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

Matthew Farwell, 40, was found guilty of strangling Birchmore 12 days after a tipster called the suburban Boston police department where he worked and reported that they’d had an improper relationship.

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