Matthew Farwell

Ex-police officer charged with murder of pregnant woman

A federal indictment unsealed in Boston on Wednesday accuses a former Massachusetts police officer of killing a pregnant 23-year-old woman and staging her death as a suicide. Matthew Farwell, previously with the Stoughton Police Department, allegedly strangled Sandra Birchmore in February 2021 after she informed him of her pregnancy. The indictment claims Farwell arranged her apartment to suggest suicide. Farwell…