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TRUE CRIMEJudge Delays Lori Vallow Murder Trial In Shocking Ruling: 'The Court Sees No Other Alternative'
Oct. 6 2022, Published 7:30 p.m. E
An Idaho judge ruled to delay suspected child murderer Lori Vallow's trial due to concerns for her mental competency on Thursday, October 6.
District Judge Steven Boyce stated that "the Court sees no other alternative at this time" and ordered a new competency hearing be scheduled to reevaluate her current mental condition.
Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, have both been charged with murder, conspiracy and theft after being accused of killing her children Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, who mysteriously disappeared without a trace in September 2019.
- The couple did not report the children missing and instead, traveled to Hawaii, where they were arrested in February 2020 after they refused to provide proof that the kids were alive.
- Both of the minors' bodies were later discovered buried in Daybell's backyard in June 2020.
Vallow and Daybell allegedly killed both children as a part of a horrific cult ritual.
The 49-year-old had previously been found mentally unfit for court, but the judge determined she could stand trial last April. It had been scheduled to begin proceedings in January 2023.
As OK! previously reported, Vallow was allegedly involved in cult-like, ritualistic practices and believed that she was immortal with no true need for food, water or bathroom breaks, according to John Glatt's chilling book The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family.
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Lori Vallow's Son Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges in Arizona: Report
After being confronted by the alleged victim, Colby Ryan allegedly "said he was sorry and started to cry," charging documents state
Published on September 6, 2022 11:34 AM
Colby Ryan. Photo: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
The 26-year-old son of Lori Vallow Daybell — the jailed Idaho mom accused of murdering her two other children — has been accused of committing sexual assault in Arizona, PEOPLE confirms.
Online jail records show Colby Ryan was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on Sunday.
Ryan is charged with two counts of domestic violent sexual assault. He has not entered pleas to the charges.
Ryan is Vallow's oldest son and her only living child.
In May 2021, Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder after police recovered the bodies of her missing kids, Joshua (J.J.) Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
In April, not guilty pleas were entered on the 49-year-old mother's behalf. Daybell has also pleaded not guilty.
Vallow and Daybell, 54, will be tried jointly early next year, officials have stated.
KSAZ-TV in Phoenix obtained copies of the charging documents against Ryan.
The charges stem from an Aug. 31 incident at the alleged victim's home.
Ryan and the woman were watching television at her home. Eventually, according to police, the two started engaging in consensual sexual contact.
However, the alleged victim told police she decided to stop the intimate contact, and told Ryan to back off. The charging documents allege he did not do so, KSAZ-TV reports.
The alleged victim reported the incident on Sept. 2. She allegedly told Ryan he had sexually assaulted her, according to the charging documents.
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"The Victim said the Defendant said he was sorry and started to cry," read the court documents, according to KSAZ-TV.
The next morning, police say, the alleged victim recorded a conversation she had with Ryan, during which he allegedly "agreed" that what happened the previous evening constituted sexual assault.
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Niece of so-called "Doomsday Mom" Lori Vallow faces computer tampering charge in Mesa
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MESA, Ariz. - Melani Pawlowski -- the niece of Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday Mom" accused of killing her two children, is facing her own criminal charge in Mesa Municipal Court.
Pawlowski, 33, is accused of computer tampering by Mesa Police. The victim in the case is her ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. Boudreaux was shot at in Gilbert in October 2019, and according to investigators, Boudreaux believed Pawlowski provided the shooter with his new address.
The Gilbert Police Department’s shooting investigation identified the suspect as the late Alex Cox, Pawlowski’s uncle and the brother of Lori Vallow. The shooting is part of a chain of events linked to the case of Vallow’s two children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow, who went missing in Idaho after she moved them from Chandler to Rexburg, Idaho in the fall of 2019.
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Chad Daybell: Maricopa County Attorney's Office refuses to prosecute Idaho man for attempted murder of Arizonan
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. (March 2022 report)
Authorities found the siblings dead nine months later in the backyard of Chad Daybell, Vallow’s fifth husband. Prosecutors say the two justified the killings including the murder of Daybell’s first wife Tammy by relying on extreme religious beliefs.
MORE: Relative of Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow with ties to Arizona fears for his life
In November 2021, Gilbert police recommended attempted murder charges to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to be filed against Vallow and Daybell, who were believed to orchestrate the shooting. Prosecutors chose not to charge Daybell and Vallow’s case is still being reviewed. Charges for Pawlowski were not submitted to MCAO.
Vallow is also charged with conspiring to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, who was fatally shot by Alex Cox in Chandler back in July 2019.
Pawlowski identity theft investigation
New details in Mesa PD’s identity theft investigation of Pawlowski reveals she used a copy of a $12,000 check deposited into Boudreaux’s business bank account to present as an exhibit during a family custody hearing. Boudreaux and Pawlowski went through a long court battle over their four children, after their 2019 divorce.
According to Mesa’s police report, Pawlowski agreed to take herself off the bank account for Boudreaux’s business known as Cougar Consulting. Bank records show Pawlowski accessed the Chase bank account several months after signing the divorce decree. Investigators say Pawlowski was supposed to remove herself from the account no more than 60 days after the sale of the former couple’s property on October 3, 2019. The account was accessed sometime after March 2, 2020.
Relative of Tylee Ryan and Joshua Vallow fears for his life
Brandon Boudreaux claims the mother of Tylee Ryan and Joshua Vallow heavily influenced his ex-wife through a religious group. So much so that she left Arizona for Idaho after an attempt on his life failed. (January 2020 report)
The investigation started in November 2021 and a detective with Mesa PD interviewed Pawlowski’s attorney Garrett Smith. According to the report, Smith admitted Pawlowski was indeed removed from the bank account when she logged into the online account only because the login information had not changed.
"Garrett told me it is not Melani’s fault that Brandon was ‘dumb’ and did not change the login information until three days after Melani accessed the online account," the detective recounted in the police report.
Smith told police that Pawlowski believed Boudreaux owed her money from the check and that is why she logged into the account to get a copy to her attorney.
Gilbert Town Attorney: Family members of Melani Pawlowski connected to criminal investigations
FOX 10's Justin Lum reports. (May 2020)
MORE: Gilbert Town Attorney: Family members of Melani Pawlowski connected to criminal investigations
The investigation concluded with the detective finding probable cause to charge Pawlowski with one count of computer tampering which is a class 3 felony.
"Melani Pawlowski knowingly accessed Brandon Boudreaux’s Chase bank business account for Cougar Consulting," reported the detective.
Her next hearing is set for September 26 and a sentence for a class 3 felony could result in probation and up to one year in jail or two to 8.75 years in prison.
Intense 911 call details arrest of Lori Vallow's niece amidst trespassing accusations
New details surrounding the family of Lori Vallow continue to emerge, months following the disappearance of two children with ties to Arizona.
Pawlowski has a criminal record in Utah. She was arrested for criminal trespassing with a domestic violence enhancement in November 2019 when police say she tried to get her children who were staying with Boudreaux’s parents in American Fork City in two separate incidents. The grandparents called 911 when Pawlowski would not leave the property.
Pawlowski was convicted and then sentenced in December of 2020 and put on probation according to court records.
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