‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow wanted him dead – 7 years later he gets last word on surviving doomsday killer’s plot
A gunman fired at Brandon Boudreaux outside his Arizona home in 2019, with a bullet striking his car door and missing his head by inches. Prosecutors said Lori Vallow Daybell recruited her brother, Alex Cox, to kill him during Boudreaux’s divorce from Vallow’s niece; an Arizona jury convicted Vallow of conspiring to murder him in 2025.
Boudreaux has now published *Unthinkable*, a book he first wrote for his four children to explain his choices and the ordeal. He waited to speak publicly while criminal proceedings were under way, and says the shooting, divorce and fear of being targeted left him struggling to trust others. Cox died in 2019 without being charged, while Boudreaux’s former wife has not been charged in the shooting.
In short
- A bullet hit Boudreaux’s car door and missed his head by inches.
- Vallow was convicted of conspiring to kill him in 2025.
- Boudreaux tells his family’s story in a new book.
Explained simply
Brandon Boudreaux was married to Lori Vallow Daybell’s niece. During their divorce, a gunman shot at him outside his Arizona home in 2019; the bullet hit his car and narrowly missed him. Prosecutors said Vallow Daybell arranged the attack with help from her brother, Alex Cox.
Vallow Daybell became known as the “doomsday” case defendant because of her beliefs about the end of the world and her children’s deaths in Idaho. Cox died in 2019 and was never charged over the shooting, and Boudreaux’s former wife has not been charged. The case matters because it links a family dispute to a wider criminal investigation and shows how a survivor can be affected long after an attack.