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Sandra Birchmore's Therapist Back On Stand After Doubting Suicide Theory In Trial

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 26, 3:11 AM EDT

updated Oct 28, 5:39 AM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WBTS-CD, The Boston Globe and WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

The medical examiner who said Sandra Birchmore was killed took the stand on Tuesday, The Boston Globe reported. Meanwhile, Sandra Birchmore's therapist was back on the stand after doubting the suicide theory, according to WBTS-CD, and the prosecution rested as the defense called its first witness in the trial of Matthew Farwell, WCVB reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 7, Oct 28, 3:12 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 26, 7:33 AM EDT · first source seenOct 27, 7:05 AM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 26, 7:39 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 27, 7:05 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.