Idaho mother who said her toddlers died after vaccinations accused of suffocating them, charged with murder | CNN

An Idaho mother who claimed her toddler twins died last year shortly after being vaccinated is now facing murder charges after prosecutors accused her of suffocating the children. Andrea Shaw was charged with two counts of first-degree murder last week for the May 2025 deaths of her 18-month twins in Payette, a town about 60 miles northwest of Boise. If convicted, she could face life in prison or the death penalty. Shaw’s attorney, Joe Filicetti, said the children’s deaths were not a crime, but rather the result of a medical issue after they received routine childhood vaccines. “It’s been 14 months and our position has been the same all along, that she did nothing to cause the death of these two children,” Filicetti told CNN. “She followed the vaccine schedule and they were having vaccine reactions.” He added that Shaw took the twins to the doctor to be seen for the reactions. Though medical authorities have long said that routine childhood vaccines are safe and effective, anti-vaccination groups — including one founded by the Health and Human Services secretary — have seized on the twins’ story in their efforts to challenge the acceptance of routine childhood v