DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The jury asked the judge several questions relating to charges and evidence Tuesday in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend.
Jurors began deliberations late last week, more than a month after the trial started. The second full day of deliberations began Tuesday morning and ended without a verdict. More deliberations are scheduled Wednesday.
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Karen Read gestures to her supporters while departing Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters of Karen Read gesture as Read departs Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters of Karen Read gesture as Read departs Norfolk Superior Court for the day during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read, center, leaves Norfolk Superior Court for the day following jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read gestures to her supporters while departing Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters signal to Karen Read, as the jury deliberates at Read's trial, outside Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read is surrounded by media while departing with her attorney Alan Jackson as the jury deliberates at her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters gather outside Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan arrives at Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters gather outside Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan finishes up his closing arguments during the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read sits with her defense team including David Yannetti, right, during closing arguments in her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Dina Warchal, of Waltham, MA, a Karen Read supporter, listens to closing arguments of Read's trial from her car parked at the edge of the protest buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Karen Read, left, and her lawyer David Yanetti, second from left, acknowledge supporters as they return to the Dedham, Mass. courthouse, where the judge was to issue instructions to the jury in Read's trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Defendant Karen Read smiles before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Makena Smirles, 12, of Auburn, ME, center, stands with fellow Karen Read, supporters , outside the Dedham, Mass. courthouse, on the day of closing arguments of Read's trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
![Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]](https://image.bastillepost.com/644x392/wp-content/uploads/global/2025/06/98273d143dbf781a57c78fdaf64c0c32_Karen_Read_Trial__05882.jpg.webp)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]
![Defendant Karen Read, right, speaks to her defense team, including Alan Jackson, second from left, before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]](https://image.bastillepost.com/644x392/wp-content/uploads/global/2025/06/98273d143dbf781a57c78fdaf64c0c32_Karen_Read_Trial__03973.jpg.webp)
Defendant Karen Read, right, speaks to her defense team, including Alan Jackson, second from left, before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]
Autopsy photo of the injured arm of deceased Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe during the Karen Read retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks as Karen Read listens during her retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Judge Beverly Cannone talks with defense attorney Robert Alessi during the Karen Read trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An autopsy photo of deceased Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe is displayed during the Karen Read retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone /The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Karen Read attends her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
Superior court judge Beverly Cannone listens to testimony during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Still images from an ARCCA reconstruction test show the shattering of an SUV taillight during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Supporters of Karen Read gather prior to the day's session outside Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A supporter of Karen Read holds a sign prior to the day's session outside Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read talks with her defense team after they rested their case during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
An image of a crash-test dummy is displayed as expert Daniel Wolfe testifies during the retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Expert Daniel Wolfe returns to the stand in the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Special prosecutor Hank Brennan cross-examines expert Daniel Wolfe when he returns to the stand during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Dedham, MA June 9 Karen Read listens to the testimony of expert Daniel Wolfe, when he returns to the stand in her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Images of a taillight assemby from a 2021 Lexus SUV are projected on a screen for jurors to view during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson questions accident reconstruction specialist Dr. Daniel Wolfe while holding a 2021 Lexus SUV taillight assembly during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read listens as accident reconstruction specialist Dr. Daniel Wolfe testifies during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Kare Read, right talks with her parents William and Janet Read during a break in the court proceedings at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Judge Beverly Cannone listens to testimony by witness Brian Loughran a Canton DPW snow plow driver during Karen Read's murder retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Blogger Aiden Kearney, right, and Canton community cable reporter Andria Galvin talk during a court sidebar while witness snowplow driver Brian Loughran speaks on the stand at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Canton DPW snowplow driver Brian Loughran on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read sits with her defense team during her retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
During testimony by forensic pathologist Dr. Marie Russell, a chart of canine dental anatomy, is projected by the defense, during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
A photograph of John O'Keefe's right arm is republished during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Forensic pathologist Dr. Marie Russell testifies about the type of injuries to the back of someone's arm during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Karen Read watches the testimony of Boston Police officer Kelly Dever during her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan questions expert witness Matthew DiSogra, an accident reconstruction analyst, during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson questions Boston Police officer Kelly Dever during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Jonathan Diamandis, a longtime friend of Michael Proctor, testifies for the defense during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Boston Police officer Kelly Dever, formerly with Canton Police, testifies during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Karen Read sits with her defense team, from left, Robert Alessi, Elizabeth Little, Alan Jackson, and David Yannetti during her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
William Read kisses his daughter, Karen Read, before the start of her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorneys Alan Jackson, left, and David Yannetti, right, confer before the start of Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson asks Judge Beverly Cannone to dismiss charges against defendant Karen Read during Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Accident reconstruction analyst Matthew DiSogra testifies during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read speaks with her attorney Alan Jackson during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
Images of an accident reconstruction test by Dr. Judson Welcher which shows impact via paint transfer from an SUV similar to Karen Read's to a human subject during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan questions Dr. Judson Welcher on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Dr. Judson Welcher, an accident reconstruction expert, speaks on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Read lawyer Robert Alessi cross examines accident reconstruction expert Dr. Judson Welcher during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend Boston police Officer John O'Keefe, in 2022, during her murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Read, 45, is accused of striking John O’Keefe with her car outside a suburban Boston house party and leaving him to die in the snow in January 2022. She has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene.
