Shes done three interviews with the FBI and she would be in deep waters if she lied to them about that. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He wouldnt do regular checkups and was just was a tough guy. (January 2020 report). This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Alex was a truck driver, and after starting to have challenges in my last marriage, you could just call him, and he always answered. Lori Vallow Daybell's niece Melani Pawlowski has been in a fight for custody with her ex-husband Brandon Boudreaux for more than a year. Lori Vallow, who moved from Arizona to Idaho in late August with her children, is also under investigation in the death of Tammy Daybell. When he asked about Vallows sudden marriage to her husband Chad, she said I cant answer why they got married quick. A big question were not asking is why is nobody asking why Charles had a $2 million policy out on Lori, she said. the disappearance of doomsday mom Lori Vallows children, have said they believe the pair are in danger. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com: The first thing I want to ask, Melani and Ian, is your reaction to the autopsy results which came out Friday concerning Melanis uncle, Alex Cox. Ive seen the pain that shes gone through and the abuse and betrayal. Shes still just trying to get through every day and missing her husband. Eaton: There have been reports that Lori may be somehow tied to your mothers death that she may have been the first victim. Business, Economics, and Finance. In court filings, Melani's side has denied accusations. Melani has been put through the ringer because of their paranoia and now is in the hot seat because I went to the police and tried to help., A lot has happened since we first covered this case in February, and the whole time, we've been digging #Dateline all-new 2-hour tonight at 9/8c with @Dateline_Keith. Court TV correspondent Ashleigh Banfield tracked down Stacey's gravestone in San Antonio, Texas, this week and found that it was covered in mud and appeared to have been neglected for years. Melani: There was absolute shock when I got the phone call from Zulema Pastenes (Alex Coxs wife), and she was telling me (he had died). Records show Boudreaux expressed concerns for his. 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Robertson also referred to surveillance video of a storageunit in Rexburg, Idaho,formerly rented by Lori. 'Sadly, and irresponsibly, much of the media has quoted Brandon Boudreaux's biased, vindictive, and fake accusations as truth and fact when they are his resentful, vengeful, and dishonest efforts to get full custody of Melani's children,' wrote the attorney. Amato recently filed a motion to quash the subpoena, thus denyingthe request by Pawlowskis lawyers to speak to Gilbert Police detective Ryan Pillar. Melani Boudreaux, who is Vallows niece, sat down with KPHO-TV in Phoenix to discuss the case. When Hans Karl Beblo was born on 5 September 1904, in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France, his father, Friedrich Carl Ewald Beblo, was 31 and his mother, Melanie Luise Knoch, was 28. I asked her on a date that day. Brandon alleges the. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. She doesnt really feel ready to come forward and share her story and I respect that. And then Seattle is where I spent a lot of time growing up. EastIdahoNews.com will post the rest of the interview Monday including questions about JJ and Tylee, Lori and Chad, the Pawlowskis religious beliefs and why they are speaking out now. In the post marking her 31st birthday last Friday, Melani wrote: 'This last year, my world has been turned upside down as my family and friends turned their backs on me when things in the media got confusing. A new episode of "Dateline" airs on May 1, featuring interviews with Lori Vallow's niece Melani Pawlowski. In January, FOX 10 reported on Brandon Boudreaux, who claimsa bullet missed his head by inches as he pulled into his home's driveway in Gilbert. 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Eaton: Your mother unfortunately passed away when you were young. Melani is currently. ", Winter storm updates: ADOT advises against traveling in 'extreme weather conditions', Tempe wants more local businesses to hire musicians, Tempe offering cheaper permits for venues to host live music, Nieve para el norte de Arizona y lluvia en el valle debido a la tormenta invernal, Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell to be tried together after judge's ruling, Lori Vallow Daybell's attorney takes to Twitter to find witnesses in her case, Motions filed to combine Chad and Lori Daybell's cases for trial. Per Inside Edition, Brandon Boudreaux and Melani Pawlowski are currently involved in a messy and complicated custody battle. I think I Googled him on the computers in high school, and I found him, and he was one of my favorite, favorite people in my life. Melani Boudreaux Pawloswki is trying to get joint-custody of her four children. Lori is the mother ofJoshua "JJ" Vallow and Tylee Ryan. I do. Melani has denied those allegations - including in a recent Facebook post where she briefly mentioned the mother she lost when she was just nine years old. Police initially determined that he acted in self defense - but the case was reopened amid the multi-state search for JJ and Tylee, who had moved to Idaho, where Chad lived, with their mother in August. Eaton: Melani, were you born and raised in Arizona? At last check, Gilbert Police are still investigating. Brandon and Melani have been embroiled in a bitter custody battle over their four young kids - Braxton, Brighton, Blake and Brees - since the mother suddenly filed for divorce last summer. Alex Cox had shot and killed Charles Vallow in July. Theyre fantastic kids. In Arizona, judgments can be reviewed for reasonableness. Since we dont know all the details of the settlement, its hard to gauge reasonableness. Testimony tells that Melani was deemed to be a fit parent after a doctor's evaluation through the court. Boudreaux made. Stacey's daughter, Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski, became one of the key figures in the missing children's case earlier this year following allegations that she joined a dangerous Doomsday cult with her aunt Lori. I grew up with my dad and then later my stepmom when my dad got remarried. In court Wednesday, Melani's attorney asked if she believes in "zombies" and "dark" spirits, which Melani denies. According to Mesas police report, Pawlowski agreed to take herself off the bank account for Boudreauxs business known as Cougar Consulting. The major players and timeline in the disappearance of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Boudreaux and Pawlowski went through a long court battle over their four children, after their 2019 divorce. She had four kids, and one of the first things I put on my bio is that Im a dad. He claimed that Vallows brother, Cox, was the gunman; Cox has since died of unknown causes. Smith also represented Loris sister, Summer Shiflett, and Zulema Pastenes, the wife of Loris deceased brother, Alex Cox. I still havent had the opportunity to meet her kids yet, and I cant wait too. The great betrayal: How journalist Isabel Oakeshott leaked Matt Hancock's WhatsApps after they worked Don't just stick to the Malbec! Melani divorced Brandon Boudreaux and married Ian Pawlowski. Lets wait. Vallows children were not at the wedding; according to police, they had vanished weeks earlier and when authorities showed up on the newlyweds doorstep to check on Tylee and J.J.s welfare, Lori lied about where they were. asked Melani's attorney. 2 weeks after her arrest in Utah, 3 days after Rexburg PD searched her apt when JJs grandma reported him missing & 1 day after Alex Cox (uncle) also married in LV. It's not clear what the cause of Cope's death was, Court TV correspondent Ashleigh Banfield (right) tracked down Stacey's gravestone (left) in San Antonio, Texas, this week and found that it was covered in mud and appeared to have been neglected for years, Stacey's daughter, Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski, became one of the key figures in the missing children's case earlier this year after her estranged husband Brandon Boudreaux (pictured together) claimed that she joined a dangerous Doomsday cult with her aunt Lori. The call happened in Utah back in November. He was somebody I could kind of just you could tell him anything. Pawlowski has a criminal record in Utah. Records show Boudreaux expressed concerns for his children's welfare over Melani's connection to her aunt Lori and Chad Daybell and accused involvement in an attempt on his life. 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Still, Brandon will receive several million dollars in compensation for Smith and Jarvis maliciously smearing his good name. What do you say to them? She was very independent. My dad ran with that story, and its hurtful and untrue, and shes not here to tell that truth. We spent the next two days basically just talking constantly. The investigation started in November 2021 and a detective with Mesa PD interviewed Pawlowskis attorney Garrett Smith. After the shooting, Boudreaux said, he became fearful for his life and the safety of his children so he filed for custody. When Tylee and JJ show up and are here again, I dont know if people would even believe it. I wish to this day he would just say it for what it is and be real about it because thats how we grow. In July, while estranged from Lori, he traveled from his home in Texas to hers in Arizona to see their adopted 7-year-old son, J.J., and stepdaughter Tylee, 17. It was very intimate and quick not anything crazy or anything, but it was special to us. This case is heavy, and its unlike anything I never thought this would be our lives. He was called as a witness during the hearing on Lori Vallows motion to disqualify Special Prosecutor Rob Wood. READ NEXT: The Masked Singer Season 3 Episode 13 Reveal: Spoilers & Unmasked Recap, Melani Pawlowski, Lori Vallows