KEY POINTS

  • Lori Vallow, mother of missing Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan, started renting a storage unit in Rexburg, Idaho, after the two reportedly disappeared
  • She and a man, suspected to be her brother Alex Cox, made multiple visits to the unit between October and November
  • Vallow's last visit was on Nov. 24, just before she fled Idaho with her husband Chad Daybell

As authorities continue searching for missing siblings — Joshua Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17 —video has surfaced of the siblings’ mother making multiple trips to a storage space in Rexburg, Idaho, after they disappeared.

Lori Vallow, 46, was seen on the security cameras of a Self Storage Plus in Rexburg that she reportedly began renting on Oct. 1, after her kids reportedly disappeared. She was renting a 10x10 unit that was found to be housing many of her children’s belongings.

It was the only time she was caught on the storage facility’s security cameras visiting by herself. Vallow visited the storage unit several times in October, frequently seen on camera with a man suspected to be her brother, Alex Cox. The man would make several visits to the unit by himself, dropping off several items for storage.

On one visit, Vallow and a man were spotted removing a large duffle bag and a spare tire from the unit and putting them in a silver pickup truck parked outside. The man then starts the vehicle while she quickly closed the storage unit before the two left.

On Oct. 28, two men are then seen dropping off two bikes that reportedly belong to Joshua and Tylee. This was the last visit for nearly a month until Vallow returns with a man on Nov. 24 before she went to Idaho with her husband, Chad Daybell.

Police acquired a search warrant for the storage unit and the couple’s home after the latter was found empty during a welfare check on Joshua. The warrants had officers seize “any evidence that the boy was residing at any of these residences, and/or evidence of foul play or the commission of a crime, and/or evidence of the child’s current location.”

The storage unit has since been considered abandoned after Vallow’s credit card was declined several times. All items found in the unit are being held until police complete their investigation and will be subsequently returned to family relatives.

Vallow and Daybell were since found in Hawaii, living in a gated community when Idaho police were notified of their location. They were not facing charges but had been served a court order to produce the children who have reportedly been ignored.

“To fail to obey a court order to produce the children is typically a contempt of court in a civil nature and not a crime in Idaho,” former Idaho Attorney General Dave Leroy told reporters. “However, there is a statute in Idaho that makes woeful disobedience of a court a potential misdemeanor.”

Joshua’s grandparents have filed for temporary custody if the children are found.

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