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Courtroom drama as Karen Read faces second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into boyfriend, Boston cop John O’Keefe

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44979d5fe27b4f0f9de7e103c89c1a9f" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Karen Read is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend&comma; Boston police officer John O’Keefe <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01508ec67a2ebe7c385e8767e8b55d90" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea8859e7eb7c922f03862ac98d35a908" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Karen Read and two other women found O&&num;8217&semi;Keefe unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures&comma; swollen eyes and hypothermia on the morning of January 29&comma; 2022 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-052d9b65fcedfcf51cb4b5c8de9e9120" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The discovery was made at 6am&comma; outside a home in Canton&comma; Massachusetts owned by his friend Brian Albert&comma; and where Read had dropped him off for after party drinks hours earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2a9818acbcbb8615d6f8235bf4082989" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>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<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8742f8ca505cd395b2a0159c1abfdd8b" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261d1d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Read pled not guilty&comma; claiming she is the victim of a coverup orchestrated to protect those responsible&comma; his friends&comma; some in law enforcement<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Karen-Read-and-John-OKeefe-3-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461181" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Karen Read &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend&comma; Boston police officer John O’Keefe&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Karen Read&comma; 44&comma; who entered day 12 of the trial on Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts&comma; where she’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;01&sol;im-being-framed-for-murder-karen-read-claims-boyfriend-police-officer-john-okeefe-was-beaten-to-death-by-his-friends-as-first-responders-testify-he-could-have-been-bashed-to-death&sol;">facing second-degree murder charges <&sol;a>for allegedly reversing her car into her boyfriend&comma; 46-year-old Boston police officer John O’Keefe&comma; and leaving him for dead<br>She has claimed she is the victim of coverup orchestrated to protect those responsible&comma; his friends&comma; some in law enforcement&period;<br>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&period; <br>Read denies killing O’Keefe&comma; claiming she’s the scapegoat in a conspiracy involving various branches of Massachusetts law enforcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Karen-Read-8&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461902" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Karen Read&&num;8217&semi;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&comma; but prosecution is claiming she reversed her car into O’Keefe in the snowstorm of Jan&period; 29&comma; 2022&comma; leaving him for dead <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Read&&num;8217&semi;s defense team has claimed that O’Keefe was killed in a fight at the home of his friend Brian Albert&comma; further claiming that evidence has been fumbled or doctored to make her look guilty&period;<br>The highlight of the day was the testimony of prosecution witness Allison McCabe&period;<br>This particular witness&comma; a college student&comma; is the daughter of Jennifer McCabe&comma; 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&period;m&period; on January 29&comma; 2022&period;<br>Read’s attorneys claimed Jennifer McCabe played a key role in the alleged cover-up&comma; which she has denied&period;<br>Allison McCabe gave tear-filled testimony to the court&comma; coming to the defense of Colin Albert&comma; then an 18-year-old high school senior&comma; 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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Allison-McCabe-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461900" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Prosecution witness Allison &&num;8216&semi;Allie&&num;8217&semi; McCabe &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; giving tear-filled testimony to the court&comma; coming to the defense of Colin Albert on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Colin Albert&comma; now a 20-year-old college student&comma; was celebrating his cousin&comma; Brian Jr&period;’s birthday at the house on Fairview Road&comma; which was owned by Albert’s aunt and uncle&comma; Brian and Nicole Albert&period;<br>Related by marriage&comma; though not by blood&comma; Allison McCabe provided testimony to alibi Colin Albert<br>She told the court that she had picked up Albert and drove him home on the night O’Keefe’s died&comma; that he was not at Brian Albert’s home during the alleged fight &&num;8211&semi; contrary to the claim of the defense&period;<br>This witness broke down on the stand&comma; explaining that Colin Albert has faced ruthless &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;harassment” by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bloggers&comma; people online” over the accusation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"778" height&equals;"438" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;TNIyYH0OieM" title&equals;"Karen Read trial Day 12 &vert; Colin Albert&comma; 1st expert witness among those testifying" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture&semi; web-share" referrerpolicy&equals;"strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Colin wasn’t at the house&period; He’s being harassed for … he was not at the house when John &lbrack;O’Keefe&rsqb; was there&period; I drove him