NOTORIOUS cult mom Lori Vallow erupted at a reporter during her first-ever sit-down interview from prison.
During their 90-minute conversation, the woman who was found guilty of killing her two young children got upset with Dateline host Keith Morrison, claiming that he didn’t have all the details of her case correct.
Morrison sat down with Vallow to ask a series of tough questions regarding the gruesome murders of her two children, Tylee and JJ.
The Idaho mom – currently awaiting trial for the murder of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow – insisted she was innocent of the murders.
In a bizarre promo released from the sit-down interview, Vallow attacked Morrison with a series of confrontations.
“Are you keeping track Keith? Keith, can we agree on that? Keith, can I joke with you? Keith, can we joke?” she said in the combative clip.
“Nice try, Keith! You’ve been fed a lot of information, Keith! I can tell you’ve been fed a lot of information. I thought we were going to get along, Keith! I thought we were going to be buddies,” she exclaimed.
“Get your facts straight, Keith! Keith, could you get your life story out in 90 minutes? Keith, how old are you?”
When Morrison asked if Vallow had watched her children die, she became visibly upset during the interview.
“No one knows. Do you know? You’re pretending like you know,” she fired back.
“I was not there,” she insisted.
Vallow is currently serving life in prison for the murder of her two children while her current husband, Chad Daybell, is on death row.
Yet, Vallow claims she feels “misunderstood.”
“How do you know a person if you never talk to them in five years?” she asked Morrison.
“How do you know anything about them? How do you know anything about their life? About how it really is?”
The Dateline host called the conversation an “interesting tennis match” after trying to get the convicted killer to answer some tough questions.
Lori Vallow timeline
Lori Vallow has received a life sentence for the murder of her two children. Additionally, she faces allegations of plotting to kill her former husband, Charles Vallow. Here is a timeline of the events that led to her apprehension, trial, and guilty verdict.
- 2006: Lori Vallow married her then-husband Charles Vallow.
- 2014: Lori and Charles adopt JJ Vallow.
- 2018: After becoming a fan of Chad Daybell’s doomsday books, Lori meets him. The two start doing podcasts together.
- February 2019: Charles Vallow files for divorce from Lori.
- July 2019: Charles Vallow is shot to death by Lori’s brother, Alex Cox.
- September 8, 2019: Tylee Ryan, 16, Lori’s daughter, goes missing. She was last seen at Yellowstone National Park.
- September 22, 2019: JJ Vallow goes missing.
- October 19, 2019: Chad Daybell’s wife, Tammy, dies.
- November 5, 2019: Lori and Chad tied the knot in Hawaii.
- November 26, 2019: A nationwide search was launched following the disappearances of Tylee and JJ.
- February 20, 2020: Lori was arrested after failing to comply with a police order to produce her children and ensure they were safe.
- June 9, 2020: Human remains were found in Chad Daybell’s backyard. Daybell was arrested.
- June 2020: The remains found were identified as JJ and Tylee’s.
- May 2021: Lori and Chad were both charged with first-degree murder in connection with JJ and Tylee’s deaths.
- April 10, 2023: Lori’s trial starts.
- May 12, 2023: Lori was charged with murder in connection with JJ and Tylee’s deaths. She was also charged with conspiracy to murder in connection with JJ and Tylee’s deaths, as well as the death of Tammy Daybell.
- June 2, 2023: Judge Steven Boyce reveals Chad’s trial will start on April 1, 2024.
- July 31, 2023: Lori was sentenced to life in prison.
- December 7, 2023: Lori was charged with conspiracy to murder in connection with the death of Charles Vallow. She pleads not guilty.
- January 2024: John Prior, Chad’s lawyer, files a motion to remove himself from the case. Judge Boyce denies this request.
- February 2024: Lori beams in court during hearing – months after she was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
- March 2024: Chad was booked into the Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho, ahead of his trial. Daybell will be holed up inside the jail until his trial ends.
Instead, Morrison said Vallow had her own agenda.
Morrison said she wanted to spend the entire 90-minute interview convincing him that her daughter, Tylee, killed her son, JJ, then killed herself.
However, the Dateline host quickly disputed that, saying the deaths of Tylee and JJ were already proven to be weeks apart.
The bodies of the children were found buried in Vallow’s husband’s backyard.
After the interview, Morrison concluded that Vallow genuinely believes in her husband’s bizarre religious ideologies.
However, he also thinks she has deluded herself to some extent.
Colby Ryan, Vallow’s only surviving child, has since expressed his contempt for his mom in conversation with the Dateline host.
“I guess I was always a very positive, see the best in people kind of person,” Ryan told Morrison.
“And then I watched someone that I knew my entire life do what she did. And it just changed the way I view people.”
Ryan said it was hard to grasp the idea that his own mother could commit such heinous acts.
“I watched someone that I knew my entire life do what she did. And it just changed the way I view people,” he said.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 800 422 4453 or live chat at https://www.childhelphotline.org/.
If a child or other person is in immediate danger, contact 911 immediately.
