A Tennessee jury has convicted Megan Boswell on all three first-degree murder counts related to the tragic death of her daughter, Evelyn Boswell.
Along with the murder charges, Boswell was also found guilty of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect by a Sullivan County jury, as reported by WJHL.
Boswell began crying as the jury announced the guilty verdict on the second first-degree murder charge.
The jury started deliberating Wednesday afternoon after closing arguments, spending about four and a half hours on the case through Thursday morning.
After a short recess directed by Judge Jim Goodwin, the jury proceeded to the sentencing phase where they will decide between sentencing Boswell to life in prison without the possibility of parole or a life sentence.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell stuffed Evelyn’s body in a trash can, which was found hidden inside a play shed on her grandfather’s property in 2020. She then repeatedly lied to police multiple times, hindering the investigation while blaming family members for the child’s disappearance.
“Every time we talk to her, her story changes,” Sheriff Jeff Cassidy of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department said of Boswell in 2020.
“I’m serious when I say every single time.”
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[Feature Photos via TBI]
