The cop who killed her — then staged it as a suicide. 🚔
📅 11 November 2026
A Boston jury has found former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell, 41, guilty of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child — and staging her death to look like a suicide.
Birchmore was found dead in her apartment in Canton, Massachusetts, in February 2021. Her death was first ruled a suicide — until federal investigators took a second look. Prosecutors said Farwell killed her to silence her about their relationship and her pregnancy. She was 15 when it began; he was a 27-year-old officer who met her through the police Explorer program.
The jury deliberated for roughly 14 hours — at one point telling the judge they were deadlocked — before returning guilty verdicts on both counts: killing a witness, and causing the death of an unborn child. Farwell faces life in prison. Sentencing is set for 3 February 2027.
He was the officer meant to protect her. What sentence fits a crime like this? 👇