MA - Sandra Birchmore, Stoughton, 4 Feb 2021 *former police officer arrested*

[Derph]

Finally a MSM article discussing the FBI investigation into the KR and SB cases.

Feds have stepped in on Karen Read, Sandra Birchmore cases. Experts say it's unusual.

Legal experts say it’s unusual for federal authorities to become involved in a local investigation, especially twice within the same county, as has happened in the Karen Read and Sandra Birchmore cases.

www.nbcboston.com

Yup and rightfully so. Here's another: Disgraced Stoughton detective could face death penalty in alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore

The fist sentence says a lot to me :

" After 38-year-old Matthew Farwell faced a federal judge in Boston Wednesday, security and legal experts assure us this is just the beginning of a deep-dive into years of allegations amongst the Stoughton Police Department."

This gives us a reason why the Fed investigations into other cases are taking so long. This isn't just one or two guys straying off course. It's a multi-layered problem going back years. For those that have cast such serious doubts about conspiracies, cover-ups and frame jobs in law enforcement in other cases how do you feel now?

These men tried to place the blame of Sandra Birchmore's death ON Sandra!!! So not only did Farwell murder her, he further tarnished that poor girl's life, reputation, dignity, spirit and soul by attaching suicide to her death in his last act of abuse and humiliation. Everyone who had a hand in covering that up are equally as guilty. They knew and did absolutely nothing about it.

There is no way to ignore the fact that many of the same players in Sandra Birchmore's investigation are some of the same players in the John O'Keefe investigation, unless one sticks their head in the sand. There are too many similarities. Framing innocent people is not a problem for these people. It's as easy as throwing away a bag of garbage or squashing an ant. It means nothing to them. The lines bewteen right and wrong got blurred a looong time ago. The people screaming for action and justice are not just a couple of loudmouths or malcontents. Massachusetts is in the spotlight and it's only going to get worse with a re-trial of Karen Read, and a possible trial for Farwell. There are a lot of police under investigation up there. As the article states:

" Every officer in New England and every officer in the country is going to have to work harder at reestablishing that trust,” Linskey said."

 

[loveisthemovement]

It boggles my mind too, but so many people do such stupid things for sex. He obviously wanted his sick sexual relationship to continue so badly, that he didn't consider the consequences of a child and what that would entail for him. Then, reality finally hits him at some point, and then he commits murder.

I wondered this too...and then had a terrible thought about why MF would allow a child to happen, especially if he was hoping it was a girl. (sorry to even have to write that)

 

[Wishbone]

I wondered this too...and then had a terrible thought about why MF would allow a child to happen, especially if he was hoping it was a girl. (sorry to even have to write that)

After reading the texts and affidavit I got the impression that unprotected sex was to only happen one time and he was only doing this because SB threatened to expose him and ruin his life. The two of them seemed to argue about that. Maybe he was hoping the odds were in his favor, IDK. And there is always the possibility of him having the thought in the back of his mind, or maybe on his mind, that he could remove her threat from his life. I put nothing past him and he made it very clear he did not want a child with her.

 

[HarmonyE.]

The FBI works slowly and methodically. They've been on this case for a year, Levy said. And this is an incredibly straightforward case. The Canton cops and state police had the killer, a local cop, on video leaving the victim's home right after her phone moved for the last time. And it seems everyone who knew her knew he was the father of her baby.

The Read case, involving so many of the same law enforcement players, is more complex. But quoting Josh Levy from Wednesday's press conference, "When someone comes to our office with credible information that a police officer may have been involved in a murder, we are going to investigate that every single time."

 

[ch_13]

After reading the texts and affidavit I got the impression that unprotected sex was to only happen one time and he was only doing this because SB threatened to expose him and ruin his life.

rsbm.

They definitely got together more than one time. The affidavit has text messages indicating there were at least two unsuccessful attempts before SB conceived in December 2020. See paragraphs 40-45 of the doc.

 

[Wishbone]

rsbm.

