More than two years ago, the body of Sandra Birchmore (23) was discovered in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Initially, it was assumed that it was a suicide. However, a few days ago, a police officer was arrested who is strongly suspected of having murdered the pregnant woman.
Birchmore had attended a police open house as a student. In October 2012, the then 15-year-old received a Facebook friend request from her future killer.
Then 27-year-old police officer Matthew Farwell began manipulating the minor through chat and building an abusive relationship with her.
“Rape fantasies” and “addiction under control”
This toxic relationship lasted for years and was marked by the officer’s “rape fantasies” and “control addiction.” While Farwell indulged his deviant urges with Birchmore, he lived the life of a loving family man with a wife and three children to friends and acquaintances.
Victim became pregnant – affair threatened to come to light
The double life threatened to come to light when Sandra Birchmore became pregnant. News reports suggest she wanted to officially name the hulking police officer as the father on the birth certificate. On January 30, 2021, she asked him about possible baby names, to which Farwell replied that they would have to discuss it in person.
Two days later, the planned meeting took place at the pregnant woman’s apartment, where Farwell suffocated her and staged the crime scene to look like a suicide. How investigators were able to track down the police officer is not yet known.
There is a risk of life imprisonment
After the arrest on August 28, 2024, the prosecution simply stated that new evidence led to the arrest. Farwell faces up to life in prison in Massachusetts.
Source: Krone
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