Who Wants Sandra Birchmore's Medical Examiner on the Stand?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Oct 12, 2026 · 27m

Jury selection in the Matthew Farwell trial began October 6 in Boston, and the first fight is over one doctor. Sandra Birchmore's medical examiner ruled her 2021 death a suicide, then changed it to undetermined in April 2026. Prosecutors want her on the stand to explain both rulings, and so does the defense.

Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective, has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors say he strangled Sandra on February 1, 2021, to keep her from reporting a relationship they say began when she was 15. The defense says he went there to end it and that she took her own life after he left…