'MOM, WHY DID YOU KILL MY LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER?' Cult Mom Lori Vallow CONFRONTED BY SON
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 24 April 2023
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Summary
Colby Ryan took the stand to testify against his mother, Lori Vallow.
The court also heard a phone call between the son and mother, recorded from behind bars. In the call, you can hear Ryan ask Vallow point blank about the murders, but Vallow repeatedly responds, "You weren't there."
Nate Eaton with East Idaho News reports that Ryan avoided eye contact with his mother even as she stared at him throughout his testimony. Vallow reported mouthed, "Oh my baby," when Ryan entered the courtroom.
Ryan reveals several new details, such as receiving texts from his "sister" sent after the time police believe Tylee died.
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| 0:00.0 | The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:07.0 | A torpedo into the defense of |
| 0:16.0 | CUMMUM Lori Valow |
| 0:20.0 | Lori Valow now on trial for multiple |
| 0:23.0 | martyrs and conspiracy to commit murder |
| 0:26.0 | specifically the murders of her two |
| 0:29.0 | children seven year old JJ and teen |
| 0:32.0 | girl Tally but there's more there's |
| 0:35.0 | husband Charles Valow there is the |
| 0:39.0 | wife Tammy Debel who died in her sleep so |
| 0:43.0 | CUMMUM Lori Valow could then steal her |
| 0:45.0 | husband and marry him at a beach side |
| 0:48.0 | Hawaii wedding but the torpedo I'm |
| 0:51.0 | talking about is none other than the |
| 0:54.0 | one she gave birth to that's right her |
| 0:57.0 | own son Colby delivering damning |
| 1:01.0 | evidence against his own mother I'm |
| 1:05.0 | Nancy Grace this is Crime Stories |
| 1:07.0 | thank you for being with us here at |
| 1:09.0 | Fox Nation and serious XM111 not only did |
| 1:13.0 | his testimony his tearful testimony |
| 1:16.0 | against his own mother you could tell |
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