Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell case: A timeline of events

As we speak, individuals know Lori Vallow Daybell as a “doomsday mother.” She’s been known as a “monster” and a “cult mother.” 

Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell are charged with the murders of Vallow’s children – JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, who vanished in September 2019.  The married couple additionally face different prices associated to the mysterious deaths of their former spouses.

2006: Fortunately Married

Earlier than all of the notoriety, Lori married businessman Charles Vallow. Associates say it gave the impression to be a contented marriage. Collectively, the couple was elevating Tylee Ryan, Lori’s daughter from a earlier marriage.

2014: JJ Joins the Household 

Lori and Charles Vallow  adopted JJ Vallow. He was the grandson of Charles’ sister. JJ had autism and April Raymond, who was Lori’s pal, says Lori was “affected person,” a super mom for him.

Vaisia Itaaehau met the Vallow household once they lived in Arizona. She says Tylee embraced her function as an enormous sister, that Tylee even jokingly referred to JJ as her personal youngster.

2017: Household dynamics change

Someday round 2017, kin say Lori Vallow’s relationship together with her kids modified. Her buddies say she had been studying the books of  doomsday creator Chad Daybell. Daybell, who wrote a number of fiction books about getting ready for the top of the world, lived exterior Rexburg, Idaho.

2018: Lori Vallow meets Chad Daybell

Someday in 2018, Lori Vallow met Chad Daybell. Lori Vallow’s buddies say there was a connection between the 2 they usually started doing spiritual podcasts collectively.  Daybell was additionally married. Collectively along with his spouse Tammy Daybell, he was elevating 5 kids.

Lori Vallow’s pal Melanie Gibb would later say she heard Chad Daybell and Lori speaking about “zombies”— individuals whose souls have been changed by “darkish spirits.”   Lori’s former pal, April Raymond, advised “48 Hours” that Lori began referring to her husband, Charles Vallow, as a “demon.”

2019: In search of assist

In 2019, Charles Vallow grew to become very frightened about Lori, and he went to the police along with his issues. He advised them Lori believed she was a “god” getting ready for the top of days. He additionally stated Lori had threatened to homicide him.

February 2019: Charles Vallow’s fears

Charles Vallow filed for a divorce from Lori. In courtroom paperwork, Charles expressed that he feared for his and the kids’s security.

July 2019: A loss of life investigation

Charles Vallow went to the home the place Lori Vallow was residing with the kids in Chandler, Arizona. Charles was alleged to drop their son JJ off in school. However when he went inside the house, Charles was shot useless by Lori’s brother, Alex Cox.

Cox advised police that Lori and Charles obtained right into a battle. Alex claimed he was defending his sister and shot Charles in self-defense. Lori and Tylee — who each say they heard the taking pictures — advised comparable tales of self-defense. 

September 2019

Lori Vallow moved nearer to Chad Daybell. She relocated her children to Rexburg, Idaho. Lori’s brother, Alex Cox, moved into the identical residence complicated. 

Sept. 8, 2019: Tylee Ryan vanishes

Lori Vallow, Tylee, JJ, and Alex Cox went to Yellowstone Nationwide Park. Police say that is the place the final identified photograph of Tylee was taken earlier than she vanished. Melanie Gibb has stated that Lori had referred to Tylee as a “zombie.” 

Sept. 9, 2019:

The morning after Tylee Ryan disappeared, investigators say that Alex Cox’s cellphone GPS positioned him in Chad Daybell’s yard, on the property for about 2 hours. About 14 minutes after Cox’s GPS confirmed him leaving the property, Chad Daybell texted his spouse, Tammy Daybell. The textual content learn: “… I noticed an enormous racoon [sic] alongside the fence. I hurried and obtained my gun, and he was nonetheless strolling alongside. I obtained shut sufficient that one shot did the trick. He’s now in our pet cemetery…”

Sept. 22, 2019: JJ Vallow disappears

Police say JJ Vallow was final seen on Sept. 22, 2019. 

