Matthew Farwell convicted in the 2021 deaths of Sandra Birchmore and her unborn baby
Jurors said Farwell strangled Birchmore and staged her death as a suicide to hide a years-long sexual relationship, prosecutors said.
- On Tuesday, a Boston federal jury convicted former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell on two counts: killing a witness and causing the death of an unborn child in Sandra Birchmore's 2021 death.
- Prosecutors argued Farwell killed the pregnant 23-year-old in her Canton apartment to prevent her from disclosing their years-long sexual relationship, which began when she was 15, and staged the scene as a suicide.
- Evidence showed Birchmore's phone recorded final movement at 9:40 p.m. on February 1, 2021, minutes before surveillance video captured Farwell leaving her apartment building at 9:43 p.m. Experts testified her injuries were consistent with a homicidal act.
- Reporting a deadlock on Monday, jurors ultimately returned the guilty verdict on Tuesday. Farwell faces a mandatory life sentence without parole, with sentencing scheduled for February 3, 2027.
- Local authorities initially ruled the death a suicide, but federal investigators later intervened after evidence was overlooked, ultimately leading to Farwell's indictment. Supporters of Birchmore's family gasped in court as the verdict was read.
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Ex-officer convicted of killing Massachusetts pregnant woman to keep her quiet about sex abuse
A former police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant Massachusetts woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15.
Ex-Massachusetts police officer convicted of murdering pregnant woman in staged suicide - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Massachusetts police detective has been found guilty of murdering a young pregnant woman prosecutors say he had been grooming since she was a teenager. Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton Police Department detective, was convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore inside her Canton apartment in February 2021. [...]
Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — A former police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant Massachusetts woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15. Matthew Farwell, 40, was
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