For more than a year, Idaho resident Andrea Shaw, 23, has blamed vaccines for the deaths of her fraternal twins. Local authorities are now pointing the finger at another culprit: Shaw himself.
on June 30 at the Payette Police Department announced Shaw was arrested and charged with the first-degree murders of her 18-month-old son and daughter following an indictment by a Payette County grand jury. Earlier last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a podcast hosted by the non-profit anti-vaccine organization Shaw claimed that vaccines caused their deaths.
“The Payette Police Department remains committed to seeking justice for victims while ensuring the integrity of the criminal justice process,” he said.
Twin deaths
According to the Payette Police Department, Dallas and Tyson Shaw were found dead on May 1, 2025, in a shared bed at the family’s residence in Payette. At the time, police said they were investigating the deaths as potential homicides.
Less than a week later, Shaw was gone podcast Child Health Protection (CHD), a notorious supporter talking about antivax propaganda, their deaths. She said her twins started experiencing health problems like blue lips and lethargy in late April 2025, about a week after receiving several vaccinations. Shaw and other parents too participated A RICO lawsuit filed earlier this year by Child Health Advocacy against the American Academy of Pediatrics alleged that the AAP falsely misled families about the safety of its childhood vaccination schedule (no evidence suggests the schedule poses any major health risks).
During the CHD interview, Shaw said she is being treated as a suspect in her children’s deaths and that authorities appear to be building a case against her. In announcing Shaw’s indictment, he cited the joint efforts of the Payette Police Department, Idaho State Police Forensic Services, the Island County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Payette County Coroner’s Office. Shaw was arrested by police in Boise, where he currently lives, and will eventually be extradited to Payette for arraignment.
Still blames vaccines
According to the documents viewed According to local media outlet KTVB, the indictment against Shaw alleges that her twins died of strangulation. For now, Shaw and her legal representation are sticking to their original story about vaccines killing their children.
“They looked at it as vaccine death, and I still believe that,” said Joseph Filicetti, Shaw’s personal attorney. he said KTVB last week. “I’m not a medical expert, but the medical experts I have (they) go through a series of (steps) when looking at different complications.”
