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Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

[Bonus] Ms. Trial Update: Michael Proctor Withdraws Appeal After Phone Extraction

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor — the lead investigator in the Karen Read case — has officially withdrawn his appeal to get his job back. This comes just days after prosecutors recovered hundreds of thousands of messages from his phone… despite his lawyer claiming the data was gone. In this Ms. Trial update, I break down what happened, what it means for the appeal, and why it could have ripple effects on other high-profile Massachusetts cases. Follow us on Social Media for more breaking news true crime updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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addictive chemical. Hey y'all. I'm Terrella, your chief counsel of Birdlaw, and this is trial

0:34.4

watcher, a new segment by This Feels Criminal, aka formerly known as

0:39.5

Killer Queens. This is where I sit through all the courtroom chaos so that you don't have to.

0:44.6

And boy, is there some chaos this week. Let's get into it. All right. You guys know that there has

0:50.1

been so much drama surrounding the Karen Reed trial, all of the post-Caron-Reed trial things.

0:57.0

There are other cases that are being affected by all of the corruption and drama in the Massachusetts

1:05.6

state police, the Norfolk DA. Well, we are back to disgraced, former Trooper Michael Practa. Okay,

1:16.5

that's my Boston accent. Sorry to anybody who lives in Boston. I'm from Tennessee.

1:21.7

He got fired after his text messages came out. This is what he and his lawyer want you to believe that he just got

1:29.4

fired for text messages. He has been fighting to get his job back because as his lawyer and he say,

1:38.9

no other state trooper has gotten fired for just text messages. Like he shouldn't be fired either.

1:44.0

They should find some

1:44.7

other form of discipline, whatever. Anyway, that's not really the truth, though. As we know,

1:50.0

and as came out in the first Karen Reid trial, he also had a situation where he was drinking and

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