Mary Ellen Resendez-Schwezo

It's great to be here with you.

It's great to be here with you.

Yes, we were first introduced to Lori Vallow back in 2019. Lori moved from Arizona with her two children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and her adopted son, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow, and her brother Alex Cox from Arizona to Rexburg, Idaho. Within a week of her moving there, Tylee goes missing. And a couple weeks later, JJ goes missing. JJ Vallow's grandparents filed a missing persons report.

Yes, we were first introduced to Lori Vallow back in 2019. Lori moved from Arizona with her two children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and her adopted son, 7-year-old J.J. Vallow, and her brother Alex Cox from Arizona to Rexburg, Idaho. Within a week of her moving there, Tylee goes missing. And a couple weeks later, JJ goes missing. JJ Vallow's grandparents filed a missing persons report.

They were calling police departments between Idaho and Arizona, starting in Arizona, and just kind of alerting them that they've not heard from JJ Vallow. And they were really concerned. They also hadn't heard anything from his sister, Tylee Ryan. So that kind of started investigators in the background looking for the two children.

They were calling police departments between Idaho and Arizona, starting in Arizona, and just kind of alerting them that they've not heard from JJ Vallow. And they were really concerned. They also hadn't heard anything from his sister, Tylee Ryan. So that kind of started investigators in the background looking for the two children.

And by the time we hit December of 2019, that's when the nation starts hearing about Lori Vallow.

And by the time we hit December of 2019, that's when the nation starts hearing about Lori Vallow.

One of the reasons Lori moves to Rexburg, Idaho, is she is having an affair with an author named Chad Daybell. He would later become her fifth husband. He lived nearby in Fremont County. And so that kind of spurred the move between her, her brother Alex Cox, her niece Melanie Boudreaux, and the two children that all moved there.

One of the reasons Lori moves to Rexburg, Idaho, is she is having an affair with an author named Chad Daybell. He would later become her fifth husband. He lived nearby in Fremont County. And so that kind of spurred the move between her, her brother Alex Cox, her niece Melanie Boudreaux, and the two children that all moved there.

Although I do want to clarify, Melanie moves there a couple months later. She's not there initially. But so there's the children missing that gets everyone going, and they end up being found dead, right? They do, but not right away. There's a lot of... of mystery in between. And I think that mystery is what captivated the nation.

Although I do want to clarify, Melanie moves there a couple months later. She's not there initially. But so there's the children missing that gets everyone going, and they end up being found dead, right? They do, but not right away. There's a lot of... of mystery in between. And I think that mystery is what captivated the nation.

And some of that mystery was when they had gone to do a welfare report on JJ and Tylee, they did catch up with Lori and Chad and Alex initially. Lori tells them, or I think it was Alex that told them that JJ had gone to be with his grandmother. And they said, well, that's kind of funny because it's his grandmother who's looking for him.

And some of that mystery was when they had gone to do a welfare report on JJ and Tylee, they did catch up with Lori and Chad and Alex initially. Lori tells them, or I think it was Alex that told them that JJ had gone to be with his grandmother. And they said, well, that's kind of funny because it's his grandmother who's looking for him.

And so they go back the next morning, and this is in November, close to Thanksgiving, just before Thanksgiving of 2019. And when they go back the next morning, Lori is gone. She's cleared out. Chad is gone. Alex is gone. They had disappeared. So at the time the nation finds out that JG and Tylee are missing, we also don't know where Lori Vallow is, or we don't know where Chad Daybell is.

And so they go back the next morning, and this is in November, close to Thanksgiving, just before Thanksgiving of 2019. And when they go back the next morning, Lori is gone. She's cleared out. Chad is gone. Alex is gone. They had disappeared. So at the time the nation finds out that JG and Tylee are missing, we also don't know where Lori Vallow is, or we don't know where Chad Daybell is.

It's not for about another month that they turn up in Hawaii. Investigators track them to Hawaii. And suddenly we see them on their way to the beach like nothing's happened. And there's some footage with Lori sitting by the pool. And the investigators are handing her this court order that she has to produce her children, you know, by the end of January.

It's not for about another month that they turn up in Hawaii. Investigators track them to Hawaii. And suddenly we see them on their way to the beach like nothing's happened. And there's some footage with Lori sitting by the pool. And the investigators are handing her this court order that she has to produce her children, you know, by the end of January.

Yeah. Well, I mean, they're simply asking her, where are the kids? And that kind of became the question, where are the kids? And she wouldn't tell them anything. So then a judge got involved and the judge is saying, we need to know these kids are okay. Because at that time, nobody knows.

Yeah. Well, I mean, they're simply asking her, where are the kids? And that kind of became the question, where are the kids? And she wouldn't tell them anything. So then a judge got involved and the judge is saying, we need to know these kids are okay. Because at that time, nobody knows.