Niece: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. In a custody trial Wednesday, Melani was asked about the shooting and she denies any involvement. So thats what we thought this whole time. Some of the awards could be categorized as punitive damages, designed to punish the defendants for their vindictiveness. I stand here today grateful knowing that no one and no lie can take me away from the bond of my mother who was laid to rest since I was 9. Stacey had gone through a divorce and custody battle shortly before her passing. Ian: Correct. Crypto I know Lori wouldnt ever do anything to hurt her kids, Boudreaux responded. Melani Boudreaux . Full Coverage: Lori Vallow-Chad Daybell case, Chad Daybell is at the center of a complex case involving the death of his first wife, as well as the deaths of his new wife's two children, in a case that has garnered national and global media attention. On Monday, we will post the rest of the interview, including questions about JJ and Tylee, Lori and Chad, the Pawlowskis religious beliefs, and why they are speaking out now. On that same day, Boudreaux was shot at in Gilbert. "Garrett told me it is not Melanis fault that Brandon was dumb and did not change the login information until three days after Melani accessed the online account," the detective recounted in the police report. 'Melani's knowledge of the whereabouts of her aunt's two missing children and her unwillingness to cooperate with law enforcement is daunting,' the filing obtained by FOX10 states. She showed up, and my kids immediately fell in love with her. Melani Boudreaux told KPHO-TV that she was absolutely not involved in what her ex-husband calls an "attempted murder plot"and Brandon knows that. She also explained that her talk of zombies with Pawlowski was just her, being in a new marriage, dumping theories and concerns about what had happened to her missing cousins, Tylee and JJ. She andPawlowski moved to Idaho in November. We need to identify a few people for this to make sense:Melani Boudreaux Pawlowski is the daughter of Loris deceased elder sister, Stacy. The court systems went out of their way to protect her even when she was lying and scamming and getting her brother to attack and kill the people around her. No task would be too difficult or great for him. My mom was sick and I remember my dad traveling a lot for his job, and my mom finally felt like she was healthy enough when we moved to Seattle, and my dad got a job there. Lori and Chad claim he is in Arizona with relatives. Cox, who died in December 2019,was Pawlowskis uncle. Do you think that youre going to see Tylee and JJ again? asked investigative reporter Morgan Loew. Because Arizona is a community property state and Brandons attorney wanted to avoid any chance, they would try and transfer assets to their spouses. 'CULT MOM' LORI VALLOW ASKED CHAD DAYBELL TO JUDGE THE 'LIGHT' AND 'DARK' SPIRITS IN HER TWO MISSING CHILDREN, In this Feb. 27, 2020 photo Melani Pawlowski, right, is shown with her husband Ian Pawlowski outside a courthouse in Mesa, Ariz. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. The grandparents called 911 when Pawlowski would not leave the property. Brandon Boudreaux deceptively took Melanis children out of state and kept them unlawfully, Melani was the stable parent in her childrens lives while Brandon Boudreaux traveled for weeks and was rarely home.. I dont know if both being able to share that common ground of being a recent widowI cant speculate., He also inquired about the children, wondering Did you ever see Tylee and JJ? In response, Pawlowski said When I moved up there, I did not see them Id ask Lori. What did you think when you heard the news? Peoples doors are being kicked down because they cant find the kids, Pawlowski told KPHO-TV while sat beside his wife. Barry and Janis, my grandparents, lived in California, and I lived with them for a while. Lori Vallow Daybell's niece Melani Pawlowski has been in a fight for custody with her ex-husband Brandon Boudreaux for more than a year. Its hard seeing the same patterns that happened to my mom now happening in my life where my kids are taken away from me wrongfully and things are said about me that arent true but my kids know who I am. I was going to bring him some of his stuff because he had moved down to be with Zulema, and he had said, Lets not meet up halfway. The investigation into the disappearance of doomsday mom Lori Vallows children has exposed a bitter, mudslinging custody battle between her niece and the nieces ex-husbandwith allegations of cult membership, child-stealing, and attempted murder. I dont feel like I communicate well over text Im sarcastic a lot and dont come across well in text sometimes. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. So that morning, I called him and Ian was at work. We got a dress and a tux and got the kids all dressed up and their hair done. Lori's children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, disappeared in September 2019. 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