US EditionKaren Read retrial: Updates, summaries from every day of the case
- Karen Read's murder retrial began in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham in April 2025, concerning the death of John O'Keefe in Canton on January 29, 2022.
- The retrial followed a hung jury in the first trial and stems from allegations that Read, intoxicated during a snowstorm, struck O'Keefe with her SUV after a night of drinking.
- The prosecution presented evidence including voicemail messages, physical searches of the scene, and testimony about the snowy conditions, while the defense argued Read was framed and someone else caused O'Keefe's death.
- Read's blood-alcohol content was estimated between 0.078% and 0.092% at 9:08 a.m., with testimony citing a possible peak of 0.28% near midnight, and Read admitted, "I hit him, I hit him, I hit him."
- The trial continues amid claims of investigative flaws and allegations of a cover-up, with implications for law enforcement credibility and ongoing questions about the true circumstances of O'Keefe's death.
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Karen Read's angry voicemails to John O'Keefe heard at trial
Karen Read's second trial for the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe continues. An investigator on her case took the stand, and jurors also heard several voicemail messages that Read apparently left O'Keefe on the night in question. CBS News Boston's Penny Kmitt reports.
Detective says Karen Read was ‘questioning’ strike; Proctor text messages read in court
DEDHAM, Mass. — A primary investigator of the death of John O’Keefe testified that Karen Read was “questioning” hitting O’Keefe with her vehicle — a disclosure made on the same day that text messages that ruined another trooper’s career were…
Karen Read, defense team back in court for another day of testimony in her murder retrial - Boston News, Weather, Sports
Karen Read and her defense team arrived Thursday morning for another day of testimony in her murder retrial. On Wednesday, another cell phone expert, Jessica Hyde, took the stand to walk the jury through the finer details of data pulled from the cell phones of both Jennifer McCabe and Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Read is accused of killing O’Keefe, her boyfriend, by hitting him with her car and leaving him to die in a snowbank after a nig…
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