Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, at left, and Tylee Ryan.Photo: Rexburg Police Department (2)
A mom allegedly on the run and wanted for questioning in the disappearance of her two kids in Idaho last fall has five days to produce them after she and her new husband were tracked to Hawaii.
Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, who “abruptly vacated” their Rexburg, Idaho, home last November as local police carried out search warrants related to the disappearance of the children, were located Saturday in Kaua’i, Hawaii,according to policeon the Hawaiian island.
Kaua’i police said the couple had been staying on the island for an “unconfirmed period of time.”
In a separate statement to PEOPLE, Rexburg police said Vallow’s children were not with the couple when they were stopped on Saturday, “and there is no evidence” the kids were ever in Hawaii.
Lori Vallow.Rexburg Police Department
Vallow’s children were last seen in September, according to Rexburg police, who also are investigating what they term “suspicious” circumstances surrounding the October death of Daybell’s then-wife, Tammy.
Charles Vallow was shot and killed in a confrontation with Lori Vallow’s brother in July at Lori Vallow’s home in Chandler, Arizona, reportsAZFamily.com. The brother, Alex Cox, told authorities the shooting was in self-defense and he was not arrested; Cox himself died in December.
Before moving to Arizona, the Vallows previously had lived on Kaua’i, reports AZFamily. After Charles Vallow’s shooting, Lori Vallow moved to Idaho, where she married Daybell.
Chad Daybell.Rexburg Police Department
The case of the missing kids began after police conducted a welfare check on November 26 after receiving calls from concerned relatives. According to a policepress release, Vallow and Daybell told authorities that Joshua was with a family friend back in Arizona. But police later learned the boy, who is adopted and has special needs, was not staying with the friend.
Police later issued anotherstatement, alleging the mother “has refused to work with law enforcement to help us resolve this matter.”
“We know that the children are not with Lori and Chad Daybell and we also have information indicating that Lori knows either the location of the children or what has happened to them,” said the statement. “It is astonishing that rather than work with law enforcement to help us locate her own children, Lori Vallow has chosen instead to leave the state with her new husband,” the release added. “We strongly believe that Joshua and Tylee’s lives are in danger.”
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There are no pending criminal charges or related warrants for their arrest, say police on Kaua’i.
“KPD’s desire is to continue to assist the Rexburg police in whatever way we can with their efforts to locate the missing children,” said Kaua‘i Police Chief Todd G. Raybuck in a statement posted to his agency’s Facebook page. “It’s our sincere hope that the children have a safe return.”
Anyone with information about either missing child is asked to call Rexburg police 208-359-3000 or 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678).
source: people.com
