Missing Persons

The trial for Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday mom," continues in Idaho on April 24. Monday marks the fourth week of the murder trial, and a detective for the Idaho Police Department returned to the stand. In this courtroom audio, you will hear from Rexburg Police Det. David Stubbs and FBI tactical analyst Nicole Heideman special agent Nick Ballance.

Rexburg Police Det. David Stubbs returned to the stand, telling the jury that 20 electronic search warrants were served in connection to Lori, resulting in a "mass amount of data" and a warrant led to a bill for Vallow’s account associated to 18 phones.

Monday marks the fourth week of the murder trial, and a detective for the Idaho Police Department is expected to return to the stand.

In this episode of John Hook's Newsmaker Saturday, we're first hearing from Vice Mayor of Flagstaff, Austin Aslan, as the beautiful northern Arizona city is experiencing water cascading in the neighborhoods, parks, and developments ever since fires burned in the mountains over the last several years. On top of that, we're talking about the unbelievable winter snowpack that's accumulated in that part of the state that's greatly improved drought conditions all across Arizona. In the second half, we're catching up with FOX 10's Justin Lum on the "doomsday mom" murder trial. The trial of Lori Vallow, the Arizona mom accused of killing her kids, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. He spent two weeks in Boise, Idaho getting a feel for the trial's impact on the community, hearing and seeing graphic testimony and evidence, all while getting to see Lori's reaction, or apparent lack thereof, to these testimonies while in the courtroom with her.

Jurors in the trial of the so-called 'Doomsday Mom' took a day off on April 21, after days of testimony from 26 people, including members of law enforcement. FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum spoke with a lawyer who once defended Jodi Arias, who weighed in on the trial so far.

After two weeks of witness testimony in the Lori Vallow murder trial, FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum breaks down his takeaways from key witnesses, Kay Woodcock, Melanie Gibb, Det. Nathan Duncan, Zulema Pastenes, and Colby Ryan.

Among those called to testify on April 20 in the trial of the so-called 'Doomsday Mom' include a sergeant with Chandler Police and other members of law enforcement. FOX 10 Investigator Justin Lum has more.

Several witnesses took the stand on Thursday. Four are law enforcement and we're also hearing audio from police body cameras.

Chandler detectives found Lori to be calm, smiling and even laughing after she learned of her husband’s death. Specifically, detective Cassandra Ynclan described Lori's "non-chalant" demeanor throughout the conversation. "She was calm, unemotional, I would say. Not upset. The conversation revolved around Tylee and her school, kind of Tylee's future plans. She was almost non-chalant about the conversation," Ynclan said.

On April 19, Idaho and Arizona law enforcement officials testified, as well as an FBI accountant. The prosecution questioned more witnesses about Lori's finances and transactions. The state has presented money as one of her motives in this triple murder case.

Chandler Police detectives and a firefighter also took the stand. They were questioned about the Charles Vallow's shooting. In July 2019, the narrative in Chandler Police's report is that Charles and Lori’s brother Alex got into a fight. Lori, Alex and even her daughter Tylee claimed that Charles hit Alex in the head with a baseball bat. Alex grabbed his gun and shot Charles twice, claiming self-defense. But, at the time, Chandler detectives found Lori to be calm, smiling and even laughing after she learned of her husband’s death.

A day after Lori Vallow's only living child took the stand, we heard more testimony from law enforcement officials in the murder trial of the so-called “Doomsday mom" about her suspicious financial moves.

On April 18, Colby Ryan testified in the Idaho courtroom with his mom present, and told the prosecution how Lori would not tell him where the family moved to. He said he would text his sister Tylee, but the responses didn't sound like her style of talking.