Read's lawyers say O’Keefe, 46, was beaten, bitten by a dog and then left outside a home in Canton in a conspiracy orchestrated by police that included planting evidence against Read.
Read's second trial followed similar contours to the first, which ended in a mistrial last year.
The jury asked questions of Judge Beverly Cannone, who also oversaw the first trial. Both sides discussed the questions in open court.
The first question related to the time frame of an operating a motor vehicle under the influence charge. Prosecutors wanted Cannone to instruct the jury to consider a time of 12:45 a.m., while the defense didn’t want a time specified. The defense argued during the trial that Read returned home and kept drinking, which would have influenced her blood alcohol level. Cannone said she would advise jurors that they are the finders of fact and to make their own decision based on the evidence.
On the second question, the jury asked whether video clips of interviews Read did in a documentary that were presented at trial constituted evidence. The judge said they were.
The third question pertained to the jury slip, specifically whether a guilty verdict on a lesser charge of driving under the influence meant guilt on the main charge, which is manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence. The defense argued that amendments should be made in the jury slip to make it clearer.
Cannone returned to the courtroom with the jury present and answered the three questions, emphasizing that this was their case to decide. “You folks have all the evidence. It’s only you who decides the facts in this case. You are the fact finders,” she said.
She then turned to the second question, saying they should treat Read’s interviews as evidence. “Yes, videos are evidence. You should weigh the defendant’s statements in the video interviews as you would any other piece of evidence and give them the weight you deem appropriate,” she said.
Cannone then went through the amended jury slip with jurors before releasing them to continue their deliberations.
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University who is not involved in the case, said it's “quite possible it is heading for a compromise or mercy verdict, a split verdict,” in light of the questions.
“My take is that the jury might be homing in the OUI charge, suggesting they might have doubts about whether she struck him at all,” Medwed said.
After a break, the jury returned a fourth question to Cannone, asking if they found Read not guilty on two charges but couldn’t agree on the third charge, would it be a hung jury on all three charges? Cannone said she would respond to the jury that the question was theoretical and not one she could answer.
The defense has said several jurors from the first trial came forward and said the jury was set to acquit Read on two charges but deadlocked on a third, leading to the mistrial.
Defense attorney Alan Jackson began his closing argument Friday by repeating three times: “There was no collision.” He told the jury that Read is an innocent woman victimized by a police cover-up in which officers sought to protect their own and obscure the real killer.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan opened his own closing by saying Read callously decided to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow, fully aware that he was gravely injured. He argued that she made the “choice to let” himdie, going further than prosecutors in the first trial in spelling out a motive.
Jackson repeatedly attacked the lead investigator in the case, former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired after sharing offensive and sexist texts about Read with friends, family and co-workers. He said Proctor's “blatant bias” tainted every aspect of a corrupt and flawed investigation and noted how prosecutors refused to put him on the stand, as they did during the first trial.
Brennan said Read's blood alcohol level was two to three times the legal limit after the couple downed multiple drinks at two Canton bars. The couple, whose “toxic” relationship was “crumbling,” had an argument on the way to the house party that increased tensions and ultimately led to O'Keefe's death, the prosecutor said.
“She was drunk, she hit him and she left him to die,” Brennan said.
Read faces several charges, the most serious being second-degree murder. If convicted she would face a maximum sentence of life in prison. She also faces a charge of manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, which carries a maximum of 20 years.
She is also charged with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum of 20 years; motor vehicle homicide, which carries a maximum of 15 years; as well as operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. They carry maximum sentences of 2 1/2 and 15 years, respectively.
Whittle reported from Scarborough, Maine.
