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Matthew Farwell found guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore, her unborn baby
Turnto10.com ^ | 11/10/2026 | Michael Casey

Posted on 11/10/2026 1:10:25 PM PST by massmike

A former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15.

Matthew Farwell, 40, of Easton, was found guilty of strangling Birchmore on Feb. 1, 2021 - 12 days after a tipster called the suburban Boston police department where he worked and reported that they'd had an improper relationship. Birchmore, who was 23 when she died, had been in a tumultuous relationship with the detective, whom she first met while participating in a Stoughton Police Department youth program as a child.

Prosecutors said Farwell staged the crime scene to make her death look like a suicide - and that it nearly worked. Massachusetts State Police investigators quickly concluded that Birchmore killed herself. But the FBI began looking into the case two years later and concluded it was a homicide.

Federal prosecutors harshly criticized the initial police investigation at Farwell's trial, saying officers didn't follow leads and closed the case too quickly.

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1 posted on 11/10/2026 1:10:26 PM PST by massmike
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To: massmike

Howie Carr now reviewing the situation on at least WRKO.


2 posted on 11/10/2026 1:13:32 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: massmike

He’s going to make all kinds of close, intimate friends in prison ...


3 posted on 11/10/2026 1:13:51 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: massmike

It was a suicide by strangulation?


4 posted on 11/10/2026 1:32:54 PM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


5 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:07 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


6 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:08 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


7 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:10 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


8 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:13 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


9 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:14 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: NorthMountain

The guilty cop’s brother was also having sex with this girl.
I am from this area. There are MORE than a few bad cops (local and state) around here.


10 posted on 11/10/2026 1:34:15 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: BansheeBill

Sorry for the multiple reply
Not sure how that happened


11 posted on 11/10/2026 1:36:22 PM PST by BansheeBill
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To: BansheeBill

Finger bounce?


12 posted on 11/10/2026 1:36:52 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: NorthMountain
“ He’s going to make all kinds of close, intimate friends in prison ...”

Nah, he will spend the rest of his life in segregation with the snitches and child molesters.

13 posted on 11/10/2026 1:37:02 PM PST by circlecity
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To: fwdude
suicide by strangulation?

That's possible......if she had information that could put Hillary Clinton in jail....

14 posted on 11/10/2026 1:42:48 PM PST by massmike (I'm only here to observe these earthlings.)
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To: BansheeBill

Six of ‘em. I think that’s some kind of record right there.


15 posted on 11/10/2026 1:50:00 PM PST by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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