Lori Vallow's Niece Believed Brandon Was No Longer Brandon. What Did She Expect?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Oct 27, 2026 · 16m

A filing attributed to Ian Pawlowski says Melani believed her husband, Brandon Boudreaux, "was no longer actually Brandon" and had to die as part of the Lord's plan. The same filing says she didn't think anyone would act on it. In October 2019, someone fired into Brandon's Tesla in Gilbert, Arizona. Melani, Lori Vallow Daybell's niece, has never been charged and says she knew nothing. Robin Dreeke and I go through her police interview the day after, when she wouldn't hand over Lori's or Alex Cox's numbers, and her testimony that one of Chad Daybell's claims checking out made her believe the…