Lori Vallow’s sister reacts to Chad Daybell’s death sentence over the triple murder of his first wife and the cult mom’s two young children

July 11, 2019: Lori Vallow’s husband, Charles Vallow, is murdered by her brother, Alex Cox, in Arizona. Police initially rule that Alex acted in self-defense, but reopen the case months later after the children are reported missing.

August 2019: Lori moves children JJ and Tylee to Rexburg, Idaho, near where her future husband Chad Daybell lives with his wife Tammy.

September 8, 2019: Tylee is seen alive for the last time during a trip to Yellowstone National Park with Lori, JJ and Alex. Over the next few weeks, Lori tells people that her daughter is studying at Brigham Young University’s campus in Idaho.

September 23, 2019: The last time JJ is seen at his school in Rexburg. Lori emails the school the next day and claims she is moving the family to California for a new job.

October 2, 2019: Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of Lori’s niece Melani Pawlowski, is the target of a drive-by shooting in Arizona. Police identify the vehicle containing the shooter as a Jeep registered to Charles Vallow, Lori’s late husband.

October 19, 2019: Chad’s wife Tammy, 49, dies at their home in Idaho. An obituary states that she died peacefully in her sleep. Chad refuses an autopsy and her death is listed as natural causes.

October 25, 2019: A friend of Tylee’s receives a vague “miss you” text from her phone, but says it didn’t sound like the teen.

November 5, 2019: Lori and Chad get married on a beach in Kauai. Receipts show that Lori bought her own wedding ring from Amazon almost three weeks before Tammy’s death.

November 26, 2019: Out-of-state family members ask Idaho police to conduct a welfare check on JJ. Lori and Chad claim he is in Arizona with relatives and ask their friend, Melanie Gibb, to lie and say she took the boy there for Thanksgiving. The police soon find out that no one has seen JJ or Tylee since September.

November 27, 2019: The police execute a search warrant involving the children at Lori’s home and discover that she and Chad have fled Idaho.

December 11, 2019: Tammy’s body is exhumed from a Utah cemetery and her death is reclassified as suspicious.

December 12, 2019: Lori’s brother, Alex Cox, is found dead in a bathroom in his Arizona home. Months later, an autopsy determined that he died of natural causes while he had the Narcan overdose in his system.

December 21, 2019: The Rexburg Police Department issues the first press release about JJ and Tylee, revealing that they believe their disappearance may be linked to Tammy’s death and asking the public for information.

December 24, 2019: Lori and Chad issued a statement through an attorney saying they love their son and daughter and look forward to “addressing allegations once they move beyond speculation and rumors.”

December 30, 2019: Police accuse Lori and Chad of lying to investigators and say they believe the couple knows where the children are or what happened to them.

January 3, 2020: Police search Chad’s Salem home and remove 43 items, including tech devices and magazines. They also comb parts of the snow-covered yard with rakes and metal detectors.

January 26, 2020: Lori and Chad are seen for the first time in months as police serve them two search warrants in Kauai. Lori also obtains a court order to produce the children to authorities in Idaho within five days. The couple is approached by the media while officers hand over the documents and refuse to say anything about the children.

January 30, 2020: Lori misses the court deadline to present the children to Idaho authorities.

February 20, 2020: Lori is arrested on Kauai and charged with two felony counts of desertion and failure to support dependent children, and one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing an officer, solicitation of a criminal offense, and contempt of court.

March 5, 2020: Lori is extradited to Idaho, where she is being held on a $1 million bond in the Madison County Jail.

March 17, 2020: Lori professes her innocence in a statement through her attorney, while two other members of her defense team resign and the judge removes himself from the case.

March 24, 2020: Court documents filed in the divorce of Lori’s niece Melani and her husband Brandon Boudreaux claim that Lori told people she believed her children were zombies before they disappeared.

April 9, 2020: Authorities reveal they are investigating Lori and Chad for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy in connection with Tammy’s death.

June 9, 2020: Police search Chad’s Salem home for a second time and discover human remains in the backyard. Chad is taken into police custody and charged with destroying or concealing evidence.

May 25, 2021: Lori and Chad are charged with first-degree murder in the children’s deaths. Chad is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife Tammy.

May 27, 2021: Lori is deemed incompetent to stand trial on the Idaho murder charge.

August 5, 2021: The Public Prosecution Service announces that it will seek the death penalty for Chad.

April 11, 2022: Lori has restored competency. The criminal case against her in Idaho continues.

April 14, 2022: Lori is taken to the Madison County Jail in Rexburg, Idaho by Fremont County sheriff’s officers.

April 10, 2023: Lori Vallow is on trial for the murders of JJ, 7, and Tylee, 16.