NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Karen Read’s attorneys revealed over the weekend the turning point at trial that they believe tanked special prosecutor Hank Brennan’s credibility in front of the jury. “My immediate thought was, I think he just lost the case,” Read attorney David Yannetti told Canadian lawyer and podcaster Ian … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor laughed at the notion that he tried to frame Karen Read in 2022 when John O’Keefe died, he said in a recent television interview. In the interview which aired on Thursday night, Proctor responded to accusations that he’s corrupt and … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Karen Read, finally vindicated after two murder trials in the 2022 death of her former boyfriend, Boston cop John O’Keefe, thanked a vocal crowd of supporters Wednesday, minutes after jurors found her not guilty of all homicide-related charges. She will serve a year on probation for drunken … Read more
Editor’s note, June 18, 2025, 4:15 pm ET: On June 18, Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, and found guilty of drunk driving in John O’Keefe’s death. The story below was originally published on May 3, 2025. It’s the same courtroom, the same judge, and nearly all of the same players — … Read more
Editor’s note, June 18, 2025, 4:40 pm ET: On June 18, 2025, Karen Read was found not guilty of the second-degree murder of her boyfriend John O’Keefe. She was found guilty of drunk driving. This was her second trial; to read our rundown of what was different at the retrial, click here. The story below … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jurors have reached a verdict in Karen Read’s retrial in the murder of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, who prosecutors allege she killed in a drunken hit-and-run during a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022. The trial saw more than 30 days of testimony and four … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Were Karen Read’s unorthodox media interviews a next-level strategic move from her defense? Maybe, according to one Massachusetts legal expert following the case. Read, 45, is accused of killing boyfriend John O’Keefe, 46, in a drunken hit-and-run Jan. 29, 2022, outside a party in Canton, Massachusetts. After … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Massachusetts financial analyst accused of killing her Boston cop boyfriend in a drunken hit-and-run is awaiting her fate after a second lengthy trial in a small courthouse in Dedham. Karen Read, 45, faces murder and other charges in the death of 46-year-old John O’Keefe, who … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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 … Read more
Karen Read says she won’t testify in her own defense Murder suspect Karen Read told reporters outside a Massachusetts courthouse Tuesday that she won’t take the stand in her retrial in the death of former boyfriend John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News … Read more