What to Know
- Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene
- She is accused of striking John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV in 2022 and leaving him to die alone in the snow outside of a house party in Canton, Massachusetts
- Her defense team has said she is the victim of a vast police conspiracy and that O’Keefe was fatally beaten by another law enforcement officer at the party
Karen Read‘s murder trial is entering its seventh week, with a new defense witness taking the stand to start the day on Monday morning.
Jonathan Diamandis, a childhood friend of former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, was called to testify about a series of inappropriate text messages Proctor sent about Read while serving as lead investigator in the case.
The prosecution rested its case last week, and the defense called its first witness Friday.
Read is accused of hitting John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV in 2022 and leaving him to die alone in the snow outside of a house party at 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts. Her defense team has said she was a victim of a vast police conspiracy and that O’Keefe was fatally beaten by another law enforcement officer at the party.
A mistrial was declared last year after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
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