“I can confirm that this office has filed a motion to dismiss without prejudice, which allows the office to file charges in the future and provides time for additional review of the case,” Maricopa County District Attorney’s Communications Director Jennifer Liewer told CBS News. statement on Tuesday. Ryan, 26, was released from custody Thursday, according to a release document from the district attorney’s office. The terms of Ryan’s release state that he cannot “initiate contact” with either the arresting officers or the alleged victim. According to a probable cause affidavit, Ryan and his wife, who no longer lived together, had been watching television at the wife’s home during the week before his arrest. The two began kissing consensually, according to the statement, but Ryan’s wife indicated she wanted to stop. Ryan continued, however, and began touching her sexually, the probable cause affidavit said. Lori Vallow Daybell’s son, Colby Ryan, addresses the media during Daybell’s hearing on Friday, March 6, 2020, in Rexburg, Idaho. John Roark / AP Ryan’s wife told police he then sexually assaulted her while she “told him again ‘Stop.’ I don’t want to do it,’ as she tried to push him off her,” police documents said. Ryan then apologized and began to cry, the document said. His wife locked herself in her bedroom and Ryan slept on the couch, the document said. The next day, Ryan’s wife recorded a conversation the two had in which Ryan admitted to the inappropriate touching and “agreed that he ‘raped’ the victim,” the document said. Ryan made similar admissions to police after his arrest, the document said. Ryan’s mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face multiple charges in the strange case, including conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Lori Vallow Daybell’s children, 7 Joshua “JJ. Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell. Idaho law enforcement began investigating the Daybells in November 2019 after extended family members reported the children missing. While the children were missing, police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts. Their bodies were later found buried on Chad Deibel’s property in rural Idaho. Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell were married just two weeks after his previous wife, Tammy Daybell, died unexpectedly. Tammy Daybell’s death was initially reported as “natural causes,” but investigators had her body exhumed after they became suspicious when Chad Daybell quickly remarried. Lori Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Arizona in connection with her ex-husband’s death. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Vallow Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, who claimed it was self-defense. Cox later died of natural causes, police said. Lori Vallow appears in court in Lihue, Hawaii, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Dennis Fujimoto/AP In April, Lori Vallow Daybell pleaded “not guilty” and invoked her right to a speedy trial, which legally had until October. They complicated plans for a combined trial for her and her husband. On May 19, prosecutors requested that Lori Vallow Debel’s trial be postponed until January 9. Prosecutors expressed concern that, if tried separately in October, there would be an “inappropriate resolution” to the couple’s cases. Boyce also expressed concern about whether Lori Vallow Daybell’s newly appointed attorneys had enough time to prepare for trial and said the 90-day delay would have given them more. He noted that prosecutors have worked on the case since 2020.
