跟进：马萨诸塞州前警探杀害孕妇案结案陈词结束陪审团开始评议

2026-11-06 · 各州 · GSM News事件

马萨诸塞州萨福克县波士顿市消息：波士顿联邦法院审理的前斯托顿镇警探马修·法威尔涉嫌杀害孕妇桑德拉·伯奇莫尔案，控辩双方11月6日完成结案陈词，陪审团随后开始评议，评议约3小时后休庭过周末。

检方指控法威尔2021年2月1日晚在伯奇莫尔位于诺福克县坎顿市的公寓内将其勒死并伪装成自杀，以掩盖两人自其15岁起的不正当关系。法威尔承认有婚外情，但否认杀人。

庭审约四周，陪审团听取了约50名证人证词。关键争议在于死因：检方专家称勒颈痕迹显示他杀，辩方专家则认为是上吊自杀；亲子鉴定显示死者腹中胎儿生父另有其人。

法威尔被控杀害证人与杀害未出生婴儿两罪，若定罪将面临联邦终身监禁。法威尔本人选择不出庭作证。

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前警探Farwell谋杀审进入辩方举证：专家称Birchmore自杀风险高、控方当庭质证其不了解案发当天

Follow-Up: Jury Begins Deliberations After Closing Arguments in Former Detective's Trial for Killing Pregnant Woman

BOSTON, Mass. — Prosecutors and defense lawyers delivered closing arguments on November 6 in the federal trial of former Stoughton detective Matthew Farwell, accused of killing pregnant Sandra Birchmore, and the jury then began deliberations, recessing for the weekend after about three hours.

Prosecutors allege that on the night of February 1, 2021, Farwell strangled Birchmore in her apartment in Canton, Norfolk County, and staged it as a suicide to conceal a relationship that began when she was 15. Farwell admits the affair but denies killing her.

Over a trial of about four weeks, the jury heard testimony from about 50 witnesses. The central dispute is the cause of death: prosecution experts say marks from strangulation point to homicide, while defense experts say she died by hanging. A paternity test showed that another man fathered the fetus.

Farwell is charged with killing a witness and killing an unborn child, and faces a federal life sentence if convicted. He chose not to testify.

Defense Case in Farwell Murder Trial: Expert Cites Birchmore Suicide Risk

来源：美联社

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图片来源：波士顿 John Joseph Moakley 联邦法院（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0）

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