Aunt Of Missing Idaho Girl Addresses Disappearance For First Time
9 Feb 2020
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Cushing said it wasn’t until her brother’s death in late March 2018 that she noticed a drastic change in Lori Vallow.
Cushing said Ryan died of an apparent heart attack in late March 2018. His body was found in his apartment after a welfare check when the neighbor’s dog detected a strange smell.
“It’s really sad that someone could die and go at least a week without being discovered,” Cushing said.
Cushing said Vallow was notified of Ryan’s passing but didn’t tell his family. She only learned of her brother’s death five weeks later because no one had claimed his body. She said officials ran a background check and called her brother.
Cushing said Vallow acted very casual about Ryan’s death.
“That really took me back, I thought ‘you knew and didn’t tell me?” she said.
However, Cushing said Lori asked her to visit Arizona to support Tylee.
“I decided to put my personal feelings aside about not being told about Joe’s death and I flew out there, hoping to connect with Tylee,” Cushing said.
When she arrived in Arizona, Cushing said she was shocked to find that
Vallow discouraged Tylee from mourning her father’s death.
“When I got there, it was as if, nothing had happened,” she said.
“People were hardly talking about Joe and when Lori did, the tenor was — she would actually say, ‘the world is a better place without Joe Ryan.’”
Cushing said she also noticed
Tylee and Vallow had a strained relationship.
“There was also a lot of tension between Tylee and Lori,” Cushing said, adding that Vallow didn’t allow the two to spend much time together alone.
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