Plaintiff in anti-vaccine lawsuit charged with murdering her twins

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An Idaho woman, Andrea Shaw, who had been the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, was indicted by an Idaho grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder after investigators concluded her 18-month-old twins were suffocated. In the lawsuit, Shaw had publicly blamed the twins' deaths on the vaccines, a claim Children's Health Defense promoted; prosecutors now allege she suffocated them. The grand jury returned the indictment following an investigation that found evidence of suffocation as the cause of death. Shaw’s indictment opens a criminal case in Idaho that will proceed to arraignment and potential trial on the murder charges. The development also draws renewed scrutiny to the lawsuit and to Children’s Health Defense’s role in publicizing her claims.

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An Idaho woman who has claimed that vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins was charged last week with two counts of first-degree murder. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Tom Joad228

She smothered her children, vaccines had nothing to do with it. May she rot in jail for the rest of her life.

redlady84.bsky.social162

You can't read this unless you subscribe to nbc news. I'm so tired of not being able to read 3 paragraphs without paying. Or they constantly hound you to donate. Fuck

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Andrea Shaw is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit an anti-vaccine organization founded by RFK Jr. filed against the American Academy of Pediatrics challenging its vaccine recommendations. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Received $10,000 in donations after appearing on RFK supported podcast.

Renee61

We have a mentally ill country unchecked

BananaPancakesCanSaveYourSoul53

RFK Jr has two "examples" for vaccines being harmful. The first was the disgraced UK doctor who paid children to give him blood samples at his kid's birthday to "prove" vaccines cause autism. The second strangled her own children and then blamed vaccines for killing them. It's a braindead cult.

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Socialism for All (S4A) ☭ Intensify Class Struggle19

That is fucking ghoulish and also so on-brand for a fascist anti-vaxxer

🏳️‍🌈Trans Rights Jones🏳️‍⚧️2

Fucking monsters, the lot of them.

Rose Da Bahia2

Uma mulher de Idaho que alegou que as vacinas mataram seus gêmeos de 18 meses, foi acusada de assassinato em primeiro grau dos filhos Ela foi a principal autora de ação judicial, usada pela organização anti-vacina fundada p/Sec. Saúde do US Kennedy contra as vacinas, mas era mentira, claro

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Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group co-founded by RFK Jr., standby an Idaho woman charged with suffocating her twins after claiming the flu vaccine killed them. A heartbreaking reminder of the devastating consequences of false health claims. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

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Khajiit has autism if you have coin3

Oh, fuck me, it's that @theonion.com "I supported Trump because I thought RFK would kill my kids, but they're still alive" article in real life. These people really cannot be parodied.

Dave Fecak1

Mary Holland seems like a real piece of shit.

Nancy Beiman1

Does this make them accessories after the fact?

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞

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Plaintiff for Anti-Vaccine Group’s Suit Is Charged With Murder of Her Twins Non-identical twins supposedly dying on the same day & time from vaccines given 8 days prior. Cause of death is suffocation. Pray that these babies get justice! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

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J Miller🦋 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦2

RFK can pay for her lawyer and bail, then 'stand up for her' in the jail house visitation line. 3 births in 18 months? I wonder if she appllied for the Trump Savings accounts for them.

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I used to be an anti-vaxxer.. and being anti-vaxx is heavily linked to the white nationalist movement... just like many MAHA/Faux-Health Nuts are... Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes

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She was the lead plaintiff in an anti-vaxx lawsuit brought by RFK Jr’s organisation. She claimed vaccines killed her twins She was just charged with her toddlers’ murders www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Maureen Chuck

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This reminds me of Belle Gibson claiming the HPV vaccine caused her non existent cancers (except for the murder bit). apnews.com/article/andr...

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Timothy McBride

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Idaho mom charged with murder after blaming vaccines in death of her twins thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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Lisa 🇨🇦

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On May 1, '25, a mother in a small Idaho town said she found her twin toddlers dead in their bed, cold & lying on their bellies. 3 days later, she sat for an interview with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit co-founded by HHS RFK Jr., claiming that vaccines caused their deaths.

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Noko's hooman

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Obviously glad she's being held to account, but can't help wondering why no one even seems to be discussing the MEN involved here (looking at you, the father in this case and RFK Jr). Also, here's a non-paywalled story, if anyone wants it. apnews.com/article/andr...

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Kaydee

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A lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims that vaccines caused the twins’ deaths. But a grand jury in Idaho has indicted her (the Mother) on charges of suffocating them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

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SAD… sounds like mommy had Munchhausen’s disease😢Plaintiff for Anti-Vaccine Group’s Suit Is Charged With Murder of Her Twins www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

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No_ID_Lady

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It’s never good when #Idaho is in the news 💔 Read about charges finally being filed but had no clue about this part. #GiftLink Plaintiff for Anti-Vaccine Group’s Suit Is Charged With Murder of Her Twins www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

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storygrrl

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Mother who claims vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins is charged with their murders The Idaho woman is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit an anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed against the American Academy of Pediatrics. MAHA

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michiganknitter.bsky.social

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Twins died over a year ago and she's just arrested June 30? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Koto Composer

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How about: An Idaho woman who murdered her two 18-month-old twins by suffocation, tries to blame vaccines for not resuscitating her children after she killed them. Clearly corporate news is a failure.

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