2019年，一名枪手在亚利桑那州布兰登·布德罗的家门外向他开枪，子弹距离他的头部仅有几英寸之差。
A bullet missed Brandon Boudreaux’s head by inches when a gunman opened fire on him outside his Arizona home in 2019.
这起未遂刺杀案揭露了一桩涉及洛丽·瓦洛·戴贝尔的雇凶杀人阴谋。检方称，她招募其弟弟亚历克斯·考克斯杀害布德罗，当时布德罗正与瓦洛的侄女梅拉尼·波洛斯基陷入激烈的离婚纠纷。如今，布德罗正在讲述他的故事。
The failed assassination exposed a murder-for-hire plot involving Lori Vallow Daybell. Prosecutors said she recruited her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Boudreaux, who was in the midst of a contentious divorce from Vallow’s niece, Melani Pawlowski. Now, Boudreaux is telling his side of the story.
2019年10月2日，据称考克斯从一辆停着的吉普牧马人上开枪，当时布德罗正将特斯拉开进位于吉尔伯特的自家车道。布德罗看到该车后车窗打开，片刻后枪手开枪。一颗子弹击中布德罗驾驶侧车门，击碎了车窗。
On Oct. 2, 2019, Cox allegedly fired from a parked Jeep Wrangler as Boudreaux pulled his Tesla into the driveway at his Gilbert home. Boudreaux saw the vehicle’s rear window open moments before the shooter fired. A bullet struck Boudreaux’s driver’s-side door, shattering the window.
尽管警方在案发后不久即认定考克斯为嫌疑枪手，但他于2019年12月死亡，未面临指控。
Although police identified Cox as the suspected shooter shortly after the attack, he died in December 2019 without facing charges.
2025年6月，亚利桑那州陪审团裁定瓦洛（被称为“邪教妈妈”）密谋杀害布德罗罪名成立。两个月前，另一陪审团裁定她密谋谋杀其疏远丈夫查尔斯·瓦洛罪名成立，后者于2019年7月被考克斯枪杀。
An Arizona jury convicted Vallow, known as the "cult mom," in June 2025 of conspiring to kill Boudreaux. Two months earlier, another jury convicted her of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, whom Cox shot and killed in July 2019.
这些亚利桑那州的定罪紧随瓦洛2023年在爱达荷州的审判之后。陪审团裁定她谋杀其两个孩子——16岁的泰莉·莱恩和7岁的约书亚“JJ”瓦洛——以及密谋谋杀其丈夫查德·戴贝尔的前妻塔米·戴贝尔罪名成立。陪审团还因她领取子女的社会保障福利，裁定她犯有重窃罪。
The Arizona convictions followed Vallow’s 2023 Idaho trial. Jurors found her guilty of murdering her two children, Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell, the former wife of her husband, Chad Daybell. Jurors also convicted her of grand theft for collecting her children’s Social Security benefits.
布德罗在其新书《不可想象》中讲述了他的故事。他最初写这本书是留给四个孩子的私人读物。他希望孩子们能更全面地了解这段磨难，并理解他的决定。
Boudreaux is telling his story in his new book, "Unthinkable." He initially wrote the book privately for his four children. He wanted them to have a broader account of the ordeal and understand his decisions.
“我肯定犯过一些错误，”布德罗对福克斯新闻数字版表示。“如果他们需要释怀，如果他们需要更好地理解……我的目标是把所有信息都给他们。”他还希望展示信仰如何支撑了他，同时给予孩子们自由选择自己精神道路的权利。
"I'm sure I made some mistakes," Boudreaux told Fox News Digital. "If they need some closure, if they need to understand better... my goal was to give them all the information." He also hoped to demonstrate how his faith anchored him, while giving his children the freedom to choose their own spiritual path.
“希望他们能理解自己的父亲，也许通过理解父亲以及他做出那些选择的原因，他们也能更好地了解自己，”他说。
"I want them to understand their dad and maybe in understanding their dad and why he made the choices he did, maybe they'll understand themselves better," he said.
在布杜罗将手稿展示给亲友后，该项目得以扩大，亲友们敦促他将其公之于众。
The project expanded after Boudreaux showed the manuscript to loved ones, who urged him to share it with the public.