Melanie Gibb says that she and her boyfriend, David Warwick, have been staying with Lori Vallow in Rexburg that weekend. On the evening of Sept. 22, Warwick says he noticed Alex Cox carry JJ into Lori’s residence. However the subsequent morning, in accordance with Warwick, when he requested to see JJ, Lori reportedly advised them that JJ was “being a zombie” and that Cox needed to take him away.

Sept. 23, 2019

The day after JJ was final seen, investigators say Alex Cox’s cellphone confirmed that Cox returned to Chad Daybell’s yard. This time, Cox was there for less than 17 minutes.

Oct. 19, 2019: One other loss of life

With Lori Vallow’s kids’s whereabouts unknown, tragedy struck Chad Daybell’s household. Daybell’s spouse, Tammy Daybell, died. The couple’s son, Garth Daybell, stated Tammy died in mattress and that he and Chad known as 911. 

The Daybell kids advised “48 Hours”  they declined an post-mortem. They are saying the coroner advised them Tammy’s loss of life gave the impression to be pure causes. They believed that as a result of they are saying their mother was in in poor health well being previous to her loss of life.

Nov. 5, 2019: Chad and Lori wed

Roughly two weeks later, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell obtained married on a seaside in Hawaii. 

Later that month, JJ’s grandmother, Kay Woodcock, requested police to examine on JJ’s welfare. Woodcock stated she was involved and hadn’t heard from JJ in months. 

Nov. 26, 2019: Lacking children

Rexburg police went to Lori Vallow Daybell’s home in search of JJ. Police say Vallow Daybell lied to them, claiming that JJ was secure and staying in Arizona together with her pal, Melanie Gibb. At first, Gibb wasn’t forthcoming about JJ’s whereabouts however later known as police and advised them JJ hadn’t been together with her.

Whereas Rexburg police tried to find JJ, investigators quickly realized that his sister, Tylee Ryan was additionally lacking, and launched a nationwide search for the kids. 

December 2019

Whereas investigators looked for the lacking kids, Lori and Chad Daybell traveled again to Hawaii. 

In December 2019, Fremont County Sheriff’s Investigators grew suspicious about Tammy Daybell’s loss of life. They exhumed her physique to conduct an post-mortem. 

That very same month, Lori’s brother, Alex Cox, died in Arizona. It was decided he died of pure causes.

Jan. 25, 2020

Authorities served Lori Vallow Daybell an order requiring her to provide her kids. 

Feb. 20, 2020: An arrest

After failing to conform,  Lori Vallow Daybell was arrested in Hawaii. Two weeks later, she was extradited to Idaho. 

June 9, 2020: Looking out Chad Daybell’s yard

Even after Vallow Daybell’s arrest, the couple refused to say the place the kids have been. On June 9, 2020, the FBI, Rexburg Police and Fremont County Sheriff’s Workplace descended upon Chad Daybell’s dwelling and property. 

Authorities dug in areas of the yard the place Alex Cox’s cellphone had pinged in September 2019. Tragically, they uncovered human stays buried in shallow graves. 

JJ Vallow had been buried underneath a tree and about 50 yards away; investigators discovered Tylee’s grave within the Daybell’s pet cemetery. Prosecutors consider she was buried in the identical location Chad Daybell referenced when he texted Tammy Daybell 9 months earlier, saying he was burying a raccoon.

Investigators dug up a part of the pet cemetery and located no raccoon. However Daybell’s household advised” 48 Hours” there was a second pet cemetery on the property that was not searched.

Chad Daybell was arrested.

June 2020

Authorities later confirmed that they recognized the stays as JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. A memorial was constructed alongside the Daybell’s fence to honor the victims.

Might 2021

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell have been charged with first-degree homicide for the deaths of JJ and Tylee.  Daybell was additionally charged with murdering his first spouse, Tammy Daybell. 

June 2021: Chad Daybell in courtroom

Chad Daybell pleaded not responsible to all the fees.  

