Idaho prosecutors seek death penalty against Andrea Shaw

Payette County prosecutors have filed notice that they intend to seek the death penalty against Andrea Shaw, who is charged with murdering her 18-month-old twins. The filing cites four aggravating circumstances that prosecutors say could support capital punishment if she is convicted. Shaw, 23, has pleaded not guilty to two first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Dallas and Tyson, who were found dead in their shared bed in May 2025. The notice, filed by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ryon Sirucek, alleges that Shaw killed two people at the same time, that the murders were especially heinous, atrocious or cruel and showed exceptional depravity, that she showed utter disregard for human life, and that she could pose a continuing threat to society. The filing is a prosecutorial notice, not a finding of guilt or a decision that Shaw is eligible for the death penalty. A jury would have to convict her and find at least one aggravating circumstance before a death sentence could be considered. Prosecutors allege that Shaw suffocated the children. In prior court filings, Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke said investigators and a forensic pathologist ruled out vaccines, heat...