Read, 44, of Mansfield, Mass., is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly mowing down her beau and Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dead outside during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022.The jury in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham began deliberating Tuesday and resumed its decision-making process again Wednesday morning, around 9:15 a.m.
Jurors are introduced to Karen Read’s angry, swear-laden messages she sent to her cop beau after his death about a slew of nasty messages he’d sent to others about Read, including calling her a “wack job c–t” and “retarded.” ATF Agent Brian Higgins told the jury how he and Read flirted in text messages and how she once kissed him.Higgins testified that one time when he was leaving O’Keefe’s house, Read “planted a kiss on me. Not like a friend,”
But Read’s lawyers say McCabe searched the phrase around 2:27 a.m. — as they tried to paint McCabe as an integral player in the cover-up to frame Read.Jennifer McCabe told a jury Read instructed her to Google how long it takes for a person to die in the cold.Read’s lawyers have claimed all along that she was a scapegoat in a sweeping law enforcement conspiracy and that O’Keefe was killed after getting into a fight with his officer buddies at Albert’s house.
During testimony, the younger McCabe came to the defense of Colin Albert — one of the men that Read’s lawyers say got in the fight with O’Keefe that led to his death.Jennifer McCabe’s daughter, Allison McCabe, testified through tears how Colin Albert — who Read’s team says is involved in a frame job — had been ruthlessly harassed by people online.But Allison testified that she picked up Colin and he wouldn’t have been at the house when the altercation allegedly happened.
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