Institutional Failure: How an Unmonitored Police Program Allowed Abuse to Flourish

Podcast: The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore · Hidden Killers Podcast

Opublikowano: 2026-10-26

Sandra was twelve or thirteen years old when Stoughton's police explorer program placed her in a room with adult officers who had unchecked access to vulnerable minors. There were no meaningful background checks. No oversight. Multiple officers allegedly used that access for years. Matthew Farwell is the only one facing federal charges, and those charges are for murder — not for what allegedly happened to Sandra starting when she was a child. Robert Devine and William Farwell have been named in the broader pattern of alleged conduct. Neither has been federally indicted. When Sandra died, Farwell wasn't treated as a su...