Lawyers for Matthew Farwell moved to dismiss the indictment against the former Stoughton police officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore, arguing in a court filing that the indictment is vague and unspecific.
Farwell was indicted on a single charge of killing a witness or victim in August 2024 — more than three years after Birchmore was found dead in her Canton apartment. He was then indicted again last fall, with prosecutors adding a charge of protection of unborn children, accusing Farwell of causing the death of Birchmore’s baby.
The charge of killing a witness or victim accuses Farwell of killing Birchmore, whom he is accused of sexually abusing, beginning when she was a teenager, to prevent her from reporting him for possibly committing a federal crime…