Lori Vallow Daybell’s only surviving son speaks out

(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - The only surviving son of Lori Vallow Daybell is speaking out about his mother's crimes.

Vallow Daybell was found guilty in the deaths of her two youngest children and a romantic rival.

She received life sentences in Idaho for the murders, and last month, a Phoenix judge sentenced her to an additional life sentence with parole after 25 years.

For the first time since the sentencing her son, Colby Ryan, opened up about the experience of speaking at the sentencing.

Ryan, who was dealing with health problems at the time, says he is glad he could take part in the hearing virtually, and he says there is no reason for Vallow Daybell to be a part of his life going forward.

"I think it was hard because I didn't want to look vulnerable in front of Lori. I know that sounds weird, but I didn't really want to give her that in that moment. I was prepared, but it's always still really hard. Like, you could easily, like in any other setting, I could talk about Tylee and J.J., or like, my family, or anything like that. And not every time I'm going to be triggered to, like, cry, but every time I'm, like, reading a statement, it's just so real in that moment, and you're talking to that person, and that's hard. And I feel like a part of me wanted to be there, and then maybe there's a reason why it wasn't, but I felt like I said what I needed to say, and that was it. I just tried to close the book.

And the reason is because there's no rationality between talking to her. When you speak to her, she doesn't, she's not. You're not really talking to a normal person. And so there's, there's nothing that I'm gonna get from her. Even if there's an apology, there would be nothing that's satisfying or, like, okay, I'm good. Like, I just learned to move on without needing that."

Colby Ryan, Lori Vallow Daybell's son