On Tuesday, an FBI analyst testified that Lori Vallow Daybell’s brother’s phone placed him near where J.J. Vallow’s body was buried in 2019. Nick Ballance said the device, which used a Gmail account linked to Alex Cox, was at a pond on Chad Daybell’s property and was in “close proximity to where J.J. Vallow was …
On Monday, an Idaho investigator testified that an email account linked to Lori Vallow Daybell made several Internet searches the same day as Tammy Daybell’s funeral in 2019. Rexburg police Detective David Stubbs said that the Gmail account in question looked up “possessed” and “how to remove the rear seat of my Jeep Wrangler.” In …
On Thursday, a lead investigator testified that Charles Vallow changed the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy from Lori Vallow Daybell, his wife, to his sister shortly before he was fatally shot by Vallow Daybell’s brother. Alex Cox reportedly shot and killed Charles in Arizona in July 2019. Six days after his death, …
On Thursday, a college official testified that Tylee Ryan never applied to the college or attended the school — despite Lori Vallow Daybell, her mother, claiming she was there at the time of her 2019 disappearance. Wynn Hill, the Dean of Students at Brigham Young University-Idaho, stated that police had him search the student management …
An FBI forensic accountant testified in court Wednesday that Chad Daybell wired three of his biological children $8,000 as Idaho police dug for J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan’s remains on his property in 2020. Mike Douglass claimed Chad Daybell made the money transfer hours after Rexburg police knocked on his door in Salem and presented …
On Wednesday, a forensic accountant testified that Social Security payments intended for J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan were deposited into Lori Vallow Daybell’s bank account around the time they vanished in September 2019. During Mike Douglass’ testimony, the court was shown how various payouts for J.J. and Tylee Ryan were made to Vallow Daybell’s bank …
Lori Vallow Daybell’s surviving son cried while on the stand Tuesday upon being shown pictures of his late sister. According to People, Colby Ryan said, “That’s my sister Tylee [Ryan],” as prosecutors presented pictures of the 16-year-old and J.J. Vallow, 7. Colby went on to say that he had a good relationship with J.J., who …
On Tuesday, Idaho prosecutors played a recorded phone call in which Lori Daybell Vallow’s surviving son confronted her after J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan’s bodies were reportedly found on her husband’s property in 2020. In a phone call from August 2020, Colby Ryan reportedly told his jailed mother that her two children were murdered, buried, …
On Tuesday, Lori Vallow Daybell’s surviving son testified that, prior to her disappearance, Tylee Ryan told him that their mother controlled her money. According to East Idaho News, Colby Ryan said that Tylee, 16, told him about the money issue on September 8, 2019, after he asked her for money. Colby claimed he spoke on …
Tylee was found burned, while J.J.’s arms were wrapped in duct tape
On Friday, Idaho prosecutors presented two emails from the jury in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s then-husband contacted Chad Daybell’s current wife about an affair Vallow Daybell and Daybell were having prior to their respective spouses’ slayings in 2019. Daybell’s wife, Tammy Daybell, is believed to have died of asphyxiation (though her death was initially classified …
On Thursday, Idaho prosecutors submitted a phone call in which Lori Vallow Daybell’s husband, Chad Daybell, reportedly gave her brother, Alex Cox, a patriarchial blessing following the 2019 murders of her two children. During the 15-minute recording, Daybell was heard telling Cox that he was a “great warrior” who was “selected to help protect your …
