school turned out to celebrate the little boy who loved to dance. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. JJ's teacher Julia Allen says he made a big impression in a small amount of time. But no one acted on it and Vallow let his guard down. [9][10][11] Chad was arrested later that day on charges of destruction or concealment of evidence. February 24, 2020 In child custody court documents. Inside Edition obtained court documents unearthed by social media sleuths that appear to show concerns voiced by an . April Raymond: I feel like they were a liability. His cell phone left a digital map. March 3, 2023 - Judge has severed the case of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow. Vallow Daybell's children missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, and Tylee Ryan are . A warning: what you are about to read may be disturbing. November 27, 2019 Chad and Lori are seen packing. [28] She and Lagioia had a son, Colby, in 1996 (who was later arrested on two counts of sexual assault in Arizona in 2022, charges that were later dropped without prejudice),[29][30] before divorcing on February 25, 1998.[16]. Speculation and rumors have swirled, leaving the public with more questions than answers. MELANIE GIBB: He was in the family room mostly, and then outside some. Chad was charged with insurance fraud "related to a life insurance policy he had on Tammy Daybell for which he was the beneficiary and received funds after her death". 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. Back in Rexburg, on November 26, police visited Lori's townhouse at the request of J.J.'s grandmother, Kay Woodcock, to conduct a welfare check on J.J. Lori told police that J.J. was in Arizona with a family friend, Melanie Gibb. Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and she resents assertions to the contrary. One of the many tributes to JJ and Tylee. He withdrew the petition one month later, saying he "wanted to try to make the marriage work". June 10, 2020 Kay Woodcock, the biological grandmother of J.J. Vallow, announces that one of the sets of human remains belongs to J.J. Vallow. Alex told them Charles and Lori got into a fight. Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. But it was Tylee's bond with JJ that Vaisia will always remember. "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. November 15, 2022 - District Judge Steven Boyce ruled that Lori Vallow-Daybell was competent and fit to stand trial. But I love you with all my heart, and I have forever, and I will always love you. Margaret Travillion: And I literally remember coming into the classroom in the beginning and him just being very closed off To the later part of him being with us, just to "Miss Margaret" (chuckles). Gibb and Warwick testified that Cox put JJ to bed in Lori's room. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. 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. And on January 25, 2020, she was formally served an order to produce Tylee and JJ within five days. Lori and Chad Daybell were charged with conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. But what killed them? Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, was responsible for the murders of Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who both met horrifying ends. And we're grateful that we were chosen to share and to be part of his life for the time that we did. Morgan Loew: He goes into the house. [16], On October 9, 2019, Tammy reported on her Facebook profile and to police that she had been shot at, in her driveway, by a masked man with what she believed was a defective paintball marker. 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. [16] After repeated calls to Tylee went unanswered, Colby became more worried. [16], On July 11, 2019, Charles Vallow was shot and killed in Chandler, Arizona by Lori's brother, Alex Cox,[39][40] who claimed self-defense. He was initially reported missing by relatives concerned about not only the childrenwhom they had not heard from in weeksbut also several other suspicious incidents. 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. Tammy Daybell died in October of 2019 just two weeks before her husband tied the knot with Vallow and about a month before his new wife's children, 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow and 17 . 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. She also believed she had been appointed another, more ominous role, says Raymond. JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan. "[41] Police did not pursue the matter further. Gibb later recalled Chad lavishing attention on Lori and expounding upon his unusual religious beliefs and "the deeper mysteries of God" with a small group of the overnight guests. July 15, 2022 - Lori Vallow-Daybells attorneys ask Judge Steven Boyce to clarify language in charges, separating potentially joined counts. Lori Vallow-Daybell and JJ Vallow at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. 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. "Chad Daybell was a gravedigger for a profession when he was younger. What turned out to be the remains of Tylee Ryan. [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. Ryan told police that Charles Vallow was angry on the morning that. 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Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. He passed away in 2018 of natural causes, according to investigators. Vaisia Itaaehau: She was a fan of his writing. But as they dug further, they found some things that were strange. Vallow had two sons from a previous marriage, Nicholas and Zachary Chase. Morgan Loew: They dug up a cat. