BOSTON (Court TV) — A police officer accused of killing his girlfriend — with whom he began a relationship when he was married and she was 15 years old — wants his case moved to another state, saying he can’t get a fair trial in Boston.
Matthew Farwell (Stoughton Police Department via AP)
Matthew Farwell, 39, is charged with killing Sandra Birchmore, 23, and her unborn child in 2021. Prosecutors have said that Farwell began a relationship with Birchmore when he was 26 and she was 15. They allege the relationship continued for years until Birchmore was found dead in her home, hanging from a strap tied to a closet door handle. Prosecutors have said that Farwell’s DNA was later found on that ligature.
Farwell’s trial is scheduled to begin in October, but his attorneys have renewed their motion to move the case out of Massachusetts, claiming media attention has intensified since their first request…