Idaho Mother Who Said Vaccines Killed Her Baby Twins on RFK Jr’s Children's Health Defense Podcast Has Been Charged With Murder
**According to the Idaho Statesman,** **a Payette County grand jury** indicted 23-year-old Andrea Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder more than a year after her 18-month-old twins were found dead in a shared bed on May 1, 2025. Police said from the outset that foul play was suspected, but have declined to discuss the evidence now that the case is before the courts.
**Court reporting from KTVB says** **the indictment alleges Shaw suffocated** the two children. That remains a prosecution allegation, not a proven fact, and Shaw is legally presumed innocent unless convicted.
**CBS2 Idaho reports** **that Shaw was arraigned on** July 2, 2026, and ordered held on $2 million bond. The case could expose her to life imprisonment or the death penalty under Idaho law, although prosecutors had not publicly announced whether they would seek capital punishment.
**People reports that Shaw and her husband previously appeared on** a Children’s Health Defense podcast and attributed the deaths to vaccines the twins had recently received. Her attorney has continued advancing that explanation, but authorities have not publicly endorsed it, and the indictment presents a sharply different account of how the children allegedly died.
**Why it matters:**
**The case shows how an unverified medical explanation can spread through advocacy networks before investigators disclose their findings. The broader issue is not only whether the criminal allegations are proved, but how emotionally powerful claims can become embedded in public debate while the underlying evidence remains sealed or incomplete.**
**When a personal tragedy becomes evidence for a political or medical movement before an investigation is complete, who bears responsibility for correcting the narrative if later evidence points elsewhere?**
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Sgt_Gram
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
5K engagementsI'm amazed at all the good done in Valko's name
Sometimes this community amazes me. I've seen multiple people inspired by the campaign to bring bac.k Valko "adopt" individual wolves from their local wolf sanctuaries, but there have also been group donation drives. The fundraiser for Shan Shui Wildlife Conservation Center hit its 5k goal in one day and looks to be on trac.k to break 10k before it closes on the 9th. Russian fans donated 300,000+ rubles to Chertog Volka. Right now there's a fundraiser for red wolves that's hovering around 800 but is set to run for another 5 months, plenty of time to reach it's 5k goal. And I know these aren't the only ones - I saw a Portuguese fan talking about their fundraising for an animal shelter, too. I'm sure other people are doing similar donations either individually or in drives.
Valko's cancelation hit a lot of us hard, but it is so sweet to see how many people have rallied and turned the frustration and sorrow not only into art and fanfic and community but also into inspiration to do good for real wolves. And it's not the first time the fandom has turned our love for these pixel men into charity - I heard about Rafayel mains who organized beach clean ups and I remember Zayne mains who raised funds for children's health care for his birthday. I hope we see more such works in the future - and I hope we can do this again for Valko's birthday!
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anfadhfaol
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
694 engagementsIdaho mom kills twins after vaccines
Andrea Shaw suffocated Tyson and Dallas her twins before Andrea claimed they died from vaccines. May 1 2025 the police came to the house after a call and found the twins dead in a bed together. Andrea and her husband appeared on a show hosted by the nonprofit Children's Health Defense she said they got sick and died after being vaccined. She was arrested by Boise police on Tuesday and was arraigned on Thursday. Andrea sued the American Academy of Pediatrics. She will appear next in the Payette County District Court on July 14 at 1:30 p.m.
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Sudden_Quality_9001
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
646 engagementsOn June 10th at the Capital in Washington D.C., Children's Health Defense called to: STOP THE COVID SHOTS! 💉
We held a briefing with @SenRonJohnson, @RepGosar, @RandPaul, @FLSurgeonGen and the amazing emcee, @RobSchneider!
We then walked with nearly 100 medical freedom fighters to the offices of @RepJamesComer and @Jim_Jordan asking for their support of Johnson's bombshell report on the dangers of the Covid shot.
Now, we're calling on YOU to help us #StoptheCOVIDshots!
🚨 TAKE ACTION:
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Children’s Health Defense✓
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
450 engagementsCelebrated Varalakshmi Vratham today, a South Indian festival for Goddess Lakshmi
Today my family observed Varalakshmi Vratham, mainly celebrated in South India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana). Sharing a quick explainer since a lot of folks here from other parts of india, may not be familiar with it.
What it is: A festival honoring Goddess Lakshmi in her "Vara" (boon-giving) form celebrated every year on a Friday in the month of Shravana.
Who observes it: Mostly married women, who pray for their husband's wellbeing, their children's health, and prosperity for the whole family. The mother ties a yellow thread to her daughter for good blessings and the father ties a yellow thread to his wife, both on the right wrist. The women sing different verses of goddess lakshmi in this puja for 108 times in sanskrit while decorating the idol.
The story: According to legend, Goddess Lakshmi appeared in a dream to a devout woman named Charumathi and told her to observe this vrat. She did, her family joined in, and the tradition spread from there.
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BerryTypical6797
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
161 engagementsSERIOUS concerns have been raised over several internal Children's Health Ireland (#CHI) emails discussing a €30,000 donation to fund its staff Christmas party in 2022. -@muirisoc
Members of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (#PAC) said the emails appear to show a #CHI staff member 'covering their behind' and 'flxing the books' after accepting the inappropriate donation.
#HowIrelandWorks #PublicInquiryCHi
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Mick Caul✓
TX Hospitals & Health Systems
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