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[arielilane]

6/2/2025 10:51:32
Dever says "there is no way" she could have seen Higgins and Berkowitz with the car. Brennan ask if the defense pressured her. Says yes. "They wanted me to repeat a lie," she says. Read is staring at Dever and swinging back and forth in her chair.

"They did not want me to tell the truth," she says. Brennan asks if it would have been easier to "accommodate the defense." "If I was to lie, I would lose everything," she says.

Jackson rises. Asks if what she said in August of 2023 would be implicating "two officers." Jackson reminds her that she said "her entire job revolves around what she says on the witness stand.”


6/2/2025 10:56:41
Brennan returns. Dever says she never told investigators she saw Berkowitz touch the car. Brennan asks Dever if she is protecting anyone. She says no.

Defense dog bite expert testifying in Karen Read murder trial

Dr. Marie Russell testified in Read's first trial that she believes O'Keefe's injuries were caused by a dog.

www.wcvb.com

 

[arielilane]

DR MARIE RUSSELL - the defense dog bite expert, who has worked as a police officer, an ER doc, and a pathologist, is the third witness today and the fourth overall for the defense. She has racked up some frequent flyer miles in this case.
11:33 AM · Jun 2, 2025



Now Brennan is doing the cross- noting she read about this in the paper and asks her if she knew about this case being on TV and that's why she wanted to get involved? Russell denies that. Says she didn't know about all the publicity.
3:14 PM · Jun 2, 2025


Russell says she wants to help clarify issues. Brennan says - you began to advertise yourself as a dog bite expert? She says yes. A photo was taken from her Read testimony and put on a website publicizing her participation


Brennan asks Russell if she's ever testified in any other case about identifying dog bites? she says no. Asks if her photo has appeared on line as she hopes for more business testifying about dog bites. Yes, it has.


Russell: "i’m the only physician that I know of" qualified to look at a photo of a wound and determine whether it's a dog bite. She says the only one with an interest in dog bite wounds.


Brennan is asking about Dr Scordi-Bello's autopsy - says she consluded the wounds to the arm were "superficial" and not punctures, Russell says she agrees and that's not inconsistent with what she has concluded about dog bites


When Brennan says these ME conslusions may not be in her report, but were part of what she has testified to, Alessi stands, objects, and says he wants all the questions about the medical examiner's report thrown out. Judge wants to discuss at side bar

As we approach 4pm it appears Dr Russell will have to come back in the morning. Brennan is not done and Robert Alessi will no doubt want to question his witness again.


Russell says O'Keefe's arm had no puncture wounds, and there were not of any measurable depth. Brennan is suggesting she has changed her testimony on this "many times." she doesn't think so


Brennan asks Russell about the evolution of her opinions in this case. Last year she said the wounds are consistent with an animal attack. Now she says she's certain it's a dog attack. She said she's reviewed this case many times and now says dog attack.


When Alessi has an objection to this line of questioning - Judge says we are breaking for the day. Russell will be back on the stand in the morning.

@JHall7news

 

[arielilane]

@KristinaRex


Hank Brennan now cross examining Dever. She says she left for her shift at 3:45 PM on 1/29, and she knows now that Karen Read's car did not enter sallyport until 90 minutes later, so she retracted her statement about seeing Higgins/Berkowitz with the car.


10:30 AM · Jun 2, 2025





Dever says she contacted the FBI about the alleged perjury threat -- so now jury has heard about FBI involvement indirectly. Jackson asking leading questions on redirect now so it appears he may have asked for Dever to be considered a hostile witness at sidebar.


10:39 AM · Jun 2, 2025

 

[arielilane]

Timestamp 1:07

Reporter: BUT DO THESE CRUDE TEXTS EQUAL A CORRUPT INVESTIGATION?

ADA Brennan: IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. PROCTOR, HAS HE EVER
SUGGESTED FRAMING A DEFENDANT, INCLUDING THIS DEFENDANT?


Diamandis: ABSOLUTELY NOT.


Next witness...

Timestamp: 1:42

Reporter: WHEN ASKED BY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY ALAN JACKSON IF SHE SAW ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

Officer Dever: YOU THREATENED TO CHARGE ME WITH PERJURY DURING OUR PHONE CALL PRIOR TO THE FIRST TRIAL IF
I DIDN'T LIE ON THE STAND RIGHT NOW, I WAS NEVER ON THE SCENE. I NEVER SPOKE TO A WITNESS.
I NEVER MET A VICTIM. I NEVER SPOKE WITH A SUSPECT. THIS WAS JUST A RANDOM SHIFT FOR ME
THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

 

[arielilane]

Who Is Karen Read In The Courtroom? | A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read | ID​

 

[arielilane]

Brennan asks if Diamandis knew his friend was fired for his behavior in these texts. Yannetti objects and the lawyers are now at sidebar.


