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Karen Read found not guilty of murder in retrial on police officer boyfriend's death
- On June 18, 2025, a jury in Massachusetts acquitted Karen Read of second-degree murder charges but convicted her of driving under the influence near Boston.
- The verdict followed a retrial after a July 1, 2024 mistrial due to a deadlocked jury over the 2022 death of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.
- Prosecutors argued Read intentionally struck O'Keefe with her SUV outside a house party after heavy drinking and left him to die in a blizzard, while the defense claimed a police conspiracy framed her.
- Jury deliberations lasted over 22 hours, and forensic evidence included plastic from Read's taillight found on O'Keefe's clothing, but no eyewitness video existed of the incident.
- The acquittal on murder charges spares Read a life sentence, but the verdict sparked statements lamenting a compromised prosecution and calls for justice for O'Keefe's family.
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‘I didn’t even know I’d be here today’: Karen Read spotted in Boston a day after her acquittal - Boston News, Weather, Sports
Karen Read was spotted out in Boston Thursday, the day after she was found not guilty of nearly all charges. Read and her defense attorney Alan Jackson were seen heading to lunch in the Seaport. Less than 24 hours before, the pair walked out of Norfolk Superior Court after her acquittal. When asked what her plans were now that her case is over, Read said she didn’t have any. “I didn’t even know I’d be here today, so I had no plans,” Read said. T…
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