“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.
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.
Lori Vallow’s attorney is requesting her $1 million bond in Madison County, Idaho, be lowered now that the two felony charges she'd been facing were dropped earlier this month. Vallow also faces charges in Fremont County.
Lori Vallow told friend Melanie Gibb that she concocted a story about having cancer in order to convince JJ Vallow's grandmother to care for him, Gibb recounted to authorities.
