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Evelyn Mae Boswell case: 'Person of interest' ID'd in death of 15-month-old Tennessee girl
Authorities in Tennessee have identified a “person of interest” in the death of Evelyn Boswell, the infant girl whose remains were discovered in a home earlier this year, according to reports.www.foxnews.com
Authorities in Tennessee have identified a “person of interest” in the death of Evelyn Boswell, the infant girl whose remains were discovered in a home earlier this year, according to reports.
Captain Joey Strickler of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the investigation of the individual to WJHL.
He did not disclose the name or identity of the person.
Authorities found the remains of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell on March 6 in a Sullivan County home belonging to a relative of the child’s mother, Megan Boswell. The child had not been seen since late December 2019.
Megan Boswell, 18, was arrested Feb. 25 on charges of filing a false police report. She is scheduled to appear in Sullivan County criminal court on Friday.
Strickler told WJHL that no one had called the sheriff’s office to look in the area where the infant’s remains were later found.
Investigators have not received the full autopsy reports, nor have they interviewed the girl’s mother since her remains were found, according to the station.
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Evelyn Mae Boswell's mother caused 'fatal delay' by giving false tips to cops searching for missing toddler
The remains of the 15-month-old girl were found on March 6, more than two months after she was last seen
Evelyn Mae Boswell's mother caused 'fatal delay' by giving false tips to cops searching for missing toddler
The mother, who saw her bail increased from $25,000 to $150,000 after the discovery of her daughter's remains, has not been charged with the murder and may yet walk free.
During a virtual hearing conducted over video conference this week where she was scheduled to be arraigned, prosecutor Teresa Nelson asked for the arraignment to be pushed back to a later date since her team is still reviewing more than 25 hours of interview authorities conducted with the 18-year-old.
The delay meant her case cannot be submitted to a grand jury, with the judge ultimately agreeing to reschedule the arraignment for June 19. The judge also set a bail reduction hearing for May 28.
Investigators are still waiting on autopsy results, forensic evidence, and lab results, and Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Captain Joey Strickler said this could take over a month. He said a lot of work needs to be done before they'll be ready to make any indictment in the case, and that it's impossible to say right now when that could happen.
Strickler revealed that investigators have not interviewed any members of Megan's family since Evelyn's body was found and they still do not know how she died, but that they are still following up on any lead they receive.
"What we have seen, and what we’ve been through, and the fight that we’ve had, which has been overwhelming, frustrating," he said. "There’s so many things that went on in this case that the general public doesn’t see. We all want justice for Evelyn. We all want that."
Experts: Officials need more evidence in connection to Evelyn Boswell's death
The 15-month-old's remains were found buried on a family member's property back in March.
Experts: Officials need more evidence in connection to Evelyn Boswell's death
Legal experts told WVLT News Boswell's guilt or innocence should have been tested sooner.
"If they wanted an indictment, they could have an indictment tomorrow," T. Scott Jones said.
We spoke with defense lawyers T. Scott Jones and John Barnes.
Experts also said with the case going to a grand jury and Boswell's $150,000 bond this is an odd case. We're told it's possible more charges could come down.
"Every case is different, but this really is an odd situation with the multiple statements that were given from the mother, and the other individuals in the family being arrested on unrelated charges in a different state. It really is different," John Bares said.
Still, many are waiting to learn what happened to Evelyn.
While Boswell sits in jail, officers said they have a person of interest, but they won't release that person's identity.
"A lot of times we'll hear that statement made where we see, 'we're speaking of persons of interests', because folks watch the news [and] they hear the news, and if they have some type of involvement, they become nervous," Jones said.
Boswell's lawyer has said the full autopsy still hasn't been released.
Experts said at this point only a trial could reveal what happened to the toddler.
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A Kingsport judge dismissed burglary charges Thursday against Angela Boswell, the grandmother of baby Evelyn, whose remains were found in March.
But during a preliminary hearing today, her father David Jones said she had been living at his home and was always welcome there, leading Judge Mark Toohey to dismiss a burglary charge.
Kingsport judge dismisses Angela Boswell's burglary charges
A Kingsport judge dismissed burglary charges Thursday against Angela Boswell, the grandmother of baby Evelyn, whose remains were found in March. Angela Boswell was charged along with Larry Fields of breaking into her father’s home and stealing guns and tools. Angela Boswell appears in court on...
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Tennessee woman on 11 counts of false report in the disappearance of her 15-month-old daughter, whose remains were found in March after a 17-day search.Megan Boswell indicted on 11 counts of false police reports in death of daughter Evelyn
Evelyn Boswell, a 15-month-old girl from Tennessee, was found dead weeks into a convoluted search that began when her grandfather reported her missingwww.knoxnews.com
Megan Boswell, the mother of Evelyn Mae Boswell, is being held in the Sullivan County jail on $150,000 bond, news outlets reported. The indictment accuses her of making false statements in February to detectives who were searching for the toddler.
The child's remains were found March 6 in Sullivan County on property belonging to a family member, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said earlier. The discovery followed a search across three states for the girl.
An Amber Alert was issued in February, but authorities said she hadn’t been seen since at least December.
Megan Boswell was arrested Feb. 25 on a charge of filing a false report about her daughter’s disappearance. Authorities said her inaccurate and conflicting statements had impeded the investigation.
The 18-year-old Boswell had been charged with filing a false report about the whereabouts of her daughter, Evelyn Boswell.
Evelyn, a 15-month-old girl from Blountville, Tennessee, was found dead weeks into a convoluted search that began when her grandfather reported her missing, which even then was months after the little girl was last seen. The investigation spurred an Amber Alert that drew national attention and involved the FBI as the girl's relatives told conflicting, changing stories to police.
I know... I'm wondering too.
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Megan Boswell seeks release from jail amid investigation into daughter’s deathMegan Boswell seeks release from jail amid investigation into daughter’s death
A Tennessee mother jailed for allegedly giving false information in the disappearance of her infant daughter has been asking a judge to release her from prison.
A Tennessee mother jailed for allegedly giving false information in the disappearance of her infant daughter has been asking a judge to release her from prison.
Her attorney, Brad Sproles, has been pushing a judge to lower the $150,000 bond on 11 counts of filing a false report, The Knoxville News Sentinel reported. So far, Sullivan County Judge James Goodwin has refused.
Sproles said told Goodwin on Friday that Megan Boswell has already served five months in the false report case. He said if she had been tried and convicted she would likely qualify for probation.
Goodwin left Megan Boswell’s bond intact and postponed her hearing in the false report case until Aug. 28.
There is a very small part of me that wants to feel sorry for Megan at her age and as she clearly did not come from a stable background--her mom has been arrested a number of times just since this baby died. However, this was her child AND she has had every chance to come clean. Evelyn is the innocent that deserves justice. Megan at minimum could have come clean, instead she threw shade at others and continually lied.
