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A baby of 15 months who was found dead in a backyard of a house in Tennessee was buried alive by her mother after being suffocated with a blanket and aluminum foil and thrown face down in a trash can, informed the authorities.
Evelyn Boswell, who disappeared in December of 2019, but was only reported missing two months later, discovered in a trash can on his grandfather’s property, Crime Online reported.
“I believed (the can) was placed there recently,” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agent Brian Fraley told a court on Friday.
“I observed a leg (with) a foot stuck… on top of the garbage. It was consistent with a baby of the described age of the missing victim.”
Her mother, Megan Boswell, faces a series of charges, including capital murder, child abuse and neglect aggravated, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse and making false reports.
Evelyn was reportedly suffocated with tin foil and a blanket.
Dr. Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan, Chief Coroner of the Counties of Knox and Anderson, told the court the death was a homicide caused by asphyxiation on four parts of his body, WJHL reported.
The forensic pathologist said that Evelyn was still alive when she was placed inside the trash can, tightly wrapped with a blanket and aluminum foil.
“This child’s disposition was remarkable”, according to Mileusnic-Polchan’s testimony.
“She was like compressed in the can… (in an) accordion position. There was severe overextension of his head and neck…extreme extension,” he said.
“(The blanket) wasn’t just randomly placed (around her body). She was well wrapped (to) prevent her from breathing… The blanket left traces on (Evelyn’s skin),” added Mileusnic-Polchan.
Fraley, the TBI special agent, previously testified that Boswell had also claimed her daughter was accidentally killed in her sleep with her and her then-boyfriend, according to WJHL.
On Friday, Mileusnic-Polchan said the girl was too old to have died that way.
“This was not an accidental suffocation. The manner of death was a homicide,” he said, adding that “it was not a girl dying in her sleep.”
He added that the Decomposition and maggot infestation prevented researchers from determining whether blunt force trauma was a factor in death, but the skeleton showed no damage, WJHL reported.
The hearing was held to discuss what images could be used as evidence after the suspect’s attorney, Brad Sproles, argued that some were too graphic and would possibly sway the jury.
The Attorney General District Attorney Barry Staubus argued that the photos show no open wounds, blood or facial expressions and are material to the case.
Judge James Goodwin reviewed each photo, omitting one after saying there was something that “absolutely bothers him” about the jurors, inf WJHL said.
The girl’s mother allegedly lied about the disappearance several times.
“Every time we talk to her, her story changes Sullivan County Sheriff Jack Cassidy previously said, according to Crime Online.
The 18 February 2020, when an Amber Alert was issued, Boswell allegedly told him told authorities that Evelyn’s father, Ethan Perry, had the girl and that she planned to pick her up, the media outlet said.
But investigators determined that Perry, a military officer stationed in Louisiana, did not have the girl.
Boswell has continued to maintain his innocence in the shocking case.
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