Colby Ryan, Chad Daybell, Alex Cox and Charles Vallow: Key gamers within the Lori Vallow case

In a courtroom in Idaho, “doomsday cult mother” Lori Vallow was convicted of the murders of her two youngest kids and her lover’s spouse.

The 49-year-old mother-of-three was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide, conspiracy to commit first-degree homicide and grand theft over the deaths of her daughter Tylee Ryan, 16, and son Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, in Ada County Courtroom in Boise, Idaho, on Friday (12 Might 2023).

The youngsters’s our bodies had been discovered buried on the grounds of her new husband Chad Daybell’s property in Idaho virtually a yr after they went lacking.

Vallow was additionally discovered responsible of conspiracy to commit first-degree homicide within the demise of Mr Daybell’s first spouse Tammy, 49.

One month after her demise, Vallow and Mr Daybell married on a seaside in Hawaii.

Prosecutors mentioned that the couple conspired with Vallow’s brother Alex Cox to kill JJ, Tylee and Tammy as a part of their doomsday cult beliefs – but in addition so they might gather life insurance coverage cash and the children’ social safety and survivor advantages.

It’s a weird and tragic case that has shocked the nation over the previous few years – and which performed out in courtroom for the primary time as Vallow stood trial. She was sentenced to life in jail with out parole on 31 July.

Mr Daybell will likely be tried individually starting on 1 April 2024 after the choose severed the 2 circumstances weeks earlier than the beginning of Vallow’s trial.

Cox by no means confronted any costs over any of the killings as a result of he additionally died instantly in December 2019.

Past the Idaho costs, Vallow can be awaiting trial in Arizona for the homicide of her fourth husband Charles Vallow – who was shot useless by Cox in July 2019.

Listed here are the important thing gamers within the sprawling case:

Lori Vallow

Vallow, 49, has been every part from a magnificence pageant queen to a TV sport present contestant to a hairdresser – and now, a convicted killer.

Born in 1973 in California, the 49-year-old has been married 5 instances and had three kids – Colby Ryan, 27, Tylee and JJ. Mr Ryan is now the one one in every of her kids nonetheless alive.

When she married her fourth husband Charles Vallow and so they adopted JJ, the household moved to Hawaii for a couple of years earlier than returning to Arizona in 2017.

But it surely was round this time that Vallow was studying Mr Daybell’s doomsday books and pals say her behaviour began to alter. Her non secular beliefs grew more and more excessive – and moved farther from the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

She met Mr Daybell in individual for the primary time in October 2018 and so they started a romance.

In July 2019, Vallow conspired along with her brother to kill Charles. After his demise, she moved with JJ and Tylee to Idaho to be with Mr Daybell.

Vallow, Cox and allegedly Mr Daybell then additionally conspired to homicide Tylee, JJ and Tammy.

As a part of their cult beliefs, they allegedly believed in a “ranking system of sunshine and darkish” for the way they ranked the spirits of the folks round them.

Over time, this developed into the assumption that some folks had been “zombies” and the one option to do away with the zombies was for the human physique to be destroyed. Earlier than Tylee and JJ had been final seen alive, Vallow advised pals the 2 kids had turn into zombies and darkish spirits.

Chad Daybell

Mr Daybell, 54, is a self-published writer who wrote doomsday books loosely primarily based on the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He was additionally knowledgeable cemetery sexton and ran a podcast primarily based on his doomsday teachings.

He married his first spouse Tammy in 1990 and so they based Spring Creek Ebook Firm collectively in Utah – the corporate which revealed his doomsday books.

The couple had 5 kids collectively and moved to Salem, Idaho, in 2015.

Amongst his teachings, he claimed he might teleport, might see into the long run and see useless folks, and that he and Vallow had been a part of the chosen 144,000.

He’s additionally charged over the triple murders and is because of stand trial individually in April 2024. He has pleaded not responsible.

He has not been charged over Charles Vallow’s demise – however prosecutors in Arizona mentioned this was solely as a result of they didn’t suppose the fees would stick.

Tylee Ryan

Tylee Ryan was Lori Vallow’s daughter from her third marriage to Joseph Ryan.

She was simply 16 when she was final seen alive on 8 September 2019, in pictures captured at Yellowstone Nationwide Park with JJ, her mom, and her uncle Alex Cox.

For months, Vallow refused to say the place Tylee and her brother JJ had been.

In June 2020, Tylee’s stays had been discovered on Mr Daybell’s property in Idaho. Her physique had been dismembered, burned and buried on his pet cemetery.

Joshua “JJ” Vallow

Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, was the adoptive son of Vallow and Charles Vallow.

The couple adopted the boy when he was round a yr outdated. Charles Vallow’s sister Kay Woodcock was JJ’s organic grandmother.

JJ, who had autism, was final seen alive on 23 September 2019.

His stays had been discovered buried on Mr Daybell’s property in Idaho in June 2020, his physique wrapped in duct tape and a plastic bag.

Alex Cox

Alex Cox was Vallow’s brother – who mysteriously died in December 2019.

Cox can be Vallow and Mr Daybell’s alleged confederate and co-conspirator within the murders of Tylee, JJ andTammy.

He additionally shot useless Vallow’s fourth husband Charles Vallow in July 2019.

In December 2019 – simply as Tammy’s physique was being exhumed by authorities – Cox died instantly aged 51.

His demise has been dominated pure causes, with indications of a blood clot wedged within the arteries of his lungs. Nevertheless, the overdose drug Narcan was additionally present in his system.

Charles Vallow

Charles Vallow was Lori Vallow’s fourth husband. The couple married in 2006 and adopted JJ collectively.

In July 2019, Cox shot and killed Charles at Vallow’s house in Chandler, Arizona.

Cox claimed that he shot Charles in self-defence when he tried to assault him with a baseball bat. Nevertheless, Cox didn’t carry out CPR on Vallow and waited 43 minutes to name police.

On the time, the case was closed as self-defence however, after it was reopened, investigators discovered that Cox and Vallow allegedly conspired to kill Vallow.

His demise got here after he had warned – in divorce filings and police complaints – that he feared his spouse would kill him and that she believed she was a god getting ready for a second coming.

Vallow is now going through costs in Arizona of conspiring to homicide Charles.

Tammy Daybell

Tammy Daybell was Mr Daybell’s first spouse who he allegedly murdered in October 2019.

In October 2019, Tammy referred to as 911 after a person allegedly shot at her within the driveway of her house. She took to Fb to explain the incident.

Simply 10 days later, Tammy died instantly in her sleep on the age of 49. Her demise was initially dominated pure causes and Mr Daybell declined an post-mortem.

However following the disappearance of Tylee and JJ, regulation enforcement officers grew suspicious. Her physique was exhumed for an post-mortem, with officers discovering she truly died by asphyxiation.

Now, Mr Daybell is charged along with her homicide whereas Vallow was discovered responsible of conspiring to homicide her.