My opinion only, and I am not a psychologist:
Chad spoke a certain language to Lori that re-activated a drama that she has been playing out her entire adult life.
"Zombies" was just another method to demonize others, in a way that she always has treated people she no longer had a use for.
She demonized husbands 2, 3 and 4 from what I can see. Tarred them with the very worst of accusations and set out to strip them of everything and see them suffer. A sadist I would say. My post about her divorce from husband no.2 (when Lori was 23) is
here.
Perhaps it was the protracted fight with Joe Ryan and focus on destroying his life for so many years that was responsible for her long-ish marriage to Charles.
So I would say she already knew the technique, her next victims were just given a unique identifier when she got together with Chad.
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A mooch through the timeline from 1st February 2019 up until the murders of the children shows numerous examples of Lori's calculated deceit and detachment from Charles, JJ and Tylee. She had always been an abusive mother to Tylee, IMO, with unproven accusations leveled against Joe Ryan.
Feb 2019 – CV is taking care of JJ but Lori refuses to return JJ’s medicine, clothing, i-pad and the service dog’s special collar. Lori also never contacts CV to ask about JJ’s wellbeing nor does she request parenting time. CV says this causes JJ emotional stress as his autism makes it difficult for him to understand the situation. JJ needs his medicine, his usual clothing, his i-pad with special apps on it that calm him down, and the dog’s collar so the dog can go wherever JJ goes (Divorce Documents, Fox10 Phoenix).
Re. divorce;
MG: “
she says that he [CV] wants to get it but she does not want to, she doesn’t want to go through another divorce again.”
26 Feb 2019 – CV asked Banner Life to investigate LV for changing his PIN password to his $1 million policy account.
c. 25 – 29 Mar 2019 KW went to AZ to help CV pack up the house for his move to Houston. KW: “S
he just walked in and just started fussing at him and… I was like what the heck is wrong with her…he was sitting down and …she had her hands on her hips, “what are you doing, why are you moving, I can’t believe this, why are you keeping JJ from me?”
2 Apr 2019 10:07am – CV emailed his divorce attorney Taylor Larson
Subject matter: Lori.
‘Hey guys I felt I owed you this much at least. I'm now in Houston in our new home. I say our because Lori is coming after she finishes packing in AZ. Lots of forgiveness more misunderstandings and as I told TAYLOR, love always wins.
Thank you.
Charles Vallow’
c. Apr 2019 – LV and TR moved to Houston Texas temporarily:-
KW: “
He happened to be doing a huge insurance commission check, and within less than a week when she got in Houston – I had access to one account and that’s where the commission went into – that money flew out of that account so quickly. Charles was asking me for passwords for everything cos I had changed all of that since he gave me management of the company money and so I had changed everything where she couldn’t access it but then he ended up giving her all the passwords back, he gave her the keys to the kingdom once again. That money was gone in no time.”
MG speaks to Dateline (ep3. Jun 2020) about
LV going to Houston:-
MG: “
When she first went to Texas I’m like ‘why are you going to Texas, you’re trying to run from him?’ She goes ‘I was told by the Lord I need to get his finances in order’.”
KM:
“Lori was worried Charles might leave his $1mill life insurance to his sister Kay.”
MG: “
She started wondering ‘is Kay going to get the money?’
Charles Vallow's texts with a friend:-
Friend: “do you trust what she saying. Do [you?] trust Lori?”
CV: “Yes. With out any doubt. Like I said. A lot of. Misunderstanding. We have our Lori back”
CV: “And JJ is over the moon.”
Nothing to do with zombies, IMO.
All MOO