Ryan, Joshua Jaxon and Tylee – Rexburg, ID – Nov 26 2019

Jun 9, 2020

On Jun 9, 2020, Rexburg, Idaho Police in concert with the FBI raided the home of Chad Daybell after reading deeply disturbing texts from Chad’s cell phone in their investigation of the disappearance of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, the 7 and 16 year old children of Daybell’s new wife, Lori Vallow.  They discovered the human remains of both children in shallow graves near the fire pit in the backyard.  JJ was wearing his pajamas, wrapped in several trash bags which were taped with duct tape.  Tylee was dismembered and burned then her bones buried in a plastic tub.

1992

Lori was popular, attractive, and easily charmed men.  She married her high school sweetheart Nelson Yanes, only to have their marriage annulled six weeks later.

1995-1998

She next married Will Lagiola and had son Colby.

2001-2005

That lasted a few years before she married her third husband, Joseph Ryan.  Joseph adopted Colby and together they had daughter Tylee.

And here’s where the story begins.  While married to Ryan, Lori convinced her children and her brother Alex Cox that Joseph was hurting her.  Alex tried killing him then Colby and Tylee suddenly accused him of abuse.  This pattern would continue throughout their lives–making false accusations to move from one man to the next.

2006-2018

After four years, she divorced Joseph Ryan and married Charles Vallow who had two adult sons of his own.  Their family of six was very happy.  Charles’ sister Kay and her husband Larry Woodcock had taken custody of their grandson Joshua Jaxon whom they called JJ.  They were adopting him when they discovered he had autism and needed more care than they could provide as they were much older than Charles and Lori.  So Charles and Lori adopted JJ.  Tylee took JJ under her wing and treated him almost as if he was her own son.  They were very close.

2018

In 2007, Alex Cox, Lori’s brother,  viciously attacked Joseph Ryan, earning him 90 days in jail.  Eleven years later, Ryan mysteriously dies of a heart ailment after Alex joins Chad Daybell’s doomsday cult.  It’s more likely that Alex succeeded the second time.  The coincidence in timing is hard to dismiss.  A mysterious heart ailment is also how Chad’s wife Tammy dies in 2019 and how Alex dies in 2020.

Jan 2019

Everyone agrees that Charles, Lori, and the kids were very happy.  But if you see the videos, photos, and emails from this time period, Lori was very much a narcissist (always staring at the camera making sure she’s being photographed) and Charles was starting to travel more for his business.  Then he came home after a business trip and discovered Lori had changed the locks on the house and stolen the company’s payroll of $35,000 (that’s embezzlement).  She’d taken the kids and, like Joseph Ryan, they were accusing Charles of abuse.  This was in January of 2019.

Charles loved Lori.  He wanted to find out what had happened to her.  She’d met another Mormon, Chad Daybell, who preached of the end of times coming on Jul 22, 2020 and she’d joined his cult.  They claimed that people they knew were being taken over by zombies and therefore it was okay to kill them.  Lori claimed Charles was a zombie then Tylee then JJ.  This scared Charles and so he gave this information to the police and requested she be evaluated by a psychiatrist.  He was worried that Lori would have Alex kill him and the children.  He was right.

Here’s where this nightmare could have been stopped in its tracks.  Sixteen year-old Tylee Ryan convinced police that Charles was abusive and her mom was fine.  So police dropped their investigation of Lori.  Keep in mind that Charles’ version of the story was confirmed by text messages, emails, and testimony from other family members.  Lori and Tylee were lying.  But the Gilbert, Arizona police dropped all investigations into Lori Vallow.

Jul 2019

On Jul 1, 2019, Charles Vallow discovers several emails and texts between his wife and Chad Daybell, so he emails Tammy Daybell and tells her their spouses have been cheating on them for quite some time.  She reads the email then deletes it.  But she goes a step further and blocks him from emailing her again.  She never acts on it.  Months later, she’s killed too.

On Jul 11, 2019, Alex shot and killed Charles in Charles’ home when Charles came to pick up JJ for visitation.  Alex had hit him with a baseball bat, shot him, then waited 45 minutes for him to die before calling 911.  Meanwhile, Lori and Tylee who were present and watched Alex kill Charles left and went shopping.  Let me repeat that, Lori and Tylee went shopping while Charles lay dying on the floor of the home they shared as a family.

