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William Farwell

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Oct 20, 2026

Shane SimpsonHOST
6:46
saying that's not where you want to send your kids
Emily SimpsonHOST
6:49
among the people that sandra met were twin brothers matthew and william farwell along with another officer named robert divine matthew farwell would eventually become the central figure in the criminal case surrounding sandra's death prosecutors allege that he sexually abused sandra when she was underage and later killed her in 2021 he has pleaded Not guilty.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:10
His twin brother, William and Robert Devine, also became part of the wider controversy because of allegations concerning their relationship with Sandra as well.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:20
Then there was Sandra's family who continued to question the original explanation for her death and sought further accountability.
Shane SimpsonHOST
6:43
that's not where you want to send your kids
Emily SimpsonHOST
6:45
among the people that sandra met were twin brothers matthew and william farwell along with another officer named robert divine matthew farwell would eventually become the central figure in the criminal case surrounding sandra's death prosecutors alleged that he sexually abused sandra when she was underage and later killed her in 2021 he has pleaded Not guilty.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:07
His twin brother William and Robert Devine also became part of the wider controversy because of allegations concerning their relationship with Sandra as well.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:17
Then there was Sandra's family who continued to question the original explanation for her death and sought further accountability.

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Emily SimpsonHOST
23:22
And telling people to delete messages and then deleting the messages.
Emily SimpsonHOST
23:26
Yeah.
Emily SimpsonHOST
23:28
Between April and December of 2020, William Farwell exchanges sexually explicit messages, photos and videos with Sandra.
Shane SimpsonHOST
23:36
They say, I want you so bad.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:25
That was Stone Police Chief Donna McNamara addressing the media back in 2022.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:30
During her news conference, she revealed that three now former police officers had engaged in inappropriate relationships with Sandra Birchmore, Matthew Farwell, William Farwell and Robert Devine.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:42
This came from an internal investigation prompted by Birchmore's death in 2021.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:48
William Farwell is Matthew Farwell's twin brother.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:51
And today, FBI Special Agent Heidi Kelsch's testimony revealed more about his relationship with Sandra Birchmore.
J.C. MonahanHOST
17:58
William Farwell is on the prosecution's witness list, so we can expect to hear more about him in the coming weeks.
J.C. MonahanHOST
18:04
William Farwell is a U.S. Army veteran.
J.C. MonahanHOST
18:06
He joined the Stoughton Police Department in 2017.
Emily D. BakerHOST
4:44
That pathologist determined that Sandra Birchmore did not in fact die by suicide.
Emily D. BakerHOST
4:49
The pathologist was hired by the family in relation to the wrongful death action that they were bringing against Matthew Farwell, his brother William Farwell, the Stone Police Department, and their former supervisor, Richard Devine.
Emily D. BakerHOST
5:03
So that was the context for the wrongful death.
Emily D. BakerHOST
5:06
But then, but then, just a few months later, on August 27th, 2024, Matthew Farwell was indicted, and that had been by grand jury.

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Emily D. BakerHOST
75:08
And what was very interesting to me about this witness, and this drew a prompt objection, and I grabbed the verbatim of this testimony from Grant Smith-Ellis to the friend that spoke with Sandra Burchmore on February 1st.
Emily D. BakerHOST
75:27
Being asked, quote, "Did you go somewhere after Sandra died?" Answer, "Yes.
Emily D. BakerHOST
75:34
My mother, my brother, and I all went down to Canton Police Department, and I implicated Matthew Farwell." Objection.
Emily D. BakerHOST
75:42
And then he put, "Sideba." Not bar, ba.
ShaneHOST
5:11
that's not where you want to send your kids
Emily SimpsonHOST
5:13
among the people that sandra met were twin brothers matthew and william farwell along with another officer named robert divine matthew farwell would eventually become the central figure in the criminal case surrounding sandra's death prosecutors allege that he sexually abused sandra when she was underage and later killed her in 2021 he has pleaded not guilty his twin brother william and robert divine also became part of the wider controversy because of allegations concerning their relationship with sandra as well then there was sandra's family who continued to question the original explanation for her death and sought further accountability so we're going to talk about this case because originally her case is ruled a suicide so let's get into the details we did
ShaneHOST
5:57
another one like that where it was originally ruled a suicide right and then it was questionable whether it was suicide or not
Emily SimpsonHOST
6:03
Well, are you talking about, well, there's the Ellie Greenberg case where she allegedly or supposedly was in her apartment alone.

