In last week's episode, we started the somewhat daunting task of covering the

2012 trial, the Commonwealth versus Karen Reid. Karen is accused of hitting her boyfriend,

Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her car in the early morning hours of January 29,

2022, and then leaving him to die in the cold.

John was found hours later, by Karen, as she and some friends were driving around looking for him.

He was found on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road, a home belonging to another Boston police officer, Brian Albert, and his wife, Nicole

Albert. Karen was later arrested and charged with John's death. She's facing three charges,

second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol, and leaving

the scene of personal injury and death. At trial, Karen's

defense attorneys told the jury that Karen did not hit John with her car and that she dropped

him off at 34 Fairview Road and then left. They say she was framed and that she didn't kill John.

Someone else did. I want to reiterate before we get into part two

that what you're hearing in these court junkie episodes on this case is what the jury heard.

There is so much more that went on behind the scenes, but we're focusing only on what the jury

heard so we can hopefully understand why the outcome was the way it was.

And so today in part two, we will be focusing on testimony from the witnesses who were there

at 34 Fairview Road, where Karen says she dropped John off during the early morning hours of

January 29th.

This is Jillian in partnership with law and crime. You are listening to

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