After weeks of vagueness, Lori Vallow, whose two children have not been found since last September, was finally arrested in Hawaii on Thursday.
It took the police weeks to arrest Lori Vallow. Thursday, this mother whose two children have mysteriously disappeared since September was arrested in Hawaii, where she is now incarcerated. His bond was set at $ 5 million. According to the indictment, she “abandoned her two minor children, prevented the authorities from finding them and encouraged another individual to do the same.” Indicted for child abandonment and desertion, she faces up to 28 years in prison. “Above all, we want to thank the public for their support and the patience that everyone has shown as the investigation unfolded and we put everything in place to obtain an arrest warrant,” said the head of Kaua’i Police Todd G. Raybuck at a press conference.
Lori Vallow’s children, JJ and Tylee, aged 7 and 17, have not been found since September but it was not until last November that the emergency services were alerted. The mother and her new husband, Chad Daybell, were found in Hawaii in late January, without them. They had fled their home in Rexburg, Idaho, after an investigation was opened. From the start, the two have refused to collaborate with the authorities, despite the latter being certain that they know the whereabouts of the children. Especially since many gray areas surround this case. Three people linked to the couple died: Tammy Daybell, the wife of Chad Daybell, for whom new analyzes are underway to know the exact circumstances of her death, Charles Vallow, the ex-husband of Lori Vallow – his fourth – shot dead by Alex Cox (Lori Vallow’s brother), who ended up committing suicide. Just weeks after Tammy and Charles died, Lori and Chad got married. A ceremony organized on the edge of a Hawaiian beach, at which JJ and Tylee were not present, already missing for 6 weeks.
A disturbing couple
“USA Today” revealed disturbing information about Lori Vallow in early January. According to the documents of his divorce from Charles Vallow, the mother thought she was God and even threatened to kill him. According to several relatives, Lori Vallow would have joined the religious cult called “Preparing a People”, which includes her new husband, long an active member of the radical group affiliated with Mormons and whose major concern is the end of the world and the return of Jesus on Earth.
It was on November 26 that the police were alerted by relatives worried that they had not heard from JJ. Faced with investigators, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow claimed the child was staying with a family friend in Arizona. When the police returned the next day to execute a search warrant, the two had fled the home. Even more troubling, police said the couple had told witnesses Tylee was dead on his side several months ago. Police had given the mother a deadline to say where her children are, but she did not respond.
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