June 2021: Lori Vallow Daybell’s case on maintain

Lori Vallow Daybell was additionally charged with conspiring to homicide Charles Vallow. That very same month, a decide dominated Lori incompetent to face trial whereas she receives psychological well being therapy. She had not but entered a plea; her case was on maintain.

August 2021: Awaiting trial

Prosecutors introduced they are going to search the loss of life penalty in opposition to Chad Daybell. Daybell is jailed, awaiting trial.   

September 2021: Talking out

Chad and Tammy Daybell’s kids — talking publicly for the primary time collectively — advised “48 Hours” they consider their father is harmless. Daybell’s daughter, Emma Murray, says she believes Chad was framed by Alex Cox and Lori Vallow Daybell.

April 11, 2022: Lori Vallow Daybell match to face trial

Choose Steven Boyce dominated Lori Vallow Daybell is now mentally competent to face trial within the Idaho homicide case. He didn’t present different particulars about her therapy or psychological situation. She is scheduled to be formally arraigned in courtroom subsequent week and each Lori and Chad Daybell are set to face trial collectively early subsequent 12 months.

April 19, 2022: Choose enters plea on Lori Vallow Daybell’s behalf

Lori Vallow Daybell refused to enter a plea to homicide and different prices, prompting Choose Steven Boyce to enter a not responsible plea on her behalf. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, have been each on the courthouse within the japanese Idaho city of St. Anthony for courtroom proceedings; Vallow Daybell for an arraignment that was delayed for months whereas she underwent therapy at a psychological well being facility, and Chad Daybell for a listening to over the trial venue.

Might 4, 2022: Lori Vallow Daybell may face loss of life penalty

Lori Vallow Daybell will qualify for capital punishment if she is convicted at her trial later this 12 months as a result of the slayings have been exceptionally wicked and carried out for monetary acquire, in accordance with courtroom paperwork filed by prosecuting attorneys from Fremont and Madison counties on Might 2.

Aug. 16, 2022: Lori Vallow Daybell’s lawyer’s search change in prices

Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell requested a decide to ship the case again to a grand jury as a result of they are saying that the conspiracy prices are oddly constructed and will confuse a jury. Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not responsible to homicide, conspiracy and grand theft prices in reference to the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan.

Sept. 23, 2022: Cameras to be banned from courtroom

Seventh District Choose Steven Boyce has banned cameras from the courtroom within the legal case of Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell, saying he fears the photographs may forestall a good trial. The Idaho decide stated information organizations will not be capable to shoot nonetheless pictures or movies contained in the courtroom.

Jan. 7, 2023: Choose: Lori Vallow Daybell, Chad Daybell not allowed to fulfill face-to-face

Choose Steven Boyce rejected a request from Lori Vallow Daybell’s attorneys that she and her husband be allowed to fulfill in individual and on the telephone to debate methods and settlement choices.  Attorneys for Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell offered a number of requests throughout a movement listening to together with that the trial be delayed till 2024 – a request from Chad Daybell’s attorneys – and that the loss of life penalty be taken off the desk – a request from Lori Vallow Daybell’s attorneys.

March 2023: Two trials to be held 

Choose Steven Boyce granted a movement by Chad Daybell’s attorneys to sever the trials, which means separate trials can be held. Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial is scheduled to begin on April 3. Chad Daybell’s trial has not but been scheduled. 

March 21, 2023: Lori Vallow Daybell is not going to face loss of life penalty in upcoming trial

Prosecutors have been looking for the loss of life penalty for each defendants, however Lori Vallow Daybell’s attorneys stated it must be taken off the desk in her case as a result of they won’t have time to completely overview a considerable amount of proof that was turned over in latest weeks. Throughout a listening to, Choose Steven Boyce agreed. He famous that Vallow Daybell has not waived her proper to a speedy trial, so the continuing couldn’t be rescheduled to offer her protection group ample time to overview the proof. The loss of life penalty nonetheless applies to Chad Daybell’s case. 

