1/10/2023 0 Comments Doomsday coupleTylee and J.J’s disappearance also brought scrutiny to the deaths of Vallow’s and Daybell’s previous spouses. Questions still remain, however, as to how exactly the siblings died, and whether Daybell and wife Lori Vallow’s apocalyptic religious beliefs played any role. Several feet away, authorities said they found “a mass of burnt flesh and charred bone” in a pet cemetery that was later determined to be the remains of Tylee Ryan. Vallow-still wearing red pajamas-was found “tightly wrapped” in black plastic with his head, arms, and feet bound in duct tape. and Tylee Ryan were found in Daybell’s home during an investigation into the disappearance of his two stepchildren. Last June, Idaho authorities charged the pair with conspiracy to conceal evidence after the remains of J.J. In January 2020, Vallow refused to comply with a court order to produce her two children-and asked a friend to falsely tell police she was watching her son. In all, Vallow allegedly collected at least five months worth of Social Security benefits on Tylee Ryan’s behalf and four months on J.J.’s. After J.J.’s death, she did the same with his Social Security benefits. About two weeks later, the pair killed J.J., the indictment states.Ī month before the kids’ disappearance, Vallow allegedly re-routed Tylee’s bank account and Social Security benefits to her own personal account. 9, 2019, after almost a year of planning. Prosecutors now allege Daybell and Vallow murdered Tylee Ryan on Sept. The couple, who are members of a community of doomsday preppers and were married two weeks after Daybell was widowed, are already in prison for several other crimes related to the children’s disappearance in September 2019 and their reluctance to help authorities in the investigation. J.J.’s cousin, Zac Cox, was ecstatic about the new charges, writing on Twitter: “Finally!!! and on JJs birthday too.” It is not immediately clear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. Prosecutors said Tuesday the penalty for the most serious felonies against them range from life in prison without parole to the death penalty. Idaho Attorney General Takes Over Doomsday Couple Investigation The brother and sister were both questioned by police but never charged.In the indictment, prosecutors allege that between “October 26, 2018, and June 9, 2020” Daybell and Vallow “did endorse and espouse religious beliefs for the purpose of encouraging and/or justifying the homicide” of all three people.Īccording to text messages between the couple, they believed that Tammy Daybell was in “Limbo.and being possessed by a spirit name Viola,” the indictment states. In 2019, Cox fatally shot Vallow's fourth husband, Charles Vallow, during a confrontation in Arizona in which he claimed self-defense. According to the indictment, Cox attempted to shoot Tammy 10 days before her death, after she and her husband had signed an application to increase her life insurance to the maximum amount. Tuesday's indictment also names Vallow's brother, Alex Cox, as a fellow defendant in the conspiracy to commit first degree murder and grand theft by deception against JJ and the conspiracy to commit first degree murder of Tammy. Vallow reportedly thought her children were stuck in a "limbo" that can only be undone if the person's "physical body" is killed. Relatives had previously raised concerns about the couple's ties to a doomsday group called Preparing the People, which they believed to be a religious cult.Īfter the children's bodies were found in June 2020, Melani Gibb, one of Lori Vallow's friends, told authorities that Vallow believed her children had become zombies, according to AZ Central. Tylee was last seen on September 8, 2019, in a photo police found that showed her on a trip to Yellowstone National Park with JJ, Vallow, and Vallow's brother, Alex Cox. Both Daybell and Vallow also face additional fraud and theft charges related to Social Security benefits and life insurance policies connected to the three deceased.Īt a Tuesday press conference, Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood and Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake said local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities have worked "tirelessly" for almost a year in order to gather evidence on behalf of Tylee, JJ, and Tammy.ĭue to pandemic restrictions, Blake said prosecutors only recently obtained permission to present the case to a grand jury, which "deliberated and determined" that there was probable cause to believe the couple "willfully and knowingly conspired to commit several crimes that led to the death of three innocent people." Daybell on Tuesday was also charged with first degree murder in the death of his then-wife Tammy Daybell, who was found dead in her home in October, 2019.
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