BOSTON – Former Stoughton, Massachusetts police officer Matthew Farwell, accused of killing a pregnant woman in 2021, has filed a request in federal court asking for his detention hearing next week to be canceled.
Farwell was arrested on August 28. A grand jury indictment alleges that Farwell strangled 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore to death inside her Canton apartment, and then staged the scene to make it look like she had died by suicide. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.
He is due back in court on September 12 for his rescheduled detention hearing. On Saturday morning, he requested that hearing be canceled.