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Karen Read’s defense team says jurors were unanimous on acquitting her of murder

Jul. 08, 2024 17:11 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of Karen Read unanimously concluded she was not guilty of murder or of leaving the scene of a deadly accident, and were deadlocked on only the remaining manslaughter charge before the judge abruptly declared a mistrial, her defense team said Monday. ...

The Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again

Jul. 01, 2024 23:06 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the polarizing and much-watched case of Karen Read, a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. Prosecutors say they intend to...

Karen Read's jurors weigh evidence in a murder trial that challenged police integrity

Jun. 26, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — In the heat of early summer, a Massachusetts jury is deciding whether a woman murdered her boyfriend on a snowy winter night, or was framed in a conspiracy concocted by corrupt police involved in the killing of one of their own. Karen Read is charged with...

Karen Read's jurors must now decide: Was it deadly romance or police corruption?

Jun. 25, 2024 18:00 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The fate of Karen Read was handed Tuesday to jurors who must decide whether she ended a rocky romance by angrily striking her boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him mortally injured in the snow, or is a victim of police corruption, framed to cover up a fight at the home of...

Top investigator in Karen Read murder case questioned over inappropriate texts

Jun. 12, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Defense attorneys for a woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank grilled the lead investigator Wednesday about a series of offensive and inappropriate texts he wrote about the suspect during the investigation. Massachusetts...