The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore
Oct 17, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 17 segments
Sandra Birchmore sent six hundred texts the day she died. She told eighty people about her baby and searched baby shower venues. Matthew Farwell's DNA is on the weapon. He walked in wearing a mask…
Eric FaddisGuestRobin DreekeGuestBecause a lot of these people, remember, a lot of these people live and grew up in this area.
And when the Bureau comes in, typically, I mean, in my entire career, 22 years, only in the last five years of my career did I actually work in the same town that I'd lived in for a period of time because I was able to finally get a transfer to that smaller office.
But typically, when federal agents are coming to do investigations, there's not local ties that they're dealing with.
And the public corruption cases that we deal with are very, very difficult to break through those walls.
But once you're in, once you have people that start running scared, they start running to us because they want a blap to protect themselves.
Um, so I, I'm thinking that if there's more there to be found, just because they're able to bring this case, they're...
Who would be the one that would bring those charges? Would that be the federal government, uh-
... against, against, uh, these other officers if there were to be something criminal to be found? I mean, i- it, it's kind of rare that we even have this going on with the federal government getting involved with, on the level of just Farwell himself.
You know, there's the practicality e- element of it, of would they likely, would the federal government go in to go after some of these people for their role if they were to be found in, in covering any of this stuff up.
Is that the feds, or is this something too that the Stoughton Department could actually do, could investigate, could then take to the, the local district attorney and could become a local case if they have any interest in PR at all? Now, it sounds like a bad PR move from the surface 'cause why would you put the spotlight on your department? Well, it's already pretty fucking horrible.
Uh, i- taking the fl- the flashlight out and going, "We're fixing this problem.
Because a lot of these people, remember, a lot of these people live and grew up in this area.
And when the Bureau comes in, typically, I mean, in my entire career, 22 years, only in the last five years of my career did I actually work in the same town that I'd lived in for a period of time because I was able to finally get a transfer to that smaller office.
But typically, when federal agents are coming to do investigations, there's not local ties that they're dealing with.
And the public corruption cases that we deal with are very, very difficult to break through those walls.
But once you're in, once you have people that start running scared, they start running to us because they want a blap to protect themselves.
Um, so I, I'm thinking that if there's more there to be found, just because they're able to bring this case, they're...
Who would be the one that would bring those charges? Would that be the federal government, uh-
... against, against, uh, these other officers if there were to be something criminal to be found? I mean, i- it, it's kind of rare that we even have this going on with the federal government getting involved with, on the level of just Farwell himself.
You know, there's the practicality e- element of it, of would they likely, would the federal government go in to go after some of these people for their role if they were to be found in, in covering any of this stuff up.
Is that the feds, or is this something too that the Stoughton Department could actually do, could investigate, could then take to the, the local district attorney and could become a local case if they have any interest in PR at all? Now, it sounds like a bad PR move from the surface 'cause why would you put the spotlight on your department? Well, it's already pretty fucking horrible.
Uh, i- taking the fl- the flashlight out and going, "We're fixing this problem.
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