R MOM AND HER DOOMSDAY PROPHET HUSBAND FOR ANSWERS By STEVE HELLING
J
umping on a trampoline outside his home
in Rexburg, Idaho, last year, Joshua “J.J.”
Vallow displayed the typical fearlessness
of a 7-year-old. As his stunts grew more
and more daring, his 17-year-old sister
Tylee Ryan stood nervously by, warn-
ing him to be careful and flinching with
every flip. “She has always been worried
about his safety and well-being,” says
J.J.’s grandmother Kay Woodcock. “In
some ways she was like another mother
to J.J. She’s very protective of him.”
Now relatives hope that Tylee is somehow still
protecting her younger brother—even though nei-
ther of them has been seen since Sept. 23, when
their mother, Lori Vallow, withdrew them from
school. The children’s disappearance went un-
noticed for two months until their grand parents
asked police to conduct a welfare check at the
home of Lori, 46, and her husband, Chad Daybell,- Finding no sign of J.J. and Tylee, police opened
an investigation; the next day Lori and Chad went
missing too. Authorities finally located the couple
on Kauai, Hawaii, on Jan. 25, but the kids weren’t
WHAT DO THEY KNOW?
Police say Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow (above, in Hawaii)
have been “uncooperative” with their investigation.FROM LEFT: REXBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT(2); ERIC GROSSARTH/EAST IDAHO NEWS March 2, 2020^49