2020.05.23 05:54 2_lazy In Sept 2019 Tylee Ryan (age 17) and J.J. Vallow (age 7) Disappeared. A case surrounded by suspicious deaths.

This is a very convoluted case with many victims and connections. The majority of relevant events seem to occurring within a single extended family. As a result I have drafted a rudimentary family tree in the software Gramps showing relationships of those involved, which you can refer to throughout this post: https://i.imgur.com/sLPBPZA.png

Brief Overview:

The last known siting of Tylee Ryan occurred on Sept. 8, 2019 at Yellowstone National Park, and the last known siting of JJ Vallow occurred on Sept. 23, 2019 at Kennedy Elementary School. His adoptive mother Lori called authorities to let them know she was going to homeschool J.J. On Nov. 26, 2019 Kay Vallow Woodcock (J.J.'s bio grandmother) requests a welfare check for J.J. Lori tells police the children are in Arizona with relatives, a lie. After more lies and refusing to cooperate with police Lori Vallow was arrested on Feb. 20, 2020 for felony desertion of a child, resisting and obstructing an officer, and solicitation of a crime and contempt.
Mysterious deaths surrounding the case:

In 2018 Lori Cox's husband Joseph Ryan dies, ruled a heart attack
On 7/11/2019 Lori Cox's husband Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori's brother Alex Cox, who claimed self defense
On 10/2/2019 Someone attempts a drive-by shooting to kill Brandon Boudreaux in a car registered to the deceased Charles Vallow. The attempt fails.
On 10/19/2019 Chad Daybell's wife dies in her sleep, this death is now being investigated. Chad Daybell would go on to marry Lori Cox on 11/5/2019
On 12/12/2019 Alex Cox dies of unknown causes, having just married Zulema Pastenes on 11/29/2019.

Full Timeline (modified/edited/added to/compacted by myself from the one by the Post Register)

link to the original Post Register Timeline:

Relevant persons in this case:

Lori Cox Vallow Daybell: Age 46, wife of Chad
Chad Daybell: Age 51, husband of Lori
Tylee Ryan: Age 17, daughter of Lori and Joseph Anthony Ryan; remains missing
Joshua Jaxon "J.J." Vallow: Age 7, adopted son of Lori and Charles Vallow, biological Grandson of Charles' sister Kay Vallow Woodcock, diagnosed with lvl 2 autism. He is said to have an amazing memory and reads at an advanced level for his age; remains missing
Alexander (Alex) Cox: Brother of Lori
William Lagioia: Second husband of Lori, father of Colby Lagioia-Ryan, who is the biological half brother of Tylee and adoptive brother of J.J.
Joseph Ryan: Third husband of Lori, father of Tylee
Charles Vallow: Fourth husband of Lori, adoptive father of J.J.
Melani Boudreaux: Lori’s niece whose ex-husband said radically changed after beginning to follow Lori's religious beliefs
Brandon Boudreaux: Melani’s ex-husband
Ian Pawlowski: Melani's current husband
Tammy/Tamara Daybell (nee Douglas): Age 49, Chad Daybell's first wife
Timeline of events:

