SEE IT: ‘Doomsday’ mom Lori Vallow struts her stuff in ‘Mrs. Texas’ pageant, wins $17K on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ [VIDEO]
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Tami Joyce says she was friendly with Lori when she lived in Texas, and hasn’t seen her since 2007. When they first met, Lori was still using her maiden name, Cox, but soon after, she married Joseph Ryan, Tylee’s father, and took his name. Joyce told CrimeOnline that Vallow worked as a hairstylist, and appeared to be happy with Ryan and their son Colby, who is now in his twenties, in the marriage’s early years. But something changed, Joyce said, and the marriage “did not end well.”
Joyce met Vallow in Westlake, Texas, in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Vallow was very close with her young son Colby, and told Joyce that she had been very much in love with the boy’s father and wanted a life with him, but that the man, whose name Joyce could not remember and who she never met, “did not want that.”
Joyce said that Vallow adored her children and took great care of them. She also took very good care of herself, abstaining from drinking and smoking and living a healthy lifestyle, the woman said.
“She wouldn’t even have a glass of wine,” Joyce said, and typically went running twice a day. Vallow had not met Joseph Ryan when Joyce first met her, the woman said, but was soon introduced to him. The couple had a brief courtship and married within months, Joyce remembered. They had Tylee and Ryan adopted Colby; Joyce could not recall if the boy had any kind of relationship with his biological father.
In a video of the 2004 Mrs. Texas pageant found on YouTube, an emcee introducing Lori Ryan during the evening gown competition says that she had recently won $17,000 on “Wheel of Fortune”:
Mrs. Texas pageant owner Tracy Crist confirmed that Lori Ryan was a contestant in the 2004 pageant. Ryan was a semi-finalist, but was eliminated in the final round of competition.
A representative for Sony Pictures Entertainment, the production company for the game show, declined a request to provide images or footage of Vallow on “Wheel of Fortune,” citing the active investigation, but confirmed that Vallow appeared on the show and won $17,500.
SEE IT: ‘Doomsday’ mom Lori Vallow struts her stuff in ‘Mrs. Texas’ pageant, wins $17K on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ [VIDEO]