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A jury acquitted Karen Read of second-degree murder in the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
Karen Read and her lawyer, Alan Jackson, exit Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Read was found to be not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The jury convicted her of a ...
The acquittal of Karen Read is a "black eye for the government," a criminal defense attorney tells Newsweek.Other attorneys said that the investigation was "sloppy" and left "many questions about ...
Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on murder victim John O'Keefe, testifies during the trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in ...
Dozens of Karen Read's supporters — many dressed in pink — turned out at the courthouse on Monday for the second day of jury deliberations.
Karen Read and her lawyer, Alan Jackson, exit Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Read was found to be not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The jury convicted her of ...