Authorities believe the couple used their religious beliefs to encourage or justify the murders of Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, who both mysteriously disappeared in September of 2019 before their bodies were found buried on Chad Daybell's Idaho property.
"Being a good mom is very important to me, and a good wife, and a good worker. And being all those things is not easy!" the mom of two presumed dead children said in 2004.
Tammy Daybell, a 49-year-old mother of five, died in her sleep at her family’s Idaho home on Oct. 19, 2019, just two weeks before Chad Daybell married his current wife Lori Vallow.
Phoenix police decided to review the investigation into Joseph Ryan's death late last year after a disturbing recording surfaced that allegedly captured Lori Vallow talking about previously wanting to murder her ex.
Annie Cushing said her former sister-in-law Lori Vallow had once been "very loving" but underwent a "tectonic shift" after meeting doomsday author Chad Daybell.
Attorneys for Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell have requested special prosecutor Rob Wood be removed from the case, saying he unduly influenced potential witnesses in the case — an allegation he denies.
Joseph Ryan's sister, Annie Cushing, released a recording of a conversation Lori Vallow allegedly had in 2018 in which she made reference to wanting to "murder" her ex-husband during a heated custody dispute.
