BOSTON (WHDH) – Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a judge to move his murder trial out of state.
Farwell is accused of strangling and killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was pregnant at the time, in her Canton apartment in 2021. Federal prosecutors said he then staged her death to make it look like she committed suicide. Farwell also faces charges in the death of the unborn baby.
Authorities said Farwell began a sexual relationship with Birchmore when she was 15-years-old and a student in his class for young people interested in law enforcement careers…