Oct 28, 2019

Alex Cox and Chad Daybell visit the storage unit removing several large, obviously heavy totes. This is the last visit to the storage unit.

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October 30, 2019

Chad Daybell marries Lori Vallow in Hawaii. (Dateline)

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November 14, 2019

Melani Boudreaux was arrested for trespassing on Brandon’s parents’ property in American Fork, Utah. She was released the same day. (Arizona Republic)

November 26, 2019

Rexburg police attempt to conduct a welfare check on JJ, the adopted 7- year-old special needs son of Lori Vallow, at their residence at 565 Pioneer Road in Rexburg, ID. Welfare check was at the request of out of state family members who had not spoken to JJ since Sept. Chad and Lori were at the home and said JJ was staying with a family friend in Arizona.

November 27, 2019

Law enforcement determine "friend" was a lie, return with search warrants to find Lori and Chad left abruptly. Rexburg PD receives request to help AZ law enforcement executed a search warrant at the townhome at 595 Pioneer Road in relation to the investigation into JJ’s welfare and location.

November 27, 2019

10:13 a.m

A phone related to their investigation is pinged at the general location "right now" when dispatched. However, when law enforcement arrives Lori and Chad have abruptly vacated the home and left town; law enforcement has reason to believe that they did not have JJ with them when they left Rexburg. Subsequently, the local law  enforcement contacts the FBI to ask for assistance in locating JJ:  

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  Rexburg Police Department

November 27, 2019

(or sometime after)

During the investigation into JJ’s disappearance, law enforcement learns that Lori’s 17 year old daughter Tylee Ryan was living with Lori in Rexburg but she also has not been seen since Sept 2019.

November 29, 2019

Alex Cox (Lori’s brother) marries Zulemar Pastenes in Clark County, Idaho (or NV). (need to verify)

November 30, 2019

Melani marries Ian Pawlowski (who was divorced 7/16/2019 from now ex-wife) in Clark County, (Idaho or NV) who is associated with PAP/AVOW (Lori and Chad’s ‘Cult’). (Family interviews on Grey Hughes)

December 11, 2019

Authorities exhume Tammy Daybell’s body for a 2nd autopsy after determining her death was suspicious. Results may take 30 days.

December 12, 2019

Alex Cox was found dead in Gilbert, AZ of unknown causes; we are awaiting an autopsy report. Investigation into his death is being handled by the Gilbert PD.

December 20, 2019

Rexburg Police post on facebook asking for help locating the endangered missing children, JJ and Tylee. They call the death of Tammy suspicious and say it is thought to be linked to the missing children.

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   Rexburg Police Department

December 20, 2019

Rexburg PD said the parents are not cooperating with officers’ attempts to check on the welfare of the children.

December 21, 2019

Police release photos of Lori and Chad, calling them persons of interest. “They told us several stories about where the children are, but when we investigate, the children don’t exist where they say they should,” Rexburg Police Chief Shane Turman told EastIdahoNews.com Friday. “We don’t know where they are at, but we think they are in pretty serious danger.”

December 22, 2019

Larry and Kay Woodcock, grandparents of JJ, plea for any information on the location of the children, "Just show me JJ, show me Tylee, let us see that those kids are OK," their grandfather pleads (Fox10 Phoenix).

December 22, 2019

Brandon Boudreaux, Lori’s former nephew by marriage, says Lori drastically changed after meeting Chad. Brandon also pleads for the kids’ safe return, "They're both just innocent and they didn't deserve to be involved in any of this." (Fox10 Phoenix)

December 23, 2019

Brandon spoke to the press claiming that Lori and Chad were part of a cult that his ex-wife Melani has also joined. Brandon also claims that there was an attempt on his life connected to this case:

“I spent the last 11 years of my life spending time with Lori and her now-deceased husband Charles,” Brandon said. “I don’t know what happened to those kids, but I know there’s people who do, and they’re not talking...”

“You can’t be a member of the church and believe those things,” Brandon said. “I think it’s an infatuation with the end of the world and an infatuation with power, and they’re using it to try to make money off of people’s beliefs.”

“A couple months ago there was an attempt on my life, so I went into hiding with my kids,” Brandon said, referencing his 4 young children with Melani. “All I could think was: "Someone's shooting at me. What do I need to do? I need to hit the gas and get out of here."

December 23, 2019

Attorney Sean Bartholick issued statement on the Daybells’ behalf:

“Chad Daybell was a loving husband and has the support of his children in this matter. Lori Daybell is a devoted mother and resents assertions to the contrary. We look forward to addressing the allegations once they have moved beyond speculation and rumor.”

