• A judge revoked Andrea Shaw’s $2 million bond entirely, ordering her held without bail after prosecutors argued she poses a threat to her newborn child.
  • Shaw, 23, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the May 2025 suffocation deaths of her 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson.
  • Shaw has claimed the children died after receiving routine vaccines, a statement she made in an interview with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  • Her attorney, Joseph Filicetti, had requested a bond reduction to $100,000 so Shaw could nurse her newborn, but the judge cited safety concerns.

Shaw gave interview to Children’s Health Defense after twins’ deaths

A judge in Payette County revoked the $2 million bond for Andrea Shaw, 23, ruling she posed a threat to her newborn child. The judge’s decision came during a hearing where Shaw’s attorney, Joseph Filicetti, had requested a reduction to $100,000 so she could be released to nurse the infant, who was born days before her arrest.

Prosecutors opposed any release. “This is not a vaccine case,” a prosecutor said during the hearing, according to the BBC. “This is a case where a mother unfortunately has killed her two children.” They argued Shaw should not “be allowed to be anywhere near any children, let alone her own children.”

Shaw was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the May 2025 deaths of her 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson, who were found dead and face-down in their cribs. The indictment, unsealed earlier this month, alleges she suffocated the children. She has yet to enter a plea.

Shaw has publicly claimed that the children died eight days after receiving vaccines for hepatitis A, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and the flu. In an interview with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine organization founded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., she and her husband said the twins became unwell after the shots and that a hospital told them the children could be having a reaction. The children were given pain medication and died two days later, she said.

Medical autopsies related to the case have not been released. The Payette Police Department said Shaw’s arrest resulted from a “lengthy and thorough investigation.” Shaw is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by Children’s Health Defense against the American Academy of Pediatrics over its childhood vaccine recommendations.

Filicetti told ABC News that the case against his client is “weak” and that Shaw “absolutely denies doing anything even imaginably bad.” He described Shaw as a caring mother who should be released to recover from a caesarean section.

Shaw’s next court appearance is scheduled for July 14. She faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.