{"id":108893,"date":"2026-11-10T19:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/matthew-farwell-convicted-of-killing-sandra-birchmore-and-unborn-child-in-massachusetts-murder-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:09:04","slug":"matthew-farwell-convicted-of-killing-sandra-birchmore-and-unborn-child-in-massachusetts-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/matthew-farwell-convicted-of-killing-sandra-birchmore-and-unborn-child-in-massachusetts-murder-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Farwell convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child in Massachusetts murder trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>A jury has found former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/live-updates\/matthew-farwell-trial-closing-sandra-birchmore-live-updates\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Matthew Farwell<\/a><\/span>\u00a0guilty of killing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/sandra-birchmore-death-homicide-stoughton-police-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sandra Birchmore<\/a><\/span> and her unborn child. The verdict was read in federal court in South Boston Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Farwell was charged with killing a witness or victim and causing the death of an unborn child. He pleaded not guilty. The jury had previously said in a note on Monday that it was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/farwell-trial-judge-jury-deadlock-note-sandra-birchmore\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;in a deadlock.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There were gasps from Birchmore&#8217;s family as the verdict was read aloud in court.<\/p>\n<p>Farwell faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2027. The Department of Justice could have pursued the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/matthew-farwell-sandra-birchmore-no-death-penalty\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">death penalty<\/a><\/span> against Farwell, but decided last year it would not. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jurors heard from 50 witnesses over four weeks of testimony. To convict Farwell on the charge of killing a witness or victim, jurors had to find find that he not only killed Birchmore, but that he did so to prevent her from reporting his crimes to federal authorities. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farwell and Birchmore met when she was a 13-year-old cadet in the Stoughton Police Department&#8217;s youth explorers program. Prosecutors say Farwell began a sexual relationship with her when she was just 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Birchmore was found dead in her Canton apartment with a strap hanging around her neck in February 2021. Her death was initially ruled a suicide. But more than three years later, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/sandra-birchmore-matthew-farwell-stoughton-police-charges\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Farwell was arrested<\/a><\/span> and the medical examiner changed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/sandra-birchmore-cause-of-death-medical-examiner\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Birchmore&#8217;s manner of death<\/a><\/span> to &#8220;undetermined.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors made the case that Farwell strangled Birchmore, who was pregnant with what she believed was his child, and then staged her death to look like a suicide in order to cover up their years-long affair. 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