April 3, 2023: Jury choice begins in Lori Vallow Daybell case

Attorneys started choosing 18 potential jurors for the trial of Lori Valllow Daybell, charged in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot. Authorities summoned 1,800 potential jurors to the courthouse in late March, requiring every of them to finish a 20-page questionnaire in hopes of winnowing out anybody unable to pretty strive the case. Protection attorneys and prosecutors have spent the previous few days reviewing the questionnaires and can start questioning the remaining jury pool members in an effort to select 12 jurors and 6 alternates to listen to the case. The method may take days.   

April 10, 2023: Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial underway

The prosecution and protection within the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell made their opening arguments to a jury in Boise, Idaho. 

Prosecutor Lindsey Blake stated Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell used their spiritual beliefs — together with that evil spirits that forged individuals out and switch their our bodies into zombies had possessed Tylee and JJ — to attempt to persuade these round them to not query their actions and even to justify homicide. Vallow Daybell, she argued, wished cash and wished Chad Daybell, and sought to take away the obstacles — her kids, Daybell’s partner — that stood in her means, Blake stated. “The defendant used cash, energy and intercourse to get what she wished,” Blake advised jurors. “It did not matter what it was.” 

Protection lawyer John Archibald advised jurors that on this nation, we get to decide on our spiritual beliefs, and Vallow Daybell’s started to alter when she met her husband.  Witness testimony started with Kay Woodcock, the sister of Vallow Daybell’s deceased husband Charles Vallow and the organic grandparent of JJ Vallow. Each defendants have pleaded not responsible, however are being tried individually. Vallow Daybell’s trial is anticipated to take as much as 10 weeks.

April 11, 2023: Graphic images of slain kids proven in courtroom

Jurors have been proven graphic images of the stays of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan as they have been excavated from Chad Daybell’s property, in addition to images taken throughout their autopsies. At one level, Lori Vallow Daybell’s protection attorneys requested the decide if she may very well be excused from the remainder of the day’s testimony, saying the graphic proof that was to be proven can be detrimental to her already fraught psychological well being. Choose Steven Boyce rejected the request, saying her presence within the courtroom was wanted to make sure a good trial.

Rexburg, Idaho Detective Ray Hermosillo testified the case in opposition to Vallow Daybell began with a request from Arizona police who wished assist discovering a automobile that was suspected of being utilized in an tried taking pictures. The detective described the evolving investigation to jurors, together with ugly descriptions of uncovering the our bodies of the 2 kids who had been buried in Daybell’s yard. 

April 14: Good friend testified about “evil spirits” and “zombies”

Lori Vallow Daybell’s pal Melanie Gibb advised jurors that Vallow Daybell described some individuals as possessed or as “zombies.” Gibb stated Vallow Daybell claimed some individuals have been “gentle” and others have been “darkish,” which means that they had been possessed by evil spirits. A few of these individuals labeled as “darkish” included Vallow Daybell’s fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who was shot and killed by Vallow Daybell’s brother Alex Cox, and her kids, Tylee and JJ, who have been discovered buried in Chad Daybell’s yard.

Prosecutors performed a recording of a telephone dialog the place Gibb confronted Vallow Daybell about JJ’s whereabouts.

April 18, 2023: Lori Vallow Daybell’s son testified 

Colby Ryan, the eldest and solely surviving youngster of Lori Vallow Daybell, confronted his mom about his siblings’ deaths in an emotional telephone name performed for jurors. Prosecutors performed the decision shortly after Ryan, took the stand. The decision was made after the our bodies of Ryan’s siblings, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, have been discovered buried in an japanese Idaho yard in 2020, and after Vallow Daybell was jailed in reference to the crime. He cried after seeing photos of his slain siblings, and advised jurors about how the textual content messages Tylee recurrently despatched him modified in tone and punctuation within the weeks after she first disappeared however earlier than she was reported lacking.

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