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This Dateline episode chronicles the harrowing true crime story of Brandon Boudreaux, a man targeted for assassination by members of his estranged wife's family, entangled in a doomsday cult led by Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. What began as a personal crisis spiraled into a natio
This Dateline episode chronicles the harrowing true crime story of Brandon Boudreaux, a man targeted for assassination by members of his estranged wife's family, entangled in a doomsday cult led by Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. What began as a personal crisis spiraled into a natio
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Brandon BoudreauxLori Vallow DaybellKeith MorrisonCharles VallowChad DaybellMelanie CopeAlex CoxRachel Mitchell
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Cold CasesCriminal JusticeCultsForensicsInvestigative JournalismSerial KillersTrue Crime
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