263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups

Serialously with Annie Elise

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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This week on Serialously with Annie Elise, tune into the notorious case of Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found lifeless in the snow outside a quiet suburban home. His girlfriend, Karen Read, became the immediate suspect—accused of running him over with her SUV and leaving him to die in a blizzard. As the case unfolded, whispers of a cover-up, corrupt investigators, and missing evidence began to surface. Karen claimed she was being framed, while others insisted she was hiding the truth. A lead investigator was later fired, texts were uncovered, and the cracks in the prosecution’s case grew deeper. Now, as her highly anticipated retrial begins in 2025, the stakes are even higher and the mystery more twisted. Was Karen a killer in plain sight—or the fall girl for something she didn’t do?

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0:00.0	Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialessly. I'm your host, Annie Elise, and we have got a lot to talk about today. Now, you may be familiar with the name Karen Reed, whether you have followed
0:39.2	the case, heard about the case, watched the dokey series Body in the Snow, or just saw all of
0:45.0	these clips going viral on your TikTok. You might be familiar with the name. We first covered
0:50.0	Karen's story about two years ago, I believe it was now at this point. And we've given some
0:54.5	updates since then, but her second trial is now well underway. And what's really interesting,
1:01.7	okay, this case first and foremost has been just absolutely polarizing. It has divided the
1:07.9	whole country on whether they believe that Karen is guilty or whether they believe that she
1:12.1	is innocent and being framed. There are also so many allegations of conspiracy, cover-up,
1:18.1	corruption, and so many players involved, too, that it's really difficult to make heads or
1:23.9	tales of things and to keep it all organized and keep it straight. So today we are
1:28.2	going to discuss everything you need to know about Karen Reed as we are now in this second trial.
1:34.2	Not only the case itself and everything that went down with the case, the red flags, the shadiness,
1:39.0	the inconsistencies, but also what happened in the first trial because there were a lot of bombshells. We also are going
1:45.9	to talk about everything that has happened since then up until this new trial beginning,
1:51.5	because there is a lot to go over. So now that we are well into the second trial, I wanted to jump on
1:57.4	here and just break it down for you and tell you everything you need to know about
2:01.3	Karen Reid, about the case, about the first trial, about all of the shady crap that has been going on
2:07.0	behind the scenes and what doesn't make sense. And then once you have that information, whether you're
2:11.6	following the new trial or not, you can decide for yourselves, did Karen Reed kill John O'Keefe? Or is she being framed? And I'll be
2:19.9	honest, if you think you know this case like the back of your hand and that you couldn't possibly
2:24.4	learn any more information, I promise you there's more. That is how complex this case is. I also
2:30.3	personally have been talking with one of Karen Reid's family members, and we have sent a correspondent
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