Sandra Birchmore

Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her apartment in Canton, Massachusetts, on February 4, 2021. Her death was initially ruled a suicide, but revelations about years of sexual abuse by a Stoughton police officer she had met as a teenager led federal prosecutors to indict him for her murder in 2024.

Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment on February 6, 2021. What started as a suicide conclusion grew into one of the most shocking corruption scandals in American law enforcement history. The True Crime Today podcast now retells the story of abuse, betrayal, and systematic cover-up.