Michael Proctor, the lead investigator fired Wednesday by the Massachusetts State Police, is one of the 91 witnesses Karen Read’s defense attorneys may call at her upcoming retrial.
Karen Read's defense team has filed their list of prospective witnesses ahead of next month's looming retrial.
The filing, submitted by defense attorney Alan Jackson, lists 91 names as prospective witnesses that the defense may call to the stand for testifying.
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The list includes many familiar names from the first trial — members of the Albert and McCabe families, Brian Higgins and Kerry Roberts are all listed.
Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey is also named, as is former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor — Massachusetts State Police announced his firing on Wednesday.
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"The prosecution might want to call Proctor, just cause it's hard to have the chief investigator of the entire murder case not called, and yet he comes with so very much baggage," said legal expert Peter Elikann, a criminal defense attorney.
"I would call him first to blow off that steam, to kind of reduce that train that's coming down the road," added Morjieta Derisier, another attorney who is following the case. "And kind of frame it in a way that you're in control, if you're the prosecution."
"I'm not sure the prosecution needs him or it makes sense to call him under the circumstances, having watched the first trial," said NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne.
Read the full list in the defense's filing below:
