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Swartout reported missing, found asleep on Portland porch
Nov 17, 2012 at 4:24 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. - A Eugene woman recently acquitted of murder charges was reported missing in Portland early Saturday morning, police officials said.

Portland police said that the missing woman, 25-year-old Angelica Swartout, was found...
Springfield

Swartout reported missing, found asleep on Portland porch
Nov 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM
A Eugene woman recently acquitted of murder charges was reported missing in Portland early Saturday morning, police officials said.

Swartout juror: 'We took the vote. It came back 10-2 not guilty'
Jun 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Alicia Johnson got summoned for jury duty last month. As soon as she showed up, she knew she'd be there for a while.

Lone juror stood between Swartout and prison
Jun 1, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Angelica Swartout's defense team credits a University of Oregon janitor for saving Swartout from life behind bars. That juror said the trial also changed his life.

Sister who went to police: 'I just got a bad feeling in my stomach'
Jun 1, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Jewel Sward is Angelica Swartout's sister. She's also the one who went to Springfield Police when she couldn't find any record of the baby Angelica supposedly had October 18, 2010. A year and a half and two grueling trials later, Sward said she did...

Lone juror stood between Swartout and prison
Jun 1, 2012 at 6:01 PM

EUGENE, Ore. -- Angelica Swartout's lawyer Gordon Mallon celebrated as he walked out of the courtroom Thursday.

His client had just been found not guilty.

Rushing to meet Angelica at the jail, Mallon quickly mentioned one...
Springfield

Sister who went to police: 'I just got a bad feeling in my stomach'
Jun 1, 2012 at 5:51 PM

EUGENE, Ore. -- Angelica Swartout's sister, Jewel Sward, called KVAL News in December of 2010.

She and other family members shared their grief surrounding the mystery behind what happened to Angelica's growing baby bump that suddenly...
Springfield

Jury acquits woman on aggravated murder charge
May 31, 2012 at 4:58 PM

EUGENE, Ore. - A jury of 5 men and 7 women took less than an hour Thursday to find a woman accused of dumping a newborn in the trash not guilty of murder.

Angelica Swartout has been in custody since December 2010 after she told...
Springfield

Jury acquits woman on aggravated murder charge
May 31, 2012 at 1:27 PM
A jury took less than an hour Thursday to find a woman not guilty of murder.

Murder - or a fake pregnancy? Swartout case goes to second jury
May 30, 2012 at 4:31 PM

EUGENE, Ore. - Did Angelica Swartout fake a pregnancy and miscarriage in order to get attention from her family, as the Springfield woman has now twice told a jury - or, as she originally told police, did she give birth to a boy and dump him in...
Springfield

Murder - or a fake pregnancy? Swartout case goes to second jury
May 30, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Did Angelica Swartout fake a pregnancy and miscarriage in order to get attention from her family, as the Springfield woman has now twice told a jury - or, as she originally told police, did she give birth to a boy and dump him in the trash?

Woman accused of killing newborn: 'Murder never crossed my mind'
May 22, 2012 at 4:19 PM

EUGENE, Ore. - Accused of murdering her newborn son and dumping his body in the trash and on trial for a second time after the first jury failed to come to a verdict, Angelica Swartout stuck out her stomach in court Tuesday, showing the jury...
Springfield

Woman accused of killing newborn: 'Murder never crossed my mind'
May 22, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Angelica Swartout stuck out her stomach in court Tuesday, showing the jury how she claims she faked being pregnant. Prosecutors brought the case to trial a second time after the first trial ended in a hung jury.

Hung: Jury can't decide whether woman guilty or not guilty of murder
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Feb 8, 2012 at 2:56 PM
The foreman of a jury convened to decide whether a Springfield woman murdered a newborn son she told the court she faked carrying to term and lied about dumping in the garbage said the panel cannot come to a decision.

HUNG JURY
Feb 8, 2012 at 2:35 PM
No decision possible on whether woman guilty or not guilty of killing newborn son she admitted killing and later claimed to have faked the pregnancy. >>> Background