Lori Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell have been found in Hawai’i and given five days to produce Vallow’s missing children, Joshua Vallow, 7, and Taylee Ryan, 17. (Picture: East Idaho News/AP)

A fugitive mother has been given five days to physically produce her children who have been missing since September.

Lori Vallow and her husband, Latter-day Saint and doomsday author Chad Daybell, went on the run mid-December after refusing to cooperate with the police investigation into her missing 7-year-old son, Joshua Vallow, and 17-year-old daughter, Taylee Ryan, in Rexburg, Idaho.

Vallow and Daybell, who married late last year, were recently discovered to be living in a gated million-dollar community in Kaua’i, Hawaii. But Joshua and Taylee were not with them, according to East Idaho News.

On Sunday, the Kaua’i police department said it has ‘served Vallow with an order of petition in an attempt to have her physically produce her children to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.’ It is unclear how long police knew of Vallow and Daybell’s whereabouts.




According to the statement, the couple is not facing any charges or arrest, but the Rexburg Police Department said Vallow could be held in contempt of court if she fails to produce the children within five days.

Lori Vallow reportedly fled Idaho with her husband Chad Daybell in mid-December. (Picture: AP)

Vallow married her new husband, Chad Daybell, in late 2019. (Picture: AP)

Authorities have been searching for Joshua and Taylee since November after police in Rexburg conducted a welfare check on Joshua, who is adopted and has autism.

Vallow’s family called police after they had not heard from Joshua and grew concerned.

They also said Lori, who was once a ‘wonderful, loving, attentive mother,’ changed after she became involved with ‘Preparing a People,’ a group whose mission is to help prepare Earth for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which Vallow’s family branded a ‘cult.’

Vallow had previously been married to Charles Vallow, who she ‘deserted’ for more than two months in 2018 after she became involved in the alleged cult, according to Charles’ sister, Kay Vallow Woodcock.

‘Charles did her best to save the marriage, of which she had no interest,’ Woodcock said.

Charles Vallow was died in July 2019 and Lori Vallow remarried Chad Daybell (Picture: Idaho Cold Cases)

Alexander Cox, Vallow’s brother, reportedly killed Charles Vallow, then mysteriously died months later. (Picture: Fox 10)

In July, Charles Vallow went to Lori’s home to pick up Joshua for school. Instead he was shot to death by Lori’s brother, Alexander Cox, during an alleged domestic dispute. Cox claims he acted in self defense and was never charged.

Just before he died, Charles Vallow filed for divorce, claiming his wife believed she was a reincarnated god. He said Vallow believed she was sent to lead people during the second coming of Christ in July 2020. He also said that his wife told him she would kill him if he got in her way, according to divorce documents.

In a statement, his Charles Vallow’s attorney said he had a ‘genuine fear for his life.’

On October 19, Chad Daybell’s wife, Tammy, died at the age of 49.

Daybell refused to order an autopsy and the coroner initially listed her cause of death as ‘natural,’ but investigators exhumed her body for testing on December 11. On December 20, authorities announced Tammy Daybell’s death is possibly linked to the disappearance of two Rexburg children seen in September, KSL reported.

Tammy Daybell, who died mysteriously in her sleep in Idaho on October 19, 2019, is seen with her husband Chad Daybell. (Picture: Facebook)

On December 12, Alexander Cox – Vallow’s brother who shot her second husband – died of causes that have yet to be determined.

Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell got married weeks after Chad’s wife died.

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Relatives are now pleading with the couple to reveal where the children are.



Colby Ryan, the older son of Lori Vallow, begged his mother to come home and end the search for the children in a seven-minute long Youtube video titled ‘Mom.’

‘I really really want to see Tylee and JJ. I really want this to be over.I want you to end this,’ he said in the video.

‘I just want them to be safe and I want them to be OK. And I just want you to find it in your heart to be able to help this situation.’

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Joshua’s grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcock, are also offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the children.

‘They are two extremely intelligent young children and we want them back,’ Larry Woodcock told NBC.

‘If there is anything that Lori can come forth with and help us, please do it. She knows how much we love these kids. We want only the best for them. Please give them back to us.’

Vallow and Daybell reportedly have until Thursday to produce the children.