The Final Days of JJ and Tylee
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(upbeat music) - There is one backhoe on the scene and police are digging right now in the backyard of this pool. - It was the ending everyone feared. On June 9th, 2020, authorities executed a search warrant here at Chadde Bell's home and property. (upbeat music) They were looking for the two children. Tyler Ryan and JJ Vallow disappeared in September of 2019. For months, their mother, Lori Vallow DeBell, and her new husband, Chad DeBell, refused to talk to investigators or tell anybody where the kids were. - Can you tell me where your kids are? There's people around the country praying for your children, praying for you guys. Why don't you give us answers? - That's great. - That's great. - Even after Lori was arrested, she still refused to say anything about where the kids were. - Lori, where are your kids? How come you're not telling anybody where your kids are? - All of this builds up to this morning and this action in this quiet neighborhood. Chad DeBell was sitting in his vehicle watching investigators digging up his backyard in one of those strange coincidences. Lori calls him on the phone from jail. - Are they saving them again? - They're searching. - It's like these two star-crossed lovers who know the end is near. - Okay baby, we love you. - That it's just a matter of time now that investigators are gonna find the children. - Once they removed some soil, there was what I can best describe as a black plastic bag. It was a, what appeared to be a small body tightly wrapped. - A lot of people had held out hope that the kids were alive and this seemed to be the morning where reality set in. - Detectives and investigators have recovered what's believed to be human remains. - Yeah, that was... That was a rough day 'cause yeah, we had been so hopeful. - My name's Echo, Ita Aihau, and my daughter, Vysia, and Tylie were best friends.
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The untold story of how investigators found Lori Vallow’s missing children – buried on Chad Daybell’s property. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports for "48 Hours."