Audrey Dutton

Reporter @propublica. Previously @IdahoCapitalSun @idahostatesman. Adjunct @BoiseState. Data hoarder. Public records addict. [email protected]

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

This wasn't the only family to have four children die. In another, four babies died of various ailments over the course of 11 years.

The brothers whose burials are shown in this photo died in 2022, 2024 and 2025 from untreated infections.

https://t.co/fIzN7j079V

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. Their toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. https://t.co/fIzN7j079V

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

@annaleighclark Congratulations! A very fitting honor for two amazing journalists (and people)!

[Kat @lake7717]

@propublica “Changes in Oregon law — and prosecutors’ willingness to pursue parents who WATCHED THEIR CHILDREN DIE — spurred a slow but perceptible shift: Deaths of children in the Followers have become an anomaly”

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

I've been so excited for this powerful story! We have reported on children and babies who are dying in Idaho's largest faith-healing sect as the state refuses to change its law. But Oregon DID change its law. I can't wait for you to meet Evelyn, alive and thriving and adorable.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: The stories of Evelyn and Marshall Phillips offer a rare view into the Followers of Christ — and reveal both the power and limits of Oregon’s efforts to compel parents to seek medical care for their children. https://t.co/gFVoRGg8SC

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Before he died years ago, Walter White led an Oregon offshoot of the Followers of Christ, shaping everything from members’ insular worldview to their sexual practices. No one ever succeeded him, leaving the sect all the more reliant on his teachings. https://t.co/Exnt55K2xs

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: The stories of Evelyn and Marshall Phillips offer a rare view into the Followers of Christ — and reveal both the power and limits of Oregon’s efforts to compel parents to seek medical care for their children. https://t.co/gFVoRGg8SC

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

One of the most wrenching stories I have read: Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing. https://t.co/f1KnXIbjsD @audreydutton

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

"The parents told officers that they hadn’t taken the four children who died to the doctor because of their religion, the Followers of Christ, which considers the use of modern medicine a sinful lapse of faith in God." https://t.co/f1KnXIbjsD @audreydutton

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

Parents of children in these stories didn't respond to letters or texts. An unordained elder in one of the four Idaho Followers of Christ churches told us the reason parents keep their children from the doctor is to teach them to avoid the sin of turning to medicine as adults.

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

This wasn't the only family to have four children die. In another, four babies died of various ailments over the course of 11 years.

The brothers whose burials are shown in this photo died in 2022, 2024 and 2025 from untreated infections.

https://t.co/fIzN7j079V

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. Their toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. https://t.co/fIzN7j079V

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

But for most of Idaho's history, it DID require parents to give children medical care. And news coverage from the 1960s told us how officials saved the life of at least one child in this sect, because back then, they still could. That changed in the 1970s. https://t.co/lUM5Eh6DGo

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. Their toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. https://t.co/fIzN7j079V

[Carolyn Komatsoulis @CKomatsoulis]

A Monday morning thread of all the incredible work my co-workers/friends have done. People don't always think "great journalism" when they think about Idaho but they should.

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[Michael Lycklama @michaellycklama]

I’m part of this blood bath. After dodging layoffs for my entire 19-year career, I finally caught a stray as the Idaho Statesman gutted 60% of its staff.

My last day is Oct. 11. I’m not sure what comes next. Thankfully, I’m part of a union and will receive 6 months of severance.

[Shannon Tyler @shannonmtyler]

Today, I was one of many laid off by McClatchy.

I am deeply grateful to @IdahoStatesman for being the first newsroom I got to call home and the reporters and editors I learned so much from.

I’ll be looking for new opportunities to continue my work as a journalist.

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

I have never forgotten when the McClatchy CEO's monthly housing stipend was more than some of my colleagues' salaries. https://t.co/1aoxzkOvBP

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

this is a devastating loss for Idaho and news in general. Who gains? execs who keep their housing stipends and second homes? because it's not Idaho, and it's not the reporters left.

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

She's even a drone pilot! We once drove to the Sawtooths to find the literal cracks in the earth from the 2020 central Idaho earthquakes, and then to find a decommissioned Idaho campsite named after Robert E. Lee (it literally wasn't on maps, but @NMBlanchard found it!) HIRE HER

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

@jabba_trump The best dog!

[Audrey Dutton @audreydutton]

If you're an editor, hire Nicole. She can do everything. Everything. I worked with Nicole for a decade, and all of us in the newsroom were in awe of her boundless skills and her ability to adapt to (and master) new beats, new technologies, new anything.

[Nicole Blanchard @NMBlanchard]

I’m one of the journalists who has been laid off. My heart hurts for my coworkers and for our community, which just gets less and less important coverage.

If anyone knows of journalism jobs that are open, I’ll be looking!

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

hey for no reason whatsoever just sharing this little tidbit about the last time McClatchy did layoffs

journalism is not really dying. it's being stripped for parts by people who have never cared about it https://t.co/eIHlS3xFfg