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Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a mom charged with murder in twins' deaths

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Boone, R. (2026, October 21). Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a mom charged with murder in twins' deaths. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/idaho-prosecutor-says-he-ll-seek-the-death-penalty-for-a-mom-charged-with-murder-in-twins-deaths/article_eb2389a6-bb8b-5992-af42-290f4e69b0a3.html

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Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke is seeking the death penalty against Andrea Shaw, who has been charged with murdering her twin toddlers in 2025 when they were 18 months old. Despite Shaw’s claim that the twins died after receiving vaccinations, Duke argues that an autopsy shows symptoms consistent with smothering and concludes suffocation as the cause of their deaths.

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Andrea Shaw, 23, faces the death penalty after being accused of murdering her twin toddlers, Dallas and Tyson, who were found dead on May 1, 2025, in a trailer home in Payette, Idaho. Shaw claims the twins died from vaccines but prosecutors argue that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering, suggesting suffocation as the only plausible cause. Shaw was taken into custody in June and is being held on a $2 million bond at Payette County Jail, awaiting her trial scheduled for January 2026. The prosecution's move to seek capital punishment stems from their belief that Shaw demonstrates "exceptional depravity" and disregards human life.

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An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the 2025 deaths of her twin toddlers. asserted

prosecutor → seek → toddlers

Andrea Shaw, 23, has pleaded not guilty and has said the 18-month-old twins became sick and died after receiving flu shots and routine childhood vaccinations. asserted

twins → plead → shots

But Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke wrote in court documents that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering and wrote that suffocation “is the only conceivable explanation” for their deaths. asserted

suffocation → write → deaths

Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a mom charged with murder in twins' deaths

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