March 9, 1990: Chad Daybell and Tamara “Tammy” Douglas marry in Manti, Utah.
1992: Lori Cox marries her high school boyfriend shortly after graduating high school. Name unknown.
Oct. 22, 1995: Lori marries second husband, William Lagioia, in Travis County, Texas.
1996 (date unknown): The couple has a son, Colby Lagioia. EDIT: There is some possible information that Colby's birth certificate lists him as Colby Cox with no father noted, meaning Lagioia may not be his father.
Dec. 17, 1996: Lori’s second husband, William Lagioia, files for divorce.
Feb. 25, 1998: Lori’s second divorce is finalized.
2001: Lori marries third husband, Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr. They go on to have daughter Tylee Ryan together. Joseph Ryan adopts Lori's son Colby Lagioia.
Aug. 13, 2004: Lori's third husband, Joseph Anthony Ryan Jr., files for divorce.
May 18, 2005: Lori's third divorce is finalized.
Feb. 24, 2006: Lori marries fourth husband Leland “Charles” Anthony Vallow in Las Vegas
July 2014: Charles and Lori finalize the adoption of Charles’ grandnephew, Joshua Jaxon “J.J.” Vallow
End of 2014: Charles and Lori move to the Hawaiian island of Kauai with J.J. and Tylee
2015 (approximate): Friend of Lori tells New York's Fox 5 that, around this time, Lori begins becoming “obsessed with Chad’s (Chad Daybell's) books,” especially a fictional series called “Standing in Holy Places." “Those books she got really obsessed with and started buying me those books too. She must have gotten close to him from his book.”
June 2015: The Daybells purchase a house in Salem after Chad twice hears a voice tell him he is supposed to move to Rexburg, according to Chad’s blog. The Daybells eventually make the move from Springville, Utah, to Salem.
Late 2016/early 2017: The Vallows move from Hawaii to Arizona, according to family members.
April 3, 2018: Lori’s ex-husband, Joseph Ryan, dies. Death is ruled due to a heart attack. Joseph's body is cremated.
Dec. 5, 2018: Chad and Lori are both on the same episode of Preparing a People podcast, “Time to Warrior Up." More episodes of the two of them together soon follow.
Jan 2019: Body cam footage shows interactions discussing the situations after Charles Vallow calls the police.

Vallow says Lori cancelled his return flight home from Texas where he was on a business trip. When he managed to fly back he found his truck and house keys gone, his bank account emptied of $35,000, the house locked, and no answer from Lori. He tells officers he hasn't been able to see JJ or Tylee, and that Lori last told him that she got rid of all his stuff from their home and that he was not to come to the house. He doesn't want to enter the house alone and wanted the police to be with him. When he enters the house he finds all his clothing and other belongings are gone. I highly recommend watching the video, as it shows Vallow saying Lori threatened to murder him, describing some of her strange religious beliefs including her thinking she was a god, and her not caring what happens to her children.

February/March 2019: Lori vanishes for 58 days, leaving both her husband and kids. Charles "had no idea where she went," one of his sons told Phoenix's Fox 10.
Feb. 8, 2019: Charles files for divorce from Lori. In released documents, Charles cites Lori threatening to murder him, stealing $35,000 from his business account and claiming to be a reincarnated god among his reasons for wanting a divorce.
March 6, 2019: Divorce proceedings are dismissed at Charles’ request. Charles decided he wanted to try to make the marriage work, Charles's son said in the interview with Fox 10 in Phoenix.
June 2019: Melani Boudreaux, Lori's niece, unexpectedly demands a divorce from Brandon Boudreaux, her husband of 11 years, said Brandon in a Facebook post. Brandon says he believes it was due to Melani's new religious beliefs after following her aunt and Chad into what he calls a “cult.”
July 11, 2019: Charles Vallow arrives at Lori's Chandler, Ariz., home to pick up J.J. Home at the time were Lori, Tylee, J.J., and Lori's brother Alex Cox. An altercation occurs and Alex shoots Charles twice in the chest, killing him. Cox claims self-defense and no charges are filed. According to Charles and Lori's property manager, Joe Pongratz, neighbors reported a pool party at Lori's house later that day with "loud music and lots of people swimming." This article provides more information about a 1 million dollar life insurance policy, and about how Charles had changed the beneficiary from Lori to his sister Kay Woodcock a few months before and his reasons for doing so.
July/August (approximate): J.J.'s beloved service dog Bailey is returned to the kennel from which the dog was purchased, according to grandmother Kay Vallow Woodcock.
Aug. 10, 2019: J.J.’s grandmother, Kay Vallow Woodcock, spoke with J.J. via FaceTime for approximately 35 seconds, she told KSL TV. This is the last time she had contact with him.
September 2019: Lori, Tylee and J.J. move to Rexburg. The reason for the move remains unclear. A neighbor told Fox 13 Salt Lake City that Lori told him she moved to attend school. A friend of Tylee's told the Post Register that Tylee said they were moving because Lori had gotten a job there. Lori's Chandler, Ariz., landlord Joe Pongratz wrote on Facebook that, following Charles' shooting, he had asked Lori to move her family out of the Chandler home, which they did Aug. 31, possibly jump-starting the Idaho move. Tylee originally planned to stay in Arizona and move in with her friend, but decided she didn’t want to leave J.J. “She was just protective of J.J. cause he was her little brother,” the friend said.
Sept. 8, 2019: Tylee is seen for the last time. Phone records indicate Tylee, J.J. Lori and Cox took a trip to Yellowstone National Park. Two photos, one from Lori’s iCloud account and one from the National Park Service entrance, both show Tylee in Yellowstone on this day. There has been no confirmed sighting of Tylee since.
Sept. 17, 2019 J.J. is captured on this ring doorbell video.
Sept. 23, 2019: J.J. is seen at Kennedy Elementary School in Rexburg for the last time, say police.