They definitely got together more than one time. The affidavit has text messages indicating there were at least two unsuccessful attempts before SB conceived in December 2020. See paragraphs 40-45 of the doc.

https://www.scribd.com/document/763607893/Affidavit-of-FBI-Special-Agent-Chenee-Castruita-US-v-Matthew-Farwell-Sandra-Birchmore-Murder-Case

 

[ch_13]

https://www.scribd.com/document/763607893/Affidavit-of-FBI-Special-Agent-Chenee-Castruita-US-v-Matthew-Farwell-Sandra-Birchmore-Murder-Case

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Right. Farwell originally said it would be one time in October 2020, but read the rest of it.

In paragraph 44, "FARWELL continued to meet with Birchmore in person and text messages suggest that they remained sexually active." Then in paragraph 46, they discuss when Sandra became pregnant which was in early December.

So, in fact, whatever Farwell may have claimed he wanted, he ended up having unprotected sex with Sandra multiple times.

 

[Wishbone]

Right. Farwell originally said it would be one time, but look at 43 - 46.

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So they continued to have sex throughout November, although Sandra failed to conceive.

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And then in early December she became pregnant. And below they discuss the timeline of when she conceived.

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So, in fact, whatever Farwell may have claimed he wanted, he had unprotected sex with Sandra multiple times.

Yes, in my original post I mentioned they bickered about how things were going to happen and they ended up having sex many more times than the original one time in the beginning as far as I can tell. She keep threatening him and it was obvious his dislike of her was growing during the weeks they continued to argue. I believe eventually he ended up agreeing to get her PG. I wouldn't be surprised if that was when he decided to put an end to her. He even told her he wished she would just die.

 

[Izzylizzy]

His wife was in the hospital when Sandra was being murdered, and gave birth the next morning.
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Thanks for the info.
Yes, those poor children and hopefully the wife divorced him at the very least...doubtful though?
The SWAT team denied him the opportunity to go out in a blaze and who knows if he would have taken his family with him.
Had MF seen them at his residence he would have known damn well that his days of freedom and lies were over.
Too many LE have been injured/killed by approaching residences where the suspect is armed and holed up inside.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Yes shotgun^^^!….. one has to ask.

And IIUC two additional questions IMO are (and not directed at you):

1) why are there no state of MA charges in this matter for this ‘detective’ and others apparently involved with this; and when are those charges coming? And;

2) who in Stoughton police department apparently tipped Farwell to the information SB supposedly relayed to the department?

IMO those charges are still needed……. and the latter individual surely needs investigation as well. Hard not to believe that providing that information to the ‘detective’ didn’t in part lead to this sad outcome.

As to your latter question asked…….. I don’t know. But I think I have crossed this state off of my ‘bucket list’. If in the area I think am driving around it. Absolutely shocked at the depravity in this case. And this on the heels of following another high profile MA case. This poor dear child SB. SMH. MOO

I have the feeling that whoever SB's friend is who did call in the MF info was trying to do the right thing but was naive ( I get it) in thinking it would get to the proper authority within the police dept.
That is assuming that it didn't until we hear otherwise.
I may have done the same thing, even if it was years too late as in this case and it's only after paying somewhat attention to cases/trials here and watching TV legal minds following these kinds of cases I've come to the decision that the best route is first speaking to a TRUSTED defense lawyer,one you know or one that comes highly recommended to get advice on who can be trusted with information like this and actually following through.
We know that Mass DA Michael Morrissey was a tragic failure.

 

[HarmonyE.]

Thanks for the info.
Yes, those poor children and hopefully the wife divorced him at the very least...doubtful though?
The SWAT team denied him the opportunity to go out in a blaze and who knows if he would have taken his family with him.
Had MF seen them at his residence he would have known damn well that his days of freedom and lies were over.
Too many LE have been injured/killed by approaching residences where the suspect is armed and holed up inside.

I've heard he's being held in a Rhode Island federal detention center. I hope they have someone sitting outside his cell just staring at him 24 hours a day. He can't be allowed to evade justice.

 

[Izzylizzy]

If I were the local LEO, I'd, honestly, be too scared. Understanding that there is a bunch of dirty cops and they are covered by dirty PD chiefs and finally, by local county DA.

