The Murder of Sandra Birchmore: Did Mass State Police Cover it Up? Part 1

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Want Part 2 early and ad-free? Join Patreon at patreon.com/killerqueenspod In February of 2021, police officers performed a welfare check on 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore in Canton, Massachusetts. When they gained entry to her apartment, they found the young teacher’s aide dead in her bedroom from what they determined (after 4 hours) was a suicide. It would take more than two years and multiple law enforcement agencies investigating before someone was charged with Sandra’s MURDER. The investigation revealed a horrifying story of grooming and abuse, all stemming from local police officers, and leading to the murder of Sandra and her unborn baby. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Hungryroot: For a limited time get 40% off your first box and a free item in every box for life by going to hungryroot.com/queens and use code queens. Beam: Go to shopbeam.com/QUEENS, use code QUEENS, and get up to 50% off during Beam’s Cyber Sale! Rula: Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/queens #rulapod © 2025 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven TobiLogo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Also, knowing you're pregnant when it's only been four weeks is insane to me because, well,
0:07.5	obviously, I was not good at keeping track, apparently.
0:10.4	But, like, I mean, I had friends who were like, I got pregnant yesterday.
0:13.7	And I'm like, well, how do you know?
0:14.9	How do you know?
0:16.8	How do you know? All right, you guys, we have got a case today that is so enraging that everything that you own and everything that you will own in the future will be thrown out
0:39.1	the window.
0:40.1	Perfect.
0:41.0	Post-taste.
0:42.2	Love it.
0:43.2	And Nikita does not know this case yet.
0:47.4	So I'm going to be telling her.
0:50.3	And a big thank you to Madison for writing this one up.
0:53.4	And this, I don't know what's going to
0:55.7	happen, but it might end up being a two-parter. Well, we are yappers. And there's just a lot to this
1:02.5	case. You guys know Canton, Massachusetts is my Roman Empire. And that's where this case takes
1:09.4	place. Yeah. Well, this morning we had to
1:12.6	push back recording so you could add some extra tidbits in there. So I'm very interested in what's
1:17.6	about to happen. And there's just so much movement in all of the things in Canton and the Norfolk
1:23.1	County DA's office and like all of these things. So yeah, we're going to talk about it. There are some
1:28.5	trigger warnings though. There are, we're going to be talking about sexual abuse of a minor.
1:34.6	And it's don't love that. It's yuck. The whole thing is yuck. So let me give you just a little
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