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. It was one of many tributes to the two lost children. Video footage shows her and her brother, Alex Cox,[c] moving items in and out of the locker prior to her departure. [16] Vallow, a lifelong Catholic, became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), converting to his new wife's faith. I didn't hold it together at all. In 2016, the Vallow family moved back to Arizona. 'Cause I didn't want to. And the children who embraced the light. By the end of September 2019, Lori had a dead husband, Charles Vallow, and though no one yet knew it, two dead children. Margaret Travillion: They say it takes a village to raise a child. Julia Allen: He was a spitfire, for sure. It was updated on May 29, 2021. [ 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]. 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. Beneath the rocks, they found thin pieces of wood paneling. [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. This finding was officially confirmed by Rexburg police on June 13. Evidence was collected, and Tammy's body was exhumed for autopsy. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: Hi, who are are you? It takes a community to raise one of our children and JJ had a community. However, police uncovered a cryptic series of messages that proved to be . She ignored it and was arrested on the island of Kauai on child abandonment charges. February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. 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. Cindy Cesare and Alyssa Estrada are the lead development producers. CHARLES VALLOW [to police officer]: She's unhinged. Police efforts to locate J.J. led to the discovery that Tylee was also missing. And so, I'm not sure what hijacked that priority. But not everyone believes they played equal parts. DET. and she was kind of like another mama to him. She had heard enough excuses. Within an hour of entering the house that morning, Vallow was lying on the floor in a pool of blood shot in the chest by Alex Cox. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. 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 . Chad Cox talks with police after shooting Charles Vallow. Chad was booked into jail later that day on obstruction or concealment of evidence; he was later charged with felony murder. In late 2019, he married Zulema Pastenes in, Daybell has been known by a variety of different legal names. JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan at Yellowstone National Park on September 8, 2019. Remember, Tylee was there the day Charles Vallow was killed. December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. June 9, 2020 Human remains are found on Chad Daybell's property in. It worked. March 9, 2020 Lori remains in jail, and some local bail bond companies reportedly have refused to assist her. Their souls had left them. this one sticks this one is bad. Morgan Loew: I think what Lori didn't bank on was that Melanie had a conscience and Melanie was really worried about what happened. But this time he was only there for 17 minutes. 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. Cox was never charged in connection to Charles Vallow's death. January 30, 2020 Lori misses court-ordered deadline to produce J.J. and Tylee. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. And the only way to release their spirits to heaven was to kill the bodies. Newly released video shows Tylee Ryan fidget as she talks to Chandler, Arizona police about her stepdad's shooting death. November 30, 2019 Newly divorced Melani Boudreaux marries Ian Pawlowski of Rexburg in Las Vegas, one day after Alex Cox (Melani's uncle) wed Zulema Pastenes. The police arrived and shot video of Cox on the curb outside the home. September 29, 2022 - For the second time, Lori Vallow-Daybell's trial has been suspended due to competency concerns. November 26, 2019 Rexburg Police Department conducts a well-being check on J.J. Lori claims J.J. is with relatives in Arizona and Tylee is away at. A coroner in Idaho has confirmed that autopsies have been completed on the bodies of two missing children found buried in their stepfather Chad Daybell's backyard earlier this month, but additional testing is needed before authorities can confirm the cause of death or release the results. A #forensic expert looks at what we know of evidence and where. 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. [35] On September 24, 2019, Lori contacted the school to tell them that she was withdrawing J.J. from classes, claiming she would be homeschooling him. She was silent as her lawyers put in a plea of not guilty for her. And I'll always remember them like that. "Paint til you're blue." April Raymond: Tylee had a network of people that really did love her, and I don't know if she knew that. 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. CHARLES VALLOW: She threatened me, murder me, kill me. In 2001, Lori married Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr., who legally adopted Colby. May 27, 2021 Lori Vallow is deemed incompetent and unfit to stand trial. They saw him several times during their stay. [18], Lori Ryan Daybell,[d] also referred to as Lori Vallow Daybell, was born Lori Norene Cox on June 26, 1973, in San Bernardino, California. The autopsy results are not published but seeing the critical conditions of the children's dead bodies; were killed brutally.