Sandra Birchmore Took Her Last Steps While Farwell Was Where?

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The strongest thing Matthew Farwell has going for him is five years of the state of Massachusetts agreeing with him. The medical examiner ruled Sandra Birchmore's death a suicide in May 2021. She changed it to undetermined on April 30, 2026, after federal prosecutors charged Farwell with strangling Sandra in her Canton apartment and staging the scene. Her neck is the fight: the government's experts say the hyoid fractures and the position she was found in fit strangulation more than hanging; the defense's pathologist says he can't tell how she died but can't rule out hanging. A magistrate judge refused Farwell bail in May 2026 and called the evidence very strong, if not overwhelming, after…