State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, was instructed Monday to read the messages he exchanged with friends, relatives and co-workers about Karen Read, 45, who is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of a collision in the Jan. 29, 2022, death of John O’Keefe, 46. Proctor’s testimony concluded on Wednesday, and the trial then turned to Massachusetts State Police Lt. Brian Tully.
Proctor testified about another point of contention between prosecutors and Read’s defense team: a broken taillight. He said he noticed the right taillight on her Lexus SUV was cracked when he arrived at her parents’ home after O’Keefe’s death. From an evidence bag, he removed plastic fragments collected near where O’Keefe was found and showed them to the jury. Prosecutors say the fragments match Read’s broken taillight.
In other group text messages, Proctor used a slur for those with intellectual disabilities in referring to Read and her defense attorney David Yannetti, adding how much he hated them.He also called Read a “babe” and joked about her body.
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