decades before she was arrested in the
disappearance of her two children JJ and
Ty Lee Laurie de Belle was a sweet quiet
cheerleader from a develop Orman family
bernadette flores lopez says she met
Lori when they were 15 years old and
trying out for the cheer squad at their
Southern California High School
my first impressions of her was man I
just thought she was the Barbie doll she
was a doll she was really sweet that's
why it hurts so much right now I'm in
disbelief really bernadette has asked us
to blur her face to protect her privacy
back then
Laurie was Laurie Cox she would attend
religious classes before school that
takes a lot of dedication to go in high
school and go before school started to
seminary she never spoke about what it
meant to be a Mormon I just know in her
house there was a giant book of the Book
of Mormon in her house Laurie was quiet
but also hilarious she's hilarious
he was never the type of person to come
up to anybody and confront them
negatively but man she had us laughing
hysterically all the time Bernadette
says Laurie's good looks were hard to
miss here she is competing in a 2004
beauty pageant after having two kids but
in high school Laurie mostly hung out
with the girls well she was a bombshell
in my opinion she still is but it's
weird because it wasn't until our senior
year that she even had a boyfriend
Laurie married a boy from her high
school but the marriage was short-lived
I know the boy was not a Mormon so that
might have been a cause of it
Bernadette says Laurie got good grades
but when it came time to talk about life
after graduation Laurie's path seemed
set by her faith being a Mormon this is
what I got from her dad they already
knew she's gonna go be a missionary for
a couple years serve and after high
school
bernadette says she lost touch with
Laurie but she always thought about her
friend I just wanted to say hi to her
they pretty much have been in contact
with all my other friends that I had on
my cheer squad except her in ID she was
just kind of a mystery you have nothing
to
Bernadotte was shocked when she saw her
friend of the news for allegedly
refusing to help police find her
children JJ and Ty Lee the siblings have
been missing since September lori was
arrested in Hawaii and charged with two
counts of felony desertion of a child
she's now awaiting extradition back to
Idaho Bernadette a mother of two can't
fathom that Laurie hasn't seen her kids
for more than five months I think she's
so brainwashed and so far gone this
person that she's married to is writing
books about doomsday and end of the
world and you know I know her book hurt
her Mormon religion don't teach that
Laurie's fifth husband Chad de Belle has
not been charged with any crime both he
and Laurie denied any wrongdoing
Bernadette says if Laurie did harm her
kids she should face justice but if they
are alive they it say where your kids
are let them have a fair chance in life
but I don't know the healing process
start with them Bernadette also has a
message for the friend she once felt so
close to Laurie look you're not too far
gone that brayer's can't touch you she
just needs our prayers right now she
isn't that's what she needs regardless
she's she's not well she's not well if
this is if she did something like this
for Inside Edition calm I'm Kailyn Ford