MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #22 Retrial

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Karen Read has been charged with second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision in the January 2022 death of her off-duty Boston Police Officer boyfriend John O'Keefe outside a Canton, Mass., home.

She's pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Leading up to his death, the couple of two years reportedly spent the night drinking and bar hopping with friends before Read, 43, dropped O'Keefe, 46, off at the home of a fellow off-duty police officer for an after-party, PEOPLE previously reported.

Prosecutors say as O'Keefe exited the vehicle, Read allegedly proceeded to make a three-point turn during a winter storm, striking her boyfriend in the process before driving off.

After O'Keefe failed to return home hours later, Read allegedly went looking for him, before finding his body in a snowbank outside the home where she allegedly left him.


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The whole ARCCA mess is not just about the mere deletion of 100 text messages, but rather has it's genesis in Trial 1 and how ARCCA were represented. The defence made a number of claims about the independence of ARCCA which turned out to be misrepresentations

1. ARCCA could not prep with the D before trial
2. ARCCA did not work for the defence and was not hired by them
3. ARCCA was not paid by the defence

Source

The Judge also allowed ARCCA to testify even though they did not comply with Rule 14 obligations re their data etc their report was based on, because DOJ would not allow it.

The Voir Dire yesterday illustrates that the relationship was much less independent than claimed, IMO. For instance Wolfe sent the D a QA doc of what to ask him.

So what does the Judge do for this trial? I think if this were a CW witness she'd probably strike them but I don't see that happening here. Does she just treat them as normal experts now, and allow Brennan free reign to impeach credibility?

I also think AJ will be sanctioned post trial. This is ridiculous behaviour from counsel and the second time he has been caught now.

The Judge will rightly be very angry with AJ, especially because she could have ruled against allowing ARCCA in T1 (no discovery). But I think she will put that aside.

MOO
 
The whole ARCCA mess is not just about the mere deletion of 100 text messages, but rather has it's genesis in Trial 1 and how ARCCA were represented. The defence made a number of claims about the independence of ARCCA which turned out to be misrepresentations

1. ARCCA could not prep with the D before trial
2. ARCCA did not work for the defence and was not hired by them
3. ARCCA was not paid by the defence

Source

The Judge also allowed ARCCA to testify even though they did not comply with Rule 14 obligations re their data etc their report was based on, because DOJ would not allow it.

The Voir Dire yesterday illustrates that the relationship was much less independent than claimed, IMO. For instance Wolfe sent the D a QA doc of what to ask him.

So what does the Judge do for this trial? I think if this were a CW witness she'd probably strike them but I don't see that happening here. Does she just treat them as normal experts now, and allow Brennan free reign to impeach credibility?

I also think AJ will be sanctioned post trial. This is ridiculous behaviour from counsel and the second time he has been caught now.

The Judge will rightly be very angry with AJ, especially because she could have ruled against allowing ARCCA in T1 (no discovery). But I think she will put that aside.

MOO
Can the judge limit ARRCA testimony to what they testified to last trial?
IMO they should not be able to use the *new* testing

Or will they simply be impeached on the stand?

IMO the defense shouldn’t be allowed to benefit from their shenanigans! But Karen is entitled to a rigorous defense - but this crosses the line

All IMO
 
Can the judge limit ARRCA testimony to what they testified to last trial?
IMO they should not be able to use the *new* testing

Or will they simply be impeached on the stand?

IMO the defense shouldn’t be allowed to benefit from their shenanigans! But Karen is entitled to a rigorous defense - but this crosses the line

All IMO

My understanding of Dr Wolfe yesterday is the D does not want him to give his testimony from last time. As the state is using a new reconstruction, and his evidence last time was not based on a full set of facts, he wants to give evidence in response to the states expert report.

it sounded to me like the Judge was going to allow that as she asked the second guy if he could deliver it faster if she so ordered.

I think this is mostly about impeachment.
 

AJ's direct examination of Dr Wolfe. From approximately the 9 minute mark to around 13/14 minutes.

Readers can listen to the questions and answers in context to understand imo that no misleading of the court or the jury took place. If anyone knows how to generate a transcript, this would be very useful for the discussion. Jmo
 
If anyone knows how to generate a transcript, this would be very useful for the discussion. Jmo

Youtube's own transcript isn't perfect but may be helpful:

9:01
May we approach now you yes you move on um

9:09
you've been qualified in other courts to tfy as an expert in the area of AC reconstruction is that right yes sir um
9:16
you were not hired by the defense in this case correct that is correct at the time you did your expert review Dr Wolf
9:23
uh and your consultation uh you and I have never met that's correct you did not who I you did
9:29
not know who I was I did not you had never met miss little no Mr unti no matter of fact you had never heard of
9:34
this case that's correct um you were hired by another agency not connected in any way to the defense is that right
9:41
correct and not connected in any way to the Commonwealth is that right correct to your analysis and your conclusions
9:46
and your opinions are completely independent of the defense and the Commonwealth in this case is that right
9:52
Jackson sustain Mr Jackson you can ask it differently when you did your anal is
9:59
and conclusions well let me ask it this way you finalized your report you and your team correct correct that report is
10:05
contain oops that report is contained in a multi-page document uh
10:10
that was submitted following your analysis and your opinions and conclusions right
10:16
correct we didn't the defense didn't have anything to do with that correct correct you never met us didn't know who
10:22
we were when you did this correct you never met Mr L didn't know who he was when you did this correct so your
10:27
analysis opinions testing and conclusions were were requested by a completely separate agency that is
10:34
correct all right um goes without saying but I'm going to I'm going to ask it anyway you haven't been paid by the
10:39
defense you have not paid us anything no um and you don't work for us that's
10:45
correct as a matter of fact I've never asked you specific questions about your testing before today that is
10:54
correct your work product the report that you provided was provided both to to the defense as well as the
11:00
Commonwealth is that right that's my understanding yes and you were equally available to both sides in terms of them
11:06
reaching out correct yes and I called you ultimately after receiving your report asked if you join us and testify
11:13
correct that is correct all right were you and your team asked to
11:18
undertake a review for purposes of AC accident reconstruction of the case that's now pending before the court yes
11:24
sir was your team asked to do this by the agency that ultimately retained you not us
11:29
that's correct um who at Arco was assigned to the team who would ultimately undertake this job of
11:36
accident reconstruction it was myself Dr Andrew renchler and Scott Klein what was
11:41
Dr wrench's role in this case as it's distinguished from your role in the case certainly so Dr wrencher is a
11:48
biomechanical engineer uh and ultimately he assessed whether or not there was a mechanism for the injuries of Mr John
11:53
O'Keefe and what was your focus if he's talking about the injuries to Mr O'Keefe what was your your focus in your
12:00
reconstruction and your analysis I I would simply say it was looking more at the damage to the
12:05
vehicle okay so in terms of your team and the
12:11
the responsibilities of each of the team members you were more focused on the damage to the SUV Dr richler was more
12:18
focused on the injuries suffered by Mr o'keef correct I think that's that's a fair character characterization although
12:26
with the caveat that we work together as a team so we weren't isolated kind of in those areas you know not speaking to
 
