Teen Mom Thought She’d Get Away With Killing Her Baby — Then Justice Struck!
Had I had a fair trial and an impartial jury, I would have been acquitted of the murder charges. I would have never hurt my baby had I did not kill everyone. >> She barely tried to spill fake tears in the courtroom, convinced she’d walk free. But when the judge read the verdict, for the first time ever, real horror flickered across her eyes.
>> In count two, a jury of your peers hadn’t found you guilty of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a felony. standard offender, consecutive to her life sentence. >> This is when reality hit her like a freight train. She had robbed her own infant daughter, Evelyn, of a future. So, the judge made sure she’d never have one herself.
Evelyn H. Megan Boswell was just 18 years old when she became a mother to a beautiful baby girl named Evelyn May Boswell. To the outside world, Megan posted photos on social media smiling with her daughter like any young mother would. But behind closed doors, something far darker was brewing.
>> She’s really sweet. She loves to give people kisses. Favorite song is Baby Shark. >> In February 2020, 15-month-old Evelyn vanished into thin air. She was gone. But here’s where it gets crazy. Any normal mother would have gone crazy or baldled her eyes out searching for her daughter. But Megan, she said nothing.
>> She kept coming up with different stories and different lies. Okay. Where was she going? >> First, it was uh Ethan had her >> for weeks. No one reported the toddler missing. Not Megan, not anyone close to her. It wasn’t until Evelyn’s grandfather grew suspicious and contacted authorities that the nightmare began to unravel.
Hunter’s mom was watching her. And then she came off with uh Ethan had her. And after went on for a while, I said, “Uh, I’m going to do something about this.” >> Initially, Megan claimed someone had taken her child. She even went on TV smiling through interviews as if she was enjoying the sudden attention her story brought.
She’s never been mean ever, which I’m very thankful for. She’s just a really good-hearted baby in general. >> You believe you know who has her. What do you have to say to them? >> To just bring her back. Look in the camera. >> I just want her back. That’s all I want. >> But when the police noticed several inconsistencies in her story, when asked where her daughter was, she spun lie after lie, claiming Evelyn was with her grandmother, a babysitter, then with her father, then with friends.
Where are you? When was the last time you saw your child? I’m coming home until >> right after Christmas. >> Where? >> Ethan in. Like I told him, I don’t know if he took and dropped her off somewhere right after I dropped her to him, but I don’t know what’s going on. >> Each story was more confusing than the last, but investigators weren’t buying it.
>> I had Evelyn for like over a year and he never checked on her and I had to support her by myself here. I was like, you can take care of your daughter for a little bit. Not that I don’t love my daughter or want to be with her, you know what I’m saying? And I was like, “You don’t help me at all.” >> Search teams combed through properties connected to Megan’s family.
They scoured wooded areas, abandoned homes, anywhere this child could be. And then in March 2020, the worst fears were confirmed. >> She placed Evelyn’s body in a kitchen trash can, her own trash can from her home. Evelyn’s tiny body was found on property belonging to a family member, hidden, discarded, stuffed inside a trash bag like she was nothing.
Look inside the door right here. This white trash can is the trash can that that I was describing as I was reviewing the >> And naturally, the police figured out why Megan had been silent all along. She killed her own flesh and blood. Megan Boswell didn’t just fail as a mother, she failed as a human being. As a result, she was arrested and charged with multiple counts, including felony murder, aggravated child abuse, and tampering with evidence.
When the trial began in 2023, the courtroom became a battleground. The prosecution painted Megan as a cold, calculated killer who prioritized her own freedom over her daughter’s life. but for a small child to die in the way that Evelyn died. >> They presented evidence showing Megan’s pattern of deception, the countless lies she told to family, friends, and law enforcement.
Text messages revealed her frustration with motherhood. >> I love you, and I was supposed to leave so long ago, and I’m tired as hell. I’m also pregnant with your child, so you could let me sleep in your truck. Uh, defendant says, “Good, mean as fuck.” and he says, “Oh, and what does Megan Boswell say?” >> She says, “She hates me.
” >> Witness testimony also described her as detached, more concerned with partying and her boyfriend than caring for Evelyn. >> What was your impression of Evelyn that day? >> She was dirty and I could smell her across the table. >> Okay. >> The prosecution argued that Megan saw her daughter as a burden, an obstacle to the carefree life she wanted.
And when that burden became too much, she eliminated it. >> But the trust that Miss uh Boswell betrayed upon her daughter was just so callous. >> But the defense tried a different angle. They claimed Megan was a young overwhelmed mother who made tragic mistakes but didn’t intentionally kill her child. >> Mistakes theory is reasonable doubt in and of itself.
They don’t know what happened. They don’t know how that child died. and they can’t prove how that child died. What if this was accidental? What if Megan or or Hunter would >> they suggested Evelyn may have died accidentally and that Megan panicked leading to the cover up? They painted her as a scared girl who didn’t know what to do.
When >> this child died, she was 18 years old. Now, you’ve heard about what a great father. She was in foster care when she had the child. An 18-year-old girl scared to death talking to a TVI agent, talking to a police officer. She doesn’t want to get in trouble. It doesn’t mean she murdered her child. It doesn’t mean she killed her child.
>> Yet, the evidence told a darker story. Megan had months, months to come forward. Instead, she lied. >> >> She manipulated. She hit her daughter’s body and went on living life as if nothing had happened. The jury saw through the defense’s narrative. After deliberating, they returned with a verdict that sent shock waves through the courtroom.
In count two, a jury of your peers having found you guilty of first-degree murder. >> Demonstrated extreme callousness. The 25-year sentence for the merging counts of aggravated child abuse and neglect to be consecutive to the life sentence. Megan Boswell sat frozen as the word echoed in her ears. The same woman who had begged for mercy, who claimed she deserved a future, now faced the consequences of stealing her daughters.
The six-year sentence for tampering with evidence and the four-year sentence for false report will be concurrent with each other, but consecutive to the 25 years. and the two year sentences and for the abusive corpse in count 19 and count 20 will be confronted with each other. When sentencing came, the judge showed no leniency.
Megan Boswell was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving 51 years. By the time she’s eligible for release, she’ll be an old woman, her youth, the very thing she clung in her plea for mercy, completely gone. The court has considered probation. She’s not eligible for probation on the class 8 felonies.
That 25 years has to be served. The court has considered probation on the additional 8 years and finds that a grant of probation would depreciate the seriousness of this case giving the facts of this case. >> But here’s the hard truth. Evelyn will never grow up and never experience love or any beautiful moments life offers.
Her future was stolen before it even began. So yes, Megan will spend decades behind bars. But does a lifetime in prison truly balance the scales? >> So in counts 4 through 20, that’ll be a 33year sentence as a range one standard offender consecutive to her life sentence. >> What’s undeniable is this.
Megan Boswell made a choice and now she’ll live with that choice every single day for the rest of her life. If this case moved you, make sure to hit subscribe and stay informed on similar cases.
