S02 Ep07: Megan
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What shocking evidence did Andrea uncover about her sister's case?
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People believe their eyes.
How does Andrea feel about the judicial system's handling of Megan's children?
That's something that actually is so central to this whole issue and to people that experience this, is that we do believe the people that we love when they're telling us something. I'm Andrea Dunlop, and this is Nobody Should Believe Me. This episode is going to be a departure from the Brittany Phillips case that we have been discussing all this season. Today, I'm going to tell you a little bit more about my own story. A year ago, I submitted a public records request to the agencies who investigated my sister for medical child abuse of her younger daughter. In response to that request, I received multiple voluminous files and am in fact still receiving files, including police reports, some of my sister's social media posts, nearly two years worth of emails between the investigating detective and various parties, as well as the court order dismissing the state's dependency petition.
I've based today's episode on these documents, and we will share a link to them in today's show notes. Because my sister named herself publicly by contacting the media, portraying herself as a parent who was falsely accused of medical child abuse, I feel it's especially important to use her real name today so that you can get a more complete picture of what happened in that case and the risks that children in these cases like my sister's face. My sister, Megan Carter, was originally investigated 12 years ago on suspicions of medically abusing her then one-year-old son. My parents and I felt that those suspicions were warranted for all the reasons that I discussed in season one of this show. I also mentioned in season one that she had been investigated a second time for possible medical child abuse of her younger daughter.
Since season one, I've gone much deeper into what is in the public record about that investigation. And during this period of the last three years of my life, I've spent a lot of it talking to experts about this form of abuse and what these patterns look like, including Detective Mike, who I'm going to talk to today, including people like Dr. Mark Feldman, Dr. Mary Sanders, Bea Yorker, all the other amazing people experts that we've had on this show.
What misleading article did Andrea and Mike discuss regarding Megan's case?
And looking at the records that I uncovered, I'm more convinced than ever that the system has utterly failed my niece and nephew. And as I've been digging into so many of these cases and hearing stories from survivors, from non-offending parents like the dads we talked to last season and a lot of other people that I've met since last season came out, I know now that the system fails most children. in this situation and I feel really strongly that if we don't bring these failures to light, nothing will ever change. I was obviously very careful about what parts of my sister's story and my life I talked about. In season one, I really talked about the things that I was there for, right? So the pregnancy, the birth of her first child, that first investigation.
I've been out of my sister's life for 12 years now. So, I mean, there's a huge portion of her life that I have not been a witness to, except from a distance. Since I wrote the book, We Came Here to Forget, my novel, I feel like I've gone through this experience over and over again. I'm saying like, okay, that's it. I'm done talking about this. But the reality is the situation isn't over and things continue to happen. And a lot has happened since my sister has been out of my life.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What shocking evidence did Andrea uncover about her sister's case?
0:04–1:04
2
How does Andrea feel about the judicial system's handling of Megan's children?
1:04–3:35
3
What misleading article did Andrea and Mike discuss regarding Megan's case?
3:35–5:06
4
What role does video evidence play in medical child abuse cases?
5:06–6:28
5
What alarming patterns were found in the medical history of Megan's children?
6:28–7:36
6
How did the judge's decision impact the custody of Megan's children?
7:36–8:50
7
What are the implications of the media's portrayal of medical child abuse?
8:50–9:54
8
What final thoughts does Andrea have about the case and its broader implications?
9:54–54:53