Karen Read gestures to her supporters while departing Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters of Karen Read gesture as Read departs Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters of Karen Read gesture as Read departs Norfolk Superior Court for the day during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read, center, leaves Norfolk Superior Court for the day following jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read gestures to her supporters while departing Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters signal to Karen Read, as the jury deliberates at Read's trial, outside Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read is surrounded by media while departing with her attorney Alan Jackson as the jury deliberates at her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters gather outside Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan arrives at Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Supporters gather outside Norfolk Superior Court during the Karen Read trial, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan finishes up his closing arguments during the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read sits with her defense team including David Yannetti, right, during closing arguments in her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Dina Warchal, of Waltham, MA, a Karen Read supporter, listens to closing arguments of Read's trial from her car parked at the edge of the protest buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Karen Read, left, and her lawyer David Yanetti, second from left, acknowledge supporters as they return to the Dedham, Mass. courthouse, where the judge was to issue instructions to the jury in Read's trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Defendant Karen Read smiles before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Makena Smirles, 12, of Auburn, ME, center, stands with fellow Karen Read, supporters , outside the Dedham, Mass. courthouse, on the day of closing arguments of Read's trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
![Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]](https://image.bastillepost.com/1200x/wp-content/uploads/global/2025/06/98273d143dbf781a57c78fdaf64c0c32_Karen_Read_Trial__05882.jpg.webp)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments in the murder trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]
![Defendant Karen Read, right, speaks to her defense team, including Alan Jackson, second from left, before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]](https://image.bastillepost.com/1200x/wp-content/uploads/global/2025/06/98273d143dbf781a57c78fdaf64c0c32_Karen_Read_Trial__03973.jpg.webp)
Defendant Karen Read, right, speaks to her defense team, including Alan Jackson, second from left, before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]
Autopsy photo of the injured arm of deceased Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe during the Karen Read retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks as Karen Read listens during her retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Judge Beverly Cannone talks with defense attorney Robert Alessi during the Karen Read trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An autopsy photo of deceased Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe is displayed during the Karen Read retrial, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone /The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
Karen Read attends her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
Superior court judge Beverly Cannone listens to testimony during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Still images from an ARCCA reconstruction test show the shattering of an SUV taillight during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Supporters of Karen Read gather prior to the day's session outside Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A supporter of Karen Read holds a sign prior to the day's session outside Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Karen Read talks with her defense team after they rested their case during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
An image of a crash-test dummy is displayed as expert Daniel Wolfe testifies during the retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Expert Daniel Wolfe returns to the stand in the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Special prosecutor Hank Brennan cross-examines expert Daniel Wolfe when he returns to the stand during the Karen Read retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Dedham, MA June 9 Karen Read listens to the testimony of expert Daniel Wolfe, when he returns to the stand in her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 9, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Images of a taillight assemby from a 2021 Lexus SUV are projected on a screen for jurors to view during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson questions accident reconstruction specialist Dr. Daniel Wolfe while holding a 2021 Lexus SUV taillight assembly during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read listens as accident reconstruction specialist Dr. Daniel Wolfe testifies during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Kare Read, right talks with her parents William and Janet Read during a break in the court proceedings at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Judge Beverly Cannone listens to testimony by witness Brian Loughran a Canton DPW snow plow driver during Karen Read's murder retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Blogger Aiden Kearney, right, and Canton community cable reporter Andria Galvin talk during a court sidebar while witness snowplow driver Brian Loughran speaks on the stand at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Canton DPW snowplow driver Brian Loughran on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read sits with her defense team during her retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
During testimony by forensic pathologist Dr. Marie Russell, a chart of canine dental anatomy, is projected by the defense, during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
A photograph of John O'Keefe's right arm is republished during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Forensic pathologist Dr. Marie Russell testifies about the type of injuries to the back of someone's arm during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday June 2, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Karen Read watches the testimony of Boston Police officer Kelly Dever during her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan questions expert witness Matthew DiSogra, an accident reconstruction analyst, during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson questions Boston Police officer Kelly Dever during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Jonathan Diamandis, a longtime friend of Michael Proctor, testifies for the defense during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Boston Police officer Kelly Dever, formerly with Canton Police, testifies during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Karen Read sits with her defense team, from left, Robert Alessi, Elizabeth Little, Alan Jackson, and David Yannetti during her murder retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday June 2, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
William Read kisses his daughter, Karen Read, before the start of her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorneys Alan Jackson, left, and David Yannetti, right, confer before the start of Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Alan Jackson asks Judge Beverly Cannone to dismiss charges against defendant Karen Read during Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Accident reconstruction analyst Matthew DiSogra testifies during Karen Read's murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read speaks with her attorney Alan Jackson during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 30, 2025. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Defendant Karen Read during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
Images of an accident reconstruction test by Dr. Judson Welcher which shows impact via paint transfer from an SUV similar to Karen Read's to a human subject during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor Hank Brennan questions Dr. Judson Welcher on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Dr. Judson Welcher, an accident reconstruction expert, speaks on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Read lawyer Robert Alessi cross examines accident reconstruction expert Dr. Judson Welcher during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend Boston police Officer John O'Keefe, in 2022, during her murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
