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. Matthew Farwell was convicted Tuesday of strangling Birchmore in 2021 and staging the crime scene to make her death look like a suicide. An initial police investigation concluded Birchmore killed herself. The FBI began looking into the case two years later and concluded it was a homicide. Farwell’s lawyers acknowledged the married detective had an affair with Birchmore, but say it began when she was old enough to consent and that he did not kill her.

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A shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in California on the eve of the holiday has left a pregnant woman dead and six other people wounded. Police say gunfire erupted inside the store at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield late Friday. All seven victims suffered gunshot wounds. One died, and three were in critical condition. No arrests have been made. Detectives are investigating and speaking with witnesses to try to identify a suspect. Fairfield is a city of about 120,000 residents southwest of Sacramento.

A former Massachusetts police detective is being tried on charges that he killed a pregnant woman to hide that he had begun sexually abusing her when she was 15. Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore in 2021. An initial police investigation quickly concluded that Birchmore's death was a suicide. But the FBI began looking into the case two years later. Security camera footage places Farwell at Birchmore's home the night she died. Investigators recovered 40,000 texts between the two. Farwell's lawyers acknowledge that the married detective had an affair with Birchmore but say he did not kill her.