6 hours ago · BOSTON – The state's highest court ruled that Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, Braintree native John O'Keefe, can be retried on all three ...

BOSTON (AP) — The state’s top court ruled Tuesday that Karen Read can be retried on all the same charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Prosecutors have sought to retry Read this year on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crime. They accused her of ramming into John O’Keefe with ...

6 hours ago · The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will issue its ruling this morning in Karen Read’s appeal asking that her murder charge be dropped on the basis of a double-jeopardy claim. “Today’s ...

7 hours ago · Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in the state, is expected to issue a ruling Tuesday that could dramatically alter the future of the Karen Read case.The ruling is expected ...

Jan 29, 2025 · BOSTON – The high-profile Karen Read murder trial that got underway on April 16 at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts ended months later in a mistrial due to a hung jury. Read...

The prosecution argued that Karen Read intentionally ran over her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV after a night of heavy drinking on January 29, 2022.

Jun 28, 2024 · Long before she was charged with murder in the death of John O’Keefe, Karen Read had a successful career as a financial analyst and adjunct professor at Bentley College. Now 44, she grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia, and in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Jun 27, 2024 · The closely watched murder trial of Karen Read is nearing its end as Massachusetts jurors deliberate her fate while her supporters rally in her defense outside court. So how did we get here?

Oct 17, 2024 · BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have called on the state’s highest court to allow them to retry Karen Read for murder in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, arguing against defense claims that jurors had reached a verdict against some of her charges before the judge declared a mistrial.

6 hours ago · Karen Read must face another trial on charges that she murdered her police officer boyfriend and fled the scene, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Tuesday in her high-profile appeal. Read’s initial jury told the court repeatedly that it couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in July 2024 after deliberating for five days.