MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #9

[AppleTreeGreen]

That is quite a curve to maneuver while accelerating for 60 feet to 24 mph in reverse. And they claim that KR did this heavily drunk without hitting the curb, fire hydrant, or bushes or skidding out of control towards the left-hand side of the road?

And when she does JO as they claim, she does so in silence without her vehicle making any loud crashing or skidding noises and without attracting attention at all?

With her skills maybe she should consider a career with NASCAR or as a stunt driver for Fast and Furious franchise.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Okay. my brain has glazed over,
I don't understand a word he is saying..
Like, zero.

You are not alone! I hope someone can expllain this

 

[TristanP]

@TedDanielnews

ADA Lally showing "triggering events" Trooper Paul downloaded from Read's Lexus. The time/date column is empty so we don't know when these events happened

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Ummmm couldn’t these yellow highlights be from when Jen was driving Karen’s vehicle to John’s house that morning?

It was a different driver in an unfamiliar car, she may have reversed faster than Karen usually does.

 

[Curiousobserver]

That is quite a curve to maneuver while accelerating 60 feet to 24 mph in reverse. And they claim that KR did this heavily drunk without hitting the curb, fire hydrant, or bushes or skidding out of control towards the left-hand side of the road?

With her skills maybe she should consider a career with NASCAR or as a stunt driver for Fast and Furious franchise.

I think you could look at that the other way- yes it would be difficult to not hit anything at that speed in reverse, and they are alleging she didn't avoid hitting something.

 

[Pyrite]

Why doesn't Lally ask him at what speed (in a collision) the airbags are set to deploy? That might be useful info for the jury, esp. if the CW is going to tell them she was reversing at 24 mph over a distance of 60 feet.

I don’t think airbags deploy when a car is hit on the rear bumper. I checked google and couldn’t find an acceptable link specifically stating this, but after reading through the following article from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety it doesn’t mention rear end crashes causing an airbag to trigger, just front and side.

Airbags

Information from IIHS-HLDI on airbags

www.iihs.org

 

[arielilane]

@KristinaRex

This picture of evidence shows activity on Karen Read's car when the odometer read 12,629 miles. When it was brought to Canton PD, it was at 12,665 miles. The 36 mile difference, the Trooper testifies, is consistent with Read's travels (1/2)

Her travels (approximately) between 34 Fairview, John's house, Jen's house, then her parents in Dighton before car is towed. So by doing the route math backwards, Trooper suggests that these highlighted events place Read's car at 34 Fairview. (2/2)

 

[Universecalling]

The bumper was wet, then covered in snow, perhaps the glass pieces were frozen in the grooved surface?

None of those pieces of glass on the bumper matched the cocktail glass.
This needs to be stated 10 times per day so that people don’t miss this important fact.

 

[arielilane]

Paul is showing this chart about two triggering events Read's SUV recorded at 12,629 miles on the odometer.








The previous chart is for the first triggering event. Paul says it indicates the driver was making u-turn.


Here is Paul's chart for the 2nd trigger event recorded by Read's SUV. Says it shows the accelerator was pressed 3/4 down and the vehicle accelerated to 24.2 mph while in reverse.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801688953848008969

 

[nodamselindistress]

@KristinaRex

This picture of evidence shows activity on Karen Read's car when the odometer read 12,629 miles. When it was brought to Canton PD, it was at 12,665 miles. The 36 mile difference, the Trooper testifies, is consistent with Read's travels (1/2)

Her travels (approximately) between 34 Fairview, John's house, Jen's house, then her parents in Dighton before car is towed. So by doing the route math backwards, Trooper suggests that these highlighted events place Read's car at 34 Fairview. (2/2)

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Ok but she went driving around Washington st that morning looking for him. Did they figure that into the mileage too?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801689956894838982

 

[nodamselindistress]

Jackson should be able to make mincemeat out of this. It is pure conjecture to me.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801689290046640616

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801689670230937876

 

[louvillian08]

Paul is showing this chart about two triggering events Read's SUV recorded at 12,629 miles on the odometer.


View attachment 510349





The previous chart is for the first triggering event. Paul says it indicates the driver was making u-turn.


Here is Paul's chart for the 2nd trigger event recorded by Read's SUV. Says it shows the accelerator was pressed 3/4 down and the vehicle accelerated to 24.2 mph while in reverse.

View attachment 510348

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801688953848008969

This second triggering event sounds like the route that prosecution alleges she took to 34 Fairview with JO. When she missed the turn onto Fairview, had to reverse back down Cedarcrest so she could turn right onto Fairview

 

[Universecalling]

Testimony in Karen Read murder trial focuses on broken taillight, alcohol consumption

DEDHAM — Testimony in the murder trial of Karen Read focused Wednesday on the broken right taillight on her Lexus SUV and the number of drinks she consumed before she

www.thesunchronicle.com

"Another state police forensic scientist, Christina Hanley, testified she examined a broken cocktail glass and said it matched glass pieces found on the ground outside the home.
Hanley also testified she examined small pieces of glass found on Read’s rear bumper and found some matched glass pieces found on the road outside the home.
Prosecutors say O’Keefe was holding a cocktail glass when he was struck by Read and it was the same glass he was seen on video carrying out of one of the bars before he was killed."

There were two types of glass found on the ground.
The cocktail glass
And
A large glass piece that doesn’t match the cocktail glass on the ground. This large piece of glass was found by proctor.

Out of many glass pieces found on the bumper, only two small pieces on the bumper match the one large piece of glass found on the ground by proctor.

 

[arielilane]

@BienickWCVB

Here is a close up version of Paul's chart show the vehicle data from Read's SUV.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801690238835708367

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

Jackson should be able to make mincemeat out of this. It is pure conjecture to me.

So it’ll be like every other prosecution witness on cross?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801691175604338717

 

[geevee]

If her vehicle has a safety sensor to stop from hitting something (connected to the rear camera system?), wouldn't there be data on that as well?

 

[TristanP]

Paul is showing this chart about two triggering events Read's SUV recorded at 12,629 miles on the odometer.


View attachment 510349





The previous chart is for the first triggering event. Paul says it indicates the driver was making u-turn.


Here is Paul's chart for the 2nd trigger event recorded by Read's SUV. Says it shows the accelerator was pressed 3/4 down and the vehicle accelerated to 24.2 mph while in reverse.

View attachment 510348

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801688953848008969

Ah, yes, because people often reverse when doing a UTurn.

 

[arielilane]

@BienickWCVB

Paul says tis chart shows Read's vehicle travelled just over 97 miles per hour in reverse. Says this data is "consistent with a pedestrian strike."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801691212837228653