Karen Read seen for first time since high-stakes trial, easing back into routine

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Fresh disconnected her gripping execution acquittal, Karen Read was spotted easing backmost into mundane beingness connected Friday, hauling trash similar immoderate regular American.

In the archetypal images of Read since her 2nd trial, Fox News Digital exclusively captured the 45-year-old wheeling a garbage bin extracurricular her Boston hotel.

Dressed successful a achromatic short-sleeve top, achromatic leggings and level achromatic shoes, Read was seen plucking boxes from the bin and tossing them into a ample dumpster.

Karen Read places boxes successful a dumpster extracurricular her edifice successful Boston, Mass., Friday, June 20, 2025. Read was recovered not blameworthy of the execution of fellow John O'Keefe connected Wednesday. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

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With her hairsbreadth escaped and blowing successful the wind, Read showed small emotion arsenic she carried retired the mundane chore — and past returned to the edifice carrying her compartment telephone successful her close hand. 

It came conscionable 2 days aft she was acquitted successful the decease of her boyfriend, Boston constabulary serviceman John O'Keefe, 46.

Jurors recovered Read not blameworthy of second-degree murder, the apical charge, but blameworthy of a lesser discourtesy of operating a conveyance nether the power with a blood-alcohol level of .08% oregon greater.

The trial saw much than 30 days of grounds and 4 days of deliberation. Read was besides recovered not blameworthy of 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.

Karen Read places boxes successful a dumpster extracurricular her edifice successful Boston, Mass., Friday, June 20, 2025. Read was recovered not blameworthy of the execution of fellow John O'Keefe connected Wednesday. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

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Cheers from her supporters, who had been waiting for an update crossed the thoroughfare from the courthouse, could beryllium heard wrong the courtroom. 

For Read's 2nd trial, 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.

O’Keefe’s assemblage was discovered face-up successful the snowfall extracurricular the Canton, Massachusetts, location of Brian Albert, a chap officer, connected Jan. 29, 2022.

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His assemblage was bruised and unresponsive with caput trauma and signs of hypothermia.

The defence argued O’Keefe was attacked wrong the house, and his decease was perchance covered up by instrumentality enforcement radical wrong the party.

The prosecution argued that Read intentionally oregon recklessly struck O’Keefe with her SUV and near him for dormant extracurricular successful a snowstorm and past tried to screen it up.

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

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Jack Lu, a retired Massachusetts justice and Boston College instrumentality professor, called the result "a stunning triumph for the defense" that helium said would besides assistance Read successful a civilian suit against her from O'Keefe's family.

The probe of Read's lawsuit led to investigations into the investigators, an audit of the Canton Police Department and the firing of a authorities constabulary homicide detective.

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.