More than 100 pages of documents related to the Karen Read case were released days ahead of her trial on second-degree murder charges in the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe in Canton, MassachusettsRead is charged with second-degree murder in the death of John O'Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, who was found unresponsive outside a Canton home on Jan. 29, 2022.
"At the Commonwealth's direction, Trooper Proctor was instructed to read the cause of death determination from O'Keefe's death certificate into the record, namely 'blunt impact injuries of head and hypothermia,' suggesting that the cause of death was generally consistent with the Commonwealth's theory of the case," Read's attorneys wrote.
Read called McCabe early the next morning after O'Keefe did not return home. They and another woman, grand jury witness Kerry Roberts, went looking for him, finding him in the snow outside Albert's house. He was brought to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Read's team has argued Proctor — the Massachusetts State Police trooper who served as the case's lead investigator — and Detective Sgt. Michael Lank of the Canton Police Department have longstanding relationships with the Albert family that were not disclosed to the grand jury. In Lank's grand jury testimony, the defense argues he did not make his connection to the Albert family clear — or the fact that the Canton Police Department called in state police due to the conflict raised by Brian Albert's brother, Kevin, working for the department.
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