US EditionKaren Read found not guilty of murder in retrial on police officer boyfriend's death
- On June 18, 2025, Karen Read was acquitted of charges including second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a fatal accident in Canton, Massachusetts.
- The charges stem from the fatal incident in January 2022 involving her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, a Boston Police Department officer, who was discovered injured outside a house party following an evening of drinking.
- Read's defense argued that O'Keefe was physically assaulted inside the house and that she was wrongly accused, while prosecutors maintained that she hit him with her car and left him to die in the snow.
- Prosecutors introduced evidence such as O'Keefe's DNA found on the damaged taillight of Read's vehicle, along with defense attorney Alan Jackson's argument during closing statements that the trial should conclude immediately because, in his view, no collision had occurred.
- The acquittal ends the criminal case, but a wrongful death civil suit against Read remains stayed until the criminal proceedings conclude, signaling ongoing legal challenges.
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Karen Read found not guilty of murder of in retrial
A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder after prosecutors retried her for the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The jury did convict Read on a lesser charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.
Witnesses Speak Out After Karen Read Is Acquitted in John O'Keefe's Death
After Karen Read was acquitted in the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, several witnesses who were present the night he died — and later testified in court — issued a joint statement, breaking their silence on the verdict and its aftermath.
Karen Read Acquitted Of Murdering Cop Boyfriend
Karen Read was acquitted Wednesday of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend in a case that exposed a flawed investigation and allegations that authorities conspired to frame her for his death.The case began when Read was accused of leaving her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, to die in a 2022 snowstorm after allegedly hitting him with her Lexus outside a suburban Boston house party, per the New York Post.In her Wednesday retrial, Read, 45, was f…
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