jj is the adopted son of lori and charles vallow. n that, because jj is the biological grandson of charles' sister, kay. >> jj is my biological grandson via my son, and charles is my brother. >> we loved lori. i'll tell thyou that right now. >> lori did a great job of raising jj. jj's autistic, and he learned so many things. every time i went to go visit him, he would be smarter and smarter. >> she was a great mom with a special needs child -- >> yes, yes. >> -- who she took on as her own. >> yes. >> after they started seriously dating, she talked to him about our religion, the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, and she's been a member her whole life. and we all were. he ended up joining our church. >> what happens in this marriage is what happens in most marriages. there's good times and bad times. there's financial ups and downs. but for the better part of 14 years, the marriage really seemed to work until it began to unravel. >> she started talking about this new group that she was a part of. and i could see that she was

. -- >> people describe lori vallow as an extremely loving mother, fun mother. s somebody who made the kids the center of her universe. >> reporter: everything seemed perfect. until lori started to express extreme new beliefs. >> one thing she told me was that when she was in the temple, she said she saw jesus christ face-to-face. and she talked to him. and i thought, that's an odd thing to say. then we were standing in her kitchen, and shouldn't that she was turning into a translated being. and i was like, what do you mean you're turning into a translated being? and she said, i don't have to eat anymore. and if somebody shot me with a gun, the bullet wouldn't even go through me. i looked at her, she looked at me. and i was like, lori, what you're saying is not true, this is nonsense. she goes, you think i'm crazy, don't you? i was like, i don't know if you're crazy, but what you're telling me is not normal. and this is not happening to you. and from that point, she tried to cut everything off with me. >> reporter: she was influenced by the writings of author cha