THE
THE DEADLINE THAT HAS PASSED FOR THE MOTHER OF TWO MISSING KIDS
FROM REXBURG-- TO
SHOW THE COURTS THAT
HER KIDS ARE ALIVE AND
WELL.
LORI VALLOW'S TWO
CHILDREN, 7-YEAR-OLD JJ
VALLOW AND 17-YEAR-
OLD TYLEE RYAN HAVEN'T
BEEN SEEN SINCE
SEPTEMBER.
VALLOW AND HER NEW
HUSBAND CHAD DAYBELL,
FLED THE STATE THE DAY
AFTER POLICE ASKED
THEM ABOUT THE
CHILDREN'S LOCATION
LATE LAST YEAR.
THE COUPLE WAS FOUND
IN HAWAII OVER THE
WEEKEND-- WHERE
VALLOW WAS SERVED
WITH A COURT ORDER
DEMANDING SHE SHOW
PROOF HER CHILDREN ARE
ALIVE.
SHE HAD FIVE DAYS TO
DO THAT-- BUT THERE
WAS NO SIGHT OF HER
TONIGHT IN REXBURG.
THE MADISON COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
TELLS US ITS NOW UP TO
A JUDGE IF LORI WILL BE
ARRESTED.
BUT THERE IS MUCH
MORE TO THIS STORY,
INCLUDING THE
SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF
THE COUPLE'S FORMER
SPOUSES AND THEIR
RADICAL SPIRITUAL
BELIEFS.
OUR GRETCHEN PARSONS
HAS THIS STORY.
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THEY'RE GOOD KIDS, THEY
DON'T DESERVE THIS.
ITS
ITS BEEN
ITS BEEN MONTHS SINCE 7-YEAR-OLD JJ VALLOW AND 17-YEAR OLD TYLEE
RYAN
RYAN DISPEARED FROM THEIR HOME HERE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF REXBURG.
IT'S LEFT THE COMMUNITY
WONDERING WHERE THE
KIDS ARE AND POLICE
ASKING QUESTIONS.
OCTOBER 19TH 2019.
THAT'S THE MORNING THE
FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT A
CALL THAT A REXBURG
WOMAN DIED IN HER
SLEEP.
THAT WOMAN 49-
YEAR-OLD TAMMY DABELL.
AT THAT TIME NOBODY
SUSPECTED ANYTHING
WAS WRONG.
TAMMY'S HUSBAND CHAD
REMARRIED JUST DAYS
AFTER HER DEATH.
HIS NEW BRIDE...LORI
VALLOW.
VALLOW HAD TWO
CHILDREN FROM
PREVIOUS
MARRIAGES...7-YEAR-OLD
PREVIOUS MARRIAGES...7-YEAR-OLD J-J AND 17-YEAR-OLD
TYLEE.
BUT JUST A MONTH AFTER
THE COUPLE SAID I
DO.RELATIVES OF J.J. AND
TYLEE TOLD POLICE THAT
NO ONE HAD SEEN THE
CHILDREN.
THE FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
DETERMINED THE KIDS HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE SEPTEMBER.
THEY WENT TO THE HOME,
ASKED TO SEE THE KIDS,
THEY WEREN'T THERE, WE
WERE TOLD THAT JJ WAS
IN ARIZONA WITH FAMILY,
THAT WAS CHECKED AND
FOLLOWED UP ON AND
THAT WAS FALSE AND
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
SEEN SINCE.
IN JANUARY, J.J. AND
TYLEE'S GRANDPARENTS
PUT OUT A DESPERATE
PLEA TO THE
COMMUNITY...OFFERING A
20-THOUSAND DOLLAR
REWARD FOR ANY
INFORMATION THAT
LEADS TO THE SAFE
RETURN OF THE KIDS.
PLEASE GIVE THEM BACK
TO US. THEY ARE JUST THE
MOST UNBELIEVABLE
CHILDREN YOU'D EVER
MEET.
MEANWHILE, POLICE IN
CHANDLER ARIZONA TOLD
THE FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IN
IDAHO...THEY SHOULD
TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT
TAMMY DAYBELL'S
SUPPOSED "NATURAL
DEATH."
SO THAT WAS THE
REASON FOR OBTAINING A
COURT ORDER TO
EXHUME THE BODY AND
HAVE AN AUTOPSY
PERFORMED.
THE FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
EXHUMED TAMMY'S BODY
AND IS STILL WAITING FOR
THOSE AUTOPSY RESULTS.
BUT THEY SAY POLICE IN
ARIZONA TIPPED THEM
OFF BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO LORI
VALLOW'S FORMER
HUSBAND, CHARLES
VALLOW, THIS PAST JULY.
UH, THERE'S UH... I GOT IN
A FIGHT WITH MY
BROTHER IN-LAW AND I
SHOT HIM IN SELF
DEFENSE.
CHARLES WAS PICKING UP
J.J. FOR SCHOOL WHEN
LORI'S BROTHER ALEX COX
SHOT HIM DEAD.
THIS IS A 911 RECORDING
FROM THAT DAY.
IS HE HURT OR IS THERE
BLOOD? YEAH, THERE'S
BLOOD. HE"S NOT
MOVING.
COX TOLD POLICE HE
SHOT CHARLES IN SELF-
DEFENSE AFTER CHARLES
AND LORI BEGAN
ARGUING.
HE CAME AT ME WITH A
BAT.