Chad Daybell texts filmmaker Devin K. Hansen “Thanks so much” regarding a project to turn one of his books into a film, Hansen told Fox 13 Salt Lake City. This is the last time Hansen would hear from Chad; all subsequent texts from Hansen to Chad go unanswered. Up until this point, Chad seemed invested in the project and had traveled to Utah to meet with Hansen about it. The project has since been cancelled.

Oct. 1, 2019: Lori signs a contract with Self Storage Plus in Rexburg to rent a storage unit. Surveillance video shows Lori and Cox visit the unit a total of nine times in October and once in November, according to footage released by eastidahonews.com. Items brought to the storage unit include gun casings, children’s bicycles and a variety of items belonging to J.J. and Tylee.
Oct. 2, 2019: A drive-by shooting attempt is made on Brandon Boudreaux in Gilbert, Ariz., Boudreaux told The Arizona Republic. Boudreaux did not see the driver. The drive-by vehicle was a Jeep registered to the deceased Charles Vallow, police confirmed.
Also on Oct. 2, 2019 An order is placed on amazon for a silver and malachite ring costing less than $40 in the name of Charles Vallow.
Oct. 3, 2019 The same computer that ordered the ring is used to search for wedding dresses online.
Oct. 9, 2019. A man wearing a ski mask appears in the Daybells' driveway in Salem as Tammy is unloading groceries from her car. He points what she believes to be a paintball gun at her and pulls the trigger several times, but the weapon doesn't appear to be loaded, according to a Facebook post made by Tammy. Tammy tries several times to ask the man what he was doing, but he never spoke. Tammy yells for Chad and the man ran away. Tammy reports the incident to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, whose investigators believed it was likely a prank and never found the man, Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries told the Rexburg Standard Journal.
Oct. 10, 2019: Tylee’s Venmo account shows a payment to her half-brother, Colby Ryan, accompanied by the message “we love you.”
** Oct. 16, 2019**: Tylee's Venmo account shows a payment to Colby accompanied by a heart emoji.

Around this date, Melani tells Brandon that she is moving to Boise, according to The Arizona Republic.

