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The Murder of Sandra Birchmore: Did Mass State Police Cover it Up? Part 1

·1 hr 9 min·5 clips
A hooded man was seen entering Sandra's apartment the night she died, and she was pregnant with a police officer's child.
This episode investigates the murder of Sandra Birchmore, a 23-year-old teacher's aide found dead in her Canton apartment, initially ruled a suicide. The hosts uncover a pattern of grooming and sexual abuse by Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell, who began exploiting Sandra when she was 15, leading to her pregnancy and eventual murder, with evidence of police corruption and mishandling.

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A furious, conversational case breakdown that treats procedure, evidence, and official handling as the real story.

The first half of the Sandra Birchmore case presents a grim death investigation as a study in how official handling can go wrong. The hosts keep the pace moving, while still leaving space for the details that give the story its weight: Sandra's pregnancy, the plans she was…

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