Jurors See Photos, Video From Sandra Birchmore's Apartment in Trial of Matthew Farwell
- On Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Matthew Dunne testified in the federal murder trial of former Stoughton Police Detective Matthew Farwell, detailing an unrecorded interview conducted shortly after Sandra Birchmore was found dead on February 4, 2021.
- Prosecutors allege Farwell killed the 23-year-old Birchmore to hide their long-term sexual relationship, which they claim began when she was 15 and he was 27; Farwell allegedly staged the scene to appear as a suicide.
- Surveillance footage from February 1, 2021, captured Farwell entering Birchmore's building wearing a mask, a detail witnesses called 'odd' given his public disdain for COVID-19 precautions.
- Dunne acknowledged making a 'tactical decision' not to take notes during the February 6, 2021, interview to prevent Farwell from 'shutting down,' though prosecutors argue he was staging the scene.
- The death was initially ruled a suicide, but the medical examiner later changed the manner to 'undetermined' in 2025; trial proceedings continue, with the jury expected to hear from additional witnesses regarding digital evidence.
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DNA names army recruiter as Sandra Birchmore's baby's father during Monday's testimony
Jurors in Matthew Farwell’s federal murder trial learned Monday that DNA testing that ultimately showed the former Stoughton police officer was not the biological father of Sandra Birchmore’s unborn child did match that of a U.S. Army recruiter.
Sandra Birchmore Texted Cop ‘We Are Going to Be Parents’ Weeks Before He Killed Her: FBI Agent
An FBI agent testifying in Matthew Farwell’s ongoing murder trial revealed the text Sandra Birchmore sent to the former Massachusetts police officer in which she announced to him that she was pregnant. Farwell, 40, a former Stoughton officer, is accused of killing Birchmore, 23, and staging her death as a suicide in February 2021 to […]
Prior to Birchmore's death she was excited about her pregnancy, friend says in murder trial
Friend of Sandra Birchmore testified that they never discussed suicide in the trial against a former Stoughton police officer accused of killing the pregnant woman. Defense attorneys claim Birchmore killed herself.
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