This might be nitpicky, but I’m surprised Ian Whiffin didn’t think to check for a secondary user on John’s phone, especially since it was unlocked using facial recognition. Given how thoroughly the phone’s usage was reportedly examined, I would have expected that to be considered. This isn’t to suggest Karen was involved, it makes me question the extent and depth of his investigation. Jmo.
 
Watching the voir dire hearing, it became readily apparent that the issues being vetted by the prosec were not of any material (an important legal term) significance to this trial, and it was just a fishing expedition using extremely exaggerated claims of malfeasance. And to JudgeB's credit, she used this venue to force the prosec to do all their irrelevant nitpicking outside the trial itself, so the jury doesn't have to hear their pointless examination of experts over such nothingness.

Today ARCCA's experts got to see Brennan at work, doing his best to take them down, and he got nowhere with them. In fact, watching the back-and-forth between ARCCA people and Brennan, it's even more clear why the prosec is looking for a hail mary to keep them from testifying at all.

After this display I am even more confident ARCCA's updated testing and testimony will be compelling for the jury in T2. The case is simple - the science says JOK wasn't hit by a vehicle, and ARCCA will deliver the news. And in T2, ARCCA will have the advantage of knowing what scientifically impossible claims the prosec has been trying to offer, and then be able to show the jury how and why they are wrong, now that they have been read in on the whole case and the prosec's claims.

It was obvious JudgeB is going to give some latitude to the prosec so their experts get to test ARCCA's latest and try to counter it, but there's no way she will be able to keep the defense from using their exculpatory testing and testimony to its full effect, which should be plenty. JOK wasn't hit by a vehicle.
 
Today ARCCA's experts got to see Brennan at work, doing his best to take them down, and he got nowhere with them. In fact, watching the back-and-forth between ARCCA people and Brennan, it's even more clear why the prosec is looking for a hail mary to keep them from testifying at all.

Brennan's conduct with Dr Wolfe was, in parts, completely disgusting and the judge did absolutely nothing to stop it.

For goodness sake Brennen, have you no shame?

As for the "Honourable" Judge Cannone, she is most certainly not fit to hold that title. She ought to be disbarred.

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I feel the case will now come down to how tightly the CW can tie the Lexus data to the cell data.

IMO it's rock solid JOKs phone never moved after 12.32. If the Lexus high speed reversing event is also at 12.32 that is a hell of a powerful coincidence.
 
The whole ARCCA mess is not just about the mere deletion of 100 text messages, but rather has it's genesis in Trial 1 and how ARCCA were represented. The defence made a number of claims about the independence of ARCCA which turned out to be misrepresentations


MOO
All this could have been avoided if the truth was told to the jury and that they had been hired by the FBI. Since the judge insisted that the jury be lied to, the description of ARCCA’s participation was muddled and weird. That was an own-goal by the CW and their fave judge.
 
All this could have been avoided if the truth was told to the jury and that they had been hired by the FBI. Since the judge insisted that the jury be lied to, the description of ARCCA’s participation was muddled and weird. That was an own-goal by the CW and their fave judge.

IMO the own goal was Lally not requiring proper discovery of the relationship and the ARCCA foundational content (e.g data) in the first place.

It was a very strange situation though!
 
Can the judge limit ARRCA testimony to what they testified to last trial?
IMO they should not be able to use the *new* testing
I notice some people are afraid of ARCCA telling the truth about the physics of the case. I am certain the defense would be in favor of having the FULL story told about ARCCA, why they were hired by the FBI and how they offered their info to both the defense and the CW and, yes, the details of payments and messages. There is this odd impulse by some to narrow the discussion by ARCCA but these same people would gladly dance in the glow of the despicable Michael Proctor. As an American interested in justice, I want truthful information to be provided to the jury, it’s as simple as that.
 
Brennan made a total fool of himself questioning Dr. Wolfe yesterday. He would ask questions, twist the answers and then argue with Dr. Wolfe over the twisted answers which came from his own mouth!! It was crazy making and none of the attorneys I saw opine last night had anything positive to say about Brennan's performance with Dr. Wolfe.
 
I feel the case will now come down to how tightly the CW can tie the Lexus data to the cell data.

IMO it's rock solid JOKs phone never moved after 12.32. If the Lexus high speed reversing event is also at 12.32 that is a hell of a powerful coincidence.

If this is true, then KR's phone could not have connected with JO's house wifi at 1236.
 

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