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Justice for Liz Barraza
What to know about the case:
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Updated: 5:49 AM EDT Jun 26, 2024
- Karen Read, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. She returned hours later to find him in a snowbank.
- Read has pleaded not guilty.
- Read and her defense team claim she is the victim of a cover-up and plan to present a third-party culprit defense. They claim O'Keefe was beaten inside the home, bitten by a dog, and then left outside.
- In pretrial motions, prosecutors revealed the existence of text messages they said suggested a "romantic entanglement" with a friend who was present at locations Read and O'Keefe visited on the night of the incident. Other documents have also suggested trouble in the relationship between Read and O'Keefe.
- Read is also accused of having frequent contact with a controversial blogger known as "Turtleboy," Aiden Kearney, who now faces charges in related cases.
- Opening statements were delivered on April 29 and closing arguments were delivered on June 25.
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Framed or at fault? Day 2 of deliberations in Karen Read murder trial
Following 29 days of contentious testimony, a pair of hour-long closing arguments and another hour of instructions, 12 jurors are deliberating the fate of Karen Read.
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Updated: 5:49 AM EDT Jun 26, 2024