In 2020, Evelyn Boswell (15 months) was found dead in a black garbage bag.
The girl’s mother, Megan Boswell, is accused of killing the girl.
She is also accused of child abuse, neglect, tampering with evidence, desecrating a corpse and for lying during interrogation.
She herself claims that her daughter accidentally died at home in the small town of Blountville, Tennessee.
SHOCK WAVES: The local community of Blountville, Tennessee gathered around her home after she was reported missing in March 2020. Photo: AP
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Heartbreaking story
A hearing began in the Sullivan County Criminal Court last week.
According to the newspaper, there should be Tennessee observation It is decided what evidence will be used in the trial of Megan Boswell, who was 18 when her daughter went missing.
Before the Boswell trial begins, a judge will decide whether jurors will be able to see highly graphic images of the dead girl from the crime scene – or not.
During the court hearing, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent Brian Fraley provided heartbreaking descriptions of the investigation.
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Reported missing after two months
Evelyn Boswell was last seen alive in December 2019.
Only on 18 February 2020, that is two months later, the girl’s grandfather reported her missing.
He told the police he hadn’t seen her since the Christmas holidays.
A full alarm was raised and the FBI wanted the girl all over the United States.
FOLLOW-UP: The FBI issued a so-called Amber Alert when Evelyn Mae Boswell was reported missing more than two months after she was last seen. Photo: FBI
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Conflicting explanations
According to authorities, during the investigation, his mother came forward with what they had in one Press release called “contradictory statements”.
“Every time we talk to her, she changes her story,” Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said CNN.
DISAPPEARED: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released this photo while looking for Evelyn Boswell. Photo: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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Refused to say where it was
In questioning, Megan Boswell said the girl was visiting her father, who lives in another state, but he wasn’t.
He later said the girl was camping with her grandmother. Not even her.
Eventually he admitted that Evelyn was dead, but that it had all been an accident.
According to the FBI, she admitted she disposed of the body in a garbage can, but refused to say where.
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Thrown in the trash
In March 2020, the girl was found dead in a plastic bag. The bag had been thrown into a bin in a warehouse.
The warehouse building belongs to Evelyn Boswell’s grandfather, the father of defendant Megan Boswell.
– We got a phone call from the defendant’s father talking about a property. He thought he might be worth a look and search, so we did it. There was a theater there, and behind that we found the body, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent Fraley explained in court last week.
When Evelyn was found, she was wearing a purple fleece dress with penguins on it.
She was wrapped in a gray and white blanket.
SURROUNDED: Megan Boswell’s home was photographed on March 6, 2020, as police searched for her daughter with lights and torches. Photo: AP
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Deny the blame
Megan Boswell is adamant that the death was an accident.
– She and her boyfriend were sleeping in the same bed at that time, and when they woke up the next morning she was unconscious. She had been suffocated, Fraley told the court.
The police don’t believe it.
Coroners concluded that Evelyn died of suffocation, but …
It wasn’t an accidental choking. It was a murder, coroner Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan told the court and continued:
– This was not a baby who died in his sleep. It was too big for that.
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Lifetime risk
The trial against Megan Boswell will begin in February 2023, according to People.
If convicted, she faces life imprisonment.
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