Karen Read

Part 2 of Vanity Fair’s Karen Read profile was released Wednesday morning. Here’s what we learned.

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As prosecutors prepare to retry Karen Read, the opening of a two-part profile has dropped in Vanity Fair.

The second installment in the two-part series is expected to be released on Wednesday.

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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...

Karen Read’s lawyers were back in the courtroom Monday seeking to delay the civil case against her.

Karen Read’s legal civil team was in court Monday, arguing a question of her Fifth Amendment rights and how her ability to defend herself could be compromised if she has to manage competing civil and criminal cases against her. The family of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, filed a wrongful death suit against Read and the two...

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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.

Dateline covered the Karen Read case in a two-hour special as we approach the three year anniversary of John O’Keefe’s death.

An attorney for one of Karen Read‘s most visible supporters, facing charges of witness intimidation in the case, is leveling new allegations against prosecutors. The defense team for Aidan Kearney, the blogger better known as “Turtleboy,” sent a letter to prosecutors Thursday claiming that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey lied about evidence and improperly communicated by personal email....

Attorneys for blogger Aidan Kearney are accusing prosecutors of lying about evidence and improperly communicating via personal email.

The major interest in the Karen Read murder case comes as no surprise to experts who say it shows the true power of the true crime genre.