I am no hero, and mostly, I'd be scared for my family. If I ever suspected my colleague of being a killer, and a dumb but aggressive murderer, I'd get transferred, far, wherever they are hiring. I'd move away from the area invending a spouse's job or what's not.

So whoever was the whistle-blower to FBI is a hero.

I get it but there has to be someone within the state of Mass that a cop could go to?
Like Mass SBI or for starters your state Rep/Senator?
Whistleblower status could protect them.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

I have the feeling that whoever SB's friend is who did call in the MF info was trying to do the right thing but was naive ( I get it) in thinking it would get to the proper authority within the police dept.
That is assuming that it didn't until we hear otherwise.
I may have done the same thing, even if it was years too late as in this case and it's only after paying somewhat attention to cases/trials here and watching TV legal minds following these kinds of cases I've come to the decision that the best route is first speaking to a TRUSTED defense lawyer,one you know or one that comes highly recommended to get advice on who can be trusted with information like this and actually following through.
We know that Mass DA Michael Morrissey was a tragic failure.

Yes Izzylizzy…… I concur entirely! And hope I’ve not confused or was ambiguous in my post.

I am not at all faulting either SB (or her friend, since I’ve learned later apparently that it was a friend of SB that approached Stoughton PD / LE)….. to contact officials about apparent illegalities of an officer of their department.

On that point I am appalled that LE and who received that call DID NOT IMO do the right thing. Seems instead they went somehow to the now charged officer MF (and I am using the initials correctly for that individual)….. gave him a heads up? and then it all went wrong. Those individuals IMO are also culpable.

So IMO if police chief Donna McNamara that seems to have looked askance earlier in this case wants to do something now (as she professes in her statement) - “to ensure that justice was served” - can now investigate WITH and who was involved at Stoughton PD in that call! A call relating to police matters and confidential details relating to personal police conduct. Same applies to DA Michael Morrissey. I can’t type here my personal opinion of either of these individuals.

Sadly, with SB and her unborn child now dead apparently at the hands of one of their own - it is time they step up on her behalf. The more I read on this case - the sadder and more morose it becomes. And regrettably add to this case a DA also under apparent investigation in another high profile MA criminal case. Unbelievable. SMH. MOO

 

[Izzylizzy]

NBC10 Boston

@ 2:48 DA Morrissey is addressed and his office's response.

 

[Izzylizzy]

How would Newsweek know how to get in touch with Farwell's wife?
I'm curious is SB told her therapist what she was doing?


"Farwell and his wife married in May 2013, just before Birchmore turned 16. There is no record showing the draft message was ever sent to Farwell's wife.

Newsweek reached out to Farwell's wife about the situation, however, she has not yet responded.

That same day, Birchmore gave Farwell an ultimatum: he needed to agree to have unprotected sex with her to impregnate her, and in exchange, she would keep their relationship a secret."

Disturbing texts expose ex-cop charged with killing pregnant mistress

Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton Police Officer, was arrested for the murder of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her apartment.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Izzylizzy]

Yes Izzylizzy…… I concur entirely! And hope I’ve not confused or was ambiguous in my post.

I am not at all faulting either SB (or her friend, since I’ve learned later apparently that it was a friend of SB that approached Stoughton PD / LE)….. to contact officials about apparent illegalities of an officer of their department.

On that point I am appalled that LE and who received that call DID NOT IMO do the right thing. Seems instead they went somehow to the now charged officer MF (and I am using the initials correctly for that individual)….. gave him a heads up? and then it all went wrong. Those individuals IMO are also culpable.

So IMO if police chief Donna McNamara that seems to have looked askance earlier in this case wants to do something now (as she professes in her statement) - “to ensure that justice was served” - can now investigate WITH and who was involved at Stoughton PD in that call! A call relating to police matters and confidential details relating to personal police conduct. Same applies to DA Michael Morrissey. I can’t type here my personal opinion of either of these individuals.

