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

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@JHall7news

A DNA expert at the Mass State Police Crime lab is next up. His name is Andre Porto - has a masters degree and is a forensic scientist.

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Has anyone testified as to why these dna tests didn't happen until 2024, while Proctor had already decided KR's "guilt" within hours?
 
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Fleeting theory alert: So when we look back at this case, we see a completely shoddy police investigation right? No logs. Didn't secure the scene. Didn't go in the house. Didn't separate witnesses. My thought is that they expected KR to just go away. They present her with the what evidence they had and the fact that it is her against the world and considering she was intoxicated, that she'd just accept a plea and go away.

I do think many of the players just reacted to their own confirmation bias, i.e. the cops must be all telling the truth and KR is a "whackjob." But whatever the case, it is quite obvious that no one thought it was necessary to do any sort of real investigation after finding a dead body on the lawn a cop's home after a late night party.

Poor John. He may never get the justice he deserves. IMO.
 
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Chart says the hair sample was "consistent" with O'Keefe's mitochondrial DNA. Says the testing also excluded the hair sample from more than 99% of the US population. Says that means she 95% percent sure the hair is O'Keefe's.


2:31 PM · Jun 13, 2024
 
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Red herring- the incredible,indestructible, hitch hiking, blizzard surviving hair. Until it got to the lab and they melted it. Just what it deserved for causing all this boring distraction from the facts of this trial. Thank you AJ for another pass on this witness of the hair. MOO
 
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@SueNBCBoston

Jurors are paying attention. Some are taking notes.
A reminder that two jurors got new notebooks the other day.


The sample was from the passenger side tail light.
Porto says it matches John OKeefe.
 
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Maybe plow truck went right down the middle of the road, pieces were off to side by sneaker I believe.
According to Loughran's interview transcript with Proctor and Bukhenik, he drove the plow following traffic rules early that morning. No plowing down the middle of the street.
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@BienickWCVB

Next prosecution witness: Andre Porto, state crime lab analyst. He analyzed DNA swab from the taillight of Read's SUV. Says the taillight DNA was match with O'Keefe and two other unknown contributors.


2:35 PM · Jun 13, 2024
 
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OK, 3rd hair witness. Judge whittled down the crash experts for the defense to two. No tit for tat allowed evidently.JMOO
 
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@SueNBCBoston

DNA was not detected, that means it could be there but not detected by the machine.


Asking now about the glass sample on the back bumper OKeefe’s DNA & 2 others
 
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@JHall7news

Porto also found O'Keefe's DNA was on the tail light sample - astronomical likelihood (510 nonillion which has dozens of zeroes in the number)


2:39 PM · Jun 13, 2024
 
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@FallRiverReport

I should say, since working in radio for the past few years, my hearing isn't as great as it was before. But both Lally and the witness are just low talkers and I'm struggling.

I may regret this, but I am going to head out and listen from either the hallway or my car.
 
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