What did Jason Pickard testify at Matthew Farwell's trial over Sandra Birchmore's death?

Jason Pickard, 37, whom DNA testing showed was the father of Sandra Birchmore's unborn child, testified that she contacted him on social media in December 2019 while he was an Army recruiter. He said Birchmore always told him former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell was the father, and that she told him her relationship with Farwell began when she was a minor. He said he urged her to report it but did not do so himself.

• Prosecutors say Farwell killed the 23-year-old in 2021 and staged a suicide, and Farwell denies it.
• Pickard said he had never met Farwell before that day in court.
• The prosecution rested on Wednesday, with the defense case due the following week.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Dateline NBC (2026-10-29). Read the whole episode summary →

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