Sadly, with SB and her unborn child now dead apparently at the hands of one of their own - it is time they step up on her behalf. The more I read on this case - the sadder and more morose it becomes. And regrettably add to this case a DA also under apparent investigation in another high profile MA criminal case. Unbelievable. SMH. MOO

I'm with you across the board yet SB's family knew so much about the MF and SB even back when he was tutoring her.
I saw the interview with SB's 2nd cousin, an older(then her) man and his lovely wife who were expressing relief that he was finally charged yet they knew much and never stepped in.
Everyone around SB knew it was the MF who killed her which speaks volumes.

I have a BIG problem with all the enablers and when the hell are people going to realize that when they think/feel something is wrong with a relationship between a child/young person and an older person it usually is.

 

[Maat99]

Yes, in my original post I mentioned they bickered about how things were going to happen and they ended up having sex many more times than the original one time in the beginning as far as I can tell. She keep threatening him and it was obvious his dislike of her was growing during the weeks they continued to argue. I believe eventually he ended up agreeing to get her PG. I wouldn't be surprised if that was when he decided to put an end to her. He even told her he wished she would just die.

100% agree. I felt so sorry for Sandra when reading those messages. She kept pretending that somehow this was a normal relationship that would somehow have a happy ending even though that murdering creep told her over and over it wasn’t going to happen. Her persistence with the threats of exposure while also looking forward to him coming to her baby shower etc.. etc..made me think that she had no concept of what love in a relationship looks like - due in large part I’m sure to the grooming and abuse she received.

 

[Izzylizzy]

100% agree. I felt so sorry for Sandra when reading those messages. She kept pretending that somehow this was a normal relationship that would somehow have a happy ending even though that murdering creep told her over and over it wasn’t going to happen. Her persistence with the threats of exposure while also looking forward to him coming to her baby shower etc.. etc..made me think that she had no concept of what love in a relationship looks like - due in large part I’m sure to the grooming and abuse she received.

Definitely and so damn sad and IMO:

By no fault of her own SB suffered from a lack of awareness.
Her emotional immaturity caused her to never consider how her actions affected MF and in return would affect her.
Her threatening him that she was going to tell his wife about them if she didn't get what she wanted..a baby.

An outside investigator/team is what is needed from here on in.

 

[Snoopster]

Yes Izzylizzy…… I concur entirely! And hope I’ve not confused or was ambiguous in my post.

I am not at all faulting either SB (or her friend, since I’ve learned later apparently that it was a friend of SB that approached Stoughton PD / LE)….. to contact officials about apparent illegalities of an officer of their department.

On that point I am appalled that LE and who received that call DID NOT IMO do the right thing. Seems instead they went somehow to the now charged officer MF (and I am using the initials correctly for that individual)….. gave him a heads up? and then it all went wrong. Those individuals IMO are also culpable.

So IMO if police chief Donna McNamara that seems to have looked askance earlier in this case wants to do something now (as she professes in her statement) - “to ensure that justice was served” - can now investigate WITH and who was involved at Stoughton PD in that call! A call relating to police matters and confidential details relating to personal police conduct. Same applies to DA Michael Morrissey. I can’t type here my personal opinion of either of these individuals.

Sadly, with SB and her unborn child now dead apparently at the hands of one of their own - it is time they step up on her behalf. The more I read on this case - the sadder and more morose it becomes. And regrettably add to this case a DA also under apparent investigation in another high profile MA criminal case. Unbelievable. SMH. MOO

Chief Donna McNamara we are looking at YOU!
You say you've been working alongside the FBI, but the FBI shouldn't have ever been involved in this case. It's only because YOUR team dropped the ball and covered for each other. Shameful!

This young woman was taken advantage of (polite wording by me) by your employees. And you didn't care to look closely into the matter.

 

[Izzylizzy]

There's a paywall but hopefully this is a positive step.
AG Andrea Campbell

FBI investigates why Stoughton junior police officer ...

The Boston Globe
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Mar 30, 2024 — Last fall, Morrissey's investigation into Birchmore's case was taken over by the office of state Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. A ...