Mother of missing Idaho siblings told friends that her 17-year-old daughter died a year ago, say police
IDAHO: The mother of two missing Idaho children had lied to witnesses, telling them that her daughter had died a year before her father. The information was revealed by the police in a new twist into the search for the children.
46-year-old Lori Vallow was on the run with her 51-year-old husband Chad Daybell after authorities had learned that Lori's two children—Joshua, 7, and Tylee, 17—had gone missing.
As per a press release issued on Monday, December 30, Rexburg police shared that they have "information indicating that Lori either knows the location of the children or what has happened to them."
The authorities also slammed Lori for refusing to cooperate and help with the investigation.
They also confirmed that neither of the children was with Lori and Chad.
As reported by Daily Mail, the police shared, "She has refused to work with law enforcement to help us resolve this matter."
"It is astonishing that rather than working with law enforcement to help us locate her own children, Lori Vallow has chosen instead to leave the state with her new husband," the police continued. The officials are urging Lori and Chad to "do the right thing" and "be honest."
The cops shared, "This entire investigation could have been avoided if Lori and Chad had simply been honest with law enforcement. We are aware that in the weeks after Tammy Daybell’s death, Lori and Chad told witnesses that Lori’s daughter had died a year before the death of her father, which is untrue."
Lori's estranged husband Charles was shot dead by her brother in July.
Chad's first wife Tammy was found dead under mysterious circumstances on October 19 in Rexburg. "Around the same time, Chad told another witness that Lori had no minor children. We strongly believe that Joshua and Tylee’s lives are in danger," the release revealed.
We had previously reported that the couple has been named as 'persons of interest' in the disappearance of the children and has also been accused of being in a religious cult.