“他们都鼓励我，”他说。“他们说觉得写得足够好，里面的内容足以引起人们的兴趣。”尽管如此，布杜罗还是等到刑事诉讼取得进展后才公开发声，刻意避免发布可能干扰调查的信息。
"They all encouraged me," he said. "They said they thought it was good enough and there was enough in there that people would be interested in." Still, Boudreaux waited until the criminal proceedings advanced before speaking publicly, purposely avoiding the release of information that could interfere with the investigations.
“我需要在辩护律师的陪同下出庭作证，”他说。“我只是觉得等待会更安心，确保先让那个过程走完。”
"I needed to go on the stand with a defense attorney," he said. "I just felt more comfortable waiting and making sure that I let that process go first."
“现在感觉一切大概率已经结束了，这一直是我打算分享的我的视角。”在瓦洛的爱达荷州谋杀案审判期间，布杜罗作证称，随着波洛斯基与瓦洛关系日益亲密，他与波洛斯基的婚姻于2019年破裂。两人于2019年7月申请离婚，随后为孩子的抚养权展开争夺。
"Now that it feels like it's most likely done, it was something that I always kind of intended to share my perspective on." During Vallow’s Idaho murder trial, Boudreaux testified that his marriage to Pawlowski collapsed in 2019 as she grew closer to Vallow. The couple filed for divorce in July 2019. They later fought over custody of their children.
据《东爱达荷新闻》报道，根据2020年提交至马里科帕县高等法院的一份抚养权文件，波洛斯基的第二任丈夫伊恩写道，她认为一种“黑暗实体”或恶魔附身在了布杜罗身上。
According to a 2020 custody filing in Maricopa County Superior Court, Pawlowski’s second husband, Ian, wrote that she believed a "dark entity" or demon had possessed Boudreaux, East Idaho News reported.
该文件还声称，查德·戴贝尔告诉波洛斯基，必须让布杜罗遭遇某种事情，以推动他的灵魂和主的计划。波洛斯基未因枪击案被起诉。
The filing also claimed Chad Daybell told Pawlowski something must happen to Boudreaux to advance his spirit and the Lord’s plan. Pawlowski has not been charged in the shooting.
2020年再婚的布杜罗表示，枪击案、离婚以及仍有人在追杀他的挥之不去的恐惧，让他陷入了难以信任他人的挣扎中。
Boudreaux, who remarried in 2020, said the shooting, his divorce and the lingering fear that someone was still after him left him struggling to trust others.
“经历过有人向我开枪，然后在我看来他们继续寻找我……你自然会产生一些信任问题，”他说。他承认公众关注带来了一些不适，但表示大多数人都以善意和尊重对待他。布杜罗拒绝讨论枪击案调查的细节，称他希望将这项工作留给执法部门。
"Having been through someone shooting at me, and then having them continue, in my opinion, to keep looking for me ... you're just naturally gonna have some trust issues," he said. He acknowledged that public attention brought some discomfort, but said most people treat him with kindness and respect. Boudreaux declined to discuss details of the shooting investigation, saying he wanted to leave that work to law enforcement.
“我鼓励他们继续调查，”他说。“我真的不想谈论调查。我想把这留给他们。”吉尔伯特警方向NBC新闻证实，对2019年枪击案的调查仍在进行中。
"I encourage them to continue the investigation," he said. "I really don’t want to talk about the investigation. I want to leave that up to them." The Gilbert Police Department confirmed to NBC News that the investigation into the 2019 shooting remains active.
布杜罗表示，他希望读者从《不可想象》一书中领悟到一个更广泛的信息，即寻找价值并克服逆境。
Boudreaux said he hopes readers take away a broader message from "Unthinkable" about finding value and overcoming adversity.
“我希望每个人都有价值，每个人都能帮助别人，”他说，并补充道，艰难的经历不必决定一个人的选择。
"I hope that everybody has value and everybody can help someone else," he said, adding that difficult experiences do not have to dictate a person’s choices.
“仅仅因为生活中发生了困难的事，并不意味着你必须以某种特定方式回应。”
"Just because something hard happens in your life doesn’t mean that you have to respond a certain way."