The Sandra Birchmore Case: Cop on Trial for Alleged Staged Suicide

The Robbie Harvey Show · Oct 20, 2026 · 33m

A former Massachusetts police detective is on trial for allegedly killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and staging her death to look like a suicide.

Federal prosecutors say Matthew Farwell began sexually abusing Birchmore when she was just 15 years old while he was a volunteer instructor in the Stoughton Police Explorers youth program. The relationship allegedly continued for years, including while he was on duty, until she became pregnant in late 2020.

Prosecutors allege he strangled her with a bag strap in her Canton apartment on or about February 1, 2021, then staged the scene as a hanging…