9:24 AM · Jun 2, 2025


Brennan back up for cross. He was allowed to ask if Proctor was fired and why. Stream on all #WBZ platforms.


9:26 AM · Jun 2, 2025

https://x.com/KristinaRex/status/1929530172866269562

 

[arielilane]

Meet Karen Read | A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read | ID​

 

[arielilane]

Will Karen Read Testify? | A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read | ID​

 

[arielilane]

RSBM

Judge Cannone:
"I see now how the federal investigation began and when it began"


Adam Lally:
"what is also clear from the federal grand jury is that this was an investigation which was initiated by the defendant and Mr Yannetti. So to claim that he was in the dark, or didn't know about this federal investigation, every bit of discovery that the federal government has from the state case was provided by Mr Yannetti. Nothing was asked for from the commonwealth, nothing was asked for from the district attorney's office, the state police, so again, what I was intimating before in reference to the motion to dismiss, I have no idea what they have seen or what they haven't seen, how much of the file, how much of the discovery or anything else, it's all sort of been provided and colored by Mr Yannetti. And this goes back to November of 2022, so to then claim that you were sandbagged or didn't know about an investigation that you initiated over a year before, until late in December of 2023, I think disingenuous, I think disingenuous would be about the nicest term that I can come up with for that."

timestamps for above quotes 1.04 mins and 58.28
Motions hearing March 12, 2024

Post by @Tortoise

As linked above:
timestamps for above quotes 1.04 mins and 58.28
Motions hearing March 12, 2024

 

[arielilane]

DEDHAM, Mass. (Court TV) — Karen Read is standing trial for a second time on charges of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.

MA v. Karen Read Murder Retrial: Daily Trial Updates

Karen Read is standing trial for a second time on charges she murdered her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.

www.courttv.com

 

[arielilane]

@_kbenoit


#breaking Court is back. Motion for mistrial denied.



11:43 AM · Jun 3, 2025

https://twitter.com/x/status/1929926880322335039

 

[arielilane]

Approximately 19 minutes after the ignition was turned on, Read’s vehicle registered a second trigger event, according to Welcher. Pointing to revolutions per minute, acceleration and shifting data from the black box, Welcher testified that Read’s vehicle drove forward 34 feet before backing up 53 feet at a 74% throttle, with data indicating the car was traveling at 23 mph by the end of the trigger event.

Welcher pointed to data from O’Keefe’s phone, telling Brennan the rapid acceleration of Read’s vehicle matched with the timestamp of O’Keefe’s final interaction with the device.

"[The trigger event] matches the window of the cellphone data for O’Keefe," Welcher said. "That puts [the vehicle] in front of 34 Fairview."

Karen Read's SUV reached '74% throttle' moments before John O'Keefe's final movements, crash expert testifies

Prosecutors in Karen Read's trial use crash expert data to support claims she hit boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV as evidence mounts in Massachusetts court.

www.aol.com

5/27/2025

 

[arielilane]

Karen Read's defense attorneys call for mistrial after question about dog DNA

Defense attorneys called three witnesses Monday, introducing text messages from Trooper Michael Proctor, contentious testimony from a police officer and the opinions of a retired emergency room doctor.

www.wcvb.com

 

[arielilane]

6/3/2025 15:35:11
Brennan shows a picture of Read's SUV in O'Keefe's driveway after she returned to the house, also hours before he saw it in Dighton. Barros says this is also consistent with what he saw.

6/3/2025 15:34:01
Brennan notes it was snowing heavily and that there was snow packed around taillight. Barros agrees the snow might have impacted his ability to observe the taillight.

6/3/2025 15:32:50
Barros agrees he can see a white part on the taillight. Barros says this is consistent with the damage he saw hours later in Dighton.

Karen Read's defense attorneys call for mistrial after question about dog DNA

Defense attorneys called three witnesses Monday, introducing text messages from Trooper Michael Proctor, contentious testimony from a police officer and the opinions of a retired emergency room doctor.

www.wcvb.com

 

[arielilane]

Dighton police sergeant testifies​

Barros said he learned from Proctor that a towing company would be coming to Read’s parents’ home to retrieve Read’s vehicle in connection with the investigation into O’Keefe’s death. Earlier in the day, Read had driven to her parents’ house.

As state police investigated, Barros said, he was outside and saw damage to Read’s SUV.

