Karen Read

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.

With the retrial just six weeks away, footage of Karen Read’s vehicle at the police headquarters in Canton is the subject of a defense motion.

Massachusetts’ highest court rejected Karen Read’s attempt to have dropped two of the three charges she faces in the 2022 killing of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. ...

Here’s what to know about the Supreme Judicial Court ruling, plus analysis from NBC10 Boston political commentator Sue O’Connell on the what could be next for Read and her legal team —...

Massachusetts’ highest court has denied an effort by the defense to have two of the charges dropped in the controversial Karen Read murder case. This sets the stage for a second trial to begin in April....

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Read’s move to drop two charges in her retrial has been denied.

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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.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper’s employment battle will continue into March — the trial board hearing for the suspended Karen Read investigator went through a second day Monday and will re-convene next month for at least one more day. ...

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Once this hearing ends Monday, any recommendations would then be sent to the State Police Colonel and to the state’s Post Commission.

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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.

Judge Beverly Cannone rejected the prosecution’s request to block testimony from a defense expert on the search of “hos long to die in cold.”

The Karen Read case was back in the courtroom Thursday for a motions hearing that handed the defense a significant victory.

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Karen Read returned to court Thursday for a motions hearing that handed a victory to the defense. Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV in January 2022 and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. She faces second-degree murder and other charges. Read has maintained her innocence and claims she is the...

Here’s what happened in the latest Karen Read hearing, in which prosecutors tried to prevent a defense expert from testifying about the cellphone search “Hos long to die in cold” and to obtain Boston Magazine reporter Gretchen Voss’ notes from off-the-record coversations....

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The Karen Read case returned to Norfolk Superior Court on Friday for a hearing to discuss, among other issues, the defense expert’s analysis of the controversial “hos long to die in cold” search and whether it should be included in the new trial. The retrial remains months away, but outside of court Friday, Read attorney Alan Jackson said his...

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.

Wednesday marks the anniversary of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe’s death. His girlfriend, Karen Read, was charged with his murder, but the controversial case ended in a mistrial last summer and continues to cause division, all while his family awaits justice....

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Wednesday marks three years since the death of John O’Keefe, the Boston police officer who was found dead outside the home of another officer in Canton on a snowy morning in January of 2022. O’Keefe’s death was a tragedy to his family, and marked the start of the ongoing case against Karen Read, his girlfriend who has been accused...

A group of people were holding a 24-hour vigil in front of the Canton Police Department in support of slain Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and his former girlfriend, Karen Read, who denies allegations she killed him. The O’Keefe family was not part of the vigil. 

The lead Massachusetts State Police investigator in the Karen Read case faced a trial board Wednesday.

A hearing is being held Wednesday for suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor for allegations of misconduct related to the Karen Read case.

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