Colby Ryan, the oldest son of Lori Vallow, and Annie Cushing, the aunt of Tylee Ryan, both spoke out about the case in exclusive interviews in the season two premiere of "Injustice with Nancy Grace."
Lori Vallow, who wore a blue sweater and matching light blue medical mask, appeared to show little emotion during the five-minute hearing that occurred over Zoom, according to local reports.
Lori Vallow has been sitting in jail since February in connection with the disappearance of her children, but one inmate who stayed in a cell nearby says the Idaho mom was upbeat and excited about the media attention she was receiving for the case.
Chandler Police are currently on a six-month timetable in their investigation into Charles Vallow's death, but stress that there's no hard deadline in the case.
“We are conducting a very thorough investigation to determine the truth behind the murder of Charles Vallow,” Chandler Police Det. Nathan Duncan said, referring the the death of Lori Vallow's fourth husband at the hands of her brother, Alex Cox.
“I love you,” Lori Vallow said to Chad Daybell in a call from prison as investigators were searching his property for the remains of her children Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow.
Jennifer Shen, the former crime lab director for the San Diego Police Department, said authorities have to be methodical in building a case against the killer or killers of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow.
Lori Vallow's friend Melanie Gibb confronted the Idaho mother and her husband, Chad Daybell, about the whereabouts of 7-year-old JJ Vallow in a tense phone call.
Chad Daybell told Lori Vallow he loved her after telling her authorities were searching the area where the bodies of her missing kids were found buried.
