Jury finds Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child

Jury finds Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child2 publishers · first seen Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:54 UTC · updated Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:52 UTCFormer police detective Matthew Farwell was found guilty of murdering Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child in February 2021. Farwell, who met Birchmore when she was a child in a police youth program, was convicted of strangling Birchmore and staging her death to look like a suicide. The case was initially ruled a suicide by Massachusetts State Police, but the FBI later concluded it was a homicide. Farwell faces a mandatory life sentence without parole.Content auto-generated. May contain inaccuracies.

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