I started out doing a traditional timeline with an interpretation at the end but it just got to complicated to follow, so instead I produced a hypothetical narrative of the events in January 2019, to be consumed with liberal seasonings of "alleged," "probably," and "my best guess."
I am operating under two assumptions: that a plot to kill Charles for his insurance money was initiated in January, and that Lori devised and acted this plot out with the assistance of others.
Sources are the full Divorce Petition (including the bank statement appendices) and some entries from the Websleuth timeline. Other sources are noted.
Thursday, January 3, 2019: The rental listing for the Gilbert house is removed. Shortly after that the family moves from the Chandler house they had rented for two years to Gilbert. [Zillow]
Monday, January 14, 2019: Lori is in a podcast with Chad, JM, MG in Mesa. The blurb says “Jason, Melanie and Lori have fun with Chad, who also has a great sense of humor like the rest of them!” [Social media]
Thursday, January 17, 2019: Charles buys Tylee's Jeep in Texas. It is likely they drove it back to Arizona at this time [faxvin.com]
Saturday, January 19, 2019: Lori is in a podcast with Chad, JM and MG in Mesa.
Saturday, January 19, 2019 to Saturday, January 26, 2019: At some point in this interval Lori leaves the Gilbert house and Charles is alone with Tylee, JJ, and Bailey the dog.
Sunday, January 27, 2019: Charles goes on a business trip to Texas. His itinerary is to fly to San Antonio, drive to Houston, and return back from San Antonio. Sunday departure for Monday business seems most plausible. JJ is left in the care of Tylee, who has the Jeep while Charles's F-150 is at the airport and Lori's Infiniti is with her somewhere. It is my assessment that Lori and person or persons unknown intended to kill Charles sometime on this trip, with Lori safely out of suspicion in Arizona. Charles spends the night in San Antonio. It is possible that his being there Sunday night rather than Houston is what derailed the murder plot.
Monday, January 28, 2019: Lori returns to the Gilbert house. She spends an unknown amount at a high end facial rejuvination spa (in anticipation of being on television after news of Charles's death becomes public?) and buys dinner for her and the kids at Popeye's. She starts transferring assets from the company to get them clear of upcoming probate, moving rental car points first. Charles spends $24 at a truck stop in Katy, TX on his way from San Antonio to Houston, where he spends the night.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019: Lori continues transferring company assets to avoid probate. She buys $184 worth of groceries at Walmart, indicating an intention to stay. She initiates the "I am god" phone call with Charles. GB is listening in. It is possible that this was prearranged by Lori or others to cement her alibi as a harmless ditz at home while Charles was on the road. The business receives a $16k payment from an insurance company. Lori might have been waiting for this before proceeding with the money transfers.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019: Busy day for everybody. Lori buys gas and continues to transfer money out of the business. Charles stops at an Arbys at Katy TX on the way back from Houston to San Antonio. He spends a few bucks at a 7-11 when he gets there. He calls Lori, who is thrown into a panic because by now he is supposed to be dead. She says a bunch of weird and aggresive things on the phone and then she and her accomplice(s) work to delay Charles and distract him from figuring out what was going on. Lori and company spend $17 at Home Depot on locksets, change the locks on the house, cancel Charles's ticket, hijack his truck from the airport, get Tylee's jeep out of the way, grab the company computer so he can't immediately figure what Lori was up to, and take his clothes as a further distraction. Lori then takes JJ and Tylee with her to a nearby hotel. It is not clear whether they took Bailey the dog, nor where all the stuff cleared from the house was stashed that night.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 (Continued). Charles arrives at San Antonio airport and discovers his ticked has been cancelled, and spends $600 on a last-minute replacement. He arrives at Phoenix to find his truck gone. He gets a taxi partway and then arranges with a friend (GB again?) to take him home. He discovers he is locked out and calls the Gilbert police to break in and clear the house of possible intruders. Operating on the assumption that Lori has simply flipped out, he arranges for a psych hold and texts Tylee late at night to tell her Lori has gone nuts.
Thursday, January 31, 2019: The events of this day have been discussed in detail in other postings, especially Tortoise's excellent analysis on page 18 of this thread. Lori was cool and rational and starting to build a legend of Charles as abusive and dangerous. This implies that there was a meeting of her and accomplice(s) the night before to replan after the failed murder attempt. Four days later she was on another podcast with JM, MG, and a new guy. A few days later she flew to Hawaii. Why, and what she was doing there, is a whole 'nuther mystery.