Oct. 19, 2019: Family members find Tammy dead in her home at age of 49, according to a Rexburg Police Department news release. The death is ruled due to natural causes. Tammy had seemed healthy when her father Ron Douglas, saw her two weeks earlier, Douglas told Fox 13 Salt Lake City. Douglas said a grief-stricken Chad called him after Tammy died, saying she had gone to bed the night before with a terrible cough and never woke up.
Oct. 22, 2019: Tammy is interred, according to Rexburg police news release.
Oct. 25, 2019: A friend of Tylee’s from Arizona, receives text from Tylee saying, “hi. Miss you guys too...luv ya.” This text was in response to a text the friend sent Oct. 19 saying she missed Tylee and had been thinking about her. The friend confirmed this text exchange and provided a screenshot to the Post Register, but she has doubts Tylee was the one who wrote the response. “She spelled out her words for the most part. Plus she would have texted more if I reached out,” the friend said via Facebook messenger when asked if the text sounded like it had come from Tylee.
November 2019 (approximate): Lori and Chad told witness that Tylee died in 2017, police say. Chad told another witness that Lori had no minor children.
Nov. 5, 2019: Chad Daybell and Lori are married in Kauai. In wedding photos, Lori appears to be wearing the silver and malachite ring that had been ordered on Amazon in Charles Vallow's name. (source) (source)
Nov. 14, 2019: Prior to the finalization of her divorce, police arrest Melani for trespassing on Brandon’s parents’ property in American Fork, Utah, according to court records. She is charged with criminal trespass and released the same day.
Late Nov. 2019: Melani and Brandon's divorce was reportedly finalized around this time. Temporary custody of the couple's four children was granted to Brandon., according to The Arizona Republic.
Nov. 26, 2019: Police go to Lori and Chad's residence at 565 Pioneer Road in Rexburg to conduct a welfare check on J.J. at the request of his grandmother, Kay Vallow Woodcock. Lori tells police the children are in Arizona with relatives. Police contact the relatives, who say they have not seen the children.
Nov. 27, 2019: Police return to the home of Lori and Chad with a search warrant only to find the couple had "abruptly vacated their residence.” Witnesses say Tylee and J.J. were not with them.
Nov. 29, 2019: Alex Cox, Lori's brother, and Zulema Pastenes are married in Las Vegas.
Nov. 30, 2019: Melani Boudreaux and Ian Pawlowski are married in Las Vegas, according to court records. Pawlowski, a resident of Rexburg, divorced his previous wife in July 2019, according to his Facebook.
Dec. 11, 2019: Law enforcement decide to further investigate the death of Tammy. Tammy’s body is exhumed and submitted for an autopsy.
Dec. 12, 2019: Alex Cox, Lori's brother, dies in Gilbert, Ariz., Brenda Carrasco, a public information officer for Gilbert police, confirmed to the Post Register. Carrasco said Cox was found unresponsive by a witness.
Dec. 20, 2019: Rexburg police announce the disappearance of Tylee and J.J. and ask the public's for assistance in locating them. In a news release, police say Chad and Lori are not cooperating and the children's disappearance may be tied to Tammy's "suspicious death."
Dec. 21, 2019: Police officially announce Chad and Lori as persons of interest. “They told us several stories about where the children are, but when we investigate, the children don’t exist where they say they should,” Rexburg Police Chief Shane Turman told eastidahonews.com.
Dec. 23, 2019: Rexburg attorney Sean Bartholick issues statement on Chad and Lori's behalf saying, “Chad Daybell was a loving husband and has the support of his children in this matter. Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and resents assertions to the contrary. We look forward to addressing the allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor.”
Dec. 26, 2019: Preparing A People issues a statement denying it is a cult. According to the statement, it is a multimedia company that focuses on video editing. Preparing a People representatives say they have not had Chad speak at an event since February 2019, they are cooperating with law enforcement and have removed podcast episodes featuring Chad and Lori.
