Where Is Lori Vallow Daybell's Only Living Child Now? A Look at Colby Ryan's Life After His Mom Murdered His 2 Younger Siblings

Mar. 15, 2025

After a seven-week trial, Lori wasfound guiltyin May 2023 of murdering her two children —Joshua “J.J.” VallowandTylee Ryan— as well as conspiring to murder her husband, Chad Daybell’s, first wife,Tammy Daybell.

Lori married Chad in November 2019, two weeks after Tammy was killed and three weeks before the missing person’s case was opened for J.J. and Tylee.

The two were later tried separately, with Lori beingsentenced to life in prison without paroleand Chad, who was part of a doomsday cult,sentenced to death, also for the murder of Lori’s two kids and his first wife.

“I always was a very positive, see the best in people kind of person. And then, I watched someone that I knew my entire life do what she did,” he said. “It just changed the way that I view people.”

“The way that my sister was treated was with hate,” he said. “That’s not even human to do what they did to her.”

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“I just remember feeling like I did something wrong,” he said. “I just felt like I ruined her life. That’s where it started. That was like the breaking point for her.”

Ultimately, it was her anger toward her ex-husband that led her to get more involved in the church.

“I know you know [what] the right thing to do is and I know you have a good heart,” he said in video. “It’s time to do the right thing.”

“My brother, who’s 7 years old, is dead. And my little sister, who’s 16, is dead,” he said to his mom. “This did not just happen. They were murdered, and the reason I’m calling you is because I can’t even fathom what happened. I miss my family, Mom.”

In April 2022, he released a book titledThe God Over Odds, outlining his journey from “‘Son of cult mom Lori Vallow-Daybell,’ to Man of God.”

Kelsee shared in the episode that they’ve tried to make Ryley’s life as “normal as possible,” though they do plan to tell her what happened to her father’s family.

“We don’t really know how yet, but she knows Tylee and J.J.’s faces,” she said. “We have their pictures everywhere all over our house.”

“I think that’s been the main thing for us right now, is showing her who they are, showing her videos and saying their names and really helping her remember them,” Kelsee continued.

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source: people.com