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Emily SimpsonHOST
18:47
And telling people to delete messages and then deleting the messages.
Emily SimpsonHOST
18:51
Yeah.
Emily SimpsonHOST
18:52
Between April and December of 2020, William Farwell exchanges sexually explicit messages, photos and videos with Sandra.
ShaneHOST
19:01
They say, I want you so bad.
ShaneHOST
6:50
saying that's not where you want to send your kids
Emily SimpsonHOST
6:53
among the people that sandra met were twin brothers matthew and william farwell along with another officer named robert devine matthew farwell would eventually become the central figure in the criminal case surrounding sandra's death Prosecutors allege that he sexually abused Sandra when she was underage and later killed her in 2021.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:11
He has pleaded not guilty.
Emily SimpsonHOST
7:14
His twin brother William and Robert Devine also became part of the wider controversy because of allegations concerning their relationship with Sandra as well.

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Emily SimpsonHOST
23:37
And telling people to delete messages and then deleting the messages.
Emily SimpsonHOST
23:40
Yeah.
Emily SimpsonHOST
23:42
Between April and December of 2020, William Farwell exchanges sexually explicit messages, photos and videos with Sandra.
ShaneHOST
23:50
Did he say, I want you so bad?
Anna GarciaHOST
25:14
... there's a lot going on here.
Anna GarciaHOST
25:16
So according to Boston Magazine, which cites a decertification order for the twin brother, William, William Farwell, and also a civil lawsuit that has been brought against the twin brother by Sandra's aunt.
Anna GarciaHOST
25:38
Sandra's aunt is the twin of her mother, okay?
Neama RahmaniGUEST
25:43
Wow.
Neama RahmaniGUEST
25:45
Yeah, yeah.
Anna GarciaHOST
25:46
Um, but follow me on this, 'cause I, I think this is very important.
Anna GarciaHOST
25:51
So in this documentation, and in this lawsuit filed against the twin brother, William, they claim that he had a sexual encounter with Sandra in the parking lot of her building 22 days before she was killed.
Neama RahmaniGUEST
26:12
Wow.
RobinHOST
18:06
And then Cummings said, quote, It was an intense, I mean, that's obviously an intense moment.
RobinHOST
18:22
Prosecutors say that one of the only other people the state police proactively called after Sandra died was Farwell's twin brother, William, who goes by Billy.
RobinHOST
18:31
I discussed him in the previous episode if you want to learn more about what a sparkling peach that man is.
RobinHOST
18:36
And how did they talk to Billy? In another parking lot, naturally.
Robin DreekeGUEST
16:42
But it gives you an area that this is where we need to focus to explain away why this is a deviation from the norm.
Tony BrueskiHOST
16:48
Your thoughts in the comments section on Substack and YouTube as to where you think this is going to be headed as the trial of William Farwell gets or
Tony BrueskiNARRATOR
17:00
Matthew Farwell gets underway.
Tony BrueskiNARRATOR
17:01
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Grant Smith EllisGUEST
6:11
I'm not trying to sugarcoat this, but it's important for folks to understand human trafficking is a very sensitive subject, and I'm going to respect the orders of the court and how they talk about it.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
6:24
William Farwell, you can read this in the Stoughton Police IA report, which becomes a big part of this case and the testimony from this week.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
6:31
William Farwell would instruct Sandra to record her paramours and send it to him so he could use it basically as blackmail.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
6:40
Why is this relevant? Because Sandra Birchmore started to realize what was happening to her.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
6:45
She was young, impressionable when she was first groomed.

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Grant Smith EllisGUEST
24:22
It's actually 50,000 with 10,000 dupes.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
24:26
40,000 messages between Sandra and Farwell.
Grant Smith EllisGUEST
24:29
These messages confirm child essay, trafficking, all sorts of crimes involving a lot of people, not just William Farwell, not just Matthew Farwell, but William Farwell, Devine, Jason Picard, others.

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