爱达荷州检方对双胞胎幼童死亡案母亲求处死刑：23岁被告不认罪，称孩子死于疫苗反应
位于美国爱达荷州 Payette 县的 Payette 市，一名23岁母亲被控谋杀自己18个月大的双胞胎幼儿，当地检方近日通知法院，将在本案中求处死刑。
被告 Andrea Shaw 对两项一级谋杀指控不认罪。法庭记录显示，这对双胞胎于2025年5月1日在 Payette 的家中被发现死在两人同睡的床上，当时18个月大。Shaw 称，孩子们在接种流感疫苗与常规儿童疫苗之后生病并死亡；据报道，接种发生在孩子死亡前八天。
Payette 县检察官 Mike Duke 在法庭文件中写道，尸检显示的症状与闷压窒息一致，并称窒息是这对双胞胎死亡「唯一可以想象的解释」。副检察官 Ryon Sirucek 上周向法院提交求处死刑意向通知，称检方将力证四项加重情节：行凶之时同时另犯一起谋杀；杀人手段特别残忍、暴虐；被告对他人生命表现出极度漠视；被告很可能对社会构成持续威胁。
Shaw 的律师 Joseph Filicetti 回应称，检方求处死刑的决定「令人愤慨」，并表示辩方将提出撤销案件的动议。Filicetti 说，起诉 Shaw 的大陪审团没有被告知：县验尸官认定的死因是未定、但与高温过度受热一致，检查这对双胞胎的病理学家同样认定死因未定。检方在文件中则写道，双胞胎房间的温度经常达到华氏100度，但孩子们此前在高温环境下存活过，而且死亡时间与当天最高温出现的时段并不吻合。
据法庭记录与当地媒体报道，Shaw 于2026年7月被大陪审团起诉并被捕，法官 Kiley Stuchlik 其后撤销其保释，下令将她羁押在 Payette 县监狱候审，案件审判定于2027年1月。Shaw 目前仅受指控，依法被推定无罪。（GSM 据美联社报道）
Idaho Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Mother Charged in Twins' Deaths: 23-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty, Blames Vaccine Reaction
In Payette, Payette County, Idaho, prosecutors have notified the court that they will seek the death penalty against a 23-year-old mother charged with murdering her 18-month-old twins.
Andrea Shaw has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. Court records show the twins were found dead on May 1, 2025, in the bed they shared at their home in Payette, at 18 months old. Shaw has said the children became sick and died after receiving flu shots and routine childhood vaccinations; the vaccinations were reported to have taken place eight days before their deaths.
Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke wrote in court documents that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering, and that suffocation was the only conceivable explanation for the twins' deaths. Deputy prosecuting attorney Ryon Sirucek notified the court last week of the state's intent to seek the death penalty, writing that prosecutors would try to show four aggravating factors: that another murder was committed at the same time; that the killings were especially heinous, atrocious or cruel; that the defendant showed utter disregard for human life; and that she would likely pose a continuing threat to society.
Shaw's attorney, Joseph Filicetti, called the decision outrageous and said the defense will file a motion to dismiss the case. Filicetti said the grand jury that indicted Shaw was not told that the county coroner found the cause of death to be undetermined but consistent with hyperthermia, or overheating, and that the pathologists who examined the twins also found their causes of death undetermined. Prosecutors wrote in court documents that the temperature in the twins' room would often reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but that the children had survived high temperatures before and that their time of death did not correlate with the peak temperature of the day.
According to court records and local reporting, Shaw was indicted and arrested in July 2026; Judge Kiley Stuchlik later revoked her bond and ordered her held in the Payette County Jail pending trial, scheduled for January 2027. Shaw is charged only and is presumed innocent. (GSM, based on reporting by The Associated Press)
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图片来源：图：爱达荷州 Payette 市政厅（资料图），本案由 Payette 县检方在当地起诉。照片：Tamanoeconomico 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。被告本人合规近照未查得。 / Payette City Hall in Payette, Idaho (file photo); the case is prosecuted in Payette County. Photo: Tamanoeconomico, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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