After police are on the scene for more than 30 minutes, Lori and Tylee arrive laughing and joking and bringing their purchases into the house.  Police look at Lori and Tylee who are laughing and smiling then look at Alex who is on the pavement completely shaken.  But they call it self-defense anyway.  That was the beginning of the end for Tylee and JJ.  Because Lori couldn’t have any witnesses.  The glee on both of their faces in the video is shocking.

Sep 2019

Lori expected to get Charles’ $1 million life insurance.  In the fall of 2019, she found out it went to Charles’ sister Kay.  Lori called Kay, outraged, then immediately began selling all of Charles’ assets.  She refused to allow Kay and Larry to see the kids.  She took a trip with Alex and the kids to Yellowstone on September 8.  Tylee was never seen alive again.

Lori and Alex moved to Rexburg, Idaho with JJ to be with Chad Daybell and other members of his cult.  She enrolled JJ in school and hired a babysitter to watch him when he was out of school.

On September 19, 2019, Melanie Gibbs comes to visit Lori and the kids in Rexburg.  Lori and Alex are there.  The kids are not.  Lori tells Melanie that JJ is a zombie.  Lori and Chad tell her that their mission is to rid the world of zombies.  Right after they called Charles a zombie, Alex killed him.  So Melanie is concerned, but doesn’t report it.

On September 22, Alex takes JJ to his apartment and brings him back unconscious the next day.  Neighbors find this suspicious but no one reports it.

Oct 2019

On October 2, Alex shoots at Brandon Boudreaux, missing him.  Brandon is Lori’s niece Melanie’s ex and they are in a custody dispute. Brandon can’t positively ID Alex, but he is driving Tylee’s Jeep.  Alex is never arrested.

On October 9, a man in a ski mask (Alex Cox) shoots at Tammy Daybell, Chad’s wife, with what she believes is a paintball gun. She dismisses it.  Ten days later, she dies in her sleep of apparent heart failure even though she never had any heart problems.  (The same way Joseph Ryan and Alex Cox died.)

Nov 2019

Lori suddenly removed JJ from school, fired the babysitter, and removed his things from the apartment where they lived. JJ was last seen by neighbors on November 26.

On November 26, 2019, Kay and Larry Woodcock convinced Rexburg police, who were much smarter than the Gilbert, Arizona police, to perform a welfare check on the kids.  No one had seen the kids in months.  They go to Lori’s apartment.  Lori and the kids are not there.  Chad Daybell and Alex Cox are there, removing items.  They said the kids were with Kay.  The police said no, Kay is the one who asked for the welfare check.  Lori comes to the police station later and tells police her friend Melanie Gibbs has them.  But when police contact Melanie, she tells them she hasn’t seen the kids in months.  The next day, police return to the apartment and it’s completely empty.  Overnight, Lori and Alex have vacated the place.

On November 27, they also look at CCTV footage of Lori’s self-storage rental and then conduct a search of the unit itself.  All of the kids’ things are in the unit.  JJ’s bicycle, scooter, clothes, everything.  The CCTV footage shows Lori, Alex, and Chad moving Lori’s things to a vehicle and abandoning everything else (the kids’ stuff and photos).

Dec 2019

Within days they discover through friends that Lori is living in Hawaii with Chad Daybell and they are now married.  They don’t have the kids.  They’re nowhere.  In photos on the beach they are happy, laughing, spending money on an expensive condo, clothes, and an SUV.  So where are the kids?

In December 2019, Alex dies mysteriously of a heart ailment.  Shortly thereafter, on Dec 14, a press conference is held declaring JJ Ryan and Tylee Ryan missing.

Jan 2020

Rexburg, Idaho police are extremely alarmed.  They keep trying to get proof the kids are safe.  They work with the Hawaii police to conduct a raid on Chad and Lori’s condo.  There is no sign of the kids inside that condo.  No clothes, no toys, nothing.  In their SUV are JJ’s iPad, Tylee’s debit card, and both kids’ birth certificates.

Rexburg police give Lori an ultimatum.  She has until 5 pm on January 30 to produce the kids.  She completely ignores the deadline.

Feb 2020

In February, Hawaii police arrest Lori and extradite her back to Rexburg, Idaho.  Chad follows behind, not arrested yet.

Jul 2020

On Jul 22, 2020 Jesus does not return and the world doesn’t end as Chad Daybell predicted.  Instead, he and Lori Vallow are in jail awaiting trial for three counts of murder (JJ, Tylee, and Tammy).