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Plaintiff in anti-vaccine lawsuit charged with murdering her twins

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An Idaho woman, Andrea Shaw, who had been the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, was indicted by an Idaho grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder after investigators concluded her 18-month-old twins were suffocated. Prosecutors say the twins died after receiving vaccines and Shaw publicly blamed the immunizations; Children’s Health Defense had promoted her claim. The grand jury returned the indictment following an investigation that found evidence of suffocation as the cause of death. Shaw’s indictment opens a criminal case in Idaho that will proceed to arraignment and potential trial on the murder charges. The development also draws renewed scrutiny to the lawsuit and to Children’s Health Defense’s role in publicizing her claims.

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An Idaho woman who has claimed that vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins was charged last week with two counts of first-degree murder. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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