Sandra Birchmore: Police Paperwork Said WHAT to Examiner?!
Sandra Birchmore’s death was called a suicide before the medical examiner had a full picture of what investigators would eventually find. At Matthew Farwell’s federal trial, Dr. María del Mar Capó-Martínez testified that her office was not summoned to the apartment and that police reports presented suicide and no foul play as the working explanation.
She performed the February 5, 2021 autopsy and initially classified Sandra’s manner of death as suicide. On April 30, 2026, the office revised the manner to undetermined and shortened the cause from asphyxia by hanging to asphyxia. Prosecutors argue the original determination was undermined by missing context. Farwell’s defense challenges the revision and continues to argue that Sandra took her own life.
Then William Farwell, Matthew’s twin and another former Stoughton officer, took the stand under immunity. William acknowledged an intimate relationship with Sandra while he was on police duty, dating their relationship to 2018. Jurors were also shown a message about Sandra being 15 when her involvement with Matthew began. William further described a conversation in which Matthew said he had wiped phone information. His account is testimony, not a separate conviction or a verdict against Matthew.
Matthew Farwell has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges alleging that he killed Sandra and her unborn child.
Tony Brueski is joined by defense attorney Bob Motta, former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke, and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott. Together they examine the gap between what the first officers told the examiner, what William said on the witness stand, and what jurors must still decide without confusing suspicion with proof.
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