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Eugene

(67,491 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:56 AM 15 hrs ago

Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder

Source: The Guardian

Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder

Andrea Shaw and husband appeared on RFK Jr-linked podcast after deaths in May last year of 18-month-olds

Lucy Campbell
Mon 6 Jul 2026 20.35 BST
Last modified on Mon 6 Jul 2026 20.47 BST

An Idaho mother who said her 18-month-old twins died last year after receiving three vaccines has been charged with murder in their deaths, officials said last week.

Andrea Shaw, 23, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her toddlers, Tyson and Dallas, who were found dead in a shared bed on 1 May last year.

Police officers responded to the home in Payette, Idaho, after receiving a report of a possibly deceased child.

“Upon arrival, officers discovered two deceased children, twin siblings, in a shared bed,” Payette police said at the time, adding that the case was being investigated as a homicide.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/idaho-woman-deaths-children

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Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder (Original Post) Eugene 15 hrs ago OP
those poor babies Skittles 14 hrs ago #1
surprised rfk isn't charging them with murder for having the kids vaccinated rampartd 13 hrs ago #2
These loons will kill their own children to try to make AllyCat 12 hrs ago #3
May she rot in prison. Baitball Blogger 11 hrs ago #4
Those poor babies. mwmisses4289 10 hrs ago #5
She's lead plaintiff in a suit against the American Academy of Pediatrics about their deaths muriel_volestrangler 9 hrs ago #6

AllyCat

(19,057 posts)
3. These loons will kill their own children to try to make
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:54 AM
12 hrs ago

Their false argument.

These poor children in the hands of monsters looking for approval from some idiot.

Baitball Blogger

(52,965 posts)
4. May she rot in prison.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:51 AM
11 hrs ago

There should be severe penalties for those whose lies have the effect of putting doubt on public health policies.

mwmisses4289

(5,298 posts)
5. Those poor babies.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 07:46 AM
10 hrs ago

Everytime I see a story like this, where parents kill their children, I can't help but think of all those infertile couples who long for children, would love and spoil them. What a sad place our universe can be sometimes.

muriel_volestrangler

(107,019 posts)
6. She's lead plaintiff in a suit against the American Academy of Pediatrics about their deaths
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:07 AM
9 hrs ago
For the last year or so, Idaho mom Andrea Shaw has been making the rounds on the anti-vax circuit, telling anyone who will listen that her twin children, Dallas and Tyler, died of “vaccine injuries” after being given the hepatitis A, flu, and DTAP vaccines. She’s even the lead plaintiff in the RFK Jr.-founded Children’s Health Defense’s RICO lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics “for its central role in an enterprise that has defrauded American families about the safety of the childhood vaccine schedule for several decades.”

Yes, they are accusing the AAP of racketeering — of purposely not telling parents that vaccines are dangerous, in order to sell more vaccines. Certainly a strange choice given that doctors frequently lose money on vaccines rather than make money on them, but sure.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/mom-who-claimed-vaccines-killed-her
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