Cult mom Lori Vallow’s murdered son JJ will finally get a funeral – with his heartbroken grandparents saying they hope his sister can also soon be laid to rest after the ‘long, arduous’ double-murder case.

A district judge in Idaho yesterday confirmed the seven-year-old Joshua’s body will be released to his next of kin after he was found dead in June 2020. 

His mother Lori was sentenced to life in prison in July for killing JJ and his sister Tylee, 16. 

The state of Idaho has had custody of JJ’s body since the gruesome discovery and throughout the investigation, but his remains will now be returned to his family. 

Tylee Ryan’s body is still being held in the state’s custody. 

A district judge in Idaho yesterday confirmed that the seven-year-old Joshua ‘JJ’ ‘s body will be released to his next of kin after he was found dead in June 2020

Cult mom Lori Vallow’s murdered son JJ will finally get a funeral – as his heartbroken grandparents say that they hope his sister can also be laid to rest after ‘long, arduous’ double-murder case. The murderer is pictured in court in May 2023

JJ’s grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcocks, said in a statement: ‘The last several years have been filled with pain and grief as we traveled this long arduous road. 

‘We have waited and prayed for this day for so long and are immeasurably relieved that JJ will finally be laid to rest. 

‘We have spent the past days immersed in the memories of the love and happiness that JJ shined and continues to shine on our life. 

‘As we reminisce in the joy that JJ filled our life with, our hearts ache for those that love JJ and share in the immense grief and loss of such a beautiful little man. 

‘We are grateful for the love and support of everyone that has come to love JJ, Tylee and Charles. As we continue to fight for justice, the dedication and strength given has helped to carry us through. 

‘We are anxious to find out when Tylee too can be laid to rest. Our greatest wish is for JJ and Tylee to be celebrated for the joy and love they brought to this world and for them to finally rest in peace. Only then, will our hearts begin to heal.’

The children’s grandparents said: ‘Our greatest wish is for JJ and Tylee to be celebrated for the joy and love they brought to this world and for them to finally rest in peace. Only then, will our hearts begin to heal’

Lori Vallow, 50, was convicted of the killing of her two youngest children as well as conspiracy to murder Chad Daybell’s ex-wife Tammy Daybell

This past summer, Lori Vallow, 50, was convicted of the killing of her two youngest children as well as conspiracy to murder her husband Chad Daybell’s ex-wife Tammy Daybell.

She has since appealed her conviction, but also faces two other cases in Arizona – one on a charge of conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and one of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband. 

Charles Vallow was shot and killed in 2019, but her niece’s ex survived an attempt later that year.

The case began in July 2019, when Vallow’s brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in a suburban Phoenix home.

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Cox told police he acted in self-defense.

He was never charged in the case and died later that year of what authorities determined were natural causes.

Vallow was already in a relationship with Chad Daybell at the time, a self-published author who wrote doomsday-focused fiction loosely based on Mormon teachings. 

She moved to Idaho with her children and brother to be closer to him.

The boy’s body was in state custody during the murder investigation

Siblings Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Their bodies were found in 2020

The young children were last seen alive in September 2019. Police discovered they were missing a month later after an extended family member became worried. 

Their bodies were found buried in Chad Daybell’s yard the following summer.

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow married in November 2019, about two weeks after Daybell’s previous wife, Tammy, was killed.

Tammy Daybell initially was described as having died of natural causes, but an autopsy later showed she had been asphyxiated, authorities said.

Defense attorney Jim Archibald argued during the trial there was no evidence tying Vallow to the killings, but plenty showing she was a loving, protective mother whose life took a sharp turn when she met Chad Daybell and fell for his ‘weird’ apocalyptic religious claims.

Archibald suggested that Daybell and Vallow’s brother, Alex Cox, were responsible for the deaths.

Lori Vallow Daybell, left, glancing at the camera during one of her hearings. She was sentenced to life in prison this past summer

Daybell told her they had been married in several previous lives and she was a ‘sexual goddess’ who was supposed to help him save the world by gathering 144,000 followers so Jesus could return, Archibald said.

Vallow’s former friend Melanie Gibb testified during the trial that Vallow believed people in her life had been taken over by evil spirits and turned into ‘zombies,’ including JJ and Tylee.

The family and the case was featured on the popular Netflix TV documentary, ‘Sins of our Mother.’

Netflix’s series, which features her surviving child Colby Ryan, 26, reveals the details behind the killings, and Lori’s beliefs that convinced her there was a ‘dark spirit’ inside her daughter, and the only way to ‘free the spirit is to kill the body.’

Chad Daybell, husband of Lori Vallow, was in court earlier this month ahead of his own death penalty trial.

Daybell’s trial is expected to begin next year and run for about two months.