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Andrea Shaw

A Payette, Idaho mother is charged in a pending murder case involving the deaths of her 18-month-old twins.

Charged · allegations
last updated 19 July 2026 · 7 sources
Confirmed facts
18
Open questions
5
Charges
2 counts
Next hearing
TBD
Bond
Revoked
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Case file Andrea Shaw, reference D C zero zero one one. The Guardian reported that Andrea Shaw’s eighteen-month-old twins each received DTaP, hepatitis A, and influenza vaccines eight days before they were found dead. The Guardian reported that on May first, twenty twenty-five, the twins were found dead in a shared bed in Payette, Idaho. The Guardian, citing Payette police, reported officers responded to a home after a report of a possibly deceased child. CBS News and the Associated Press, citing KBOI reporting of police statements, reported police said foul play was suspected and the incident was being handled as a homicide. AP, citing court records and a Payette Police Department statement, reported that a grand jury indicted Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder, accusing her of suffocating the twins. Those charges are unproven allegations. AP reported Shaw’s attorney said she denies the charges and that the state cannot prove them. The Washington Post reported an Idaho judge revoked Shaw’s bail. The file’s open questions include the official cause and manner of death, what evidence supports the indictment allegations, whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty, what plea was entered, and whether expert medical testimony will be admitted. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero one one at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed18 entries
23 April 2025
The Guardian reported that the twins each received DTaP, hepatitis A and influenza vaccines eight days before they were found dead.
The Guardian · added 19 Jul 2026
1 May 2025
The Guardian reported that Andrea Shaw's 18-month-old twins were found dead in a shared bed in Payette, Idaho.
The Guardian
1 May 2025
The Guardian reported that Payette police said officers responded to a home after a report of a possibly deceased child.
The Guardian, citing Payette police
May 2025
CBS/AP reported that police said at the time that foul play was suspected and the incident was being handled as a homicide, with no suspects identified then.
CBS News/AP, citing KBOI reporting of police statements
June 29, 2026
AP reported that a grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder, according to court records and a Payette Police Department statement; the charges are unproven allegations.
AP, citing court records and Payette Police Department statement
June 29, 2026
AP reported that the indictment accuses Shaw of suffocating the 18-month-old twins in May 2025; the accusation is an allegation that has not been proven in court.
AP, citing court records and Payette Police Department statement
30 June 2026
The Guardian reported that Shaw was arrested without incident in Boise.
The Guardian
2 July 2026
AP reported that Shaw was arraigned after being arrested by Boise police officers.
AP
13 July 2026
The Washington Post reported that a prosecuting attorney's filing said a medical expert found symptoms consistent with smothering; the filing is part of the prosecution's allegations and the charges remain unproven.
The Washington Post, citing prosecuting attorney filing · added 19 Jul 2026
13 July 2026
The Guardian reported that prosecutor Michael Duke wrote in a filing that detectives, with three medical doctors, ruled out vaccines as a cause of death.
The Guardian, citing prosecutor Michael Duke filing · added 19 Jul 2026
13 July 2026
The Guardian reported that the same filing said doctors consulted by prosecutors ruled out other possible causes including excessive heat, carbon monoxide poisoning and other kinds of poisoning.
The Guardian, citing prosecutor Michael Duke filing · added 19 Jul 2026
14 July 2026
AP and The Guardian reported that Shaw's next court appearance is scheduled for July 14, 2026.
AP; The Guardian
14 July 2026
The Washington Post reported that an Idaho judge revoked Shaw's bail after she had been charged with two counts of murder.
The Washington Post · added 19 Jul 2026
14 July 2026
The Guardian reported that the judge revoked Shaw's $2 million bond after agreeing with the prosecutor's argument that she posed a threat to her newborn child.
The Guardian · added 19 Jul 2026
14 July 2026
The Guardian reported that prosecutor Michael Duke told a judge during the bond hearing that Shaw had changed her account to investigators; that assertion is a prosecution allegation.
The Guardian · added 19 Jul 2026
July 2026
AP reported that Shaw, 23, was being held on a $2 million bond.
AP
July 2026
AP reported that Shaw's attorney, Joe Filicetti, said Shaw denies the charges and that the state cannot prove them.
AP
18 July 2026
The Guardian reported that three doctors it consulted said it was not possible that the twins died from a reaction to the three vaccines they had received.
The Guardian, citing doctors it consulted · added 19 Jul 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What cause and manner of death will be presented in court or released publicly?unconfirmed; The Guardian reported the cause of death had not been publicly released · unconfirmed
What evidence supports the indictment allegations?unconfirmed; CBS/AP reported Payette police said future information would be presented through the judicial process · unconfirmed
Whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty if the case proceeds remains unresolved.unconfirmed; AP reported death could be a possible penalty if convicted or if Shaw pleads guilty, not that prosecutors have made a decision · unconfirmed
What plea, if any, was entered at or after the 14 July 2026 hearing?unconfirmed; the new reporting described a bond ruling but did not report a plea · unconfirmed
Will the court admit expert testimony about vaccines or other medical-causation issues?unconfirmed; The Guardian reported competing statements from the prosecution, defense and outside doctors · unconfirmed
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