About this episode
When 8 month old Matthew Eappen was admitted to hospital with signs of a severe head trauma, and died just days later of his injuries, doctors and police suspected abuse. Louise Woodward, Matthew’s 18 year old British au pair, was quickly arrested and tried for his murder; and although she denied ever hurting the baby, many experts seriously doubted her story. With the medical evidence pointing in every direction, in this week’s episode Suruthi and Hannah put shaken baby syndrome and the case of Louise Woodward under the microscope... References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWVHYKvCVO4 https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/louise-woodward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBAHCc96-YE https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nanny-controversy-flares-again/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nanny-controversy-flares-again/ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/doctor-admits-head-fracture-could-have-been-weeks-old-1.113939 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .