The detective who did not investigate her colleague

The detective who did not investigate her colleague: The murder of Sandra Birchmore A 23-year-old pregnant woman is found dead with a strap around her neck. The Stoughton police close the case as a suicide within weeks. The problem: the lead detective is the one she had reported as the father of the baby, and he was the one who requested the access code to the building days before. How can an entire institution bury a crime for three years? In this episode, we explore how 32,000 text messages were hidden by the department, how a broken necklace contradicts the official version, and why three minutes between Sandra's phone and Matthew's statement places him at the murder scene. A forensic investigation by the FBI reveals cervical fractures inconsistent with female strangulation and uncovers an unsupervised mentoring program where multiple officers maintained relationships with minors for years. Victim: Sandra Birchmore Date: February 4, 2021 Location: Stoughton, Massachusetts Status: Matthew Farwell arrested August 28, 2024; trial pending - Lobby cameras manipulated with a 13-minute delay to conceal Matthew's exit - Last activity of Sandra's iPhone at 9:40 PM; Matthew claimed to leave at 9:43 PM with her alive - Dr. Michael Baden confirms cervical fracture consistent with strangulation, not suicide - Phone handed over to the department "with no messages"; FBI extracted 32,000 from the same device Sandra Birchmore, Stoughton Massachusetts, homicide, police cover-up, murder, investigation, forensic, justice, corruption, witness, 2021, true crime SpanishTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie