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Judge grants Karen Read prosecutors' request for interview documents
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.
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Karen Read defense pushes back against use of phone records
The state wants phone records from Karen Read’s parents.
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Latest hearing in Karen Read case highlights timeline on evidence requests
The Karen Read case was back in court on Tuesday in a hearing that addressed a flurry of motions, including requests from the Commonwealth for phone records and materials from the media. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022....
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Questions about Mass. system to investigate murder cases pile up — is change on the horizon?
Scrutiny over Massachusetts State Police’s handling of murder investigations has boiled over in the past year. The Karen Read murder trial and the Sandra Birchmore case — only recently classified as a homicide because the federal government stepped in — have garnered headlines across the region and the nation. Those cases reignited passions f... -
Head of Mass. State Police unit that investigated Karen Read loses 6 days of leave
The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, wa... -
Karen Read prosecutors seek her mom's phone records in bid for dad's testimony
The prosecution in Karen Read’s murder case is now seeking phone records from her mother, part of their planned questioning of her father in January’s retrial of some of Massachusetts’ most controversial criminal charges in years.
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Massachusetts has a unique system to investigate murder cases — but is it working?
The Karen Read trial put a lot of eyes on Massachusetts law enforcement. Now, an author who researches homicides in the state is sharing her thoughts. True crime writer Susan Zalkind says the case exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she has suspected for years. Despite the agency’s 94% homicide solve rate between 2019 and 2023,... -
Defense, prosecution argue motions as Karen Read's new trial draws nearer
Attorneys in the Karen Read case returned to the Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday to discuss a series of motions ahead of the upcoming trial, including a request from both sides to push the trial start date back. Karen Read was represented Wednesday by attorneys Alan Jackson, David Yanetti and Elizabeth Little. The Commonwealth was represented by s... -
Karen Read team seeks DA's personal emails, says prosecution expert misunderstood data
The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case has requested any communications that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey made from his personal phone and email accounts involving the case, which is headed for a retrial. It was one of several filings made by the defense Friday, along with a response to the prosecution’s re... -
Prosecutors push to get Karen Read interviews ahead of retrial
Ahead of the retrial of Karen Read, Massachusetts prosecutors are asking for records of an interview she did last year with Boston Magazine. Read is facing multiple charges, including murder, in the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton. Prosecutors say she hit O’Keefe, her boyfriend, with her SUV and left him for d... -
Karen Read judge no longer presiding over Ana Walshe murder case
Judge Beverly Cannone, already presiding over one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched murder trials, is no longer in charge of another.
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Top court hears arguments in Karen Read's bid to have 2 charges dropped
Karen Read’s defense team has called on the highest court in Massachusetts to drop two of the charges against Read in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
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Firm that will audit Canton Police Department selected, to start work soon
The firm that will audit the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the wake of the Karen Read case has been selected.
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Prosecutors, defense ask to delay start of Karen Read's second criminal trial
Prosecutors and the defense in the high-profile Karen Read case have filed a joint motion requesting to delay the start of her second criminal trial. In the joint motion filed Monday, the Commonwealth and Read’s team requested the start of the trial be moved back to April 1. Currently, it is scheduled to start on Jan. 27, 2025. Read is…... -
Karen Read will not be deposed in civil case until criminal trial concludes
Karen Read will not be deposed in a civil case against her until the conclusion of her second criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin in January, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Vanity Fair's Karen Read profile just dropped: Here's what we learned
The first installment in Vanity Fair’s long-awaited profile of Karen Read dropped on Tuesday morning. Part 2 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday. Karen Read is ready to speak. This summer, after her first murder trial ended with a hung jury, Read spoke to VF about her late boyfriend John O’Keefe, and what she and her legal team...