Former Stoughton officer due in court, charged with murder of Sandra Birchmore

BOSTON (WHDH) – Former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell, charged with killing a pregnant woman, is headed to court.

Sandra Birchmore was murdered in Canton four years ago; the case is being tried in federal court in Boston where a pre-trial conference is scheduled for Thursday.

Prosecutors said Farwell, who is no longer an officer, killed Birchmore, 23, in 2021. According to the federal indictment he strangled her in her Canton apartment and made it look like a suicide…

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