
What Sandra Birchmore Typed to Her Cop's Wife — and Why She Never Sent It
True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & InterviewsShow Notes
Sandra Birchmore typed a message to Matthew Farwell’s wife telling her everything — and never sent it. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott says that moment captures exactly how completely Sandra’s understanding of her own situation had been reshaped over years of alleged targeting by Stoughton police officers. Sandra met Farwell through the department’s youth program when she was thirteen. She had no father and her mother was dead. By adulthood, she believed she was in love with the man who allegedly exploited her vulnerability from the start. Her closest friend recognized the danger instantly. Sandra could not. Scott, author of Nightbird, sits down for the first of four segments examining the psychology behind the Birchmore case. The conversation covers why Sandra’s losses made her disproportionately vulnerable to officers in positions of trust and what the DNA results revealing Farwell was not the biological father meant to Sandra’s state of mind. 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 #HiddenKillers #ShavaunScott #StoughtonPolice #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ExplorersProgram #JusticeForSandra #Nightbird
More from True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews
The FBI told the jury Matthew Farwell ordered Sandra Birchmore to delete their texts multiple times. On October 22, three women who had affairs with him testified he never asked them to delete anything, never wore a mask, and never hid from his own wife at a party. The defense says the mask was about hiding an affair, and every one of those affairs ended before COVID. Jason Pickard, the Army recruiter who fathered Sandra's baby, testified under immunity that she named Farwell as the father every time he asked. She also sent him the January 24, 2021 text about Farwell asking for a key and looking through her closet. On cross, the defense asked whether he'd told the FBI that Sandra talked about suicide. His answer: "It looks that way." A State Police scientist testified Farwell's DNA was on the strap and not under Sandra's nails. 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 #TrueCrimeToday #FarwellTrial #StoughtonPolice #BirchmoreTrial #FederalMurderTrial #JusticeForSandra #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers
Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton apartment in February 2021, and local investigators called it suicide. Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins me to break down the testimony that now has the investigation itself on trial. Prosecutors say Matthew Farwell, a Stoughton detective, was caught on camera entering her building in a mask that night. State troopers questioned him in a school parking lot. A State Police examiner found nothing on his phone and gave it back. The Norfolk District Attorney declined charges based on the suicide ruling. Now Stoughton's former deputy chief has testified he saw the lobby footage online, like his chief. Eric explains the difference between a sloppy investigation and a protected one, and which side of that line this case falls on. 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 #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #FarwellTrial #StoughtonPolice #JusticeForSandra #TrueCrime #CoverUp #TrueCrimeCommunity
Matthew Farwell faces life in prison if a federal jury finds he killed Sandra Birchmore to stop her from reporting him. Former prosecutor Eric Faddis lays out the evidence the defense has to get past. According to prosecutors, Farwell met Sandra through the Stoughton police youth program when she was a teenager and the relationship began when she was 15. They say she was pregnant and believed he was the father when she died in February 2021. DNA later showed he wasn't, but prosecutors say Farwell thought he was. The government says his DNA was on the strap found with her body, that he was on camera in a mask that night, and that he deleted their messages. His lawyers say Sandra was upset because he was ending it. Eric explains why the motive question could decide this case. 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 #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #FarwellTrial #StoughtonPolice #JusticeForSandra #TrueCrime #CoverUp #TrueCrimeCommunity
What really happened to Sandra Birchmore inside the Stoughton Police Department spans more than a decade, involves three officers, and according to the department’s own former chief — the coverup is still underway. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of Nightbird, examines every layer of the case in a comprehensive four-part interview. Sandra entered a police youth program as a grieving child. The officers who ran it allegedly spent years targeting her. Matthew Farwell allegedly killed her the night before his wife’s delivery. His twin brother allegedly participated knowing Sandra was pregnant. Robert Devine ran the program and attacked Sandra’s credibility after her death. Chief Donna McNamara opened a second investigation and says she was told to destroy the report. She is now on leave. Scott traces the psychological thread from what was done to Sandra’s mind through the officers who did it to the institution that is allegedly still protecting them. 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 #StoughtonPolice #HiddenKillers #MatthewFarwell #Rober
JP Miller went from leading Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach to allegedly preaching to roughly fifteen people. On Homicide Happy Hour, former thirty-year pastor Timmy Gibson said those fifteen people are in a cult and don't know it. He confirmed that assessment with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott. Gibson recognized Miller's sermons immediately. He quotes Miller allegedly preaching that wives who fail to satisfy their husbands will find the devil sending twenty replacements. Miller stands charged federally — cyberstalking and making false statements. He has maintained his innocence. Mica Miller's death in April 2024 was ruled a suicide. Miller faces no charges in connection with her death. Gibson called Miller a very dangerous person and said he would not be surprised if Miller escalated, given enough time and isolation. 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. #JPMiller #MicaMiller #TimmyGibson #HomicideHappyHour #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #SolidRockChurch #CoerciveControl #EvangelicalChurch #MyrtleBeach