WBUR TODAY: Another Mass. trial in the spotlight
❤️ Donate Tuesday, October 6, 2026 ☀️ Sunny, with a high of 58. Good Morning Boston, Less than a month after the Lindsay Clancy trial concluded , another disturbing Massachusetts trial is moving into center stage this week. As WBUR's Patrick Madden reports , jury selection begins today in Boston in the federal trial of Matthew Farwell for allegedly killing Sandra Birchmore. Here's what to know about the case: In court: Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective, is accused of killing 23-year-old Birchmore and her unborn child in 2021. Her death was initially ruled a suicide by the state's medical examiner. But 18 months later, an internal investigation by Stoughton police found that Farwell, his twin brother and another officer were having "inappropriate" relations with Birchmore after meeting her through the department's youth program. (Several of Birchmore's friends told The Boston Globe that Farwell began having sex with her when she was 15 and...