The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore
Oct 19, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
The samples were in evidence. Prosecutors in Matthew Farwell's federal murder trial say State Police collected DNA from the duffel bag strap used to stage Sandra Birchmore's death and from the…
You know, when the feds come in on these cases, these are the very toughest cases to work at all times.
Everyone kind of assumes sometimes, unless you watch the movies, obviously, that the feds, you know, that all law enforcement is that same blue wall together.
But no, I mean, I can't tell you a number of times, and even in the world of counterintelligence, when I was given something to do and we had to interact with locals...
The first question we're asked in every single meeting we sit in on and that we're part of when it comes to some, like a missing person or a case, it's definitely a case of public corruption that these fall under, is like, what's our relationship with the locals? Always.
There's always a resistance because they're always afraid of that oversight, especially if there's crap like this going on because... everyone starts running that blue wall goes up and that fear takes over a fear of someone objective coming in and given a really good analysis and really good investigation on what's actually going on and people just shut up and so getting sources in these cases is the hardest thing we as a bureau has to do and then because no one's talking to you getting probable cause to do things is also a challenge because no one's giving you the information you need to give to the judge very tough cases to work
Your thoughts in the comments section on Substack and YouTube as we continue our conversation.
You know, when the feds come in on these cases, these are the very toughest cases to work at all times.
Everyone kind of assumes sometimes, unless you watch the movies, obviously, that the feds, you know, that all law enforcement is that same blue wall together.
But no, I mean, I can't tell you a number of times, and even in the world of counterintelligence, when I was given something to do and we had to interact with locals...
The first question we're asked in every single meeting we sit in on and that we're part of when it comes to some, like a missing person or a case, it's definitely a case of public corruption that these fall under, is like, what's our relationship with the locals? Always.
There's always a resistance because they're always afraid of that oversight, especially if there's crap like this going on because... everyone starts running that blue wall goes up and that fear takes over a fear of someone objective coming in and given a really good analysis and really good investigation on what's actually going on and people just shut up and so getting sources in these cases is the hardest thing we as a bureau has to do and then because no one's talking to you getting probable cause to do things is also a challenge because no one's giving you the information you need to give to the judge very tough cases to work
Your thoughts in the comments section on Substack and YouTube as we continue our conversation.
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