Did Sandra Birchmore Have to Be Perfect for People to Care?

On Hidden Killers Live, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and I ask why Sandra Birchmore had to be perfect before people cared what happened to her. A federal jury has convicted former Stoughton detective Matthew Farwell of killing Sandra and her unborn child.

The defense argued suicide and pointed to her emotional struggles, her mental health history and her grief. Jurors also heard about the other men in her life, including Farwell's twin brother and the man DNA later showed was the baby's father. Sandra's own therapist testified she didn't believe Sandra was suicidal, and the baby's father testified about how excited Sandra was to become a mother.

Shavaun explains why people stop listening once a woman gets labeled, why her struggles were treated as an answer while her excitement about her baby wasn't, and why a woman's relationships change how people feel about what was done to her. We also talk about the comfort of telling ourselves "I would never let that happen," and what Sandra's case says to women who are scared of not being believed.

Farwell will be sentenced in February, and the conviction carries a mandatory life term.

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