HAS ANYONE BEEN
DRINKING OR ANYTHING
TODAY?
I DON'T KNOW BUT I'VE
NEVER SEEN HIM THAT
ENRAGED BEFORE.
SHORTLY AFTER.LORI'S
BROTHER ALEX COX DIED.
THE CAUSE UNKNOWN
TO THIS DAY.
WHEN HER BROTHER
SHOT AND KILLED HER EX
HUSBAND, THERE WERE
SEVERAL PEOPLE PRESENT
, TO MY KNOWLEDGE
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL
MISSING OR DEAD, AND
THE TWO CHILDREN BEING
TWO OF THOSE WHO ARE
MISSING. SO YES, WE HAVE
SOME CONCERNS.
POLICE ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE
DEATHS OF CHARLES
VALLOW AND ALEX COX.
BUT COURT RECORDS
SHOW FIVE MONTHS
BEFORE COX KILLED HIS
BROTHER-IN-
LAW...CHARLES FILED FOR
DIVORCE FROM LORI.
CHARLES CITING LORI WAS
MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
HE SAID SHE REFERRED TO
HERSELF AS A GOD WHO
WAS ASSIGNED TO CARRY
OUT THE WORK OF JESUS
CHRIST BEFORE THE
SECOND COMING.
AND IF CHARLES GOT IN
HER WAY SHE WOULD KILL
HIM AND AN "ANGEL"
WOULD HELP DISPOSE OF
THE BODY.
THOSE RECORDS ARE
FROM FEBRUARY 2019.
CHARLES WAS KILLED IN
JULY.
THE FREMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
AFTER HIS DEATH -- LORI
AND HER KIDS MOVED
FROM ARIZONA TO
REXBURG .
IT WAS AROUND THIS
TIME THAT J.J. AND TYLEE'S
GRANDPARENTS WOULD
LOSE ALL CONTACT WITH
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
AFTER CHARLES WAS
MURDERED, JULY 11TH,
WE'VE HAD 3 CONTACTS
WITH JJ. 3 VERY SHORT
FACETIMES. THAT LAST
ONE BEING THE SHORTEST
THE LAST CALL WAS THE
MOST AWKWARD CALL.
BECAUSE IT WAS CALL LIKE
SOMEONE WAS
WATCHING HIM AND
DIRECTING HIM.
THE FREEMONT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
LORI'S NEW HUSBAND IN
REXBURG, CHAD DAYBELL,
SHARED HER BIZARRE
BELIEFS ABOUT A
LOOMING DOOMSDAY
AND WROTE DOZENS OF
BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT.
I THINK THERE WAS AN
ORGANIZATION HERE
THAT CHAD DAYBELL WAS
PROMOTING AND
HEADING. I DON'T KNOW
ALOT OF DETAILS ABOUT
IT, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY
EXISTED HERE.
BUT IT HAS COME
APPARENT THAT HE DID
HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
FOLLOWING.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE
YOUR KIDS ARE? WHERE
ARE YOUR KIDS?
NO COMMENT.
NO COMMENT? THEY'VE
BEEN MISSING FOR FOUR
MONTHS, YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO SAY?
IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS
YEAR LORI AND CHAD
WERE FOUND IN HAWAII
DODGING QUESTIONS
FROM A REPORTER AS
THEY
THEY DUCKED INTO A HOTEL. LISTEN, JUST TELL PEOPLE
WHAT'S HAPPENNING,
THERE'S PEOPLE AROUND
THE COUNTRY PRAYING
FOR YOU R CHILDREN.
PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US
ANSWERS?
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT GREAT... THAT'S
GREAT THAT THEY'RE
PRAYING FOR YOU,
PRAYING FOR YOU RKIDS,
WHAT?
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
SAY?
DID YOU DO SOMETHING
TO YOUR CHILDREN?
ARE YOUR CHILDREN STILL
ALIVE?
POLICE SAY THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE J.J. AND TYLEE
WERE EVER IN HAWAII.
LEAVING THE MYSTERY OF
LORI'S MISSING KIDS
UNSOLVED.
WE'RE NOT PROMISED
TOMORROW AND ALL I
WANT BEFORE I GO IS JUST
TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN
AND ESPECIALLY, AND I',
BEING GREEDY...
ESPECIALLY MY BOY JJ, MY
LITTLE MAN.
GRETCHEN PARSONS,
IDAHO'S NEWSCAHNNEL
SEVEN.
MANY ARE ASKING,
WHAT'S
WHAT'S NEXT? EARLIER TONIGHT ON THE NEWS AT SIX-- KAUAI
POLICE TOLD US VALLOW
AND DAYBELL ARE STILL
ON THE ISLAND... AND
POLICE ARE STANDING BY
IN ANTICIPATION OF AN
ARREST WARRANT BEING
ISSUED BY REXBURG
POLICE.
JUST AFTER EIGHT
O'CLOCK-- THE
DEPARTMENT ISSUED THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
IN PART IT READS, "WE
APPRECIATE THE
TREMENDOUS
OUTPOURING OF
CONCERN FROM THE
PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA
REGARDING THIS
SENSITIVE CASE...PLEASE
ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT
THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION AND
CERTAIN MATTERS MUST
REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL
AND CANNOT BE
DISCLOSED"
OF COURSE, WE'LL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS DEVELOPING STORY,
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ON OUR APP.