'Doomsday Cult' Mom Lori Vallow Has Been Convicted a Second Time — She Has One More Trial Left

Shortly after J.J. and Tylee Vallow went missing in September 2019, their mother, Lori Vallow, raised suspicions. Just a few months after the children disappeared, Vallow wed Chad Daybell whose wife, Tammy Daybell, had died under mysterious circumstances two weeks earlier. In February 2020, Vallow and Daybell were arrested and the kids' remains were identified in Daybell's backyard in June of that year.

Vallow and Daybell were each charged with the first-degree murders of Tylee and J.J. in 2021. Daybell was also charged for Tammy Daybell's death, while Vallow was charged with conspiracy to kill Tammy. In June 2024 Daybell was convicted and sentenced to death. Where is Lori Vallow today?

Vallow was found guilty on July 31, 2023, and was handed three life sentences with no possibility of parole. In April 2025, the Doomsday cult mom was on trial again and this time, she acted as her own attorney. In 2019, Vallow's brother, Alex Cox, shot and killed his sister's fourth husband. Charles Vallow was still living in Arizona while Vallow had moved to Utah to be with Daybell. Cox died from a pulmonary embolism in late 2019, and Vallow was charged with conspiring to kill Charles.

Once again, Vallow was convicted after a jury deliberated for three hours over the course of two days, per CBS News. She is awaiting sentencing which could be delayed due to yet another trial. According to CNN, Vallow has to remain in Arizona because she was charged with "conspiring to murder Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of Vallow's niece." That trial is scheduled for early June 2025.

Boudreaux was previously married to Vallow's niece, Melani Pawlowski, but things changed in 2018 after Vallow grew more intense in her religious beliefs, per KSL-TV. While Boudreaux had no interest in what Vallow was peddling, Pawlowski fell under her aunt's spell. This led to several arguments between Boudreaux and Pawlowski. Eventually, Boudreaux reached out to Charles for help in June 2019 as he was having similar issues with Vallow.

This was the last time Boudreaux and Charles would speak as Charles was killed the following month. Incidentally, that is when Boudreaux filed for divorce from Pawlowski. That October, Boudreaux had moved out of his old house and was trying to move on from his old life when a person driving a Jeep Wrangler with Texas plates shot at him. Boudreaux was just pulling into his driveway when this occurred and was nearly hit in the head by the bullet.

The connection between the attempt on his life and Vallow was made via the vehicle. Boudreaux would later recall that Charles had purchased a Jeep with Texas plates for Tylee, who by that time had been dead for a month. Vallow has pleaded not guilty in conspiring to kill Boudreaux.