Lori has been chἀrged with the mμrders of her son, 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow and daughter, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as the mμrders of her husband’s ex-wife Tammy Daybell.
What Happened with the Tammy Daybell?
Fremont County prosecutor Lindsey Blake told the jury in Ada County Courthouse on Monday, May 8 morning that Tammy dἰed due to asphyxἰation.
On October 19, 2019, barely one month after Ms. Vallow’s two children JJ and Tylee vanished without a trace, 49-year-old Tammy dἰed abruptly in her sleep. Chad Daybell reported that his wife, Tammy deἀd on October 19, 2019, stated that she had gone to bed with a cough and never woke up.
Tammy’s deἀth was first attributed to natural causes, but her family ultimately decided against requesting an autopsy. Mr. Daybell and Ms. Vallow were arɼested and chaɼged with Tammy’s mμrder after the autopsy.
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Questions concerning Tammy’s deἀth were only raised after the disappearance of the two children and the subsequent investigation into Ms. Vallow and Mr. Daybell and their strange cult beliefs. On September 22, JJ was last seen by anyone at his school in Rexburg and later that night, by her mother’s acquaintances at her apartment.
After not hearing from JJ for some time, his grandparents contacted the authorities, but Ms. Vallow would not say where either child was. In June 2020, Mr. Daybell’s backyard was excavated and the bodies of JJ and Tylee were found inside.
Lori is denying the aIIlegations against her. Chad will also stand trial for mμrder in connection with the deἀth of J.J., Tylee and Tammy. Lindsey Blake, the prosecuting attorney for Fremont County stated that “Tammy dἰed at the hands of another” on Monday, May 9.
“Lori will remove any obstacle to get what she wanted and she wanted Chad Daybell,” Blake said. During his opening statement, Blake also showed the jury photographs of the shallow grἀve containing the bodies of J.J. and Tylee.
Blake said:
“Ultimately, this case is around “money, power and s*x as Blake put it and Lori got what she wanted by using money, power and s*x or the promise of those things.”
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