Mom of baby Evelyn Boswell charged with murdering girl she had reported missing before her body was found
THE mom of Evelyn Mae Boswell has been charged with murdering the toddler and hiding her body.
Megan Boswell, 19, stands accused of killing the 15-month-old – who was reported missing in February this year, but actually had not been seen since December 2019.
“During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Megan Boswell killed and disposed of her body,” the Bureau of Investigation alleged in a .
Boswell was with two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated child abuse, one count of child neglect, and one count of abuse of a corpse, according to TBI.
She also was charged with one count of failure to report a death under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances, and twelve counts of false reports, TBI said.
The mother was already held in Sullivan County jail with making false reports in connection to her daughter’s disappearance.
in May.
Evelyn was first reported missing by a family member on February 18 – but it was discovered she had actually not been seen since December 2019.
Authorities worked desperately to search for the missing toddler in Tennessee and other states.
Investigators received more than 1,000 tips in relation to the toddler’s disappearance, TBI said in a statement.
After a 16-day search, .
on her grandfather’s property.
Megan initially told investigators Evelyn was with her dad – but it was discovered he was actually on duty in the military and stationed in .
Megan then told cops her mother, Angela Boswell, took the toddler to a campground in Mendota, .
Police did not find the toddler there, either.
On March 6, investigators found Evelyn’s body on a family member’s property in Blountville, Tennessee.
Special Agent Brian Fraley said in court in March that Megan incriminated herself during interviews over her daughter’s disappearance.
“Did Ms. Boswell make any inculpatory statements with regard to the death of Evelyn Boswell?” Judge James Goodwin asked Fraley.
“Did you say culpatory or…?” Fraley asked.
“Inculpatory,” Goodwin said.
“Yes,” Fraley answered the Judge.
Angela and her boyfriend William McCloud were arrested in amid the investigations.
The Grandmother was charged with theft and violating probation.