Colby (Lori's Son)
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I called her because I was freaking out. And I said, the two detectives are looking for Tylee and JJ. What is going on? She said, I got it. I'll take care of it. I love you. Have a great day. Something like that.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
That's my mom, you know? My siblings are gone.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I've been... working in therapy, on unpacking a lifetime worth of stuff. I mean, it's an ongoing process.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I guess I always was like a very positive, see the best in people kind of person.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
And then I watched someone that I knew my entire life. know do what she did and it just changed the way i view people and all the craziness and death there's just no way to like explain to anybody what it's like to go from you know let's call it normal life to something this big happening and then i have to deal with the complexity that that's my mom you know that's
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
someone that I don't even recognize anymore.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
Yeah. I mean, that's kind of the thing I think I finally somewhat embraced is people are going to have questions. Welcome to the Scar Wars Podcast.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I thought, well, what if she passes away, right? And I think asking myself that question kind of brought me to a point of, you know what? If I ask her for an interview, maybe I can at least keep myself emotionally in check while I ask the biggest questions I've always had.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
You're telling me Tylee took JJ's life, then took her own life, and then someone cremated her... by dismembering her and burning her and throwing her in a pet cemetery. And then somebody bound JJ, put him in a trash bag and threw him in the backyard. And that was it.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
You're saying someone else took care of the situation.
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Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
Yeah. It must be nice and easy to blame my dead little sister for everything. Must be really convenient for her.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
That's all lies. None of it ever added up.
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Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
This situation does put us at odds. And I can't sit here and say that I agree with you. I don't, I can't even really understand where this side's coming from. I don't wish pain or anything on you. I have no malice towards you. Zero. And I do 100% forgive you. I forgive you. But you and I can't even be a part of each other's lives because I don't feel like I know you anymore.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
She didn't. Put it on her. It's so unfair. It's so unfair. It's so unfair to Tylee. She would never do that.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I think that's kind of the place I'm at now, is just acceptance. Just full acceptance of the situation.
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Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
The way that my sister was treated... was with hate. That's not even human to do what they did to her after.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I felt really guilty for even being the only one that didn't get killed for a long time. But yeah, I mean, you know, you try to put a brave face on, you try to be there for your kids, you try to make it about them, but there's always a loneliness there.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
I would say my mom is multi-talented. She's always loved to do different things, sing, dance.
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Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
She was always being the one to pick everybody up and sing karaoke at the family party. She just got everybody excited to have fun.
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Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
He was so nice to me. He was so nice to Tylee. He seemed like he genuinely cared about us.
Dateline NBC
Lori Vallow Daybell: The Jailhouse Interview
Hi, JJ. Hi, JJ. Hi, Colby. Hi, Colby. I fell in love with him instantly. You're so cute. I would get up in the middle of the night, run up to the room to see if he was breathing, just stand there and just like, is his chest moving? Yeah. So I loved him so much. What was it about him? He just has such a great spirit.