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

[Leilei]

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

Where did he hit his head? I haven't seen any evidence of what he hit his head on - anyone else, or did I miss it?

 

[arielilane]

@BienickWCVB


Paul says O'Keefe was thrown forward, then spun counter clockwise and fell backwards and hit his head.


Paul says he took Read's SUV back to the scene for testing, including what Read was would have seen behind her during the alleged crash. They did the testing during the day even though the incident happened at night.

Lally shows these pictures from the interior of Read's SUV including the screen that shows the backup camera when the vehicle is in reverse.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801695143638274513

 

[kittythehare]

The Karen Read case – NBC Boston

Coverage of the Karen Read murder trial and her allegations of a cover-up over the killing of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.

www.nbcboston.com

 

[shotgun09]

Just another typo I guess

Ha! My bad. I regret doing it... etc etc..

 

[arielilane]

@BienickWCVB

Paul says this is what the driver of Read's SUV would see when turning to look over their right shoulder.




Paul says this is the driver's view of the console screen when the vehicle is in reverse. Shows backup camera and simulated 360 overhead view. Says the vehicle also has collision alert alarm that gets louder as it approaches an object.





Here's a close-up view of that console monitor with the backup camera and 360 overhead view.

 

[kittythehare]

Where did he hit his head? I haven't seen any evidence of what he hit his head on - anyone else, or did I miss it?

he is assuming his head hit the asphalt when he allegedly twirled.. but I'm not seeing it as being any more than a guess unless asphalt was examined for blood stains and if it was I have not seen it

 

[shotgun09]

Where did he hit his head? I haven't seen any evidence of what he hit his head on - anyone else, or did I miss it?

On the edge of the street, before he did the magical olympic spin, leaving him supine 10-12 feet away...

 

[nodamselindistress]

A punching bag dummy and he doesn't know how tall it is?

 

[Wishbone]

Where did he hit his head? I haven't seen any evidence of what he hit his head on - anyone else, or did I miss it?

This guy said JO hit his head on the curb and the tail light made the marks on his arm, I believe.

 

[Curiousobserver]

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

97 feet at 24 mph...

 

[AppleTreeGreen]

State Trooper Joseph Paul: O’Keefe’s injuries were also consistent with getting struck by a vehicle

Maybe if that vehicle was being led by Santa’s reindeer

John O’Keefe and his loved ones, especially his niece and nephew, deserve so much better than this

 

[JenaTaoson]

Dbm

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

97 feet at 24 mph...

Well how do they know that when they don't know how he was facing or what position he was in when struck?

 

[Curiousobserver]

Well how do they know that when they don't know how he was facing or what position he was in when struck?

The car traveled 97 feet from the time the event started recording, reaching maximum speed of 24 mph, with the pedal depressed to roughly 75% of maximum- is what that chart says. To me that is a person who floored it in reverse. It says nothing about hitting anyone.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Would love to hear Kinsey's opinion on this (from Murdaugh trial)

 

[Moonstrawbs]

Is this another day of no solid evidence from the prosecution? So surprised.

 

[arielilane]

Lally is showing this video of the testing done on Read's vehicle at the Canton Police Department. Paul says brake is equipped with anti-lock brakes so he says there would be no squealing tires during sudden braking.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1801700741674836050

 

[Pyrite]

Any idea why the CW put Lally as the sole attorney to prosecute a case with so many witnesses and such a long length? Compared to say the Lori Vallow trial in Idaho, which had two attorneys?

 

[ch_13]

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

I don't believe that's true. The scientist didn't just compare the edges. She also examined the chemical composition and physical properties of the glass pieces and found that they did not match.

(And I should note that only one of several pieces matched a piece found on the ground. And that one piece was found by Michael Proctor.)

 

[geevee]

This guy said JO hit his head on the curb and the tail light made the marks on his arm, I believe.

Maybe I misheard but when he was showing the drone footage of the area I thought he said there was a rounded curb and sidewalk on the opposite side of the street but not on 34's side?