Lori Vallow’s triple-murder trial is underway, a complicated case in which she is accused of killing two of her children and her estranged husband and conspiring to kill her current husband’s late wife.
Vallow has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, conspiracy and grand theft in the deaths of two of her children, Joshua and Tylee, and of Tammy Daybell. She has also been charged with murder in the shooting of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in Arizona.
Prosecutors allege she and her current husband, Chad Daybell, killed the children and their spouses as part of an obsessive “doomsday” religious belief.
The trial, in Boise, Idaho, could last up to 12 weeks as the prosecution and Vallow’s defense team try to cover multiple allegations.
Here are some of the important names to know as prosecutors and defense attorneys make their cases.
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Lori Vallow, Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan
Lori Vallow is a suspect in a web of alleged murders in Idaho and Arizona. She is the biological mother of Tylee Ryan, 16, and the adoptive mother of Joshua Vallow, 7, who were reported missing in November 2019.
Their remains were found in June 2020 on a property in Fremont County, Idaho, that was owned by Chad Daybell.
Court documents later showed that Joshua’s remains had been buried in a pet cemetery and that Tylee had been dismembered and burned in a fire pit.
Tylee Ryan would have turned 17 on Sept. 24, 2019, but it’s believed she died before her birthday. Her father was Vallow’s third husband, Joseph Ryan, who died of a heart attack in 2018 and had been in a bitter custody battle with Vallow over Tylee.
Joshua Vallow, sometimes referred to by the nickname JJ, was adopted in 2014 by Lori and her fourth husband, Charles Vallow.
He was the grandson of Charles Vallow’s sister, Kay Woodcock. His birth name was legally changed to Joshua Jaxon Vallow during the adoption process.
Lori Vallow also has an adult son, Colby Ryan.
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