Body found with 'exact' same clothing as Evelyn Boswell was reported wearing, agent says
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The body of an approximately 1-year-old girl found Friday amid the search for Evelyn Boswell had the "exact clothing" as the Tennessee toddler was described as wearing when she was first reported missing, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent.
Other children's clothing, toys and diapers also were found at the Boswell family residence in Blountville, Tennessee, where authorities discovered the body during a search of the property, TBI Special Agent Brian Fraley testified during a bond hearing Monday for Evelyn's mother, Megan Boswell.
Fraley did not specify where on the property the child's remains were found.
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Second Judicial District Attorney General Barry Stabus noted that Megan Boswell's father, brother and grandmother all live on the property.
Following the testimony, Sullivan County Criminal Court Judge James F. Goodwin increased the bond from $25,000 to $150,000 for Megan Boswell, who is charged with making false statements to investigators.
That charge currently is pending before a grand jury. The judge said Boswell also is being held on a contempt charge in Sullivan County Juvenile Court, although details of that case are not public.
Authorities have yet to confirm whether the child's remains are those of Evelyn, who has been the subject of a statewide Amber Alert and an intensive search since she was reported missing Feb. 18.
Fraley testified the remains appeared to be those of an approximately 1- to 1½-year-old girl that matched the description of Evelyn. The body has been sent for autopsy.
So far, no one has been charged in the child's death.
Megan Boswell has no permanent residence or job, Fraley testified. She has out-of-state ties, and traveled to Texas in October 2019, he said.
Before her arrest, Megan Boswell also traveled to Bristol, Virginia, during the investigation, the agent told the court.
Megan Boswell's court-appointed attorney, Brad Sproles, did not call any witnesses to vouch for her character before the judge decided to increase the bond.
Monday's hearing was called on short notice after Stabus filed a motion requesting Megan Boswell's bond be increased in light of the latest development in the case.
Megan Boswell tentatively is set to return to court May 8.
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