Chad Daybell's children claim he was "fooled in the worst, most deadly way possible" by Lori Vallow

[This story previously aired on September 1, 2021. It was updated on July 23, 2022.] OFFICER DORENBUSH | Gilbert Police Department: What did she say yesterday? CHARLES VALLOW: She thinks she's a resurrected being and a … and a god. OFFICER DORENBUSH: OK. So, what makes her a danger to herself and to others? CHARLES VALLOW: She's psychologically, she's gone. Something's happened to her. 911 DISPATCHER: Is he breathing? 911 DISPATCHER: And is he hurt? Is he alive or —? 911 DISPATCHER: Are you still doing chest compressions with him? CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER. [bodycam video]: So, you get in an argument? What is it over? CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: Hi, who are – are you?  [Lori speaks] OK, just stand over there for just a second, guys. POLICE OFFICER [Bodycam video]: How long have you lived here? MELANIE GIBB: He brought JJ into the house during the middle of the podcast. DAVID WARWICK: She said that he was being a zombie and climbed up on the cabinets, climbed up on top of the fridge, smashed her picture of Christ down, and then climbed up onto the upper cabinets and got between the top of the cabinet and the ceiling. LT. RON BALL | Rexburg Police Department: Who's the friend he's with? ROB WOOD: How did that make you feel? MELANIE GIBB: Is JJ safe? CHAD DAYBELL: If you knew, that puts you in danger. REPORTER NATE EATON | East Idaho News [to Chad and Lori Daybell]: Can you tell me where your kids are? Where are your children? DET. RAY HERMOSILLO: He had duct tape continuously wrapped from elbow all the way around his arms, over his hands, all the way to his right elbow.

It was a case that gripped the nation:  the disappearance of 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and her 7-year-old brother JJ Vallow. Their mother, Lori Vallow, and her new husband Chad Daybell refusing to tell anyone where the children were. CHARLES VALLOW: She said, you're not Charles. I don't know who you are, what you did with Charles. CHARLES VALLOW: She threatened me, murder me, kill me. ALEX COX: I can't tell. ALEX COX: Yeah, there's blood. He's not moving. ALEX COX: Yes. ALEX COX: Well, it was over my sister. He was getting physical with her. LORI VALLOW:  Like three weeks. ROB WOOD | Madison County/City of Rexburg Deputy Prosecuting Attorney: How did Alex Cox bring JJ into the house? ROB WOOD: OK. And then what did she tell you? LORI VALLOW: My friend Melanie. MELANIE GIBB: I had a really bad feeling in my stomach, and I felt very shooken [sic] up by it. LORI VALLOW: He is safe and happy.

Months after vanishing into thin air, their bodies were found buried in Daybell's backyard outside of Rexburg, Idaho.  Daybell and Vallow are charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the children. They have pleaded not guilty to the murder charges. OFFICER DORENBUSH: She threatened to murder you? POLICE OFFICER:  Oh geez, yeah, OK. MELANIE GIBB: He carried him, in and he was asleep. DAVID WARWICK: I asked to see him, and she just said that he was out of control, so she had Alex come and get him …