Dec. 27, 2019: Julie Rowe, a friend of Daybell's who worked with him on several books, posts a YouTube video defending his character and claiming he is innocent.
Dec. 28, 2019: Rexburg Police Capt. Gary Hagen tells eastidahonews.com that he doesn’t think investigators are any closer to finding the children than they were two weeks ago. Hagen also dismisses rumors that children’s disappearance is related to a custody battle. “That’s what they claim, but we have proved that there is no active custody battle.”
Dec. 30, 2019: Rexburg Police issue another news release. In it, police say they “strongly believe that Joshua and Tylee’s lives are in danger.” Police say they know the children are not with Chad and Lori. Despite law enforcement believing she knows where they are or what has happened to them, Lori has “completely refused to assist this investigation” and “has chosen instead to leave the state with her new husband.”
Jan. 3, 2020: Law enforcement from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, the Rexburg Police Department, and the FBI arrive at the Daybell property, former home of Chad and Tammy, with a search warrant. Officers search inside the house, as well as a shed and barn behind the house. Metal detectors were used in the yard. Police said more than 43 items were collected from the home, including “computers, cell phones, journals, documents and medications," which have been sent to forensic experts for examination. Police later confirmed they had found JJ's medication (with pills still left in the bottle) in the home which had been filled in Arizona in Jan. 2019, but had never been refilled in Idaho. (Source)
Jan. 5, 2020: Colby Ryan posts a YouTube video plea to Lori to bring the situation to a safe end. "You have the power to end this. You have an opportunity to put this all to rest.
Jan. 7, 2020: Larry and Kay Woodcock, J.J.'s grandparents, hold a press conference in Rexburg to announce a $20,000 reward for the children's return. "We want only the best for them," Larry Woodcock says. "Please give them back to us."
Jan. 25, 2020: Law enforcement locate Chad and Lori on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where they are served with a court order obtained by the Madison County Prosecutor's Office that requires Lori to "physically produce Tylee and J.J. to the Idaho Department of Welfare in Rexburg, Idaho, or to the Rexburg Police within five days of being served with the order."
Jan. 26, 2020: The Kauai Police Department serves a search warrant on a vehicle carrying Chad and Lori as well as on their persons.
Jan. 28, 2020 (approximate): Kay and Larry Woodcock file for temporary guardianship of their grandson J.J.
Jan. 30, 2020: Lori Vallow fails to comply with court order and does not appear in front of Madison County authorities.
Feb. 12, 2020: A judge makes no decision during a closed-door status conference on the Woodcocks' request for custody of J.J.
Feb. 20, 2020: Lori Vallow is arrested today in Princeville, Hawaii by the Kauai Police Department and charged with two counts of felony desertion of a child, as well as misdemeanor charges of resisting and obstructing an officer, solicitation of a crime and contempt. She is being held on a $5 million bond pending extradition to Idaho.
Feb. 21, 2020: Lori appears before a judge in Kauai and declares her intention to fight the extradition order. The judge denies her lawyer's request to lower bail.
Feb. 26, 2020: Lori waives her challenge to Idaho's extradition request. The judge instructs the prosecuting attorney to have Idaho authorities return Lori to Madison County "as soon as possible." Lori's decision to waive comes immediately after her request to lower her $5 million bail is denied.
March 4: Rexburg law enforcement take Lori into their custody and extradite Lori out of Hawaii.
March 5, 2020: Lori arrives at the Rexburg airport and is escorted to the Madison County jail.
March 6, 2020: Lori appears in Madison County court for the first time. Judge Faren Eddins reads Lori her charges and sets the preliminary hearing for March 18 and March 19. Eddins agrees to lower Lori's $5 million bond to $1 million at her attorney's request.

