@courtofpublicopinion.tt: A significant development emerged during the October 26 federal murder trial of former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell. The medical examiner who originally classified Sandra Birchmore’s death as a suicide testified that she had been provided limited information by investigators, including police documentation describing the death as a suicide. Dr. María Del Mar Capó-Martínez reportedly was not informed about certain evidence, including a broken necklace found at the scene. Her original determination was subsequently changed from suicide to undetermined. The testimony raises important questions about whether the information supplied during the initial investigation influenced the medical examiner’s findings. Farwell, who is accused of killing Birchmore and staging her death to appear to be a suicide, has pleaded not guilty. When a medical examiner relies partly on information provided by police, how should investigators be held accountable if potentially significant evidence is omitted? #SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #TrueCrimeNews #CourtroomTestimony #JusticeForSandraBirchmore

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