The Criminal Justice System Was Found Guilty in the Karen Read Trial No matter how John O'Keefe died, the government failed here on multiple levels. Reason · Jun 21, 2025
Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend The jury is set to return for its third full day of testimony in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025
Jury selection begins in Karen Read's retrial over the death of her Boston police boyfriend Jury selection has begun in the highly-anticipated retrial of Karen Read, less than a year after a judge declared a mistrial on charges that she was responsible for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
The Karen Read retrial begins. Here’s what you need to know Karen Read maintains her innocence, claiming she was framed by law enforcement The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Massachusetts top court rules Karen Read can be retried in her boyfriend's death The state’s top court has ruled Karen Read can be retried on all three charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
Prosecutors ask Massachusetts' highest court to allow murder retrial for Karen Read Prosecutors called on the highest court in Massachusetts not to support dropping two charges against Karen Read who is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend based The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024
District attorney appoints special prosecutor to handle Karen Read's second trial A Massachusetts district attorney has appointed a special prosecutor, who has represented James “Whitey” Bulger and other prominent clients in the past, to take on the Karen Read murder case The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024
Karen Read asks Massachusetts high court to dismiss two charges Karen Read’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging a judge’s decision not to dismiss two of three charges against her The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024
Karen Read says in interview that murder case left her in 'purgatory' Karen Read says in an interview that her long-running murder case has left her “purgatory” and ”stressed every day." The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2024
Massachusetts judge rules Karen Read can be retried for murder after mistrial January retrial likely after judge declines to dismiss two charges against Boston woman accused of killing boyfriend The Guardian - US · Aug 23, 2024
Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the crime scene in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024
Karen Read defense points to Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal in argument to dismiss murder charges Karen Read stood trial in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, who was found dead in the snow outside of a friend’s house in 2022 The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
Massachusetts man gets consecutive life terms in killing of police officer and bystander A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to two life terms for the killing of a police officer and a bystander six years ago The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024
Karen Read back in court after murder case of Boston police officer boyfriend ended in mistrial Karen Read returns to court for the first time since her murder case involving her Boston police officer boyfriend ended in a mistrial The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024
The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024 Mistrial declared in Karen Read’s case over killing of her Boston police boyfriend Prosecutors say Read ran over John O’Keefe with an SUV and fled scene in 2022, but jury was unable to reach verdict
The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2024 Jury in Karen Read trial unable to reach verdict despite ‘exhaustive’ review Judge instructs jury to continue deliberating in trial of woman accused killing her boyfriend, a police officer
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023 Police say Karen Read killed her officer boyfriend with her SUV. She says she’s being framed in a cover-up A case that has grabbed media attention - here’s what we know about the murder that left a Boston police officer dead outside a home, writes Faiza Saqib