LORI VALLOW: That's why the neighbors don't know us very well. According to marriage records, Charles Vallow was Vallow Daybells fourth husband; the two married in 2006. Morgan Loew: A second team of investigators were searching a different part of the yard. Charles Vallow, the fourth husband of Lori Vallow Daybell, was fatally shot by his wifes brother. Soon after the newlyweds returned to Rexburg from Hawaii, JJ's grandmother, Kay Woodcock, sounded the alarm. There's no, "Oh, my gosh, my husband's dead.". The 54-year-old Idaho father is accused of murder in the death of Vallow Daybells two children along with his then-wife, Tammy Daybell. Best friends Vaisia Itaaehau and Tylee Ryan. Around 6:45 p.m. that evening, they left Yellowstone and drove back to the apartment complex in Rexburg. So angry she was still talking about it when the Rexburg police first came to her door looking for JJ. Vallow Daybell is currently on trial at the Ada County Courthouse. Vallow." 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. Morgan Loew: Charles He was worried about his safety and the safety of his children. He was adopted by Lori and her late husband Charles Vallow in Daybell was married. She alleged that Vallow told her at that time that Joshua had been replaced by a zombie, a claim similar to the one she made about Tylee earlier that spring. And that Tylee knew the truth. He was the grandson of Charles Vallows sister, Kay Woodcock. Lori and Tylee and JJ are there, and so is Alex Cox. When Colby Ryan Lori Vallow's only living child entered the Boise, Idaho, courtroom where she is on trial, Vallow mouthed, "Oh my baby." His birth name was legally changed to Joshua Jaxon Vallow during the adoption process. The occasional money transfers continued too, though through a different phone app under his mothers name, he said. Prosecutors have alleged that the couple planned to kill Tylee and steal the Social Security benefits she was receiving because her father had died. "Part of her mission on Earth was to eliminate the darkness, the demonic the evil," Raymond said. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. At 9:55 a.m. on September 23, 2019, Cox returned to Chad Daybell's backyard. Colby Ryan in a jail recording accused his mother of killing his siblings. I didn't hold it together at all. In the winter of 2019, Charles Vallow changed the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy from Lori to his sister Kay Woodcock, JJ's HBO Max, SHOWTIME, STARZ, MGM+ & Cinemax. April Raymond: I feel like whatever story we were given about how Charles was killed was not the truth. Due to a ruling by Judge Steven Boyce, who is presiding over the trial, there is no live video or audio of the trial. They Googled Charles Vallow's name and learned the truth. Their conversation was recorded on the officer's bodycam. / CBS News. He is in custody at the Fremont County Jail. All told similar stories of self-defense and were sent home. 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. That's not possible. She had heard enough excuses. RAY HERMOSILLO [in court]: They began pulling up the sod and topsoil which revealed three large white rocks, flat rocks. Losing custody of her son took a significant toll on Mandy, friends said. All that potential, all that love gone. Margaret Travillion | LIFE co-founder: I just started crying [cries]. When JJ was there, you knew he was there. He married Tammy Daybell in the 1990s, and they had five children together. Daybell was a former gravedigger-turned-novelist and podcaster from Rexburg, Idaho, who some say was something of a local cult leader, says Morgan. Shortly after Charles death, Vallow Daybell moved to eastern Idaho with JJ, Tylee and her brother Cox. OFFICER DORENBUSH: She threatened to murder you? Trahans DNA was compared to JJs, while Lori Vallow Daybells DNA was compared to that of Tylee Ryan. ROB WOOD: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? Michael McHugh, Diana Modica and Jack Pyle are the editors. Joshua 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Prosecutors in both Idaho and Arizona said he conspired to kill JJ, Tylee, Tammy Daybell and Charles Vallow. Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell, have both been charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder, and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow's two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua 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. 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. In the months between, Tammy Daybell was also killed and the then-husband of Vallow Daybells niece, Melani Pawlowski, was shot at in Arizona. There, they found human remains, later identified as JJ and Tylee his, duct-taped and in red pajamas, and hers, badly burned. He married Tammy Daybell in 1990, and they had five kids. On January 31, 2019, Charles Vallow is seen on police bodycam video tell officers his wife had become "unhinged," and had threatened to murder him. