Witnesses allegedly saw Richard Ford force his ex-wife Melissa Banda into a rented SUV, a day before she was found dead at the side of a road in Texas' Hidalgo County.
“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.
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.
Lori Vallow also told Rexburg Police officers that her former husband and one of her brothers were trying to kill her for insurance money, forcing her to move around often.
Investigators said during a preliminary hearing for Chad Daybell that they found the bodies of Lori Vallow's missing children by tracking the movements of Vallow's now-dead brother Alex Cox.