Lori Vallow: 'Doomsday Mother' smirked, smiled during court appearance

The case involving Vallow, which first began as the disappearances of her two children with Phoenix area ties - Joshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan - has since uncovered a complex sequence of events that have garnered national and international media attention.

Coroner: Tammy Daybell's initial cause of death was a cardiac event

Initially, a coroner determined the cause of her death to be natural. Chad Daybell is accused of murdering Tammy and is also charged with murder in the deaths of 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, the children of his current wife and co-defendant Lori Vallow.

Maricopa County Attorney's Office refuses to prosecute Chad Daybell for attempted murder of Arizona man

Chad Daybell is at the center of a complex case involving the death of his first wife, as well as the deaths of his new wife's two children, in a case that has garnered national and global media attention. In 2021, Gilbert Police recommended attempted murder charges for Daybell and his new wife, Lori Vallow, in connection with the attempted murder of Vallow's niece's ex-husband, but MCAO has decided it will not prosecute Daybell for the alleged attempted murder.