Happily married and raising her loving family in Chandler, Arizona, fellow church-goer Lori Vallow was a patient mother whose temperament enabled her children to thrive.
Tying the knot with businessman Charles Vallow, 62, in 2006, the pair raised Tylee and Colby, Lori’s children from a previous marriage, before adopting Joshua ‘JJ’ in 2014 – a grandson of Charles’ sister.
With Tylee ‘embrac[ing] her role as a big sister,’ despite JJ having autism, the family all looked out for one another.
And friends of Lori even claimed that she was the ‘ideal person to look after [JJ]’.
Balancing home and work life, taking part in beauty pageants as well as being a follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lori believed that by relying on God, he in turn had a plan for everyone.
Believing in an emphasis on family life, Lori also accepted, as a Mormon, that by being
