A spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said prosecutors made the decision to drop the charges "without prejudice"—meaning they can be refiled in the future—to allow for time for an "additional review" of the case.
Netflix's new docuseries "Sins Of Our Mother" explains that Lori Vallow's husband Joseph Ryan died of a heart attack but, before his death, her brother Alex Cox attacked him.
Colby Ryan – Lori Vallow's only surviving child – is facing two counts of domestic violence sexual assault after a woman told police he raped her while the pair were watching TV in her Mesa, Arizona home, even though she told him to stop and tried to push him off of her.
In a new interview coinciding with the release of his first book, Lori Vallow's oldest (and only remaining) son Colby Ryan talks about how his mother stonewalled him about the whereabouts of his siblings after they disappeared. She faces murder charges in their deaths.
Prosecutors are also requesting that a judge allow Vallow to be tried alongside her husband, Chad Daybell, whose trial is scheduled to begin in January 2023.
Lori Vallow was booked into the Madison County Jail early Thursday morning after a judge ruled she was fit to stand trial for the deaths of her children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow.
After months of being declared unfit, Lori Vallow has been restored to competency and will soon face charges for the deaths of her children Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow.