Idaho mother charged with murder after claiming twins died from vaccines
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An Idaho mother who claimed her twins died after being vaccinated last year has been charged with murder in the death of her 18-month-old babies.
Andrea Shaw, 23, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, the Payette Police Department announced last week. He was arrested Tuesday in Boise.
Police had previously said the boy and girl were found dead in a shared bed on May 1, 2025.
POLICE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CHILD, WHO WAS STATED DEATH AFTER CLOSE TO DROWNING, WAS FOUND ALIVE HOURS LATER IN THE HOSPITAL MORGUAGE.
Andrea Shaw, 23, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. (Ada County Sheriff’s Office)
Police have not publicly disclosed the cause of the children’s deaths, but the indictment filed in Payette accuses Shaw of strangling her twin children, Dallas and Tyson, to death, according to KTVB.
Just days after their children died, Shaw and her husband appeared on a podcast funded by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group formerly led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in which she claimed that the twins fell ill and died shortly after receiving three vaccines.
Shaw’s attorney, Joe Filicetti, said he still believes the children’s deaths are linked to vaccines, although he did not provide evidence to support that claim.
Andrea Shaw claimed that her twins fell ill and died shortly after being vaccinated. (Getty Images)
“They were looking at this as the death of the vaccine, and I still believe it is,” he told KTVB.
Filicetti also said Shaw had recently given birth to another premature baby via cesarean section and that her husband was taking care of the child.
Shaw was initially held in the Ada County Jail before being extradited to Payette County. He is being held on $2 million bail.
HER BOYFRIEND WAS ACCUSED OF STABBING A DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER. CONNECTION DENIED 15 TIMES AFTER A 911 CALL MADE IN COURT
In the indictment, Andrea Shaw is accused of strangling her twin children Dallas and Tyson to death. (Getty Images)
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He appeared virtually at his arraignment Thursday in Payette County District court.
During the hearing, the court read the charges and informed him of possible penalties, including the death penalty.
