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Ex-Massachusetts police officer convicted of murdering pregnant woman in staged suicide
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Matthew Farwell, a former Massachusetts police officer, was convicted of murder in the death of Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman found dead in 2022. Birchmore had threatened to expose a relationship with Farwell that began when she was 15 years old. Farwell's defense claimed Birchmore's death was a suicide, but prosecutors presented evidence the death was staged as a murder.
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