MISTRIAL MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #18
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THIS...appreciate the brevity too.
Kevin Albert has allegedly finished his suspension after an " independent" investigation per the Canon Select Board Meeting last night. That's it. That's all that's been released. No news of what that investigation found out? No news " what if any" punishment was given to him. As usual with ANYTHING coming out of Canton officials is usually shady, but it's about what was NOT said. Nothing was said that he had been found innocent of any wrongdoings or misdeeds. Nothing was said that he had been exonerated of the charges. Nope. Not one single thing except he had been suspended with pay for 3 months and he is now back on the job. Hmmm, a nice little paid vacation in the middle of the Summer for acting in such a way that the town had to launch an independent investigation. Of course if he had been found completely innocent or cleared of any wrongdoing, I'm certain that would be plastered all over the internet. What a town! What a county! Must be nice to be able to mess up on your job and get a sweet 3 month paid vacation out of it huh? My own opinion of course.
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Although, that would be extremely difficult to do since... carpet was removed, concrete was torn out and replaced, the door was replaced, and the people moved. Nothing to see here folks...
OK, here's an interesting little tidbit...
If you look at the docket for the appeal, one of the exhibits is "(TEMPORARILY IMPOUNDED) Transcript of May 24, 2024 Sealed Sidebar, filed by Attys. Martin G. Weinberg, Michael Pabian, Alan J. Jackson, and David R. Yannetti."
May 24 was Day 17 of the trial. It was the day that Brian Higgins testified. What went on during that sidebar that would have relevance to the issues under appeal? The exhibit has been sealed, but it's very curious.
Karen Read murder trial: Testimony about 'romantic' kiss, flirty texts
Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with an SUV and leaving him to die in a snowbank.
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Interesting MassGuy…. thanks for passing this along. And just have to wonder, depending on the appeal outcome might this eventually wind up being before the US Supreme Court? IANAL. MOO
I don't disagree, but unless someone comes forth who has information regarding how JO died, Karen Read will end up being the only person ever tried for this crime. I suppose we can hope the FBI information not yet shared can shed enough light on the truth, but absent this, there was literally no legitimate investigation ever done. Everything went towards trying to come up with enough BS to frame Read.
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I can't imagine it not being objectively investigated further.
What do you imagine they can do now? (assuming the FBI doesn't have more not yet shared) They didn't search the house that morning, despite a body being on the lawn. If John's DNA or a weapon that caused his head injury were in the house, they aren't there now. They didn't bring all parties down to the station to question individually. They allowed everyone in the house that night to pull their stories together ("Just tell them the guy never came in the house") and shockingly, questioned them together in the McCabe dining room. The photos of the "found" taillight are of poor quality with no context or positioning provided.
They never canvassed the neighborhood to ask about what neighbors heard or didn't hear. Never checked for any Ring or other camera footage of houses and businesses on Read's route, which would be long gone now. There's curiously missing video that should have existed, including the library and footage from John's home camera. They never photographed the condition of the taillight as it appeared when the tow driver arrived in the sallyport. John's injured arm was never swabbed. The dog was later allowed to go missing.
When something isn't investigated immediately (and willfully not investigated, IMO) and the lead investigator is allowed to tamper with evidence, because, as he himself stated, the homeowner as a Boston cop had nothing to fear, it's hard to imagine being able to reconstruct something like this so much later on.
Again, if the FBI has more, we'll hear more. But even they didn't come into the picture until much later. I think the only hope here is if someone comes forward, possibly due to fear of prosecution. (Higgins?) Aside from this, the people responsible for O"Keefe's death will probably get away with it.
I'm just imagining a few scenarios here. I wonder if down the track, in the event, say, of cw giving up the prosecution of KR ( conjectured details.but just say current appeal is successful and.for various reasons CW backs down on retrial of count two -maybe Morissey is forced to resign over longer term corruption allegations, maybe owing to outcome of fed investigation; maybe the current fed investigation into Sandra Birchmore is going to crack open probs in Mass ME office, and bring the investigative actions and inactions of cops like trooper Guiliano and possibly Bukhenic and Tulley into focus resulting in a sweep out), even if it's years down the track, would or could JOK's case be reopened and reinvestigated as a cold case? With no publicity, just quietly. This is the death of a police officer and I don't believe it will be dropped for good.jmo
Imo the starting point would be to thoroughly address the arm injuries and on the basis of expert study of photographic evidence draw the imo inevitable conclusion; a dog caused them. Idk but I believe the photographic evidence! would be sufficient for a detailed analysis ( size, depth of wounds, symmetry etc). Once investigators are convinced of the probable cause of the wounds, the next move is to look at the Albert's who had a suspect dog residing at the very location where JOK's body was found. Again Idk, but maybe in this speculated scenario, detectives or whatnot would at least have a go at interviewing some of these folks, maybe some of the minor players first. Sorry if I'm going too far here, but in circumstances where down the track a cleared out cw did become convinced that JOK was injured by a dog, could there be undercover cops used perhaps to try and draw out someone?
