- Lori Vallow mouthed "oh my baby" when Colby Ryan took the stand in her murder trial.
- Ryan is Lori Vallow's oldest — and only surviving — child.
- Vallow is on trial and accused of killing of her two youngest children.
When Colby Ryan — Lori Vallow's only living child — entered the Boise, Idaho, courtroom where she is on trial, Vallow mouthed, "Oh my baby."
Vallow's firstborn took the stand on Tuesday, giving emotional, tear-filled testimony.
He told the jury about conversations he had with his mother about the life insurance policies of her two dead husbands. He also testified that at some point — after his little sister Tylee Ryan had stopped responding to his calls and FaceTimes — he began receiving messages from her that didn't sound like she had written them.
Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell, have both been charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder, and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow's two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua "J.J." Vallow and his teenage sister, Tylee Ryan, last seen in 2019. They are also charged in connection to the death of Daybell's then-wife, Tammy Daybell.
On Tuesday, gasps broke out in the courtroom when Ryan took the stand. Ryan wept on the witness stand, and Vallow dabbed her eyes.
Ryan 27, identified photos of his two late siblings, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, whom he last spoke to shortly before her 17th birthday in the fall of 2019.
"She's my mother," Ryan answered when asked his relationship with the defendant.
Ryan — who was featured in the Netflix true-crime series about the case — has spoken out repeatedly about his mother since her arrest. He has accused her of lying to him for a long time — including telling her that his stepfather Charles Vallow had died of a heart attack when she knew he had been shot. He also said he believed she would have died for her two younger children and that he was shocked to find out she was a suspect in their disappearance.