The trial of Karen Read, charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe is underway. The case has garnered national attention because the defense alleges state and local law enforcement officials have framed her and allowed the real killer to go free. Here are the facts and legal arguments in the case.
Karen Read sits with her legal team team in court, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. began in Massachusetts this week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank.The case has garnered national attention because the defense alleges state and local law enforcement officials haveThe charges: A tumultuous relationship turns deadlyincluding second-degree murder in the death of John O’Keefe, 46.
Paul O'Keefe's wife, Erin, testified that Read told her the couple fought in Aruba after she caught O'Keefe kissing another woman.In their opening statement, the defense team laid out plans to portray the investigation into O'Keefe's death as shoddy and undermined by the close relationship investigators had with the police and other law enforcement agents at the house party.
They came upon O'Keefe lying face up and Read, distraught and screaming near the body, appearing to have blood on her mouth from giving CPR. They also got one witness, who testified to hearing Read say O'Keefe's death was her fault, to acknowledge he never wrote that in a police report. They also questioned another witness' memory and suggested another may have been too focused on saving O'Keefe's life to be able to hear Read say she hit O'Keefe.
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