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Matthew Farwell murder trial continues with testimony from victim's friend
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Sandra Birchmore was "enamored" with former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell and yearned to have his child, according to a close friend who encouraged detectives to investigate him after her suspicious death.
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Testimony begins in Matthew Farwell trial
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Matthew Farwell murder trial continues with testimony from victim's friend
Prosecutors are expected to call their first witnesses to the stand today in Matthew Farwell’s trial, but first the judge is expected to address two motions that were filed over the holiday weekend. The former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer is facing federal charges in the death of Sandra …
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police officer charged with grooming and killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell is on trial...
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police officer charged with grooming and killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell is on trial...
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police officer charged with grooming and killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell is on trial...
Testimony is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of Matthew Farwell, the former Stoughton police officer charged with grooming and killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell...
Jurors are expected to hear from a Stoughton detective who mentored Birchmore, staff from her school and apartment building, and officers who found her body.
The discovery of Sandra Birchmore's body is central to the prosecution of Matthew Farwell, as prosecutors allege he strangled her and staged the scene to look like a suicide.
Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective, is accused of killing Sandra Birchmore after sexually abusing her for years — beginning when she was a child — and staging her death to look like a suicide.
Testimony continued on Wednesday in the Matthew Farwell trial. Farwell is accused of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child after grooming her for...
Testimony continued on Wednesday in the Matthew Farwell trial. Farwell is accused of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child after grooming her for sex...
State authorities never brought charges against Matthew Farwell, and originally determined Birchmore’s death to be a suicide. He is now on trial on federal charges that he killed the 23-year-old Birchmore and her unborn child.
Testimony continued in former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell‘s murder trial Wednesday with the Massachusetts State Police trooper who interviewed him after Sandra Birchmore's suspicious death.
Testimony will continue Thursday in Matthew Farwell’s trial as jurors are expected to hear more details about some of the last interactions between the former Stoughton detective and Sandra Birchmore. Stoughton High School resource officer Robert Kuhn will be back on the stand this morning.
Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective, is accused of killing Sandra Birchmore after sexually abusing her for years — beginning when she was a child — and staging her death to look like a suicide.
Testimony continued in the Matthew Farwell trial Thursday morning. Prosecutors allege Farwell killed Sandra Birchmore, 23, to keep her from going public with their relationship...
Testimony continued in the Matthew Farwell murder trial Thursday morning, and embattled Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara took to the witness stand to testify about...
Sandra Birchmore was "enamored" with former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell and yearned to have his child, according to a close friend who encouraged detectives to investigate him after her suspicious death.
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