Sandra Birchmore and Ken Urker Both Deserved Better Than THIS

Yeah, it's a tragic case.

I mean, the thing that strikes me the most is I look at this young woman who was pregnant and living on her own and had been groomed by this asshole since she was a child going to this explorer's program within the police department in order – You know, to maybe carve herself out a career and she gets preyed upon.

And this thing lasts for a decade.

And this guy's married with two kids.

Everything about it makes me physically ill.

You know, and Tony, you know, I am a die in the world defense attorney.

This is one case where I would prosecute the fuck out of this guy.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Oh, my God.

I mean, when we look at this case, I'm baffled.

I'm baffled that I'm not because I'm more jaded now because we've been doing this for several years.

And you've you've enlightened me in so many ways to look out for from shady officers and things of that nature.

And this thing is just filled with it from a defense perspective.

What should have triggered, I mean, a full homicide workup in that apartment before anyone even walked out? This clearly was sus from the from the drop.

The short answer is everything in that room.

Yeah.

Everything in that room.

You have a ligature that is a duffel bag strap.

And that's kind of an odd thing to use for one with a closet full of belts and cords.

You know, you've got the broken pendant.

which she wore religiously, which would, to me, suggest – if I'm a cop, would suggest force that was applied to her neck from somewhere other than her own body's weight.

You've got the fact that she's a pregnant woman.

You have a decedent with a documented relationship with a cop who had been grooming her, and whether at that point they knew – That he was grooming her.

It wouldn't have taken too much to figure out if it wasn't already a buzz around that department, which I find hard to believe that it wouldn't be.