Daly City mother who killed 3 daughters may be released from prison less than 30 years later
Feb 24, 2026
(KRON) -- A Daly City mother who murdered her three young daughters in 1998 was found suitable for parole on Friday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Megan Hogg was 25 years old when, on March 23, 1998, she taped the mouths and feet of her daughters -- aged 2, 3 and 7
years old -- and smothered them to death. Prosecutors said Hogg killed her children “out of anger that the children loved their grandmother who was taking care of the children more than her.”
Hogg pleaded no contest to three counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Megan Hogg (Photo: San Mateo County Sheriff's Office)
A parole hearing was conducted on Friday at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. Ten family members appeared at the hearing, with seven of Hogg’s immediate family members supporting her release, according to the DA’s office. Three family members from the children’s father’s side also appeared, and two of them opposed her release. The remaining family member deferred to the Board of Parole Hearings panel’s discretion.
The board ultimately found Hogg, now 53 years old, suitable for release on parole. Friday’s hearing was her fifth parole hearing in less than eight years and the second time that she has been found suitable for release in the case.
In 2018, Hogg was given her first parole hearing despite her 25-year-to-life prison sentence. The board at that time found her ready to be released five years early. The little girls’ family, along with the DA’s office, pleaded to then-Governor Jerry Brown to keep her in prison. Gov. Brown would reverse the board’s decision four months later.
Hogg had three more hearings in 2019, 2021 and 2023, where she was denied parole.
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On Monday, the DA’s office said it “continues to strongly oppose Megan Hogg’s release on parole.” The case will be sent to Governor Gavin Newsom’s office for review.
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