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The trial in State of Tennessee v. Megan Boswell is expected to begin the week of Feb. 3, 2025, in Blountville before Judge Jim Goodwin. The defendant in this case is Megan Boswell.

Megan Boswell is facing multiple charges in the death of her 15-month-old daughter, Evelyn Boswell, including felony murder, first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Jury selection will begin Monday, Feb. 3, at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Blountville.

Boswell remains in jail under bail set at $1 million. She faces a total of 19 charges, including felony murder and aggravated child abuse, and could receive a sentence of life in prison without parole.

It’s been almost five years since little Evelyn Boswell went missing. Her mother was accused in 2020 of killing her toddler.

Megan Boswell’s case drew international attention after a search for 15-month-old Evelyn ended with the discovery of the child’s body on family property.

Evelyn was born in November 2018 to Megan Boswell, then 17, and Ethan Perry, then 19.

Megan Boswell was living with her father and two younger siblings at the family compound in Blountville, Tennessee. Perry had joined the military a year earlier after graduating high school.

Evelyn was first reported missing in February 2020 by her grandfather, Tommy Boswell Sr., who told authorities he had not seen the child since early December 2019.

According to investigators, Megan Boswell had been telling people Evelyn was with Perry. She said she did not report the girl as missing to police on the advice of her mother, Angela Boswell.

Megan Boswell then changed her story multiple times, investigators said. She told investigators Angela had Evelyn and was refusing to return her. Later, she said Angela gave Evelyn to an unnamed person, and Evelyn was safe and would have a better life with that person.

In late February 2020, Megan Boswell told investigators Evelyn died after her boyfriend rolled over onto the child while they were sleeping but that she did not know where her body was, police said. A few weeks later, law enforcement agents found Evelyn’s body in an old playhouse that was originally built for Megan Boswell to play in when she was a child.

Megan Boswell initially was taken into custody in mid-February 2020 on a charge of lying to authorities about Evelyn’s disappearance. She was charged with Evelyn’s death in August 2020.

Megan Boswell is accused of killing her daughter under two separate legal theories— that the child’s death resulted from an act of child abuse or from an act of child neglect. The indictment alleges Megan Boswell abused her daughter’s corpse, a charge typically leveled when a body is moved and hidden in some manner.