Karen Read returns to court Monday, this time for the wrongful death lawsuit against her. The family of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, filed a wrongful death suit against Read and the two Canton, Massachusetts, bars they visited on the night he died. Read’s lawyers want the civil case to be put on hold until after her...

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Attorneys are pushing for Massachusetts’ highest court to dismiss two of the three charges against her.

A one-time girlfriend of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe shared her thoughts on the case against Karen Read in an interview with NBC’s Dateline. Lindsay Higgins says she dated O’Keefe for about six months. “He was just such a gentleman, you know, walked me home,” she told Dateline. “Just really, really kind.” She first learned of his death while...

Lindsay Higgins, who dated John O’Keefe for about six months, told NBC’s Dateline she thinks Karen Read is innocent.

The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to the prosecution’s argument against dismissing some of the charges against her as both sides prepare to square off before Massachusetts’ highest court next month.

Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Jr. with witness intimidation, harassment and littering.

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In one of the more unusual twists and turns of the Karen Read case, one of her supporters was arraigned on Wednesday, accused of placing rubber ducks on the property of people connected to the high-profile investigation. Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Junior with witness intimidation, harassment and littering. The ducks included messages protesting the Read prosecution. Schiffer says…

Judge Beverly Cannone will oversee the next Karen Read case proceedings in Norfolk Superior Court, a court representative said Monday.

The court is also seeking unaired footage from a William Read interview with a local TV station.