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MISSING cult mom Lori Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell were found in Hawaii this week - but her two kids are still missing four months on.

Kauai cops found the elusive pair on Sunday after Vallow's children disappeared back in September and both their ex-spouses died in mysterious circumstances.

The pair were found by Hawaiian authoritiesCredit: East Idaho News
The children are still missingCredit: Facebook

Vallow and Daybell were on the run since November, abandoning their Idaho home when local authorities came to question them about Vallow's missing children, Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17.

The kids weren't with the couple and their mother was ordered to physically produce the two children in front of an Idaho court within five days, reported.

Vallow, 46, and Daybell, 51, were pulled over by cops at around 3:30 p.m. as they were riding in a black Ford Explorer along the Kuhio Highway, according to .

They didn't have much to say to reporters who asked where Vallow's two children were - and more importantly, if they were even alive.

When the journalist said people were praying for their safe return in Idaho and elsewhere, Vallow said "that's great."

Her husband remained silent throughout the brief exchange before scowling when the reporter mentioned his late wife, Tammy Daybell.

The couple's rental vehicle pulled into the parking lot of the Kauai Beach Resort and they were put into separate police SUVs as officers searched the car.

A tow truck then took away their vehicle and the couple weren't arrested but cops combed their home in Princeville, Hawaii for answers.

Federal authorities and eastern Idaho law enforcement assisted the Hawaiian police in carrying out the warrants.

The bizarre turn of events kicked off in July Vallow's ex-husband Charles Vallow, 67, was shot dead in her Arizona home by her brother, Alex Cox.

Cox told cops he acted in self-defense because Vallow refused to back away from his sister and he was never charged for the fatal shooting.

reports Charles Vallow filed for divorce as a result of his wife's increasingly strange behavior, however.

Court documents state she believed she was a “translated being” sent by God to lead 144,000 people into the millennium.

Vallow and her two kids then moved to Rexburg, Idaho in September where the missing kids were last seen attending school.

The couple's car was towed after they were found in HawaiiCredit: East Idaho News
Lori Vallow vanished with her new husbandCredit: Rexberg Police Department
Chad Daybell wrote several books about the end of the worldCredit: Rexberg Police Department

Daybell's wife Tammy, 49, was then found dead in her family home on October 19 - he married Vallow weeks after her death.

His wife's death was initially ruled as natural causes but her body was later exhumed for an autopsy and the results are pending,  reported.

Daybell is the author of latter day saints books about the end of the world and Vallow's family has accused the couple of being doomsday "cult" members.

Her older son Colby Ryan, pleading with his mom to reveal the whereabouts of his missing sister and brother.

Officers initially went to their Idaho home after JJ's grandmother asked cops to conduct a welfare check back in November.

Vallow and Daybell claimed he was with other family members when officers knocked on their door.

They took off before cops could investigate further and vanished until this week.

The pair reportedly told people teenager Tylee was dead, claiming Vallow had no other young children.

JJ's grandparents Larry and Kay Woodcock offered a $20,000 reward for the safe return of the kids earlier this month.

“We want only the best for them,” Larry said at a press conference. “Please give them back to us.

Cox was found dead on December 15 but the cause of his death hasn't been established.

Vallow's brother had recently married a woman in Las Vegas before he died in mysterious circumstances.

Cops released a statement saying they suspected Vallow's kids were in serious danger and asked Vallow and Daybell to help.

The couple reportedly claimed they did nothing wrong despite to see the children.

They didn't have much to say when they were served with a search warrantCredit: East Idaho News
Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17 vanished in SeptemberCredit: AP:Associated Press
Vallow's ex-husband was killed by her brotherCredit: Idaho Cold Cases
Tylee Ryan, 17, hasn't been seen since SeptemberCredit: Rexburg Police Department


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