SCOUT· 38%19m·2026-10-10·True CrimeMatthew Farwell trial | Recap opening statements in case over Sandra Birchmore's death
The former Stoughton police detective is standing trial for allegedly killing a woman he'd groomed and had a sexual relationship with beginning when she was 15, then staging her death to look like a suicide. We have full analysis from inside federal court in Boston and go over the similarities in the Farwell-Birchmore…
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“He was not the only predator though what happened to the other officers that violated her??? DNA has to match one of them for that baby!!! May she RIP those monsters need to pay!!!”
“Throw the whole book at him and the cops that helped cover it up”
“Well put together episode and panel.”
“Why are they not going for the death penalty? Is it cause he was a police officer? Or cause he looks like the prosecutors? This is why ppl are against the death penalty. Prejudice PoS prosecutors get to pick and choose when they want to pur…”
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