Karen is reading The second trial began today with opening in the introduction in the case of high profile Massachusetts. Read, which is accused of hiting a police officer’s boyfriend in Boston John O’keefe With his SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in the canton of 2022. Year, he withdraws less than a year after the first trial ended in the wrong.
The 45-year reading is charged with the murder of the second degree, murder while acting under the influence of alcohol and leaves the scene of the personal injury to death. He is not to blame for all charges and claims to frame him a few people, including law enforcement.
Eighteen jury – nine men and nine women – were sitting After the hard process of choosing the jury that lasted 10 days. One of the alternative juries from the first read is now a Member of her legal team.
How to watch Karen reading trial
You can watch read live streaming live from Norfolk Superior Court in the Dejma on the CBS Boston news or in the video player above when the process begins at 9 am
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Karen Read the introductory statements
Special prosecutor Hank Brennanex Whitey Bulger Lawyer Who was not part of the first trial, he made an introductory statement for Commonwealth.
Brennan began by setting a scene in the canton, describing how the firefighter and paramedic Timothy Nuttall responded to 34 Faiview Road in “near the matches” and found o’keefe in snow without pulse.
“He looked up at Mrs. Reading and said,” What happened? “And I will hear her word firefighter Nuts,” I hit him, I hit him, “Brennan said, because John O’Keefe was killed by the actions and behavior of that defendant, Karen read.”
Brennan said the jury that the data for mobile phones will be a key part of the prosecution argument. In addition to location information, Brennan said data that shows the cell phone battery “will be critical for your analysis of this case” – an element that has not been set during the first reading trial.
Brennan also raised Angry voicemail It read left for O’Keefe after midnight. The plaintiff stated 12:59 am a message in which he reads “John, no one knows where you are.”
“” And that’s where the plot and overlay start, “Brennan said.” The evidence will clearly know it’s there. She didn’t call 911, she didn’t go back to him, she didn’t leave an anonymous top. She left him. “
Brennan finished playing a shot from 2024. Year of Dateline interview with reading. Prosecutors said in the submission last week to plan to use their own words of reading against her at trial and is expected to play clips from reading different Media interviews If she had made it in recent months.
“I didn’t mean to hit him, but could I bent him in? Can I get him in the knee and disappear him?” He said, “he says,” he said in drunkenness and cold, he didn’t come again? “
Alan Jackson’s reading lawyer delivered an introductory defense statement. During last year’s trial, it was a lawyer David Yannetti who first spoke in the jury.
Jackson began speaking jurors that the evidence would establish “There was no collision with John O’Keefe.”
“John O’Keefe didn’t die from hitting the vehicle. Period,” he said. “The facts will show that the evidence will show that the data will show that science will show that these and experts will tell you.”
Karen Read the trial witnesses
After the opening of the statements, the prosecutors will begin to call witnesses to testify at the trial. There are 150 names that the Prosecution and Defense could invite, but it is not expected that everyone is expected.
Among those who played the main role in the first trial and could testify again, former are the Massachusetts Police Soldier Michael ProctorWho was fired for his behavior As he led the reading investigation and Jennifer McCabeWho made the controversy “HOS long to die in the cold” Google search.
Also on the witness list are Brian Higgins, Brian Albert and Colin Albert. The defense claimed that they could kill O’Keefe during the fight inside the house Brian Albert at 34 Fairview Road. Judge Beverly Cannone, however, ruled That the Defense cannot claim that Colin Albert, who was a teenager at the time, could be one of the men responsible for O’Keefe’s death.
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Karen Read trial schedule
The first trial of Karen reading consisted of 29 days of testimony in almost two months. The second trial can move faster, because the cannon said that the court will work as much as possible, as opposed to half days of testimony, which in the first trial was common.
The court generally begins at 9am and goes until 4 pm, from Monday to Friday. They go on a short morning vacation around 11 am and a lunch clock in about 13 hours
At some point early at trial, the jury will trips to Fairview Road in the canton to look at the crime scene. This visit will not be displayed live for the general public.
2025-04-22 15:05:00
