Idaho mom charged with murder after blaming vaccines in death of her twins

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(NewsNation) — An Idaho mother who allegedly claimed her twins died after receiving three vaccines has been charged with murder in their deaths, officials said last week.

Andrea Shaw, 23, formerly of Payette, Idaho, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her 18-month-old twins, who were found dead in a shared bed on May 1, 2025.

She was arrested in Boise on June 30 following an investigation that lasted more than a year.

On podcast, Shaw points to vaccine in twins’ death

Days after the twins died, Shaw appeared on a podcast produced by Children’s Health Defense, previously led by current Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., where she said she was being looked at as a suspect.

“So, the way they worded it to me, especially on the second day of interrogation, they said that it wasn’t medical and that they determined asphyxiation, and that I had supposedly had a postpartum overwhelming blackout and done it to my children,” Shaw said.

Shaw went on the podcast to talk about her belief that vaccines killed her children. In a GiveSendGo fundraiser linked to the episode, the family said they had taken the twins to their 18-month well-baby visit, where they received routine vaccines, and both babies died in their sleep a few days later.

The fundraiser has raised more than $10,000.

Shaw’s attorney says he still believes it was a vaccine death

Shaw’s private attorney, Joseph Filicetti, told Boise station KTVB he also believes the twins died from vaccinations. “They were looking at it as a vaccine death, and that’s still what I believe it to be,” Filicetti said. “I’m not a medical expert, but the medical experts I have, they go through a series of steps when looking at different complications.”

KTVB also reported that the indictment alleges Shaw suffocated her children. She is being held on a $2 million bond.

Shaw’s civil lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics, filed with Children’s Health Defense, said no alternative cause of death has been identified for either child.

The public statement by police made no mention of vaccines, suffocation or any specific cause of death, saying future information would come only through the judicial process.

Shaw’s next appearance in Payette County District Court is scheduled for July 14 at 1:30 p.m.

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