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

[Elliot_Alderson]

Does the defense have a reconstruction expert they will be calling? Will their expert have just learned how to read this data as well?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801691467389538561

 

[nodamselindistress]

Can he tell us what made the marks on JO's arm too? Is there a color coded chart for that?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801692309769400509

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

So wait, did I read that correctly? We’ve gone from she hit JOK at 24 mph to she hit JOK at 97 mph?

 

[louvillian08]

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?

Yes. And the defense alleged pretrial the safety system logged zero impacts or collisions.

This guy also confirmed there is a camera that will take pictures after impacts (I’m not sure the exact word he used) and there were none on her car.

 

[STLBlues]

So wait, did I read that correctly? We’ve gone from she hit JOK at 24 mph to she hit JOK at 97 mph?

I was just going to point this out as well.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801692602024215033

 

[Curiousobserver]

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.

She gave a scientific answer that the defense attorney skillfully used to imply that meant the glass "stood alone" implying it came from some third party. But that is not exactly what she said. She did say there was no physical match to the cocktail glass (jigsaw puzzle fit) but she also said there were physical matches to the glass on the ground outside the home. It is entirely possible for the glass on the bumper to be able to physically match the glass on the ground and for neither sample not to have an edge that matches anything on the cocktail glass or other fragments and for it still to have come from that cocktail glass. The entire mass of the glass was not recovered.

Karen Read trial: State Police sgt. testifies about Read’s broken taillight, O’Keefe’s injuries, and the couple’s bar tab

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik testified about the early days of the investigation into John O’Keefe’s death.

www.boston.com

 

[kittythehare]

I think he just shot himself when he said when we believe it was intentional we do abc
amIrite?

 

[geevee]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801691467389538561

'Consistent with being hit by a vehicle', the same vehicle equipped with a camera that takes pics when a strike occurs, but no pictures were taken?

 

[Wishbone]

Is this the totality of his training or is there more?
3 classes 40 hrs each for training in car crash

 

[AppleTreeGreen]

So wait, did I read that correctly? We’ve gone from she hit JOK at 24 mph to she hit JOK at 97 mph?

Edit: Going the distance of 94 feet at 24 mph on a road probably becoming sloppy seems really risky, let alone dangerous

With the vehicle’s speed and distance, in addition to being intoxicated, would she have been able to properly step on the breaks stop her from reversing her vehicle onto the lawn and as a result, into JO’s prone figure thus causing further harm? Would she have been able to maintain control if her car started to swerve or possibly hit the mailbox, the curb again or another vehicle? What about the risk of crashing if she drives or slides through intersection due to driving such a distance in reverse?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801697526099157426

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

'Consistent with being hit by a vehicle', the same vehicle equipped with a camera that takes pics when a strike occurs, but no pictures were taken?

Nor were any collisions detected in these reports. Kind of funny for hitting someone at 97 mph JMO

 

[TristanP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801691467389538561

Thank goodness this accident reconstructionist is also an ME, like Proctor, and Bukhenik, and at least one other witness that tried to toss in their opinion.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801693701254877632

 

[Leilei]

@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."

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

I have a very hard time believing that nobody heard the engine revving, saw any skid marks, etc... plus the fact that there are no time stamps make this whole report suspect. 97 mph in reverse would have left a much bigger "crime" scene than there was. JOK would have been in much worse shape than he was.
IMO.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Just another typo I guess

 

[TristanP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801692309769400509

Wouldn’t it need to be known where JO was facing in order to determine how his injuries were consistent with a counter clockwise motion?