John O'Keefe, Karen Read
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Karen Read pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe and is facing a retrial after a jury was unable to reach a verdict last year.
After her trial was delayed due to "unavoidable circumstances," Karen Read is expected to return to court Wednesday. Follow live updates.
Jurors sitting on the high-profile case became privy to a slew of text message exchanges that showed a flirtation between the woman charged with killing her boyfriend and an ATF agent who was a friend of the dead man,
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Defense in Karen Read trial proposes that Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's death might be linked to a "jealousy"-fueled fight with ATF agent Brian Higgins.
Karen Read accused John O'Keefe of cheating on her on a trip to Aruba in 2021. Prosecutors want the jury to hear more about the incident.
Karen Read exchanged flirty texts with another man two weeks before her cop boyfriend was found murdered, according to testimony Friday.
The conduct of a former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his handling of the Karen Read murder investigation took centerstage at her retrial this week as defense lawyers spent hours grilling the ex-officer’s supervisor.