While Karen Read’s murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this year, the family of John O’Keefe is moving ahead with a wrongful death suit against the late Boston cop’s girlfriend and two Canton bars. O’Keefe’s brother Paul and his family on Monday filed the lawsuit against Read and the bars — Waterfall Bar & … Read more
Karen Read’s defense team says a fifth juror has come forward to tell them that the jury was unanimous in believing Read was not guilty of two of the charges against her, including second-degree murder, bolstering its call to dismiss those charges in the new trial. “The defense respectfully renews its contention that the jury … Read more
The verdict watch continues in the murder trial of Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of running her boyfriend John O’Keefe down with her SUV during a Canton snowstorm and leaving him to freeze in a front yard. Jurors have sat for a total of 30 days of trial, including Monday’s closing arguments, in Norfolk … Read more
Jurors in the Karen Read murder trial playing out in a Dedham court are likely to deliberate her fate early this week. Defense attorneys David Yannetti and Alan Jackson told the Herald they expect to finish with their witnesses Monday, with closing arguments from both sides expected Tuesday. Read’s defense called three witnesses on Friday … Read more
Nearly 100 potential jurors arrived at Norfolk Superior Court this morning for the first date of the murder trial of Mansfield’s Karen Read. Ahead of the arrival of the potential jurors, Judge Beverly Cannone issued her ruling on the most contentious pretrial issue: whether the defense could use the third-party killer theory they have argued … Read more
