Sandra Birchmore told people about Matthew Farwell long before anyone stopped him. After a federal jury convicted Farwell of killing her and her unborn son, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins me to talk about why the people around her looked away.

Sandra texted his twin, William, also a Stoughton cop, that she was fifteen when it began with Matthew. William answered "Nice," and later testified he hadn't believed her. William had his own secret: he'd been involved with Sandra too, including on duty. When a friend of Sandra's called the Stoughton station less than two weeks before her death, the dispatcher testified the desk officer told him to forget about it, and the dispatcher said he'd treated it as a personal call for Detective Farwell.

Shavaun and I talk about the phrase "he would never do that," the way a person's own secrets keep him quiet, and why protecting a brother or a coworker can come before protecting Sandra. We also talk about why speaking up can make people angrier at you than at the man doing wrong, and how to help someone come forward when she's afraid.

Farwell will be sentenced in February.

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