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A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial

Jun. 14, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The highly publicized trial of a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank finished its seventh week on Friday. John O’Keefe, 46, died in the Boston suburb of Canton in the early hours of Jan....

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...

Crime scene analysts testify in trial of woman accused of killing boyfriend with SUV

Jun. 03, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

Crime scene analysts testified Monday about the SUV prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman was driving more than two years ago when she backed into her Boston police officer boyfriend and left him to die in a snowbank. Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder in the January...

Jurors hear about Karen Read's blood alcohol level as murder trial enters fifth week

May. 28, 2024 18:01 PM EDT

A woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank after a night of drinking was still legally intoxicated or close to it roughly eight hours later, a former state police toxicologist testified Tuesday. Prosecutors say Karen Read dropped John...

Defense highlights internet search for hypothermia in Karen Read murder trial

May. 22, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

A lawyer for a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend tried to implicate a key prosecution witness at the woman's trial Wednesday, accusing the witness of conducting an incriminating internet search hours before the man's body was discovered and then deleting the...

Family connected to house where Boston police officer's body was found outside in snow testifies

May. 10, 2024 17:50 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A highly anticipated trial involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank outside a home entered its ninth day on Friday in Massachusetts. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of...

A woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend was framed, her attorneys say

May. 08, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts last week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. ...

A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial

May. 03, 2024 13:12 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts this week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. ...

Focus turns to demeanor of girlfriend charged in Boston officer's death on second day of trial

Apr. 30, 2024 16:08 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The demeanor of a Massachusetts woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend and the words she uttered at the crime scene were the focus Tuesday on the second day of her trial. Karen Read has been charged with second degree murder and other...

Trial starts in conspiracy-fueled case of girlfriend charged in Boston police officer's death

Apr. 29, 2024 19:51 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a Massachusetts woman who allegedly killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him opened Monday with prosecutors saying a cracked taillight and her own words to firefighters that she "hit him" will prove she is guilty. ...