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She exchanged 40,000 texts with her alleged killer. At his trial, they’re being used to tell two different stories
- Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is on trial at the federal Moakley Courthouse in Boston for the death of Birchmore, with 40,000 text messages serving as central evidence in the case.
- Prosecutors allege Farwell killed Birchmore to prevent her from exposing years of grooming and a sexual relationship that began when she was 15, with her pregnancy marking a turning point in the relationship.
- On February 1, 2021, surveillance footage shows Farwell entering Birchmore's apartment; prosecutors cite 600 texts from her final hours to establish the timeline of events that night.
- A DNA test identified Army recruiter Jason Pickard as the father of Birchmore's unborn child, a finding defense attorneys argue undermines the prosecution's case and forensic evidence.
- Boston University Metropolitan College cybersecurity professor Kyung-shick Choi notes the messages' significance depends on their connection to physical evidence, as experts call such digital records 'highly unusual' in trials.
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She exchanged 40,000 texts with her alleged killer. At his trial, they’re being used to tell two different stories
Sandra Birchmore and Matthew Farwell exchanged some 40,000 text messages in the years before her 2021 death, investigators say. At Farwell’s trial, attorneys on both sides are using the messages to bolster their theories of the case.
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