BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (Court TV) — An East Tennessee mother convicted of murdering her 15-month-old daughter, who was reported missing and later found dead in a trash can, has been ordered to serve a 33 year prison sentence in addition to the life sentence she’s already serving.
Megan Boswell appears in court for her sentencing hearing Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Court TV)
In February, Megan Boswell was found guilty of 19 charges in the death of Evelyn Mae Boswell. That same jury recommended a sentence of life in prison with parole eligibility after 51 years.
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The breakdown of the 33 year sentence, which is consecutive to the life sentence, is as follows: 25 years for neglect, six years for tampering with evidence, four years for false reporting, and two years for abuse of a corpse. Mathematically, those numbers add up to 37, so to further break it down: The 25 year sentence is consecutive to the life sentence, the six year sentence and the four year sentence are concurrent to one another but consecutive to the 25 years (25 + 6 = 31). And finally, the two year sentence is to run concurrently with the 25, but consecutive of the six years. (25 + 6 + 2 = 33).
The toddler, who had not been seen since December 2019, was reported missing in February 2020. Evelyn’s remains were found weeks later in a shed belonging to Megan’s family.
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At trial, prosecutors argued that Megan suffocated Evelyn and tossed her away, literally, with the trash. The defense argued that Evelyn’s death was an accident, and Megan was scared and in denial that Evelyn was dead.
