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Lori Vallow Daybell Convicted of 2019 Plot to Murder Niece’s Ex-Husband

The verdict closes her Arizona trials with sentencing scheduled for July 25.

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Lori Vallow Daybell is escorted out of the courtroom on Day 2 of her conspiracy trial on June 6, 2025, after being kicked out by Judge Justin Beresky.

Overview

  • A Maricopa County jury found Daybell guilty of conspiring to kill Brandon Boudreaux in the October 2019 shooting outside his Gilbert home.
  • Jurors delivered the verdict on June 13 after fewer than 30 minutes of deliberation.
  • Prosecutors introduced cellphone location data, receipts and surveillance video placing her brother Alex Cox at the scene driving her daughter’s Jeep.
  • Daybell, who represented herself, challenged nearly every piece of evidence and suggested her niece Melani Pawlowski had a financial motive.
  • She is already serving a life sentence in Idaho for the murders of her children and Tammy Daybell and faces additional sentencing on July 25 for her Arizona convictions.