![]() ![]() While the couple embarked on an affair, their doomsday-focused belief system also began to grow.įriends told investigators that Ms Vallow and Mr Daybell believed people could be possessed by evil spirits and become “zombies”, where their soul was trapped in limbo. Mr Daybell ran a publishing company that put out books about apocalyptic scenarios loosely based on the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The sprawling saga began when Mr Daybell and Ms Vallow met at a religious conference in 2018. In another bizarre twist to the case, Cox was found dead by his stepson in December 2019.Īgain, this death was ruled as “natural causes” though he had the overdose drug Narcan in his system. Vallow was shot dead by Cox in July 2019 in what was at the time ruled as self-defence.Ĭox claimed to investigators that Mr Vallow attacked him with a baseball bat in his driveway, something that raised serious questions as he waited about 43 minutes to call 911 after the shooting. The investigation into the death of Charles Vallow was also reopened. It was only after the case involving the missing children picked up steam that investigators grew suspicious of Tammy Daybell’s death and exhumed her body, before bringing murder charges against the couple. In June 2020 – nine months after their last signs of life – the children’s remains were finally discovered in a shallow grave on Mr Daybell’s property. In November 2019 – while under pressure from family members and law enforcement to reveal where the children were – Ms Vallow and Mr Daybell jetted off to Hawaii to get married on a beach.įor many more months, the couple continued to refuse to say what had happened to Tylee and JJ. At the time, her death was ruled as “natural causes”.Ĭhad Daybell sits during a court hearing in St. One month later – in October 2019 – Mr Daybell’s then-wife Tammy Daybell died at the age of 49. Prosecutors said that, prior to their disappearance, Ms Vallow had been telling friends her children were “zombies” and that the only way to free someone’s soul from zombies was by killing them. JJ and Tylee were last seen alive in September 2019, just days before Tylee’s 17th birthday. The couple, who were embroiled in a Doomsday cult, are due to stand trial in April on charges of murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with JJ and Tylee’s murders and charges in connection to Tammy Daybell’s death. In the court filing, Ms Vallow also claims that she was in Hawaii with friends Melani Boudreaux and/or Audrey Barattiero when Tammy Daybell died in October 2019 at Mr Daybell’s home in Salem, Idaho.Īttorneys for Ms Vallow are also requesting that she and Mr Daybell are allowed to meet face to face for “strategy sessions” ahead of their murder trial. ![]() No date was offered for their deaths – but prosecutors believe the two children were murdered in September 2019. “Defendant was with Melanie Gibb, David Warwick, and/or Chad Daybell.” Vallow and Tylee Ryan died in the apartment of Alex Cox in Rexburg, Idaho,” the filing states. ![]() “Lori Vallow was in her own apartment in Rexburg, Idaho, when J.J. The documents, filed in Fremont County, Idaho, claim that two individuals, Melanie Gibb and David Warwick, were also with her in her home at the time – “and/or Chad Daybell”. Ms Vallow claims she was at her own apartment in Rexburg, Idaho, when the two children were killed in her brother’s home nearby, the documents state. Now, for the first time, Ms Vallow has provided an alibi for her children’s murders, according to a new court filing submitted by her legal team last week. The so-called “cult mom” is also charged with grand theft and insurance fraud in relation to the Social Security benefits of Tylee and JJ. Ms Vallow is also separately charged in Arizona with conspiring to commit the murder of her previous husband Charles Vallow, with the help of her now-deceased brother Alex Cox – who mysteriously died three months after the children’s disappearance. ![]()
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