Trial opens for ex-Massachusetts officer charged in Sandra Birchmore's death
Opening statements were set for Friday in the trial of former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell, charged with killing Sandra Birchmore, whose 2021 death was first ruled a suicide.
Opening statements are set to begin Friday in the trial of Matthew Farwell, a former Massachusetts police officer charged with killing Sandra Birchmore, CBS News reports. Birchmore was pregnant. Her death was initially ruled a suicide in 2021.
Prosecutors say Farwell was an officer in Stoughton. Fox News reports they allege he groomed Birchmore starting when she was 15. They also allege he later strangled her over her pregnancy and staged the death to look like a suicide.
Fox News describes the case as a murder trial. The allegations are prosecutors' claims. The reports do not say how Farwell has pleaded or what his defense will argue.
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- Fox NewsFormer Massachusetts police officer faces murder trial over pregnant woman's staged suicideFri, Oct 9, 6:00 AM EDT
- CBS NewsTrial begins for former cop accused of killing pregnant woman and staging it as suicideFri, Oct 9, 10:03 AM EDT
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