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: Hi, who are are 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). CHARLES VALLOW [to Officer Dorenbush]: She's psychologically, she's gone. She said: Hes a She told him that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell believed their children had been possessed and had become zombies," the documents said. Kay and Larry Woodcock are JJs biological grandparents, who were outspoken to the media as authorities searched for Tylee and JJ. Detective Ray Hermosillo testified that investigators had honed in on an area of concern near a tree during the execution of their search warrant. But an autopsy showed she was asphyxiated to death, Prosecutor Lindsey Blake told jurors earlier this month. Probably because you murdered my siblings! CHARLES VALLOW: She said, you're not Charles. In an interview with NBCs Dateline in 2020, Gibb described Vallow as a puppet on Daybells hand. The couple had been due to stand trial together but the two cases were severed by a judge last month. Ms Vallow then went on to meet and marry Charles Vallow. J. J. Vallow Biological Parents. 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. The couple had a baby girl named Tylee in 2002, but divorced just a few years later. And we're grateful that we were chosen to share and to be part of his life for the time that we did. Margaret Travillion: We're gonna talk about JJ dancing in heaven. Benjamin Hyde: That gives me the willies, look at this! "She was completely devastated [when JJ was found dead]," the friend told The U.S. Sun. Morgan Loew: Somehow, in 17 minutes, there was a grave dug and filled in. He moved to Idaho around the same time as Vallow Daybell in September 2019, but went back and forth between Idaho and Arizona. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. Joshua JJ Vallow Charles and Lori Vallow adopted JJ in 2014. Charles Vallow - Charles was JJ's adoptive father and Tylee's stepfather. It was a fresh start all right, but not in California. Gibb and Warwick testified that Cox put JJ to bed in Lori's room. Eventually the last conversation I had with Chad was in December, of 2019, Gwilliam told the jury. He was killed by her brother, Alex Cox, after the two fought in Arizona. One source described her as being "completely devastated" by the discovery. 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 She then recorded a call with the couple about Joshua's whereabouts and why they had lied to police about his being with her, which she later turned over to police, Gibb said. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. Believed to be members of aradical cult, Lori and Chad apparently believed in a "rating system of light and dark to judge the purity of the spirits of the people around them, according to prosecutors. It was then that they realized his sister Tylee was also missing. 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. Lori told Gibb she was hiding JJ because he was in danger. He also said they were both empty nesters, with no young kids at home, Gwilliam told the jury. Cox said Vallow grabbed the bat from Tylee and came at him. He also claimed he could read light and dark auras. Vallow Daybells first marriage, to a high school sweetheart when she was just 19, ended quickly. CHARLES VALLOW [to police officer]: She's unhinged. Already a Cox Residential customer? In 2001, Vallow Daybell married again, this time to a man named Joseph Ryan. Ryan, 27, is Vallow Daybells only living child. On November 26, 2019, two months after JJ was last seen, Rexburg Police came knocking on Lori's door looking for the little boy. DET. He was adopted by her third husband. The night before she died, Leger had made a defiant vow to a friend in a text message, voicing determination to get to the bottom of what happened to her biological son. Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? 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. Get breaking news delivered to your inbox as it happens. Charles Vallow filed for divorce in February 2019 after Lori Vallow started seeing Daybell and after she accused him of having an affair. he never hesitated to resort to violence if he believed he was defending his sister. Instead of helping search, they skipped off to another vacation back in Hawaii. She was also worried that JJ may had witnessed his fathers death. He told them she had lost her reality and threatened to kill him. April 28, 2023, at 6:10 p.m. A Look at Who's Who in the Murder Trial of Slain Kids' Mom. In 2012, the two adopted then 2-year-old Joshua, whose biological father was Vallow's nephew the son of his sister, Kay Woodcock. At the time, Lori was married to businessman Charles Vallow. Here are some of the important names to know as prosecutors and defense attorneys make their cases. Blake also argued that Vallow Daybell and her husband used their religious beliefs to try to persuade those around them not to question their actions and even to justify murder. He had a lot of energy. 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. The court released an audio-only version of that conversation. Police had followed Alex's Cox's cellphone data to the children's graves, and on June 9, 2020, Chad Daybell was arrested. Jurors were heard gasping throughout the harrowing testimony. The friend, Melanie Gibb, told police she had not seen JJ for months. Friends of the couple told investigators that the pair shared the same unusual beliefs, including that they could tell if someone had been taken over by an evil spirit. But by 2019, that marriage had also soured. Two weeks after she died, he gets remarried? 