Megan Boswell found guilty for the murder of her 1-year-old daughter
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) — Megan Boswell has been found guilty for the murder of her 1-year-old daughter back in 2019.
Megan’s trial began on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, and on February 8, a jury found her guilty on all of the following charges:
- First-degree murder
- Felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse
- Felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child neglect
- Aggravated child abuse
- Aggravated child neglect
- Tampering with evidence
- False report (11 counts)
- Abuse of a corpse
- Failure to report a death under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances
Her sentencing is scheduled for May 23, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations (TBI) Director David Rausch released a statement following the verdict:
“Five years ago, we began working alongside the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and the Office of the 2nd Judicial District Attorney General to pursue justice for Baby Evelyn. Today, justice was finally served.
Every single person who worked on this case should be commended. It was both challenging and heartbreaking, but they never wavered from their mission to ensure the person responsible for Evelyn’s death was held accountable.”
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Timeline of Events
Megan Boswell reported her 15-month-old daughter, Evelyn Boswell, missing on February 18, 2020, stating that she had been missing since December 2019.
The following day, the TBI issued an Amber Alert for Evelyn.
On February 21, 2020, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy informed the media that his office had received conflicting reports about Evelyn’s disappearance.
According to WVLT, one report indicated she was last seen on December 26, 2019, while a babysitter claimed to have seen her on December 10 or 11 of that year.
Sheriff Cassidy also confirmed that both Megan Boswell and Evelyn’s father, Ethan Perry, were involved in the investigation.
Later that day, the TBI located a gray BMW in North Carolina linked to Evelyn’s disappearance.
Evelyn’s grandmother, Angela Boswell, and William McCloud were subsequently charged with vehicle theft in connection to the BMW.
On February 25, 2020, the TBI announced that Megan Boswell had been taken into custody and charged with false reporting.
On March 6, 2020, TBI investigators searched the property of a Boswell family member, where they discovered the remains of an infant.
According to WVLT, investigators later confirmed that the remains were dressed in clothing similar to what Evelyn was reportedly wearing when she disappeared.
Following multiple court appearances over the summer, the TBI confirmed on August 19, 2020, that Megan had been charged with two counts of felony murder.
Meanwhile, “Evelyn’s Law” was introduced in the Tennessee Senate in February 2020 and went into effect on July 1, 2021.
The law requires parents to report missing children within 24 hours.
On September 23, 2022, a forensic pathology expert testified in court, stating that Evelyn’s cause of death was asphyxia in four places.
The expert concluded that, in her opinion, Evelyn was killed.
