跟进：前警探 Matthew Farwell 杀害 Sandra Birchmore 案陪审团定罪 面临终身监禁

马萨诸塞州萨福克县 Boston — 美国司法部马萨诸塞区联邦检察官办公室11月10日宣布，联邦陪审团当天裁定前 Stoughton 警探 Matthew Farwell 杀害 Sandra Birchmore 罪名成立。Farwell 现年41岁、住在 Easton，被裁定一项杀害证人罪和一项致未出生婴儿死亡罪。联邦地区法院首席法官 Denise J. Casper 已把量刑定在2027年2月3日。

本站此前报道，本案10月6日开始遴选陪审团，结案陈词结束后陪审团自11月6日起评议。检方在审理中指出，Farwell 在 Birchmore 12岁参加 Stoughton 警局青少年警务体验项目时与她相识，在她未成年时开始对她进行性剥削，其间多次在执勤时与她发生性行为。

据庭审证据，Birchmore 在2020年底怀孕，两人当时都认为 Farwell 是孩子的父亲。2021年1月20日，有人致电 Stoughton 警局提及两人的性关系，Farwell 得知后向 Birchmore 发出多条愤怒短信。12天后的2021年2月1日晚，监控显示 Farwell 于9时14分进入 Birchmore 位于 Canton 的公寓楼、9时43分离开，她的手机最后一次活动记录停在9时40分。检方认定，他在公寓内勒死了 Birchmore 和她未出生的儿子，并把现场布置成上吊自杀的样子。不到12小时后，他赶到医院陪妻子生下两人的第三个孩子。

Birchmore 的死最初被州当局认定为自杀。2023年10月，多名证人向联邦当局提供线索，Farwell 于2024年8月被联邦起诉。

联邦检察官 Leah B. Foley 在裁决后表示，尽管 Farwell 试图让 Birchmore 永远沉默，她的故事今天还是被讲了出来，他勒死了 Sandra 和她未出生的儿子、再伪装成自杀，如今面临联邦终身监禁。联邦调查局（FBI）Boston 分局负责人 Ted E. Docks 表示，这份裁决让这名前警官为杀人灭口付出代价。

按联邦法律，杀害证人罪的强制刑罚为死刑或终身监禁，致未出生婴儿死亡罪的刑罚不低于终身监禁。Foley 表示，Farwell 面临的是联邦终身监禁。本案由联邦助理检察官 Elizabeth Riley、Torey B. Cummings 与 Brian A. Fogerty 提起公诉。

（来源：美国司法部）

Follow-Up: Former Detective Matthew Farwell Convicted of Murdering Sandra Birchmore, Faces Life in Prison

BOSTON, Suffolk County, Massachusetts — A federal jury on November 10 convicted former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell of killing Sandra Birchmore, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced. Farwell, 41, of Easton, was convicted of one count of killing a witness or victim and one count of causing the death of an unborn child. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for February 3, 2027.

GSM previously reported that jury selection in the case began on October 6 and that jurors began deliberating on November 6 after closing arguments. Prosecutors told the jury that Farwell met Birchmore when she joined the Stoughton Police Department's Explorer Program at age 12 in 2010, began sexually exploiting her while she was a minor, and engaged in sex acts with her while on duty.

According to trial evidence, Birchmore became pregnant in late 2020, and both she and Farwell believed he was the father. On January 20, 2021, a caller told the Stoughton Police Department about the sexual relationship, and Farwell sent Birchmore angry text messages after learning of the call. Twelve days later, on February 1, 2021, surveillance footage showed Farwell entering her Canton apartment building at about 9:14 p.m. and leaving at about 9:43 p.m.; her phone's last recorded movement was at 9:40 p.m. Prosecutors said he strangled Birchmore, killing her and her unborn son, and staged the scene to look like a suicide by hanging. Less than 12 hours later, he drove to the hospital for the birth of his third child with his wife.

Birchmore's death was initially ruled a suicide by state authorities. In October 2023, several witnesses contacted federal authorities, and Farwell was charged federally in August 2024.

U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said after the verdict that despite Farwell's attempt to silence Birchmore, her story was told today, and that he now faces life in federal prison. Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division, said the verdict holds the former officer responsible for killing the young woman and her unborn child in a calculated attempt to silence her.

The charge of killing a witness or victim carries a mandatory sentence of death or life in prison, and the charge of causing the death of an unborn child carries a sentence of no less than life in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth Riley, Torey B. Cummings and Brian A. Fogerty are prosecuting the case.

(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)

来源：美国司法部

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图片来源：图：位于 Boston 的 John Joseph Moakley 美国联邦法院大楼隔港外景，Farwell 案在此审理。照片：4300streetcar，经 Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0。 / Image: The John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston seen across the harbor, where the Farwell case was tried. Photo by 4300streetcar, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

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