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.". Prosecutors say he met Vallow Daybell at a conference in Utah in 2018. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. Tylee Ryan was Vallow Daybells biological daughter. Lori Vallows family has said that she had long been obsessed with death and the afterlife and that her marriage to Daybell pushed her deeper into her beliefs. ROB WOOD: After (unintelligible) these phone calls, how did that make you feel? Alex Cox, Lori's brother, incredibly, had also died. Tammy Daybell was initially described as having died in her sleep of natural causes. In early 2019, Charles Vallow called police to their Arizona home because he had been unable to reach his wife for two days and returned from a business trip to find hed been locked out of their home. [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. FILE - A boy looks at a memorial for Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow in Rexburg, Idaho, on June 11, 2020. The 54-year-old Idaho father is accused of murder in the death of Vallow Daybells two children along with his then-wife, Tammy Daybell. And we got nothing for me to raise JJ. Both Vallow Daybell's and Daybell's lawyers asked the court to separate the cases, originally set to go to trial in January. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you saw the photos of Chad and Lori in Hawaii, the ukulele in hand all smiles. I I shot my brother-in-law in self-defense.". Police said its unclear whether she ever received the email before her death. "She was fully convicted that if she worked on herself, then one day she would be able to have a relationship with him, but she never got that chance.". 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. RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. The two purportedly felt an instant connection and claimed they had been married to each other in a past life, according to police records. Morgan Loew: In 30 years, I've never covered a story quite like this. Please enter valid email address to continue. Cox told police he shot Charles Vallow, but Cox died before the re-investigation into the death and the grand jury. But they got one thing wrong. The call starts with Ryan asking Vallow Daybell if she thought she could keep hiding from him. On May 25, 2021, they were formally charged with murder in the first degree in the deaths Tylee and JJ. Prosecutors allege she and her current husband, Chad Daybell, killed the children and their spouses as part of an obsessive doomsday religious belief. They were found dead in shallow graves on Chad Daybells property nine months later in June 2020. She told jurors that JJ was born with some disabilities and was diagnosed with autism. Morgan Loew: Chad had this belief that some people who were on this earth weren't really the people they were supposed to be. Margaret Travillion: Because he was amazing. We could only dig for a couple of minutes. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. "She threatened me, murder me, kill me," he told police in a conversation captured on video, "48 Hours" reported. Doha Madani is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News. 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. All rights reserved. JJ and Tylee Facebook. 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. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and "48 Hours" producers offer trial recaps and analysis in a weekly podcast. Lori's trial is expected to last for eight weeks. "Paint til you're blue." Charles and Lori Vallow were married in 2006 and although legally still married were estranged by 2019, when divorce papers were filed. Kind of a heaviness on the campus. Or Is he alive, or? Morgan Loew: It's hard to discount the idea that a million-dollar life insurance policy would be a motive for a murder. He's the sweetest soul I've ever met. Morgan Loew: The medical examiner performed an autopsy on Alex Cox and found that he died of natural causes. It just seems very unlikely. He's not moving. 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 . Chad Daybell is the fifth and current husband of Lori Vallow Daybell. Nate Eaton Hey Lori. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you read that email? Updated on: April 26, 2023 / 10:21 AM 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. John Roark / The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool file. Lori Vallow's kids Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow have Joseph Anthony Ryan, is Tylees father. But as they dug further, they found some things that were strange. Leger and JJ's biological father, Todd Trahan, suffered from substance abuse issues and JJ was born addicted to drugs. Cult mom Lori Vallow is currently on trial in a case that has shocked the nation with its bizarre doomsday cult ties and the tragic deaths of almost everyone close to the mother-of-three and her new husband Chad Daybell.
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