Because so many people were affected. And so much potential. December 5, 2018 Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow meet. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. [51] She later agreed to be extradited back to Idaho to fight the charges. 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. 0:57. March 9, 1990 Chad Daybell and Tamara Douglas are married. [15] Chad and Tammy had five children: Garth, Emma, Seth, Leah, and Mark. And the children who embraced the light. June 29, 2021 Lori Vallow is indicted by Arizona grand jury on conspiracy to murder her husband Charles Vallow. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says. February 4, 2021 Prosecutor Lindsey Blake takes over the Fremont County case involving Tamara Daybell's death. She was extradited to Idaho and transported there by officials on March 5, 2020. The remains of the two children . JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan found dead. Gibb handed that secret recording to authorities, and investigators launched a nationwide search but not just for JJ. Wiped out in late September 2019 roughly two weeks after the big sister he adored disappeared. Everyone wanted to know what happened to them. His uncle Alex Cox later went to take J. J. to his apartment. Chad Daybell was also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Tammy Daybell. JJ was wrapped in plastic and. He was getting physical with her. Missing Tylee Ryan's aunt says Lori Vallow waited WEEKS to inform The remains of 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and her 7-year-old adopted brother JJ Vallow were found in shallow graves in June 2020. July 29, 2021 Prosecution drops charges for counts of conspiracy to destroy, alter, or conceal evidence against Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow. MELANIE GIBB: I appreciate those words, but if you really love me, you wouldn't have told the police that I had JJ with me. Conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in relation to the death of her first husband, Charles Vallow; No post-mortem or autopsy was initially performed. That's not possible. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? Roughly one month after JJ's death, Chad's 49-year-old wife Tammy Daybell, died mysteriously in her sleep. May 2, 2022 - The prosecution announced that they will be seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow. "Where are your kids? 2001 Lori Norene Cox marries Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr. September 24, 2002 Tylee Ryan is born to Lori and Joseph, who later divorce. September 24, 2019 Lori informs J.J.'s school that he will no longer be attending and will be homeschooled instead. 'Cause he had so much possibility. " Vallow (May 25, 2012 - c. September 23, 2019) [b] were two American children from Chandler, Arizona, who disappeared in September 2019 and whose remains were found buried in shallow graves on June 9, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho, in their stepfather Chad 0:05. JJ's teacher Julia Allen says he made a big impression in a small amount of time. Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found dead on the property of their step-father's home this week, police say, a horrific discovery that . JJ's grandparents, Kay and Larry Woodcock, could barely contain their grief as they listened. Police. I'll always remember them like that," said Tylee's best friend Vaisia Itaaehau. [46], As of September23, 2019[update], a doorbell video of J.J. playing with a friend is the last known video of him taken. Morgan Loew: What was striking about the footage that we saw was that There's no remorse. [59], On June 10, 2020, the Woodcock and Ryan families confirmed that the human remains found on Chad's property were those of Tylee and J.J. They wanted to start over. Judge severs Chad and Lori Daybell's case - Ksltv.com Authorities believe J. J. died around that time frame based on location data on the cell phone of his uncle. Morgan Loew: Every time, Kay Woodcock, would call, there would be a different excuse about where the kids were. Cindy Cesare and Alyssa Estrada are the lead development producers. "When I think of Tylee and JJ, I just think of fun and love. Tylee Ryan told therapist her father molested her; Mom Lori Vallow said On the same day, Chad Daybell had a closed hearing. Vaisia Itaaehau: I loved being around JJ and Tylee. RAY HERMOSILLO: Under the bucket was a partial human skull. How are you guys? 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At this point in the ongoing investigation, only Chad and Lori know the truth about what happened to JJ and Tylee. I can't conceive of a scenario where she wasn't involved. 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. December 11, 2019 Authorities decide to further investigate the death of Tammy Daybell. Because, by golly, he has to be dancing in heaven. It is horrifying! [citation needed], Another factor contributing to the mystery was Chad and Lori's well-documented obsession with certain Mormon-influenced[43] apocalyptic beliefs,[44] which Chad had discussed in numerous books and podcasts. April Raymond: I feel like it's difficult to conceive of a scenario where she didn't. [57] She has since been deemed competent to stand trial after mental health treatment, incompetent, and again competent. He withdrew the petition one month later, saying he "wanted to try to make the marriage work". 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. Tylee's body was dismembered and burned, according to court documents, while JJ's. December 8, 2022 - New trial date has been set for April 3, 2023. 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 . As CrimeOnline previously reported, the son of Vallow's subsequent . Below that, a layer of black plastic. Lori's brother, Alex Cox, the man she considered her protector, moved into the same complex. 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. [42] Lori was indicted in June 2021 for conspiracy to murder Charles. 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. The judge denied her request. In late 2019, he married Zulema Pastenes in, Daybell has been known by a variety of different legal names. Neither is Echo Itaaehau's daughter Vaisia, one of Tylee's best friends. 