To Serve and Betray | The Sandra Birchmore Case: United States v Matthew Farwell
When 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore was found dead inside her Massachusetts apartment in February 2021, investigators initially ruled her death a suicide. But Sandra was pregnant, excited about becoming a mother, and making plans for her future. Her family believed there was more to the story.
What followed would expose disturbing allegations involving multiple officers from the Stoughton Police Department, including a detective Sandra had known since she was just 12 years old.
More than three years after her death, former detective Matthew Farwell was arrested and charged with killing Sandra and causing the death of her unborn child.
Now, as his federal trial unfolds, jurors are hearing explosive testimony about secret relationships, thousands of private messages, alleged grooming and sexual abuse, and the evidence prosecutors say proves Sandra was murdered.
In this episode of 13th Juror Podcast, we're breaking down Sandra's story, the investigation that initially classified her death as a suicide, and the testimony from the first two weeks of Matthew Farwell's trial.
Was Sandra's death a suicide, as the defense maintains? Or did someone go to extraordinary lengths to make a murder look like one?
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