Former Stoughton police officer charged with death row – NBC Boston

A former Stoughton, Massachusetts police detective has been charged in connection with the death of Sandra Birchmore. He is accused of killing her and then staging her apartment to make it look like she had committed suicide.

Matthew Farwell is accused of having a sexual relationship with Birchmore for several years, including before she was 16, court documents say. When Birchmore became pregnant around 2020, she told Farwell he was the father of her child. The indictment says Farwell strangled Birchmore in February 2021 and then staged her apartment to make the death look like a suicide, the indictment says.

Birchmore, who was three months pregnant, was found dead in 2021. Although her death was initially ruled a suicide, according to the Boston Globe, a pathologist hired by her family concluded that Birchmore's death was actually a homicide.

Birchmore's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

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