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Prosecutors in Sandra Birchmore case say they have DNA evidence they intend to use
Federal prosecutors say they intend to introduce DNA evidence in their case against Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell has been indicted on federal charges in the death of 23-year-old Birchmore, who was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts, apartment in February 2021. She was three months pregnant. Farwell is accused of strangling…
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Upcoming hearing for ex-Stoughton officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore canceled. Here's why
Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police detective accused of grooming Sandra Birchmore as a teen and then killing her when she became pregnant with his child as an adult, has requested the cancellation of an upcoming hearing so his attorney can have more time to review his case. Farwell is facing federal charges in the death of Birchmore, who was…
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Ex-Stoughton officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore asks for more time to review case
Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police detective accused of grooming Sandra Birchmore as a teen and then killing her when she became pregnant with his child as an adult, has requested the cancellation of an upcoming hearing so his attorney can have more time to review his case. Farwell is facing federal charges in the death of Birchmore, who was…
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Sandra Birchmore's family speaks: ‘Her biggest wish was to become a mother'
The family of Sandra Birchmore is reacting to the decision to charge a former Stoughton police officer with her murder. In a statement to NBC10 Boston, Birchmore’s family said “based on our personal memories of her and the stories we have heard from others close to her, it is clear that Sandra had a huge heart and did everything...
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Exclusive: Birchmore family reacts to arrest of alleged murderer
The family of Sandra Birchmore is reacting to the decision to charge a former Stoughton police officer with her murder.
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‘Her family deserves answers and she deserves justice': Gov. Healey weighs in on Sandra Birchmore case
Twice this week, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was asked about the Sandra Birchmore case, and both times she spoke forcefuly, saying Birchmore’s family deserves answers and she deserves justice. Former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell pleaded not guilty last week after he was indicted on charges he strangled Birchmore in early 2021 and tried to stage her death as a…
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Birchmore's family feels vindicated after Farwell's arrest: ‘Truth has finally come to light'
Relatives of Sandra Birchmore say there has been a sense of relief since charges were brought against a former police detective in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Birchmore died in February 2021, and while her death was initially ruled a suicide, her family and others have said she was killed. Matthew Farwell, who was a detective with the Stoughton Police Department, has been…
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TIMELINE: Sandra Birchmore's contacts with Stoughton officer now accused of killing her
More than three years after a pregnant Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts, apartment, the former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective with whom she’d allegedly been in a yearslong sexual relationship with was indicted, accused of strangling her and then staging the scene to look like she committed suicide. Former Stoughton Police Det. Matthew Farwell, 38, is accused...
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What we know about Matthew Farwell's connection with Sandra Birchmore
A former Stoughton police detective, now on the other side of the law, faces some serious charges. Matthew Farwell has been charged in the death of Sandra Birchmore, which was previously considered a suicide.
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Here's what we know about Matthew Farwell's connection with Sandra Birchmore
Three years after it was believed Sandra Birchmore took her own life, a former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective was arrested for her murder. Former Stoughton Police Det. Matthew Farwell, 38, is accused of killing her in her own Canton home while she was pregnant. It was a three-year long investigation, starting with an internal investigation with Stoughton police, and then…
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‘FARWELL killed Birchmore': Read the feds' Sandra Birchmore indictment
Federal investigators have made explosive new allegations in the death Sandra Birchmore, a woman whose death in Canton, Massachusetts, in 2021 was initially ruled a suicide. In an indictment filed this week in Boston’s federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts alleges that Matthew Farwell, who was at the time a detective in Stoughton, killed Birchmore, a 23-year-old...