The mental health counselor who treated Sandra Birchmore is back on the stand in the trial of former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell, testifying that she was in disbelief at the theory that Birchmore took her own life. Dr.
What to Know Ex-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore at her Canton apartment in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant and that he was the father. DNA evidence later showed that he was not the father of the unborn child.
On Monday in the Matthew Farwell trial, Sandra Birchmore’s therapist is expected to finish her testimony. The doctor, who left court in tears on Friday,...
Federal prosecutors are working double duty as they try to convict Matthew Farwell and persuade the jury that State Police mishandled the initial investigation into Sandra Birchmore's death.
What to Know Ex-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore at her Canton apartment in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant and that he was the father. DNA evidence later showed that he was not the father of the unborn child.
Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the Matthew Farwell trial. Farwell is charged with killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child and staging the...
Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the Matthew Farwell murder trial, after offering jurors a timeline of Sandra Birchmore’s movement in her final hours....
Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the Matthew Farwell murder trial, after offering jurors a timeline of Sandra Birchmore’s movement in her final hours....
What to Know Ex-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore at her Canton apartment in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant and that he was the father. DNA evidence later showed that he was not the father of the unborn child.
On Thursday, jurors are set to hear from witnesses including a former boyfriend of Birchmore, the state's chief medical examiner, and a technician from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Defense lawyers for Matthew Farwell called Massasoit Community College Administrator Joseph Harris on Wednesday, who testified that in December 2017, Birchmore had told him she’d tried to commit suicide.
Matthew Farwell’s defense team called more witnesses to the stand Thursday, after the prosecution rested their cast Wednesday afternoon. They called a former boyfriend of...
What to Know Ex-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore at her Canton apartment in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant and that he was the father. DNA evidence later showed that he was not the father of the unborn child.
The psychiatrist is Dr. Melissa Piasecki, and she is the first of about a half dozen expert witnesses that Matthew Farwell plans to call as part of his defense.
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