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Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

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A jury has found former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child. A Massachusetts jury has convicted former police officer Matthew Farwell of killing Sandra Birchmore and the unborn child she was carrying. Covered by 12 outlets: 4 lean left, 3 are centre, 1 lean right, 4 are not rated.

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  1. Newsweek Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Ex-Cop Matthew Farwell Convicted in Deaths of Sandra Birchmore, Unborn Baby

    Matthew Farwell was convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore and staging her 2021 death to look like a suicide.

  2. CBS News Leans left Factuality: High US
    Matthew Farwell facing mandatory life sentence after Sandra Birchmore murder conviction

    Former police officer Matthew Farwell is facing a mandatory sentence of life in prison for the murder of Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child after he was convicted Tuesday. Tom Hanson reports.

  3. KHOU Not rated US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    Matthew Farwell was convicted Tuesday of strangling Sandra Birchmore in 2021 and staging the crime scene to make her death look like a suicide.

  4. WGRZ Not rated US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    Matthew Farwell was convicted Tuesday of strangling Sandra Birchmore in 2021 and staging the crime scene to make her death look like a suicide.

  5. KING-TV Not rated US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    Matthew Farwell was convicted Tuesday of strangling Sandra Birchmore in 2021 and staging the crime scene to make her death look like a suicide.

  6. CBS News Leans left Factuality: High US
    Jury convicts Matthew Farwell of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child

    A Massachusetts jury has convicted former police officer Matthew Farwell of killing Sandra Birchmore and the unborn child she was carrying. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson reports.

  7. Daily Mail Center Factuality: Mostly factual GB
    Massachusetts cop found guilty of killing pregnant lover and staging scene to look like a suicide in plot to hide that he groomed her as an underage cadet

    Matthew Farwell, 41, was convicted on Tuesday of strangling 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant, then staging the death to make it look like a suicide.

  8. ABC News (US) Leans left Factuality: High US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    A former Massachusetts police detective has been convicted of murdering a pregnant woman to keep her from revealing he had sexually abused her when she was 15

  9. WLS-TV Not rated US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Massachusetts pregnant woman to keep her quiet about sex abuse

    A former police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant Massachusetts woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15.

  10. Google News Center Factuality: High US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse - CNN

    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse CNN Jury finds Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child The Boston Globe Morrissey said his office was 'constrained' in handling of Birchmore case...

  11. Brandonsun Center Factuality: Mostly factual CA
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse
  12. Hindustan Times Center Factuality: High IN
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

  13. The Seattle Times Not rated US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    A former Massachusetts police detective has been convicted of murdering a pregnant woman to keep her from revealing he had sexually abused her when she was 15.

  14. Bangor Daily Leans left Factuality: High US
    Ex-officer convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore to keep Massachusetts woman quiet about sex abuse

    BOSTON (AP) — A former police detective was convicted Tuesday of murdering a pregnant Massachusetts woman, Sandra Birchmore, to keep her from revealing that he had sexually abused her when she was 15. Matthew Farwell, 40, was found guilty of strangling Birchmore on Feb. 1,...

  15. CBS News Leans left Factuality: High US
    Matthew Farwell convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore, unborn child

    A jury has found former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child.

  16. New York Post Right Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Disgraced ex-cop Matthew Farwell found guilty of killing pregnant Sandra Birchmore

    Disgraced ex-cop Matthew Farwell was convicted Tuesday by a Boston jury in the killing of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child.

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  17. Google News Center Factuality: High US
    Matthew Farwell convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child in Massachusetts murder trial - CBS News

    Matthew Farwell convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child in Massachusetts murder trial CBS News Jury finds Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child The Boston Globe Norfolk DA acknowledges ‘criticism’ after Matthew Farwell...

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