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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 who was pregnant at the time. The indictment says he was the child’s father, and that they’d had sexual contact since before she turned 16 — she was in the Stoughton Police Department’s youth Explorer program since she was 13.
“On or about February 1, 2021, FARWELL killed Birchmore by strangulation,” the indictment reads. “Shortly thereafter, FARWELL staged Birchmore’s Canton, Massachusetts apartment to make it appear as if Birchmore had committed suicide.”
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Read the full indictment, for a single count of killing a witness or victim, below.
Editor’s note: the allegations in the indictment may not be suitable for all readers.
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Large emergency response after truck strikes overhang at Harwichport Resort Club
Harwich police and fire have responded to the Harwichport Resort Club off Route 28 after a truck struck the building’s overhang.
Police said personnel will be on scene for “an extended period of time” securing the building. T…
Ex-Stoughton police detective indicted in death of Sandra Birchmore
A former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective has been indicted in the death of Sandra Birchmore, accused of killing her and then staging her apartment to make it appear she had committed suicide.
Matthew Farwell is accused of having a s…
