Raymond said Lori told her that when she learned of Charles Vallow's alleged affair, she canceled his return flight, took his truck from the airport, hid it and threw all of his clothes away as revenge.Īccording to court documents, Charles Vallow claimed his wife drained $35,000 from their bank account, too. 2019 when Charles Vallow was traveling home from a business trip in Texas. The couple's problems came to a head in Jan. Friends say Lori also accused Charles of infidelity, but that claim has not been corroborated. Janis Cox remembered her daughter telling her that Charles Vallow had accused her of having an affair with Daybell. Raymond admitted she eventually felt the need to distance herself from Lori Vallow. 'We're here to gather the 144,000 and you are one of them,' and I just didn't want any part of that,' Raymond said. 'I would describe her as a super fan.'įriends say Lori Vallow was fascinated by Daybell's teachings. She would talk about this author that she was really interested in and really connected with his work,' Raymond said. 'Lori had always been a fan of Chad's books, and so that's how I first heard about Chad, from Lori. Lori Vallow spoke often about an author named Chad Daybell, who wrote doomsday books about the end of the world. It began to cause friction in Lori Vallow's marriage. 'She would bring it up more and more often, and I could see that she was becoming more involved with it and it was kind of becoming more of the focal point in her life,' Raymond said. Lori Vallow's fourth marriage unravels as she embraces doomsday prophecy: 2006-2019įor the better part of 14 years, Lori and Charles Vallow seemed to have a happy marriage - until Lori Vallow's friend April Raymond said she started talking about a new religious group she became involved in. '20/20' followed the investigation of the two missing children for over a year, through Arizona, Hawaii, New York, Idaho, Utah, California and Texas. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, had not been seen for weeks. Shortly after Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's wedding, the country learned that Vallow's two minor children, 7-year-old J.J. 'I don't think I knew that Lori married Chad Daybell until I saw it on TV,' Vallow's mother Janis Cox said in an interview with '20/20' in May 2020. It all seemed perfect - except neither of their families or friends were there for the occasion. The newlyweds posed for photos with flower leis across their necks for the celebration on Kauai's picturesque shores. It was Daybell's second marriage and Vallow's fifth. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had both been recently widowed when they were married on a beach in Hawaii in Nov. Watch 'The Gravedigger's Wife,' streaming NOW on Hulu. Lori Vallow's friend says she became a 'superfan: of Chad Daybell and his doomsday ideology.

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