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. Jonathan Vigliotti: What did you think when you saw the photos of Chad and Lori in Hawaii, the ukulele in hand all smiles. DET. [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. Lori later told police that she walked past Vallow on the floor and went outside. Court documents later show that Tylee's body was dismembered and partially burned, while J.J.'s body was wrapped in black plastic bags and secured with duct tape. DET. May 25, 2021 Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell are charged with the murders of Tamara Daybell, Tylee Ryan, and JJ Vallow. March 21, 2022 - Judge denied Chad Daybell's request to separate his case from Lori Vallow's case. "[41] Police did not pursue the matter further. February 26, 2020 In extradition hearing, judge refuses to lower Lori's $5 million bail. [16] The couple's biological daughter, Tylee, was born in 2002. 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. It scared the crap out of me. When the police returned to Lori's home, she embellished her story even more. Margaret Travillion: That it made sense. Morgan Loew: Because of the condition of of Tylee's remains, it's hard to tell what happened to her. Do you think she played an active role in the deaths of her children? Echo Itaaehau: I didn't. Benjamin Hyde has known Chad Daybell since the two men were missionaries together when they were 19. Their souls had left them. 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. 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. He is now in our pet cemetery. 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.". 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. Because I think they are at the movies right now. [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. A guardian who was involved in the custody battle between Lori Vallow and Tylee Ryan's father expressed concern about Tylee's well-being a decade before she and her younger brother were found dead. While JJ was missing, no one at his old school spoke his name as if that somehow made it less real. Items are seen hanging on the fence in memory of Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, at Chad Daybell's residence in Salem, Idaho on Thursday, June 11, 2020. that's a real thing. ', [] the children are not with Chad and Lori. Tylee was really protective over JJ. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1992 with a B.A. JJ was found dead in a duct-taped plastic bag while Tylee's body was burned, dismembered, and left in a pet cemetery on the property. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. Police in Hawaii searched Lori's rental car looking for evidence of the kids. Chad Daybell's children reveal authorities told them their mother was Tylee's friend Vaisia posted a kaleidoscope of memories online. Who got a million dollars when he died. He's perfectly fine. And JJ loved dancing. But as they dug further, they found some things that were strange. Morgan Loew: the same color hair as JJ Vallow. September 28, 2022 - Chad Daybell's lawyers again ask for his case to be separated from that of his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell. Colby and J.J.'s grandparents pleaded with the Daybells to return the children, with the latter offering a reward of $20,000. April 28, 2022 - Judge Boyce denied request from Chad Daybell's attorney to drop his charges. April Raymond: And she had described Tylee as having a dark spirit. Autopsy completed in investigation of Tammy Daybell's death He's there for a couple of hours. His lawyers also asked that the trial be pushed back to the fall of 2023. When JJ was there, you knew he was there. I'm still not holding it together. Around September 1, 2019, Lori, Tylee and JJ moved into a town home in Rexburg, Idaho not far from where Chad Daybell lived with his wife, Tammy. Tylee Ryan’s cause of death. 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. Produced by Liza Finley and Richard Fetzer. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. Lori Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell to be tried separately October 19, 2019 Tammy Daybell is found dead in her home in. They tied yellow ribbons around the trees and waited for his return. I just can't bear that thought. Especially Tylee was a liability for what she knew. "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 27, 2019 Chad and Lori are seen packing. Tylee & JJss Cause Of Death, How Did Tylee & JJs Die? He's the sweetest soul I've ever met. Cox says he came back and shot Charles Vallow dead. It it was in every classroom, in every environment. July 2019 Days after Charles Vallow's death, Lori learns her late husband had changed the beneficiary of his million-dollar life insurance policy from Lori to his sister, Kay Woodcock, who is also J.J.'s paternal grandmother. Police learned what happened to JJ by once again following Alex Cox's cell phone. "48 Hours" reached out to Chad and Lori's attorneys to ask whether their clients had some involvement in the children's deaths. And he had so much love- - so much love. Something's happened to her. I didn't hold it together at all. RAY HERMOSILLO: It was what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped in black plastic, covered in duct tape. An aerial view of Todd Daybell's backyard, where the remains of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found in June. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. This is an area the Daybell family called the pet cemetery. ROB WOOD: What did she ask you to do with that, again? He and his wife Tammy had five children. Julia Allen | JJ's teacher: there was this feeling at LIFE when the remains were found. Lori and her new fifth husband, Chad Guy Daybell, claimed that J.J. was staying with family friend Melanie Gibb in Arizona, where they had lived before moving to Idaho in early September 2019, which Gibb later denied. How come you're not telling anybody where your kids are?" "Paint til you're blue." 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.