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As the defense winds down this week, tensions explode, experts clash, and Karen Reid makes her final move.

Here's a quick recap of the case before we dive into the final days of testimony and the

Karen Reed murder retrial. Karen Reed stands trial again for the tragic January 29th,

2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, who was found dead in the snow

outside of a home in Canton, Massachusetts. Prosecutors alleged Karen Reid struck John O'Keefe

with her Lexus during a blizzard, leaving him to die from blunt force head injuries and hypothermia.

At the retrial, accident reconstruction experts

from both sides take center stage.

Dr. Jutson Welcher, a biomechanical engineer

for the prosecution, used live paint transfer tests

and backing trials with a replica SUV to assert

that torn fabric and tailgate fragments align with Karen

Reed's Lexus backing into John O'Keefe. In stark contrast, Daniel Wolfe from ARCA for the defense,

conducted crash dummy experiments under simulated conditions. Wolf concluded that none of his results replicated the damage on John O'Keefe's clothing or on Karen Reed's SUV.

These competing expert narratives now shape the heart of the trial with jurors weighing forensic science against reconstruction models and witness accounts.

Week eight kicked off with courtroom drama right out of the gate.

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