News

Jury begins deliberations in Karen Read's second murder trial
Read's lawyers say John O’Keefe was beaten, bitten by a dog, then left outside a home in Canton in a conspiracy orchestrated by the police that included planting evidence against Read.
Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal
Read was accused of hitting her boyfriend with her car and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, but alleged she was the victim of a cover-up by his fellow officers. Her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury.
Karen Read trial recap: No verdict reached, deliberations to resume Monday
The jury started to deliberate shortly after 2:30 p.m. Friday and were sent home two hours later. Deliberations will resume Monday morning.
‘100 percent convinced’: Juror in Karen Read retrial speaks about deliberations, verdict
Paula Prado has four young children, so when the verdict that she and 11 other jurors decided in the Karen Read trial was announced inside a Dedham courthouse Wednesday, she began to cry for John O’Keefe’s mother.
Karen Read jurors speak out after verdict. What they've said so far.
In the hours after handing down a not guilty verdict on the second-degree murder charge, several jurors in Karen Read's trial have talked to outlets.
Jurors Are Sharing What Happened Behind The Scenes At The Karen Read Murder Trial
At least three jurors and the lead investigator have come forward to comment about the case since a jury returned a not guilty verdict earlier this week.
Juror from Karen Read’s trial reveals what led to acquittal
One of the twelve jurors who acquitted Karen Read for the murder of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, peeled back the curtain on deliberations. She said jurors zeroed in on Read’s tail light as a key piece of evidence.
Investigator and jurors speak out about Karen Read murder trial in aftermath of not guilty verdict
At least three jurors and the lead investigator in the murder trial of Karen Read have come forward to comment about the case since a jury returned a not guilty verdict earlier this week
Karen Read juror speaks about verdict, says "we couldn't prove there was a collision"
A juror in the high-profile Karen Read trial is confident in her decision and hopes the case of John O'Keefe's death can be reopened.
Deliberations were ‘overwhelming': Juror in Karen Read trial describes experience
Paula Prado said she does not believe Read caused John O'Keefe's death because she saw too many holes in the investigation.
Poll finds widespread support for Karen Read among eligible jurors
A poll conducted in the hours after Karen Read was acquitted of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, showed widespread support for Read among eligible jurors in Norfolk County and distrust of local institutions.
Closing arguments: Is Karen Read's murder trial a tale of love gone wrong or a police coverup?
Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments after weeks of testimony ...
Karen Read’s defense rests its case in her retrial for the death of her police officer boyfriend
Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer ...
E!5d
Unpacking Karen Read's Murder Trial Saga
Karen Read maintained ... as she went on trial for murder for the first time last year. The defense first alleged during pretrial proceedings that O'Keefe, Read's boyfriend at the time, was ...
The New York Times5d
Here’s What Happened in Karen Read’s Murder Trial This Week
Prosecutors in the retrial of Karen ... Read, 45, is charged with killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, by hitting him with her S.U.V. in a snowstorm in January 2022. Her first trial ...
The witnesses that defined the retrial of Karen Read for the death of her police officer boyfriend
CNN highlights about a dozen witnesses called over the last eight weeks, whose testimony illuminated key pieces of the ...