An Idaho mother accused of killing her twin toddlers has reportedly been receiving trauma-focused counseling and speaking with relatives each day while detained, according to a new report.
Andrea Shaw, 23, was arrested in June after her 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson, were discovered dead in their bed on May 1, 2025. The children were found at the family’s trailer home in Payette, roughly 60 miles northwest of Boise.
Prosecutors allege the siblings were smothered. Shaw, however, has maintained that the children died after receiving Hepatitis A, DTaP and influenza vaccinations.
Shaw has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody at the Payette County Jail as she awaits trial.
Despite being jailed, Shaw has reportedly been permitted to video chat multiple times a day with her 23-year-old husband and the couple’s three-month-old daughter, The New York Times reported.
Her defense lawyer, Joe Filicetti, has also arranged regular appointments with a trauma therapist trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, commonly known as E.M.D.R., according to the report.
The sessions reportedly take place with a glass partition separating Shaw from the counselor. E.M.D.R. appointments generally cost between $100 and $350, depending on the length of each session.
According to the EMDR Institute, Inc. , the psychotherapy technique is intended to help reduce the emotional distress connected to traumatic memories.
Andrea Shaw, 23, reportedly speaks with her husband and surviving child every day and attends costly therapy sessions from jail after being charged in the deaths of her twin toddlers
Her 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson, were found dead in their bed on May 1, 2025, at a trailer home in Payette, about 60 miles from Boise
Filicetti has also provided Shaw with reading material, including the memoir “Tuesdays with Morrie,” to help occupy her time in jail, the report said.
Shaw made the emergency 911 call on the night her children died. She was arrested days after giving birth to her youngest child the following year.
When she appeared before Judge Kiley Stuchlik, Shaw was wearing a red-and-white striped jail uniform, with restraints placed around both her hands and feet.
At the hearing, Payette County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Duke said Shaw faced murder charges after investigators found that her account repeatedly changed, while Nathaniel allegedly continued to provide the same version of events.
“There are only two people who could have been involved in this crime. One of them was straightforward and cooperated with law enforcement,” Duke said, according to KSL.
“The other changed her story every time it made her look bad, every time there were criminal implications, and she admitted that at the time of death, she was there with the kids.”
Duke also said investigators had eliminated possible environmental explanations, including extreme heat and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Prior to her arrest, Shaw had publicly spoken about what she described as the risks associated with childhood vaccinations.
The report said Filicetti has also sent Shaw books, including the novel “Tuesdays with Moorie,” to help her pass the time in jail
Prosecutors allege the twins were smothered, while Shaw has continued to blame vaccinations for their deaths
Shaw told the Children’s Health Defense podcast – part of an anti-vaccine nonprofit previously chaired by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy – that their health declined after both received the flu, Hepatitis A and DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) vaccines.
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RFK Jr’s department removed the flu and Hepatitis A shots from the list of vaccines routinely recommended for all children in January.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still classifies the flu, Hepatitis A and DTaP shots as safe and effective, with serious reactions extremely rare.
While speaking of their deaths on the podcast, Shaw claimed that her husband’s side of the family ‘all have bad reactions or are allergic to the flu shot.’
‘They were okay, they took a nap when we got home. For the rest of the evening it was business as usual,’ she said of her late children.
She then broke down in tears, stating that the twins woke up lethargic the following day.
‘[Dallas] looked tired, I changed her diaper and I noticed the typical toddler pot belly was gone, she was skinny, she looked tired.
‘I moved her out of the way so I could change her brother, she just laid on the carpet and wouldn’t move, her eyes were rolling back as if she was going to sleep,’ Shaw said.
Shaw previously told the Children’s Health Defense podcast that their health declined after both received the flu, Hepatitis A and DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) vaccines
Shaw claimed the two of them both had green diarrhea and a blue tinge to their lips. Her husband said he was at work while the health crisis unfolded.
She said her mother-in-law then arrived and rushed the kids to a nearby hospital and the two were discharged days later.
Describing her finding them dead inside their home, she said: ‘They looked as if they had gone in their sleep.
‘I flipped over Tyson to try and shake him awake, then I immediately grabbed my phone to dial 911. Then I flipped Dallas over and found her the same way.’
Despite her claim that vaccines are to blame, Duke said that a forensic pathologist determined that is not the case.
‘This is not a vaccine case,’ Duke previously said in court.
Tyson and Dallas died from pulmonary vascular congestion, which is a buildup of fluid and blood in the vessels of the lungs, according to an autopsy report, Duke wrote, according to the outlet.
Shaw has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and her bond has been revoked. Her trial starts in January 2027
The autopsy noted that Tyson also suffered from pulmonary edema, which causes more severe buildup.
‘According to our expert, these symptoms are consistent with being smothered. They occur when something blocks air from entering the airways, and as the diaphragm expands, it creates a low pressure condition in the lungs and airways,’ Duke wrote.
‘This is the cause of death of the twins. It is also the only reasonable explanation for why both would die at the same time, on the same night, in the same room, in the same bed.’
Shaw has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and her initial $2 million bond was revoked.
Her trial starts in January 2027. She faces 10 years to life in prison, or the death penalty if found guilty.