As the start of the retrial of Karen Read approaches, prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring through a series of motions — with Read’s team raising questions about an embattled Massachusetts State Police trooper’s actions during the first trial.
Massachusetts’ highest court has denied an effort by the defense to have two of the charges dropped in the controversial Karen Read murder case. Read the full decision.
Trooper Michael Proctor will have at least one more day of proceedings in his Mass. State Police trial board hearing over conduct revealed in the Karen Read trial.
Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe died in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022, and as Karen Read awaits retrial, questions continue to surround the case.
Suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor will appear in front of what’s known as a trial board Wednesday as part of the disciplinary process for behavior that received heavy scrutiny during the Karen Read murder trial.
A defense expert for Karen Read’s defense team can testify at Read’s retrial later this year, the judge overseeing the case ruled Monday.
No two trials are the same — and it appears that’ll be true for the high-profile Karen Read case as well.
The Norfolk DA’s Office calls Karen Read’s claim that someone else googled the phrase, “hos long to die in cold,” hours before John O’Keefe’s body was found “debunked” and want the expert behind the claim out of the retrial.
The start of Karen Read’s second criminal trial will be delayed after the judge overseeing the high-profile case on Monday approved a motion from both the prosecution and defense, according to court records.
The Karen Read murder case judge granted prosecutors’ request for access to off-the-record interviews and other documents from interviews with Boston Magazine reporter Gretchen Voss.
