SANDRA BIRCHMORE: 2021 murder and cover-up *ARREST*

I used to start a fair amount of case threads but life has me not doing so in quite awhile. The title will likely need more info, date, etc. and an intro.

I don't know enough yet to have an opinion but keep running into this case. Of course it jump started due to being the same area as Karen Read with LE involvement and yet nothing about them is similar. Night and day different.

An issue I have with cases of suicides or drownings, some various things like that is when they rule such accidental or suicide when it cannot be known. Not saying they aren't right in a lot of cases but short of solid proof it is such, I think they should in many cases be ruled undetermined.

It seems this one is heating up and I think a thread should be started but a mod may have to tweak my title and intro.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Stoughton police officer accused of murdering Sandra Birchmore asks to move trial out of state - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

BOSTON (WHDH) - Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a<a class="excerpt-read-more"...

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Stoughton police officer accused of murdering Sandra Birchmore asks to move trial out of state​

Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a judge to move his murder trial out of state.

Farwell’s attorney told the judge that news reports about her client’s case have been biased; she argues the publicity prevents Farwell from getting a fair trial in Massachusetts. She suggested the case be moved to Rhode Island.

“Yeah there’s been publicity, but Providence is just 20 minutes away. It’s a train stop away for all intents and purposes,” said Peter Murphy, a supporter of Birchmore. “What’s not gonna get conveyed in the next nine months to Providence?”


“On February 1 it will be five years since she died,” Wright said. “It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been waiting for justice for a long time.”

The judge said she would issue a ruling at a later date. The trial is set to begin in October.

 

[Guess Who]

Stoughton police officer accused of murdering Sandra Birchmore asks to move trial out of state - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

BOSTON (WHDH) - Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a<a class="excerpt-read-more"...

whdh.com

Stoughton police officer accused of murdering Sandra Birchmore asks to move trial out of state​

Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a judge to move his murder trial out of state.

Farwell’s attorney told the judge that news reports about her client’s case have been biased; she argues the publicity prevents Farwell from getting a fair trial in Massachusetts. She suggested the case be moved to Rhode Island.

“Yeah there’s been publicity, but Providence is just 20 minutes away. It’s a train stop away for all intents and purposes,” said Peter Murphy, a supporter of Birchmore. “What’s not gonna get conveyed in the next nine months to Providence?”


“On February 1 it will be five years since she died,” Wright said. “It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been waiting for justice for a long time.”

The judge said she would issue a ruling at a later date. The trial is set to begin in October.

I knew they could change counties, but was not aware that they could change states.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I knew they could change counties, but was not aware that they could change states.

It's federal is what I think I heard on a show and it isn't nearly as hard for the feds to move jurisdiction they said. Not nearly as big of a deal.

 

[Kimster]

It's federal is what I think I heard on a show and it isn't nearly as hard for the feds to move jurisdiction they said. Not nearly as big of a deal.

Ah, okay. It's federal. I was wondering how that was going to work, too.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Judge denies venue change in Farwell, Birchmore case

“Farwell has not met the high burden of demonstrating that pretrial publicity would prevent him from receiving a fair trial in this district,” the judge wrote.

www.wcvb.com

Federal judge denies Matthew Farwell's change of venue motion for Sandra Birchmore case​

The trial of a former Stoughton police officer will be held in Massachusetts, against the officer's request to move it out of state.

In a ruling released Friday afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper wrote that the media coverage of the charges against Matthew Farwell didn’t warrant moving the upcoming trial.

“Farwell has not met the high burden of demonstrating that pretrial publicity would prevent him from receiving a fair trial in this district,” Casper wrote.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Judge denies venue change in Farwell, Birchmore case

“Farwell has not met the high burden of demonstrating that pretrial publicity would prevent him from receiving a fair trial in this district,” the judge wrote.

www.wcvb.com

Federal judge denies Matthew Farwell's change of venue motion for Sandra Birchmore case​

The trial of a former Stoughton police officer will be held in Massachusetts, against the officer's request to move it out of state.

In a ruling released Friday afternoon, Chief U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper wrote that the media coverage of the charges against Matthew Farwell didn’t warrant moving the upcoming trial.

“Farwell has not met the high burden of demonstrating that pretrial publicity would prevent him from receiving a fair trial in this district,” Casper wrote.