Jury selection began Monday for Megan Boswell’s murder trial in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and is anticipated to last several weeks.
News Channel 11 reports that hundreds of potential jurors went through screening and provided answers based on their questionnaire responses.
The questionnaires inquired about how well the jurors knew the prosecutors, Boswell’s lawyer Gene Scott, as well as Boswell and her late daughter, 15-month-old Evelyn.
Judge Jim Goodwin made the decision to sequester the jury, marking the first instance in 15-20 years that a jury will be isolated in Sullivan County. The jury will be housed in a hotel and shielded from external influences throughout the trial.
Boswell is facing a total of 19 charges, including felony murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, evidence tampering, abuse of a corpse, failure to report a death, and 12 counts of filing false reports, as reported previously by CrimeOnline.
Police found Evelyn Boswell deceased in 2020 and hidden in a play shed on her grandfather’s property. It’s the same shed Boswell played in as a child, according to investigators.
Special agent Brian Fraley with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) found Evelyn’s body. He previously said that he found her inside a trash can, wrapped in a blanket and aluminum foil.
“It was my belief (the trash can was) placed there recently,” Fraley said. “I observed a leg (with) a foot attached … on top of the trash. It was consistent with an infant of the described age of the missing victim.”
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Boswell faces charges related to the death of her 15-month-old daughter and remains in jail following her arrest in late February 2020 for making a false report.
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