Juror reveals why Karen Read walked free in boyfriend's death

One of the 12 jurors who cleared Karen Read of execution charges successful the decease of Boston bull fellow John O'Keefe explained the panel's reasoning Thursday, a time aft her 2nd proceedings came to a close. 

The juror besides explained little disorder Wednesday day that arose retired of a verdict that jurors aboriginal retracted earlier it was work successful court.

Judge Beverly Cannone sealed that one. Within minutes, jurors handed down a verdict for real.

"Everything connected that archetypal gaffe was the aforesaid arsenic the gaffe that was presented," Juror No. 4, identified lone arsenic "Jason," told TMZ Live. He said they pulled the archetypal gaffe backmost implicit the OUI complaint – operating nether the power of liquor, of which jurors recovered her guilty.

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"In our deliberations, we had decided determination was capable grounds and impervious that she was driving nether the influence," helium said.

Jurors found Read not guilty of murder, manslaughter and fleeing a deadly mishap successful a proceedings that stretched connected for much than 30 days of grounds and 4 days of deliberations. The lesser included complaint of OUI is the Massachusetts word for drunken driving.

"I don't cognize what happened to John," Jason said. "I was lone presented a constricted scope of what happened astatine the night, and I tin lone basal my sentiment disconnected of the grounds that was shown successful the courtroom. So, I don't truly cognize if determination was a cover-up oregon not.

Karen Read exits Norfolk County Superior Court successful Dedham, Mass., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Read was recovered not blameworthy successful the execution of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

"I cognize that's the large conspiracy astir it, but I don't truly know. All I cognize is determination was a batch of holes successful the investigation. Whether they were deliberate holes oregon not deliberate holes, it's kinda hard for maine sitting backmost to cognize that — you know, what really happened."

He said the defence assertion that O'Keefe could person been killed by idiosyncratic successful the location — successful an onslaught that progressive a canine — was an "example of tenable doubt."

"We were tasked with uncovering ... with deciding this person's destiny based connected the impervious successful the grounds that the commonwealth was capable to present, and determination was a batch of holes," helium said.

Officer John O’Keefe (Boston Police Department)

He said different important origin for the assemblage was video that showed Read's taillight.

"We could spot from the car, aft the alleged incidental happened, erstwhile we could spot the taillight it was lit up red, wherever it shouldn't conscionable person been red," helium said. "I don't judge that the SUV collided with John O'Keefe."

Still, helium added, determination was nary mode for jurors to cognize whether claims of a "corrupt" constabulary probe were true.

"I don't cognize that determination was immoderate corruption going on," helium said. "But bash I cognize that determination wasn't capable impervious oregon grounds secured by the constabulary to convict Karen Read? Absolutely."

Also Thursday, Massachusetts State Police brass broke their soundlessness connected the years-long lawsuit marred by investigative missteps and the firing of a authorities trooper who played a cardinal relation successful the case.

Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor faces a pugnacious cross-examination by lawyer Alan Jackson during the Karen Read execution proceedings successful Norfolk Superior Court successful Dedham, Mass., June 12, 2024. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via Imagn)

Read was accused — and acquitted — of sidesplitting her fellow by slamming an SUV into him and leaving him to dice connected the crushed during a blizzard aft a drunken argument. Jurors recovered her blameworthy lone of drunken driving, for which she received a condemnation of 1 twelvemonth probation and outpatient treatment.

Col. Geoffrey Noble, the authorities constabulary commissioner, said the full section sends its condolences to O'Keefe's family.

"The events of the past 3 years person challenged our section to thoroughly reappraisal our actions and instrumentality factual steps to present precocious investigative training, guarantee due oversight and heighten accountability," Noble said successful a statement. "Under my absorption arsenic colonel, the authorities constabulary has, and volition proceed to, amended successful these regards."

He said the extremity is to present "excellent" work and support nationalist trust.

Karen Read and John O'Keefe airs for an undated photograph. (Karen Read)

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Jurors did not look to spot the probe aft 4 days of deliberation, erstwhile they rejected the prosecution's lawsuit astir entirely.

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The pb researcher connected the case, erstwhile State Trooper Michael Proctor, mislaid his occupation successful March aft an interior probe concluded helium shared confidential and delicate instrumentality enforcement accusation with civilians successful a radical text, the contents of which were besides lewd successful quality and mocked Read's wellness issues.

Supporters of Karen Read motion arsenic she departs Norfolk Superior Court during assemblage deliberations Tuesday, June 17, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

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It was Noble who announced the firing, days earlier Read's 2nd proceedings began. Her archetypal proceedings ended with a deadlocked assemblage past twelvemonth aft the texts were work successful tribunal and Read's defence exposed different glaring flaws successful the investigation. 

"It is incumbent upon me, arsenic good arsenic each subordinate of this department, to clasp 1 different accountable erstwhile immoderate subordinate compromises our ngo by failing to uphold our values," helium said astatine the time.

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Noble and the section were besides sued by true transgression reporters and immoderate of Read's supporters implicit the enforcement of a "buffer zone" astir the Dedham courthouse that their lawyers called unconstitutional.

Separately, section constabulary successful Canton, Massachusetts, were subjected to an outer audit that recommended accrued grooming and oversight portion dispelling claims of a conspiracy to framework Read for O'Keefe's death.

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A national probe into the lawsuit ended without charges against members of either instrumentality enforcement agency.