Karen Read murder case verdict reached after deadlocked first trial

Jurors person reached a verdict successful Karen Read's retrial successful the execution of her Boston constabulary serviceman fellow John O'Keefe, who prosecutors allege she killed successful a drunken hit-and-run during a blizzard connected Jan. 29, 2022.

The proceedings saw much than 30 days of grounds and 4 days of deliberation.

Read faced charges of second-degree murder, drunken driving manslaughter and fleeing the country of a deadly accident. Her archetypal proceedings connected the aforesaid charges ended without a verdict past twelvemonth erstwhile jurors deadlocked.

FINAL DEFENSE WITNESS IN KAREN READ TRIAL PUMPS BRAKES ON LEXUS COLLISION THEORY

Karen Read listens to the cross-examination by Robert Alessi of adept mishap witnesser Dr. Judson Welcher portion seated astatine the defence array with her attorneys, Alan Jackson and David Yannetti, during her retrial astatine Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

This clip around, the commonwealth appointed a peculiar prosecutor, high-powered defence lawyer Hank Brennan, and Read added New York defence lawyer Robert Alessi to a squad that included Los Angeles' Alan Jackson and Boston's David Yannetti.

WATCH ‘KAREN READ TRIAL LIVE’ ON FOX NATION, HOSTED BY PAUL MAURO

Officer John O’Keefe poses for his authoritative headshot. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Reed, is presently connected proceedings for execution aft helium was recovered dormant extracurricular of a Massachusetts location successful January 2022. (Boston Police Department)

Read recovered O'Keefe astir 6 a.m. lying successful the snowfall and unresponsive. She was with 2 different women – Jennifer McCabe and Kerry Roberts, some of whom testified against her during the trial.

They said Read called them successful a panic that greeting and said she couldn't find O'Keefe.

McCabe testified that connected the greeting successful question, Read repeated 3 times, "I deed him."

Paramedic Timothy Nuttall, the archetypal witnesser to instrumentality the basal successful the trial, said helium overheard Read saying the aforesaid happening – 3 times again.

GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB

Peggy O'Keefe, the parent of deceased Boston constabulary serviceman John O'Keefe, looks up astatine defence lawyer Alan Jackson, right, during the Karen Read execution proceedings astatine Norfolk Superior Court, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

The mates and different friends and acquaintances, including McCabe, had been retired drinking successful downtown Canton earlier they were invited to an after-party astatine the location of Brian Albert, who testified successful the archetypal proceedings but not the second.

SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER

O'Keefe was recovered connected Albert's tract hours later.

Witnesses said they saw Read's car extracurricular but neither she nor O'Keefe went into the gathering. She did not attest successful her ain defence – but she told reporters extracurricular tribunal that she saw O'Keefe spell wrong earlier she drove away.

Prosecutor Hank Brennan during the Karen Read retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X

Throughout the trial, Brennan played clips of Read's televised interviews, giving jurors a accidental to perceive not lone her mentation of events, but different commentary she gave journalists, including however she was spiking her ain drinks astatine the barroom earlier O'Keefe's decease and an brushwood with O'Keefe's parent afterward.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Prosecutors allege Read deed O'Keefe and drove to his location without him. Read's defence has argued she ne'er deed him, blaming his injuries connected a canine onslaught and an altercation with different men astatine the party.