Karen Read is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe

She entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts

Karen Read and two other women found O’Keefe unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures, swollen eyes and hypothermia on the morning of January 29, 2022

The discovery was made at 6am, outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts owned by his friend Brian Albert, and where Read had dropped him off for after party drinks hours earlier

Prosecutors claim Read killed her boyfriend by running him over with her SUV as she dropped him off at the party after a night of drinking

Read pled not guilty, claiming she is the victim of a coverup orchestrated to protect those responsible, his friends, some in law enforcement

Karen Read [left], who is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, [right], entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts

Karen Read, 44, who entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts, where she’s facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend, 46-year-old Boston police officer John O’Keefe, and leaving him for dead
She has claimed she is the victim of coverup orchestrated to protect those responsible, his friends, some in law enforcement.
Prosecutors claim Read killed her boyfriend by running him over with her SUV as she dropped him off at a party in Canton after a night of drinking.
Read denies killing O’Keefe, claiming she’s the scapegoat in a conspiracy involving various branches of Massachusetts law enforcement.

Karen Read’s defense claimed O’Keefe was killed in a fight at his friend Brian Albert’s home and evidence has been doctored to point at her, but prosecution is claiming she reversed her car into O’Keefe in the snowstorm of Jan. 29, 2022, leaving him for dead

Read’s defense team has claimed that O’Keefe was killed in a fight at the home of his friend Brian Albert, further claiming that evidence has been fumbled or doctored to make her look guilty.
The highlight of the day was the testimony of prosecution witness Allison McCabe.
This particular witness, a college student, is the daughter of Jennifer McCabe, who the court heard was with Karen Read and a third woman when they discovered O’Keefe’s body in the snowy driveway of Brian Albert’s home around 6 a.m. on January 29, 2022.
Read’s attorneys claimed Jennifer McCabe played a key role in the alleged cover-up, which she has denied.
Allison McCabe gave tear-filled testimony to the court, coming to the defense of Colin Albert, then an 18-year-old high school senior, is one of the men Read’s legal team claims was involved in the fight at Brian Albert’s home that resulted in O’Keefe’s death.

Prosecution witness Allison ‘Allie’ McCabe [photo], giving tear-filled testimony to the court, coming to the defense of Colin Albert on Wednesday

Colin Albert, now a 20-year-old college student, was celebrating his cousin, Brian Jr.’s birthday at the house on Fairview Road, which was owned by Albert’s aunt and uncle, Brian and Nicole Albert.
Related by marriage, though not by blood, Allison McCabe provided testimony to alibi Colin Albert
She told the court that she had picked up Albert and drove him home on the night O’Keefe’s died, that he was not at Brian Albert’s home during the alleged fight – contrary to the claim of the defense.
This witness broke down on the stand, explaining that Colin Albert has faced ruthless “harassment” by “bloggers, people online” over the accusation.

“Colin wasn’t at the house. He’s being harassed for … he was not at the house when John [O’Keefe] was there. I drove him home,” Allie McCabe said on the stand

“Colin wasn’t at the house. He’s being harassed for … he was not at the house when John [O’Keefe] was there. I drove him home.
“People are harassing him saying he was at the house when it’s not true. … Constant phone calls. Emails. Awful messages,” a teary Allison McCabe said on the stand.
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As the court broke for recess after Allison McCabe’s testimony, Read conferred with her counsel.
Read rolled her eyes, snapped her head back, and aggressively muttered something to her lawyer.
On cross examination, the defense presented Allie with data from a tracking app her family used which showed she went back to the area of Canton High School after bringing Colin home, rather than immediately going to sleep, as she testified.

Colin Albert who the defense has claimed got into a fight with O’Keefe on the night he died, claims he never saw O’Keefe the night he died. He testified that he left Brian Albert’s home about 30 seconds after Allison McCabe texted him. To most questions on cross, he responded ‘I don’t remember’

Following the break, the court was shown text messages between Colin Albert and Allison McCabe from the night of Jan. 28-29, 2022, in which he asks her to pick him up. 
At 11:45 p.m., he texted her “U can get me now. If easier,” to which she replied minutes later, “ok I am driving ppl home now.”
Colin Albert replied, “Word” followed by “Get me after.” 
At 12:10 a.m. Jan. 29, 2022, Allison McCabe messaged him, “Here,” and Colin Albert replied, “Ok.”
Following the messages, Colin Albert took the stand, where he told the court he left Brian Albert’s home about 30 seconds after Allison McCabe texted him.

John O’Keefe, [photo], died after being found unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures, swollen eyes and hypothermia outside a home in Canton. His girlfriend Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence

O’Keefe was found unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures, swollen eyes and hypothermia on the morning of on January 29, 2022, outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts. The suburb is located 14 miles south of Boston.
He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, where he was pronounced dead, with an autopsy later showing he died from hypothermia and head trauma.
Colin Albert on the stand, told the court that he never saw O’Keefe that night. He left the party at the home just as his aunt and uncle were getting home from their own celebration with friends at the Waterfall Bar & Grille in Canton.
He got in Allie’s car and left.
He claims he never saw O’Keefe enter the home, a account confirmed by Allison when she testified that she drove Colin back to his home.
However, as testimony continued, the defense introduced a photo of Colin Albert a group of friends taken on Feb. 26, 2022 at Fenway Johnnies, a bar in Boston less than a month after O’Keefe died.
The photo showed bruises on Colin’s right knuckles, to which he countered that he got the bruises when he slipped on an icy driveway and injured his hand sliding down the driveway.
To most of the questions during his cross-examination, Colin Albert responded that he could not remember. When defense attorney Alan Jackson asked if he was coached to say “I don’t remember” every time he is nervous or does not want to answer a question. 
Colin responded, “No.”