Plot Synopsis

In the autumn of 2019, news first broke of the disappearance of 7-year-old JJ Vallow and his stepsister, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, from their home in Rexburg, Idaho. As months passed, with no answers or clues to their whereabouts, police and family looked to their mother, 46-year-old Lori Vallow, for an explanation. Ten months later, in June 2020, a shocking discovery was made on the rural Idaho farm of Vallow's husband, Chad Daybell, leaving their friends, family, law enforcement -- and the world -- to wonder, what happened to JJ and Tylee? DOOMSDAY: THE MISSING CHILDREN is a one-hour docuseries that follows JJ and Tylee's grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcock, on their journey to find the truth. As they travel the country, they gather information from local law enforcement, and concerned friends to create a timeline for the children's legal guardian, Lori Vallow. What they uncover during their investigation is a story too strange to be real. Viewers will join the investigation examining allegations into Lori's religious beliefs, including allegations that Vallow believed she was immortal, and her children had been replaced by zombies. According to friends and family, Vallow adhered to the belief that the destruction of mankind was imminent, which could potentially explain the bizarre behavior of Lori and her husband leading up to the discovery of the children. This three-hour event allows viewers to explore all of this evidence from the disappearance of the children to the dramatic arrest of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell for concealment of evidence. With the trial of Vallow and Daybell on the horizon for 2021, perhaps the Woodcocks, will finally get the answers they so desperately need. On Sunday, December 20, 2020 from 9pm-Midnight ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered three back-to-back episodes of DOOMSDAY: THE MISSING CHILDREN.