Farwell’s Twin Wore a Badge When Sandra Told Him She Was 15. Why Did He Do Nothing?
Matthew Farwell’s twin brother William was a Stoughton police officer when Sandra Birchmore told him what she said started with Matthew at fifteen. With Matthew now convicted by a federal jury of killing Sandra and her unborn child, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins me on Hidden Killers to talk about why so many people around her looked away.
William’s answer to Sandra was a one-word text. On the stand, with a grant of immunity, he said he’d brushed her off because he didn’t believe her and couldn’t picture Matthew being that careless. He also admitted that he’d been with Sandra himself after she was an adult, sometimes while he was working.
Shavaun and I get into how “he would never do that” shuts down hard questions, how a man’s own secrets decide what he’s willing to report, and why protecting a coworker so often beats protecting a young woman. We also talk about why the person who speaks up can take more blame than the one doing wrong, and how to help someone come forward when she’s afraid of what happens next.
Farwell faces a mandatory life sentence in February.
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