Understanding the Karen Read trial: Who killed John O'Keefe?

In a high-profile and controversial case, Karen Read is accused of fatally hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, in Canton, Massachusetts — but her attorneys say she is being framed in a wide-ranging cover-upare finally set for trial, and the judge in the case is allowing Read's attorneys to raise the question they have been asking for over a year: Who killed Boston Police Officer John...

Prosecutors have said they were at C.F. McCarthy's bar in Canton with several friends on the night of Jan. 28, then went to Waterfall Bar & Grille across the street around 11 p.m.and stayed for about an hour. They left there and were invited to Albert's home on Fairview Road. Hours later, O'Keefe would be found fatally injured outside that house.

Last April, in a motion seeking access to Albert's phone records, Read's attorneys said records from McCabe's phone showed she had searched the phrase,"Read's attorneys say the records show the search was made around 2:30 a.m. But prosecutors have disputed the timing, arguing McCabe made the search after O'Keefe was found unresponsive. It's been a major point of contention in the trial.

District Attorney Michael Morrissey issued an unusual statement Friday, saying witnesses whose actions are being questioned in Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's death in Canton "certainly did not commit murder or any crime that night." With Massachusetts State Police investigator Michael Proctor under investigation — sources telling us it's in connection to the Karen Read murder case — we asked a legal expert what kind of impact a finding of wrongdoing might have on prosecuting Read.

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