PAYETTE, ID- Andrea Shaw, 23, last year claimed her 18-month-old twins died after receiving vaccinations last year. Now, she finds herself in jail.
Last week, Shaw was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder, Fox News Digital reports, citing a Payette Police Department announcement. She was arrested in Boise last Tuesday. The toddlers, a boy and a girl, were found dead in a shared bed on May 1, 2025.
While police didn’t specify the children’s cause of death, an indictment filed in Payette specified that the twins, Dallas and Tyson, died of suffocation, KTVB reported.
Only days after the children died, Shaw and her husband appeared on a podcast funded by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group that was previously led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She alleged that the twins fell ill and died shortly after receiving three vaccinations.
Despite zero evidence supporting those claims, Shaw’s attorney, Joe Filicetti said he still believes the children’s deaths were linked to the vaccinations.
“They were looking at it as a vaccine death, and that’s what I still believe it to be,” he told KTVB.
Filicetti also said that Shaw recently gave birth to another child via cesarean section, and that her husband is caring for the baby.
Shaw was held briefly at the Ada County Jail before being extradited to Payette County. She is being held on a $ 2 million bond. Shaw appeared virtually at her arraignment at the Payette County District Court last week. During the hearing, she was advised of the charges and informed of the possible penalties, which includes the death penalty.
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