Relevant Facebook Posts from family members

Brandon Boudreaux Posted on Dec. 21, 2019:

On October 2nd on my way home from the gym someone sat outside my home and shot a gun at me they hit my vehicle and missed my head by inches. I have reason to believe that this was related to all of the following events. I will only share things in this post that are public information please don't ask for more. Please also understand I know firsthand how scary these people can be. And by sharing I realize it can make us a target. As someone who has spent the last two months in hiding to protect my kids I don't take this lightly. But I want to be a person who stands and fights for truth and justice I have thought a lot about it and I have to share this. I can no longer sit by when by sharing I might help someone who knows something to come forward.
Ok This story is about my wife's cousin Joshua Jaxon (JJ) Vallow. Born in Lake Charles, LA. My wife's aunt and uncle Charles vallow and his wife Lori adopted him in 2013.
He’s a beautiful, intelligent 7 y/o with the biggest heart, most beautiful smile & has life challenges of a level 2 boy on the Autism spectrum. Early intervention allowed him to flourish beyond all expectations. Lori was a wonderful, loving, attentive mother. Things started changing over the past 18+ months when Lori began spending all her time with a new religious group, that we refer to as a “cult.”
She eventually deserted charles & JJ for 2.5 months early this year. Charles did his best to save the marriage, of which she had no interest. My wife at this time melani began spending a lot of time with this group, at the end of june she demanded a divorce claiming revelation about things that were not real and there was no evidence given just a claim of being told by the savior. On July 11, 2019 in Chandler, AZ, Charles went to Lori’s home (which he paid for) to get JJ & take to school. She and her brother Alex were there. Alex shot Charles twice in the chest killing him, claiming self-defense. 4 people were there that day. Lori, Alex and these 2 missing children. Alex mysteriously passed away on 12/12 & these two children haven't been seen since September 23rd. Worse still, Lori already remarried and the wife of her new husband Chad Daybell, mysteriously died on October 19th, in Rexburg, ID. I'm posting this and articles related to the case begging anyone who believes in justice to please share my post. Help us shed light on this. Someone out there knows something but doesn't know how all the pieces fit together. Help me connect them with the police so we can bring justice to charles and the other victims. Please join us in prayer and fasting that we find JJ & Tylee alive. Please like and share this to help bring the truth to authorities. Please feel free to dm me with questions about the provided links.

Kay Woodcock posted on March 28, 2020:

Today, my heart is extremely heavy. (heavier than normal these days)
One year ago yesterday, JJ was here in Lake Charles with Larry J. Woodcock & I was in Gilbert, AZ helping Charles pack for move to Houston. After being gone for 58 days, Loco (Lori) strutted in, hands on hips, & began to blame Charles for HER being gone so long, for cutting off her & her family’s phones, for keeping JJ from her, for her having to move, etc... It was ridiculous!! I knew the REAL situation bc I was with him & JJ for most of her absence. Charles offered to fly her to Houston that Sunday (in 3 days) to see JJ since it had been so long. She “committed to helping a friend in Kauai” so she couldn’t, then promised upon her return to the mainland in a “week or two” she would go to Houston. ((What mother would do this?)). Thankfully, this visit didn’t derail him & proceeded with the move. After short time in Houston his heart won over logic, allowing her back in their lives. It just so happened he was due a huge commission check at the same time. Oh my!! How obvious was that!! Yet Charles still had hopes of reconciliation. A short 4 months later... you know the story. For those who don’t, She & Alex ambushed & murdered him, acting like it was just another day. It changed my life, my family, and our friends lives forever. The void his loss created within my heart will never be filled. I miss my brother VERY much every single day. He was a good man who treated her with utmost respect & love. She didn’t deserve him. After his death, JJ must’ve felt incredibly lost, unloved & missed his dad terribly. His combative & unruly demeanor, as exhibited in the doorbell cam vid (Garna Mejia posted) personifies his inability to cope with his world being turned upside down by his mothers hand. Loco was obviously treating him as her “nieces drug baby.” Meaning she had emotionally removed herself as his once devoted, loving & protective mom. I think her referral to him in that way, was an example of her mustering the courage to “off” Tylee & then him. I PRAY I’m wrong, as we’ve NOT seen proof yet. However the longer she’s in jail, not talking causes us to lose hope with each passing day. We WON’T give up hope until we know differently. If loco has done something to him, it’s comforting to know he’s in heaven holding his Dad’s hand & they will be happy together forever. All she had to do was call us to pick him up. Period!!! She knew we’d have been there in record time!!! She knew we wanted him!!! SHE KNEW !!! Time will tell just how selfish she is.
For now, we continue to wait, wait, wait..... plz keep JJ & Tylee in your prayers.
WHERE ARE THE KIDS??? WHERE IS TYLEE ?!? WHERE IS JJ !?!

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Final Thoughts

So what do you think the connection between the deaths are? Do you think the children are OK? It seems Lori almost certainly had something to do with their disappearance, why do you think she would want them gone?