“I saw there was some damage to the right rear tail light,” he said. “It was cracked. A piece was missing. But it was not completely damaged.”

Barros said there was some snow covering a portion of the tail light and agreed with Lally, saying it was “caked on there.”

Barros said he waited between 30 and 60 minutes for Proctor and Bukhenik to come out and never saw anyone messing with the tail light.

Barros finished testimony near 10:50 a.m. and the defense declined to cross examine him.

State Police Trooper Michael Proctor takes the stand in Karen Read murder trial - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - State Police Trooper Michael Proctor took the stand in the Karen Read murder trial Monday, beginning his testimony after weeks of<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/state-police-trooper-michael-proctor-takes-the-stand-in-karen-read-murder-trial/">Read...

whdh.com

6.10.2024

 

[arielilane]

new court filings

GSE John O'Keefe And Karen Read Re-Trial State Jury Instructions Consciousness Of Guilt Confirmed 6-3-25.pdf

drive.google.com

 

[arielilane]

@DrLauraPettler


I'll say it again, "Our system determines our outcome." What we saw here today with Dr. Russell was not an opinion LPA would have allowed into the Murder Room Method in this case. Why? Because the way she arrived at her conclusion cannot be properly substantiated in context with the totality of evidence. Doesn't matter what side you're on here, science is valid, reliable, and REPLICABLE. LPA teaches investigators "every case every time." What that means is pick a method, a good one, one that works and use it for the murder of the wealthy guy on the hill and the murdered prostitute in the alley. This helps structure the investigation to avoid obvious pitfalls of haphazard investigations like this one while minimizing investigator bias. John O'Keefe deserves better than all of this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1930036539842802054

 

[arielilane]

Timestamp 3:49:07

Judge Cannone: Mr Brennan

ADA Brennan: good afternoon

Witness KK: Good afternoon

ADA Brennan: Um was your last image of Karen and John both of them walking to the car and Karen walking to the driver side door of that car

Witness KK: Um correct

ADA Brennan: That night it was a celebratory mood

Witness KK: Correct

ADA Brennan: Everybody was getting along fine

Witness KK: Yes we were Yes

ADA Brennan: You were speaking to the defendant for some time

Witness KK: Most of the time Correct

ADA Brennan: You saw her at some point hugging Jen McCabe

Witness KK: Correct

ADA Brennan: you knew John

Witness KK: I did

ADA Brennan: He was a kind man

Witness KK: Very kind

ADA Brennan: Generous

Witness KK: Very generous

ADA Brennan: Thoughtful

Witness KK: Very thoughtful

ADA Brennan: Soft spoken

Witness KK: Yes

ADA Brennan: That night was particularly different He was extraordinarily proud and happy wasn't he

Witness KK: Yes he was

ADA Brennan: And you could see him emote about his accomplishment that his daughter got into private school

Witness KK: Correct

ADA Brennan: Did you talk to John that night

Witness KK: I did

ADA Brennan: No further questions Thank you

Judge Cannone: All right Miss K you are all done

Witness KK: Okay thank you

 

[arielilane]

Sequestration order broken (trial one)

When you (Wolfe) were receiving information from the DOJ about witness testimony, that was before you testified … Wolfe’s response: "Correct"

Timestamp 1:59:03

Attorney Brennan: When you receiving information from the Department of Justice about witness testimony that was before you testified... Correct?

Wolfe: Correct


1:59:54

Attorney Brennan: Did you know there was a sequestration order in this case that you were not supposed to consider or review other witnesses testimony or information did you know that

Wolfe: i was never made aware of that


Attorney Brennan: Nobody made you aware about a sequestration order in this case

Wolfe: no

Attorney Brennan: But you did in fact receive information about other witnesses testimony before you testified in this case in front of the jury didn't you


Wolfe: from the Department of Justice Yes


April 28, 2025

WATCH: Full voir dire hearing of ARCCA experts in Karen Read murder trial​

 

[arielilane]

RSBM

Nowhere does the evidence state there was no blood on the taillight. A swab was taken to collect and test all and any biological evidence on the taillight.

Maureen Hartnett

from 3.52.18:

I screened for blood on various areas of the undercarriage of the vehicle.

And what was the result?

Those were negative

from 5.26.28:

I took a polyester swab, I moistened it with sterile water, and then I applied that swab to the external front areas of the taillight.

Why did you do that?

My goal was to collect any potential biological material that was present on the exterior of the taillight.

Andre Porto

from 49.44:

Is DNA the same in every cell of a person’s body?

Yes, so what that means is if I were to take a blood sample and a saliva sample from the same person, the same DNA profile will be generated.

JMO