home&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Allie McCabe said on the stand<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Colin wasn’t at the house&period; He’s being harassed for … he was not at the house when John &lbrack;O’Keefe&rsqb; was there&period; I drove him home&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;People are harassing him saying he was at the house when it’s not true&period; … Constant phone calls&period; Emails&period; Awful messages&comma;” a teary Allison McCabe said on the stand&period;<br><strong>Related Articles&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-cover" style&equals;"min-height&colon;100px&semi;aspect-ratio&colon;unset&semi;"><span aria-hidden&equals;"true" class&equals;"wp-block-cover&lowbar;&lowbar;background has-background-dim"><&sol;span><img class&equals;"wp-block-cover&lowbar;&lowbar;image-background" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Karen-Read-1-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" data-object-fit&equals;"cover"&sol;><div class&equals;"wp-block-cover&lowbar;&lowbar;inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;01&sol;im-being-framed-for-murder-karen-read-claims-boyfriend-police-officer-john-okeefe-was-beaten-to-death-by-his-friends-as-first-responders-testify-he-could-have-been-bashed-to-death&sol;">Testimony of first responders to a scene where a woman is accused of running over her policeman boyfriend&comma; leaving him to die in the snow&comma; could weaken prosecution case Karen &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;01&sol;im-being-framed-for-murder-karen-read-claims-boyfriend-police-officer-john-okeefe-was-beaten-to-death-by-his-friends-as-first-responders-testify-he-could-have-been-bashed-to-death&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As the court broke for recess after Allison McCabe’s testimony&comma; Read conferred with her counsel&period;<br>Read rolled her eyes&comma; snapped her head back&comma; and aggressively muttered something to her lawyer&period;<br>On cross examination&comma; 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&comma; rather than immediately going to sleep&comma; as she testified&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Colin-Albert-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461913"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Colin Albert who the defense has claimed got into a fight with O&&num;8217&semi;Keefe on the night he died&comma; claims he never saw O’Keefe the night he died&period; He testified that he left Brian Albert’s home about 30 seconds after Allison McCabe texted him&period; To most questions on cross&comma; he responded &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t remember&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Following the break&comma; the court was shown text messages between Colin Albert and Allison McCabe from the night of Jan&period; 28-29&comma; 2022&comma; in which he asks her to pick him up&period; <br>At 11&colon;45 p&period;m&period;&comma; he texted her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;U can get me now&period; If easier&comma;” to which she replied minutes later&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ok I am driving ppl home now&period;”<br>Colin Albert replied&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Word” followed by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Get me after&period;” <br>At 12&colon;10 a&period;m&period; Jan&period; 29&comma; 2022&comma; Allison McCabe messaged him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Here&comma;” and Colin Albert replied&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ok&period;”<br>Following the messages&comma; Colin Albert took the stand&comma; where he told the court he left Brian Albert’s home about 30 seconds after Allison McCabe texted him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;John-OKeefe-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461890" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>John O’Keefe&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; died after being found unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures&comma; swollen eyes and hypothermia outside a home in Canton&period; His girlfriend Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder&comma; manslaughter while operating under the influence <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>O’Keefe was found unconscious in a snowbank with skull fractures&comma; swollen eyes and hypothermia on the morning of on January 29&comma; 2022&comma; outside a home in Canton&comma; Massachusetts&period; The suburb is located 14 miles south of Boston&period;<br>He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton&comma; where he was pronounced dead&comma; with an autopsy later showing he died from hypothermia and head trauma&period;<br>Colin Albert on the stand&comma; told the court that he never saw O’Keefe that night&period; 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 &amp&semi; Grille in Canton&period; <br>He got in Allie’s car and left&period; <br>He claims he never saw O’Keefe enter the home&comma; a account confirmed by Allison when she testified that she drove Colin back to his home&period;<br>However&comma; as testimony continued&comma; the defense introduced a photo of Colin Albert a group of friends taken on Feb&period; 26&comma; 2022 at Fenway Johnnies&comma; a bar in Boston less than a month after O’Keefe died&period;<br>The photo showed bruises on Colin’s right knuckles&comma; to which he countered that he got the bruises when he slipped on an icy driveway and injured his hand sliding down the driveway&period; <br>To most of the questions during his cross-examination&comma; Colin Albert responded that he could not remember&period; When defense attorney Alan Jackson asked if he was coached to say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t remember” every time he is nervous or does not want to answer a question&period; <br>Colin responded&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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