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[arielilane]

9/11/2025
A Boston police officer is found dead in the snow, and suspicion falls on his girlfriend Karen Read sparking a trial that divides a community and captivates the nation.

In this episode of Mystery & Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil, we go back to the night Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe was found lifeless in the snow outside a friend’s home. Was it a tragic accident, or a deliberate crime? Karen Read, his girlfriend, stood accused of running him over with her SUV. Dr. Phil breaks down the evidence, the emotional testimony, and the social media firestorm that made this case a national obsession. Supporters shouted “Free Karen Read,” while prosecutors painted her as a jealous, angry partner.

Disclosure: A few trial facts are inaccurate.

 

[arielilane]

9/18/2025

The prosecution says Karen Read ran over John O’Keefe. The defense says she was framed. Dr. Phil analyzes the explosive retrial and the theories that divided a jury.

The drama continues in part two of Secrets in the Snow. Prosecutors presented DNA, taillight fragments, and voicemails to argue that Karen Read fatally struck her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. But the defense countered with an alternate story: John was attacked inside the house, bitten by a dog, and dumped outside while a cover-up unfolded. Dr. Phil examines the dueling narratives, the explosive testimony, and the mistrial that left the case unresolved while the court of public opinion raged louder than ever.

 

[Tortoise]

Hearing in the civil case today

 

[arielilane]

"Karen drives drunk. She reverses her SUV. She knocks J.J. down. She leaves him to die in the cold. And Read knows that she strikes the plaintiff," O'Keefe family lawyer Marc Diller said.

Additionally, the O'Keefe family is suing C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall Bar and Grille in Canton. They say the two bars are liable for serving Read alcohol that night.

Karen Read plans to sue McCabe and Albert family members, Massachusetts State Police, Michael Proctor and more

Karen Read was back in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday for a hearing in the civil lawsuit that was filed against her by John O'Keefe's family.

www.cbsnews.com

Sept 22

 

[arielilane]

Hearing in the civil case today

Timestamp 37:51

Plaintiff attorney Marc Diller:

Throughout we intend, like we did in the complaint, to refer to John O'Keefe as JJ. That is what he was affectionately referred to by his niece and nephew.

JJ no longer has a voice.

His life was wrongfully taken on January 29th, 2022.

He lived a life of service. He was a Boston police officer. And his personal life, when JJ's older sister and brother-in-law tragically passed two months apart from each other, leaving two young children orphaned, JJ stepped up. He agreed to parent those children, to raise them as his own, and to support them.

Fast forward to 2022, your honor. JJ is involved in a relationship with Miss Read. It's been going on for a period of time at that time.

January 29th, 2022, Karen drives drunk. She reverses her SUV.
She knocks JJ down.
She leaves himto die in the cold.

And Read knows that she strikes the plaintiff.
Rather than seeking to help or calling 911, she returns to JJ's home.

There, JJ's 14-year-old niece, Kayley, a plaintiff in this case,
is home alone, asleep. That's when Karen starts plotting.

Now, it is significant for the facts for you to understand the context here.

Karen Read knows Kayley well. She's been in her life for almost up to two years.
She has served as a part-time maternal figure in her life.
She knows that Kayley is a vulnerable child, having lost two parents tragically.
And one to two hours before JJ's body is ever found, before anybody knows his whereabouts, Karen Read decides to wake up Kayley in a panic. She tells Kaye something happened to JJ.
He's dead.
He's been hit by a plow.
Did I hit him?
All to a 14-year-old child woken up from sleep who's already lost two parents.

After provoking this chaos in the middle of the night, Miss Read leaves Kayley alone, vulnerable, shocked, and afraid.
It's now 1 to two hours later.
It's at or around 6 a.m. in the morning.
JJ's injured body is now found right where Karen left him. buried in the snow. 911 is called.

Now is when JJ's family learns of JJ's injury.
JJ's injuries at this point enter into the O'Keefe's consciousness at around 6:00 a.m. They rush to the hospital. It's 7:50 a.m. That's when the hospital pronounces JJ dead. And within minutes of being pronounced dead, that's when the O'Keefe family sees their son in the injured state that he was in as a result of the wrongful conduct.

From January 29th forward, your honor, Karen Read plots.
She fabricates a conspiracy. She launches a public campaign of disinformation. And she
involves a blogger named Turtle Boy. She leaks not for public information through
him. She pits her followers against the O'Keefe family. And all the while Karen
knows that the O'Keefe family is also vulnerable, grieving another tragedy in
their family. The O'Keefe's and Kayley suffer severe emotional distress. It's
more than anguish and more than grief and it is not overlapping with the
wrongful death statute.

 

[Curiousobserver]

And Karen also plans to launch her own civil suit.

Karen Read's legal team launches accusation of conspiracy in court

Karen Read's legal team stood in court on Monday and launched a salvo of allegations against investigators and witnesses involved in her criminal trials.

www.wcvb.com