Sandra Birchmore case — Matthew Farwell trial: Commonwealth Confidential

Full interview: Former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins on Sandra Birchmore case

Sandra Birchmore case — Matthew Farwell trial: Commonwealth Confidential

Show Notes

Rachael Rollins said she learned about the Sandra Birchmore case from reading the newspaper and quickly suspected Matthew Farwell. She was U.S. attorney for Massachusetts at the time — the office ended up prosecuting Farwell in Birchmore’s death. Rollins shared that story and more in an extensive interview on the case with NBC10 Boston’s J.C. Monahan. You can watch the TV version of this episode — and all the others, as well as video from court as it happens — on our YouTube page. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@NBC10Boston

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