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   Number 1: Sandra Birchmore’s Death Certificate Now Says WHAT?!

   Sandra Birchmore’s death certificate no longer lists the same conclusion that shaped the first investigation. The Massachusetts medical examiner initially ruled her death a suicide. On April 30, 2026, the office changed the manner of death to undetermined and revised the cause from asphyxia by hanging to asphyxia. That change comes as Matthew Farwell prepares to stand trial in federal court. His defense says Sandra killed herself, and Judge Denise Casper has ruled that jurors may hear evidence about Sandra’s mental-health struggles and suicidal thoughts. The prosecution says those records cannot be separated from the relationship and police environment surrounding her. Sandra entered the Stoughton Police Explorers program at 12. Prosecutors allege Farwell began an unlawful relationship with her at 15 while he was 27 and serving as an officer and program instructor. They allege he later killed her to prevent disclosure of his conduct. Farwell has pleaded not guilty. Stoughton’s own 2022 internal investigation found that Matthew Farwell, his twin brother William, and former deputy chief Robert Devine had inappropriate relationships with Sandra. All three left the department. William Farwell and Devine are not charged in the federal criminal case. Federal prosecutors say the first death investigation left major questions untouched. Their court filings say local officers reported “no foul play” to the medical examiner within about an hour of finding Sandra. Prosecutors say investigators did not compel Farwell’s DNA or seize his devices during that initial work. Years later, federal investigators returned to the physical and digital evidence. Prosecutors say Farwell was a major DNA contributor on the duffel-bag strap found at the scene. His lawyers dispute the significance of that result and continue to argue suicide. Farwell is charged with killing a witness and causing the death of Sandra’s unborn son. Jury selection is set for October 5, 2026. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #Birchmore #FarwellTrial #StoughtonPolice #FederalTrial #Massachusetts #JusticeForSandra #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers

   September 20, 2026·39min
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   Number 2: Sandra Birchmore’s Department Had THIS Going On for Years

   Before Sandra Birchmore died — before the duffel bag strap, before the staged apartment federal prosecutors allege — there was Stoughton. And Stoughton had been eating itself for decades.Sandra joined the Explorers program at twelve looking for mentorship. Federal prosecutors allege the officers who ran it took something else entirely. The union president allegedly began a physical relationship with her at fifteen. His twin and the deputy chief who oversaw the program also crossed boundaries, according to POST findings.The department's record stretches back through on-duty extortion, a chief convicted for covering it, FBI corruption probes that sent officers to federal prison, a deputy chief's compromising photos emailed department-wide, and a sergeant who killed a seventy-four-year-old man and went back to work.The FBI found forty thousand messages and Farwell's DNA on the ligature. The medical examiner changed the manner of death to undetermined. Trial starts October 5. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #HiddenKillers #StoughtonPolice #FarwellTrial #FederalTrial #TrueCrime #PoliceMisconduct #Massachusetts #Justice

   September 15, 2026·18min
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   Number 3: Farwell's Defense Says Sandra Did THIS to Herself

   Farwell's defense is built on one argument: Sandra Birchmore killed herself. They have psychiatric records dating back to age nine, journal entries, a medication with a suicide warning, and a prior attempt. They won the right to put all of it before the jury. Their case rests on Sandra's instability, her manipulation, and her pain—every piece of damage the defense can find.Prosecutors allege that damage has a source. Sandra joined the Stoughton Police Explorers at twelve. By fifteen, Farwell had allegedly crossed the line with her. Three other men connected to the department were involved. She spent a decade under the control of men who tracked her phone, told her to delete messages, swore her to silence, and punished her when she stepped outside the boundaries they set. None of them were ever criminally charged for what they did to her.Farwell's DNA was the major contributor on the strap found around Sandra's neck. A strangulation expert found her hyoid bone fractured—an injury with zero documented cases in women found in a seated position. Before her death, Farwell attended a training where the medical examiner discussed how to identify suicide in hanging cases. Sandra was booking prenatal appointments past the day she died.The defense's strategy asks twelve people to look at everything Sandra endured and decide she did this to herself. The prosecution asks them to look at the same evidence and see what these men did to her. Trial begins October 5 in Boston. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #JusticeForSandra #FarwellTrial #Birchmore #StoughtonPolice #TrueCrime #FederalTrial #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast

   September 11, 2026·21min
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   Number 4: What Did a Canton Cop Really Say About Sandra Birchmore in His Texts?

   Sandra Birchmore’s name showed up in a place nobody expected — in a text chain between a Canton police sergeant and the state police trooper who led the investigation into the death of John O’Keefe in the Karen Read case. According to an eighty-seven-page lawsuit filed against Canton and the Massachusetts State Police, former Canton Sgt. Sean Goode allegedly responded to Birchmore’s story by calling her a derogatory slur in a message to fired Trooper Michael Proctor. A sworn officer — texting about a dead woman who, according to federal prosecutors, was allegedly pursued by police officers beginning when she was a teenager. And his response was contempt. That text connects two cases already linked by geography and institutional failure. Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton apartment in February 2021. Her death was initially ruled a suicide. The state medical examiner changed her manner of death to “undetermined” more than five years later. Former Stoughton detective Matthew Farwell faces federal charges alleging he killed her and staged the scene. According to federal prosecutors, Farwell was one of three Stoughton officers who allegedly became involved with Birchmore after meeting her through a police youth program when she was thirteen. Four officers connected to her case have been decertified or permanently barred from law enforcement. The documented record — from the federal filings in Birchmore’s case to the decade of alleged messages between Proctor and Goode — reveals officers across multiple departments who allegedly treated the people they served with open disdain. And when confronted, every response followed the same pattern: minimize, deflect, redirect. Nobody has acknowledged the culture that allowed it. This piece asks whether that culture is still the one running these departments — and who is still paying the price for it. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. Hashtags: #SandraBirchmore #JusticeForSandra #MatthewFarwell #KarenRead #MichaelProctor #SeanGoode #StoughtonPolice #CantonPolice #PoliceCulture #HiddenKillers

   June 09, 2026·16min
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   Number 5: Why Did It Take Five Years To Believe Sandra Birchmore?

   Sandra Birchmore trusted the people who were supposed to protect her. She was twenty-three, pregnant, and full of life when she was found dead — and for five long years, the official story was that she did it to herself. Her family never believed it. They fought. And now, finally, the record has changed. This community has stood with Sandra from the start, and this is the update so many of you have been waiting for. Months before the trial of the former police officer accused of killing her, the state amended her death certificate — taking away the word suicide and replacing it with undetermined. Experts say medical examiners almost never do that. It happened for Sandra. And the news kept coming. A judge refused to let the accused out on bail, writing that the evidence against him is very strong, if not overwhelming. The man prosecutors say strangled her and staged the scene is staying behind bars until trial. We sat down with an attorney and legal analyst to talk through what this all means for the family — why the changed death certificate matters so much, why the defense keeps losing, and the one piece of testimony waiting at trial that could finally give Sandra the truth her loved ones have demanded for half a decade. For everyone who refused to accept the first version of this story — this one's for you, and for Sandra. Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. Hashtags: #SandraBirchmore #JusticeForSandra #MatthewFarwell #StoughtonPolice #TrueCrime #SayHerName #TrueCrimeCommunity #MassachusettsCrime #SandraBirchmoreCase #CrimeNews

   May 29, 2026·19min
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