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With closing arguments scheduled for Friday morning, jurors will soon begin deliberating Karen Read’s fate after 31 days of testimony in her second trial over the death of Boston cop John O’Keefe, her former boyfriend.
Read, 45, is accused of clipping the 46-year-old outside a house party and leaving him to die on the ground during a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022. Her defense denies that a collision ever happened, suggesting he was attacked by someone at the party and a dog instead.
Judge Beverly Cannone denied the defense’s second motion for a finding of not guilty Thursday – clearing the way for deliberations to begin.
The following includes core evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defense.
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Prosecutors said Karen Read and John O’Keefe had been drinking heavily before she dropped him off at a party at the home of Brian Albert, a fellow officer. They alleged she hit him with her SUV before driving away. Read denied this claim. (Courtesy of Karen Read)
The prosecution case:
- Taillight fragments in O’Keefe’s clothes
- Experts say a glancing vehicle strike caused O’Keefe to fall on the back of his head
- Phone data aligns with prosecution timeline
- Read’s alleged, repeated statements, “I hit him. I hit him. I hit him.”
- Read’s many public statements played in court
Special prosecutor Hank Brennan outside of Norfolk County Superior Court for the Karen Read trial Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Dedham Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)
KAREN READ MURDER TRIAL REACHES FINAL STAGE WITH CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET FOR FRIDAY
Former Whitey Bulger defense lawyer turned special prosecutor Hank Brennan, derided as a “mob lawyer” by Read’s vocal supporters, came in to take over the case after last year’s mistrial. Assistant Norfolk County District Attorneys Adam Lally and Laura McLaughlin returned from the first trial.
Central to Brennan’s case is that O’Keefe had plastic fragments that matched Read’s taillight embedded in his clothes.
Dr. Aizik Wolf, a renowned brain surgeon, said O’Keefe’s injury is consistent with a “classic” fall backward on frozen ground. And a biomechanist named Dr. Judson Welcher testified that Read likely hit him with a glancing blow to the right arm and sent him stumbling backward before he…
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