The former Massachusetts police officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore after grooming her for years has been charged with a second crime in federal court.
Matthew Farwell, who had already been facing a charge of killing a witness or victim, was also charged on Tuesday with violating a federal law protecting unborn children by causing the death of the child that Birchmore was pregnant with.
The new indictment filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, includes new details about Birchmore’s pregnancy: the child was male, conceived about 8-10 weeks before…