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 asked about jurors’ familiarity with the prosecutors, Boswell’s attorney Gene Scott, and both Boswell and her deceased daughter, 15-month-old Evelyn.
Judge Jim Goodwin announced plans to sequester the jury, the first time in 15-20 years that a jury has been sequestered in Sullivan County. The jury will stay in a hotel and remain isolated from outside influences for the duration of the trial.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boswell is facing 19 offenses, including felony murder. She’s also been charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, failure to report a death, and 12 counts of making false reports.
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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