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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

EXCLUSIVE! HEAR IT! "5 KIDS & NO Money and HIS SISTER GETS EVERYTHING." Cult mom Lori Vallow’s FURIOUS TEXT after discovering she loses MILLION DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE ON DEAD HUBBY

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The grandparents of missing Idaho boy Joshua “JJ” Vallow tell Nancy Grace that after Charles and Lori separated in early 2019, Charles told his sister that he wanted her to the beneficiary of his $1 million dollar life insurance policy. Joining Nancy Grace today: Larry Woodcock: JJ Vallow's Grandfather Kay Woodcock: JJ Vallow's GrandmotherKathleen Murphy, North Carolina, Family Attorney, www.ncdomesticlaw.com Bobby Chacon - Former Special Agent FBI, current star of Facebook Watch Series "Curse of Akakor"  Caryn Stark NYC Psychologist, www.carynstark.com Karen Smith, Los Angeles, Ca Forensics Expert, Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of "Shattered Souls" podcast Nate Eaton, reporter East Idaho News dot com Tipline: 1-800-843-5678

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0:00.0

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.

0:01.7

I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:04.8

The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment

0:08.6

that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.

0:12.0

Because when families are rocked by death,

0:14.9

the only thing they really want are answers.

0:18.1

They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.

0:26.7

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.6

Lori Valo still has not produced her two beautiful children, two of several children.

0:45.4

Missing JJ just seven years old and entirely 17 and in the last hours,

0:52.2

I heard very distressing news that she, Lori Valo, had stated she wanted to drive the children off a cliff.

1:00.4

That just, that was like a dagger to my heart.

1:10.2

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:16.2

July 11th, 2019.

1:18.1

At this point, the kids were doing well, but they witnessed the death of their father, Charles Valo in Chandler, Arizona.

1:25.5

He was shot and killed by Lori Valo's brother, a man named Alex Cox.

1:30.6

Alex said the shooting wasn't self-defense, but the case is still under investigation.

1:35.3

This incident started with an argument, a family argument.

1:39.7

Fast forward now to September 23rd.

1:41.7

This is the last time anyone reported seeing the children.

1:45.0

JJ and Tyley at school in Rexburg, Idaho, but nobody reported them missing until about two months later.

1:52.8

We'll get to that in a little bit, but first let's talk about Chad Debel's wife, Tammy.

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