The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore
Oct 17, 2026 · 45 min · 22 segments
Sandra Birchmore told friends Matthew Farwell had made a complete 180, prosecutors say. After a friend alerted Stoughton police to their long-standing relationship, the former detective allegedly went…
Uh, Sandra was just 23 years old and pregnant when she was found dead in her apartment, uh, in Canton.
Then, in a federal courtroom free of cameras, prosecutors made a bombshell assertion.
A Stone Police detective strangled her, staged the scene, and was protected by an investigation that turned a blind eye.
We've been talking about it, uh, for years, and I know you guys got a lot of questions.
Today, we're gonna dive into some of those questions about this case specifically and, um, and, and just, just dig in as this, uh, trial gets underway.
Robin Dreeke, retired FBI special agent, chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and a master class instructor with us.
Um, let's go to this one, our first question on this, and be f- feel free to drop them into the comment section, uh, if you're with us live.
Can the defense explain the phone going permanently silent three minutes before Fal- Farwell walked out? Is that, is that kind of the end-all be-all of this case at the end of the day, that little piece of evidence? Her phone, all activity ends three minutes before Farwell walks out with his mask up and hoodie on, a mask that he never wears 'cause he was very anti-mask during COVID.
I think it's a part of the whole.
I still think that the semen on her underwear is a really big one-
... [laughs] at the same time.
Right.
Uh, Sandra was just 23 years old and pregnant when she was found dead in her apartment, uh, in Canton.
Then, in a federal courtroom free of cameras, prosecutors made a bombshell assertion.
A Stone Police detective strangled her, staged the scene, and was protected by an investigation that turned a blind eye.
We've been talking about it, uh, for years, and I know you guys got a lot of questions.
Today, we're gonna dive into some of those questions about this case specifically and, um, and, and just, just dig in as this, uh, trial gets underway.
Robin Dreeke, retired FBI special agent, chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and a master class instructor with us.
Um, let's go to this one, our first question on this, and be f- feel free to drop them into the comment section, uh, if you're with us live.
Can the defense explain the phone going permanently silent three minutes before Fal- Farwell walked out? Is that, is that kind of the end-all be-all of this case at the end of the day, that little piece of evidence? Her phone, all activity ends three minutes before Farwell walks out with his mask up and hoodie on, a mask that he never wears 'cause he was very anti-mask during COVID.
I think it's a part of the whole.
I still think that the semen on her underwear is a really big one-
... [laughs] at the same time.
Right.
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