Karen Read ‘s second trial in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, was expected to continue Tuesday in Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court before Judge Beverly Cannone.

The Karen Read murder retrial is taking today off. The announcement came in the form of a somewhat cryptic message from the state’s courts. “Please be advised that the trial in Commonwealth v. Karen Read is not taking place today due to unavoidable circumstances,

Dedham Superior Court officials blame ‘unavoidable circumstances’ for the cancellation in testimony in the sensational retrial of Read in Massachusetts, which is in its fourth week