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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,104 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:20 PM Tuesday

BREAKING NEWS Idaho Mother Who Was Part of RFK Jr Anti-Vaccine Group Charged With Murder of Twin Children [View all]

An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces murder charges connected to their deaths, authorities said.

A grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw, who is accused of suffocating her 18-month-old twins in May 2025, on two counts of first-degree murder on June 29, according to court records and a statement from the Payette Police Department.

While appearing last year on an internet show produced by Children’s Health Defense — an anti-vaccine group founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Shaw said her twins died after getting vaccinated. Kennedy has not been affiliated with the group since December 2024, when he formally resigned as chairman to join President Donald Trump’s administration

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https://apnews.com/article/andrea-shaw-idaho-mother-twins-death-vaccines-b9939f118a03619765c7dccf2c479e4c

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***BREAKING NEWS*** Idaho Mother Who Was Part of RFK Jr Anti-Vaccine Group Charged With Murder of Twin Children [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Tuesday OP

Sigh. Dave Bowman Tuesday #1

Oh geez. blm Tuesday #2

Munchausen syndrome by proxy maybe? harumph Tuesday #3

plain ol murder will do just fine. Not all mothers are good. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #15

And Casey Anthony. n/t iluvtennis Tuesday #21

I'm with you 100% LeftInTX Tuesday #23

So, turns out that not only did she B.See Tuesday #4

And melt the lock... GiqueCee Tuesday #30

Nothing says "We're Not a Cult So Stop Saying That" better than engaging in a bit of ritual child sacrifice AZJonnie Tuesday #5

Defense counsel: "Well, technically they died after being vaccinated. The timeline is factual. flvegan Tuesday #6

Time stamp at :35 seconds in falls this logic that conservaturds use AZLD4Candidate Tuesday #8

The anti-vaxxers should use this: GreenWave Tuesday #31

Horrifying. QueerDuck Tuesday #7

She allegedly murdered her twins to discredit vaccines DemocratSinceBirth Tuesday #9

Sometimes I question my opposition to the death penalty... or the guillotine. QueerDuck Tuesday #10

I'm also opposed to the death penalty, generalbetrayus Tuesday #12

Being against the death penalty is sometimes Very trying! electric_blue68 Tuesday #24

OMG! I figured she murdered her twins and then blamed it on vaccines. LeftInTX Tuesday #11

Which means other children and adults could die because of her. They heard the first story but not the second. Wonder Why Tuesday #14

Why would she vaccinate her children if she is an anti vaxxer? xuplate Tuesday #13

She probably "became one" after the death of the children as a cover. nt BWdem4life Tuesday #17

What took them so long? She suffocated them over a year ago and she's just now being charged? LeftInTX Tuesday #16

Suffocation may be easy to prove but who did it might not be so easy. The length of time it took to charge her may be yellowcanine Tuesday #20

It's weird. Maybe a spouse in the picture? LeftInTX Tuesday #22

Or a grandparent, baby sitter, etc. yellowcanine Tuesday #28

Idaho has the death penalty for 1st Degree Murder. yellowcanine Tuesday #18

As someone who couldn't have children MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #19

Mine, too! calimary Tuesday #25

How about abandonment? ninjanurse Tuesday #26

Guaranteed that anyone connected to nutjob bobby jr is a nutjob psychopath like him. nt ImNotGod Tuesday #27

Oh Boy...News can truly be heart-Breaking.. chouchou Tuesday #29

If she really believed vaccinations kill, she was incited by RFK and Trump. Doodley Tuesday #32