December 23, 2019

Kay Woodcock, sister of Charles Vallow and grandmother of JJ, says she is skeptical that JJ and Tylee are still alive, "If I have a worst enemy, I would never wish this on them. I would never wish this on anybody," said Kay Woodcock. "She just turned off. The person we knew just went away and she did not want JJ anymore. We were just trying to tell her, God. please let her go to a fire station, a church or something." (Fox10 Phoenix)

December 24, 2019

Colby Ryan, oldest son of Lori and brother of Tylee, release a Youtube video discussing the case. “Every week or two weeks has been something — new news that just sinks your heart through your stomach,” Colby Ryan said. “I didn't know there was a whole other family involved or anything." (Fox13 News, Fox10 Phoenix)

December 24, 2019

Kay Woodcock says Charles and Lori were separated for a few months before his death after Charles suspected her of infidelity. She said Lori was financially dependent on Charles. Kay believes Lori had joined a cult after listening to religious podcasts she made discussing the “end of days” published by Preparing a People, based in Highland, Utah (Idaho State Journal).

December 24, 2019

Former FBI Deputy Assistant Director Danny Coulson speculates that JJ and Tylee are being held by members of a cult that is preparing for the end of the world (Fox News).

December 24, 2019

Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries says he has reason to believe the children were pulled out of school so they could be home schooled. He also says “For any kind of an investigation to go forward, we need facts. Certainly, if someone has some information that is factual, or they know where we can obtain evidence, we would be very interested in knowing about that,"… “Social media does tend to lend itself to lots of gossip, which doesn't really help anybody." (KTVB7)

December 24, 2019

BH says he was friends with Chad and they served a mission together in NJ. He is in shock from the reports that Chad is now under investigation. “I just was horrified, shaking when I first saw it because this is the last guy that I ever thought would be involved in something like this.” (KJZZ News, Fox13 News)

December 24, 2019

A Daily Mail source says that Chad Daybell was excommunicated from the LDS church in the Fall of 2019 for declaring himself a Prophet. The LDS spokesman declined to comment. (Daily Mail, Radar Online).

December 26, 2019

Preparing A People removed Chad and Lori’s podcasts and issued a statement denying they are a cult and claiming Chad had not spoken at one of their events since Feb 2019.

December 27, 2019

An anonymous friend says Lori became obsessed with Chad's books about 4 years ago. Friend says she can't wrap her head around what's happening; remembers Lori as amazing mother who devoted herself to Tylee and Joshua;

"She would fly her daughter's friend from Arizona to come see her just so that she would have a better week. I mean she's like mother of the year here," she remembered.

But now she realizes there may have been red flags, "She was 100% into the end of times, the end of the world and she would tell me no you really gotta start preparing for the end of the world. You gotta start getting your stuff together. She would order stuff all the time she would tell me I needed to read all these books," her friend said. The books written by Chad were a fictional series called "Standing in Holy Places." "Those books she got really obsessed with and she started buying me those books too. She must have gotten close to him from his books."

"Lori would say things to me like 'I'm never gonna get divorced again. I'm on my fourth husband.'" Adding, "And then she would tell me, 'You gotta get rid of your husband. We'll just go off and do our own thing.'"

Lori would allegedly say, "It's gonna be the end of the world and we should all just drive off a cliff and kill us and our kids and die all at the same time." (Fox7Austin)

December 27, 2019

Julie Rowe says Chad had visions Tammy would die. 

“Angels had told him that he was going to lose Tammy,” Julie told a local TV station . Julie said Chad told her he wanted to get out of the publishing business but that Tammy did not.

“He said I’m ready to get out and Tammy doesn’t want to get out. When she passes, I’m done, I can’t keep doing this.”

Julie also say the missing children are safe. “I do know the kids are safe. I can see them,” she said. “I can see their energy and that they’re in a bright house.” (The Daily Beast)

December 28, 2019

Rexburg Police Capt. Gary Hagen told EastIdahoNews.com

“I don’t think we’re any closer than what we were two weeks ago … (and) time is always of the essence in any case, especially something like this.” Hagen also addressed rumors that this is all related to a child custody battle. “That’s what they claim, but we have proved that there is no active custody battle,” Hagen said. (KSL News)

December 30, 2019

Law enforcement releases statement: “We know that the children are not with Lori and Chad Daybell, and we also have information indicating that Lori knows either the location of the children or what has happened to them,” the release says. “Despite having this knowledge, she has refused to work with law enforcement to help us resolve this matter. It is astonishing that rather than work with law enforcement to help us locate her own children, Lori Vallow has chosen instead to leave the state with her new husband.” Rexburg Police Department

December 30, 2019

Rexburg PD says Lori told witnesses Tylee died a year before the death of her father Joseph Ryan - which is false. This happened weeks after Tammy Daybell’s death. Police say Chad Daybell also said Lori had no minor children.

December 30, 2019

Actress Valentina and filmmaker Devin K Hansen say they have not heard from Chad since Sept 23, 2019 and that the project to make his book into a movie is officially canceled (Fox13).

January 3, 2020

Daybell home searched for forensic evidence (blood, drugs, etc). (East Idaho New, Fox 13 Now, and many others)

January 10, 2020

Kay and Larry Woodcock offer $20,000