Mother Who Murdered Three Daughters Found Suitable for Parole; DA Opposes Release

Mother Who Murdered Three Daughters Found Suitable for Parole; DA Opposes Release
On February 20, 2026, the Board of Parole Hearings found 53-year-old Megan Hogg suitable for release during a parole hearing held at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.
Hogg was convicted in the March 23, 1998 murders of her three daughters, who were 2, 3, and 7 years old at the time of their deaths.
Prosecutors said Hogg taped the children’s mouths and feet before smothering them to death, alleging she killed them out of anger because they were closer to their grandmother, who had been helping care for them.
Hogg pleaded no contest to three counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Ten family members appeared at the 2026 hearing. Seven of Hogg’s immediate family members supported her release. Three members of the children’s father’s family also attended, with two opposing her release and one deferring to the board’s decision.
This was Hogg’s fifth parole hearing in less than eight years and the second time she has been found suitable for release.
In 2018, she was initially found suitable for parole, but then-Governor Jerry Brown reversed that decision months later following opposition from the family and the district attorney’s office. She was denied parole in subsequent hearings in 2019, 2021, and 2023.
On February 23, 2026, the district attorney’s office stated it “continues to strongly oppose Megan Hogg’s release on parole.” The case will now be sent to Governor Gavin Newsom for review.

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