Why William Farwell Didn't Take Sandra Birchmore Seriously

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Oct 28, 2026 · 39m

Matthew Farwell's twin brother William was a Stoughton cop when Sandra Birchmore told him she was 15 the first time she was with Matthew, and on October 27th he told a federal jury why he didn't believe her. William testified with immunity and said he asked his brother about it for the first time after Sandra was dead, and Matthew said no. Then Dr. Bill Smock, the government's strangulation expert, testified her death scene was altered, pointing to a broken neck bone, a clasp mark made while her heart was beating and a necklace snapped under the strap. Farwell's lawyer Joanne Daley countered…