The other point imo is that there could be stuff we don:t know going on in the background right now. Maybe Chloe is actually alive in Vermont and defense (or in my dreams the FBI with the help of the lovely Drs Russel and Rentschler -Dr Wolf helps too in my imagination lol-) have tracked her down and made some measurements of her claws (and teeth possibly) to have compared with photographic evidence. If she:s gone then measurements taken from a dog of same breed and similar size might help. Moo
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Well said and I agree. Hopefully there is pressure on someone who will flip. All that you mentioned that is not there, to me, indicates foul play and cover up.
It's official. Morrissey will be facing a primary challenge in 2026.
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Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to try to unseat Michael Morrissey, who has faced criticism over the case against Karen Read.
Over the months, there have been continuous calls for Morrissey to step down as district attorney, and now, two people are vying to take his job in 2026.
2 candidates running to unseat Norfolk County DA Michael Morrissey in 2026
It may be two years away, but the race for district attorney in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, is already heating up. Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to try to unseat Michael Morrissey, who has faced criticism over the case against Karen Read. Over the months, there have been...
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Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to try to unseat Michael Morrissey, who has faced criticism over the case against Karen Read.
Over the months, there have been continuous calls for Morrissey to step down as district attorney, and now, two people are vying to take his job in 2026.
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Read's attorney: "Unjust prosecution"
Read's attorney, Alan Jackson, released a statement to WBZ that said in full:"The news that Michael Morrissey has decided to use taxpayer funds to hire an outside lawyer to prosecute this case speaks volumes about his confidence in his own team. They can bring anyone they want to court. We will beat this unjust prosecution, just like we did the last time. Like we've said to Mr. Morrissey previously, do your worst. We'll see you in court."
Norfolk DA appoints special prosecutor to lead Karen Read's second trial
Hank Brennan, who worked on the defense team for Whitey Bulger, has been added to lead the prosecution team in the retrial of Karen Read.
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It's official. Morrissey will be facing a primary challenge in 2026.
2 candidates running to unseat Norfolk County DA Michael Morrissey in 2026
It may be two years away, but the race for district attorney in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, is already heating up. Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to try to unseat Michael Morrissey, who has faced criticism over the case against Karen Read. Over the months, there have been...
Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to try to unseat Michael Morrissey, who has faced criticism over the case against Karen Read.
Over the months, there have been continuous calls for Morrissey to step down as district attorney, and now, two people are vying to take his job in 2026.
A LOT of dirt can be moved after 2 years of excavating. Just saying.
The Canton Police Audit meeting was completely off the rails earlier this evening. Both the Sandra Birchmore case and the Karen Read investigation were brought up. At one point one of the members expressed absolutely no concern whatsoever about how JOK's blood was collected in Solo Cups and how other evidence placed in shopping bags. There were several explosive moments during the meeting. After watching it I have absolutely 100% NO DOUBT that there was a sustained effort to frame Karen Reed. Members of the Canton community must have been appalled at the behavior of such so called officials. I've never seen behavior like that from adults in a formal setting like that before. It really needs to be reported on a national scale. I can't believe a town is run in such fashion.
It made the local news! Believe me this was a very, VERY mild representation of how bad it got.
It made the local news! Believe me this was a very, VERY mild representation of how bad it got.
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The highest court in MA has agreed to hear the Read appeal. This will be heard by the full panel.
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Karen Read's appeal to be heard by full panel on Massachusetts' highest court
A single justice for the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that Karen Read's appeal will be heard by the full panel before a decision is made.
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I just happened on a short video on Youtube where it seemed to emphasize that JOK body was found close to flagpole. In pictures it seems like the flagpole is in the far left corner of the front yard and the driveway is on the right side. I thought his body was found nearer the driveway where KR I assumed dropped him off. Now I'm confused as to how she was supposed to have hit him. If he was near the flagpole how is it reconstructed that she hit him???