What happened to missing Idaho children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan?

ARIZONA siblings Joshua “JJ” Vallow and his older sister, Tylee Ryan, vanished back in 2019.

In June 2020, two bodies were discovered at the Idaho home of their stepfather Chad Daybell's backyard.

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Who were JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan?

Joshua and Tylee were the children of "cult mom" Lori Vallow, who also has an adult son, Colby Ryan.

JJ was seven when he vanished, and Tylee was 17.

The young boy was to celebrate a birthday before his disappearance.

“Our feelings of extreme anguish and despondency were prevalent throughout the period approaching JJ’s 8th birthday,” grandparent, Kay Woodcock, wrote in a Facebook post.

“Our Rexburg family hosted a poignant vigil on Monday 5/25 in honor of our little man ...We are comforted knowing their commitment is as strong as ours.”

When did JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan disappear?

Tylee was last seen headed into Yellowstone National Park with family members on September 8, 2019, and JJ was seen by school officials several days later before he vanished.

A search was launched after relatives raised concerns about the children.

Lori Vallow and her doomsday author husband, Chad Daybell, claimed the children were staying with friends.

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Were Tylee and JJ ever found?

Two bodies were found at Chad Daybell's Idaho home on June 8, 2020.

Daybell was arrested on suspicion of concealing or destroying evidence after investigators searched his property.

Authorities said the search of the property was linked to the disappearance of JJ and Tylee.

Multiple agencies were involved in the search of the property, located in the eastern Idaho town of Salem.

The "charred remains" of Lori's children were found wrapped in plastic bags buried in a pet cemetery on the property, a court heard.

Less than three years later, on April 26, 2023, it was revealed by a coroner during the fourth week of Vallow's trial that JJ died of asphyxiation after a plastic bag was taped over his head and mouth.

In October 2023, a judge ruled that JJ's body could be released from evidence and given to the child's next of kin, his grandparents.

Despite the family receiving some relief, some relatives were still concerned about whether Tylee's body would also be released from police custody.

A few months later, in December 2023, Tylee's body was also released, allowing her to finally be laid to rest.

Who are Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell?

Chad Daybell married Lori Vallow in November 2019.

Both individuals have been reportedly linked to a doomsday cult.

The two were married soon after Vallow's ex-husband and Daybell's wife died under mysterious circumstances.

Vallow was arrested in Hawaii in February 2020 and was later extradited to Idaho. Daybell was taken into custody after failing to show proof of life for her children.

She was charged with child abandonment and obstructing the investigation.

Details about Daybell's troubling past emerged after Vallow's arrest.

It has been reported that the doomsday author claimed to be able to see light and dark spirits in people.

Daybell and Vallow were charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the children in May 2021.

Chad was also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Tammy.

On May 12, 2023, Vallow was found guilty of murdering her kids after bombshell evidence was presented during the five-week trial.

Lori showed no reaction when the judge announced the verdict.

On July 31, Vallow was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Daybell's trial began nearly a year later in April 2024.

On May 30, 2024, he was convicted on first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy, and both Tylee and JJ.

On June 1, 2024, he received the death penalty for his crimes.

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Who was Charles Vallow and what happened to him?

Charles Vallow, the estranged husband of Lori Vallow, was fatally shot by her brother in Phoenix on July 11, 2019.

Alex Cox, the brother of Lori Vallow, said he shot him in self-defense.

Charles Vallow had filed for divorce from Lori, claiming she believed she was responsible for ushering in the biblical end times.

He said in court documents before his death that Lori started to believe she was a "translated being" and "a god assigned to carry out the work of the 144,000 at Christ's second coming in July 2020," according to .

Cox, his alleged shooter, died in December 2019 of an apparent blood clot in his lung.

Who was Tammy Daybell and what happened to her?

Tammy Daybell - who was married to Chad Daybell - died in her sleep in October 2019.

Her obituary said she passed away from natural causes, but investigators became suspicious when Chad Daybell married Vallow just two weeks later.

In April 2023, during the trial, it was revealed Tammy, also, had died of asphyxiation at the hands of another.