Did She Do it: The Investigation Into Karen Read

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Jim Chapman

True Crime

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Unspeakable, KJ delves into the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe and brings you into the investigation of his girlfriend Karen Read to finally answer the question…Did she do it?

Chapters
01:44 The Life of John O'Keefe
12:36 Adjusting to Parenthood
14:30 New Neighbors and Community
24:19 A Night Out Turns Sour
33:36 The Emergency Call
49:33 The Heartbreaking News
54:01 Family's Desperate Drive to the Hospital
1:06:44 Unraveling the Mystery of John's Death

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SOURCES
https://www.cartwrightfuneral.com/obituaries/John-J-III-JJ-OKeefe?obId=29113887 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236494717/john_j-o'keefe/photo
https://whdh.com/news/john-okeefe-was-a-veteran-officer-and-devoted-father-figure/
https://www.today.com/popculture/officer-who-appeared-police-reality-show-bostons-finest-dies-2d11638373
https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2014/01/16/two-young-canton-kids-lose/40602672007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/07/who-karen-read-trial-murder-case/83476129007/
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/04/these-are-the-20-people-you-need-to-know-to-follow-karen-reads-2nd-trial.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	Wake up! The Jones is a redo in their garden! Love that porcelain paven and all that fencing.
0:05.3	I knew it. They'd been with their landscaper to Jusen. A mini-digger! No wonder she was so smug at Zumba! Right, I want a sunken seating area. She won't have that? For materials, too high, timber and paving. Don't waste time. Deucon's got the lot. Like Terales, porcelain,
0:01.7	from only £22 per square metre.
0:03.6	Love it!
0:04.4	All trade prices exclude VAT Don't waste time. Juson's got the lot. Like Terales, porcelain, paving from only 22 pounds per square meter.
0:22.3	Love it.
0:23.1	All trade prices exclude VAT at 20%.
0:25.9	So now you can keep up with the Joneses.
0:28.0	And the Evanses.
0:29.2	And the Patels.
0:33.9	Welcome to Unspeakable, a true crime podcast where I tell stories of real crimes with real victims,
0:41.7	whose cases are so shocking that many are left wondering, how is this even real?
0:51.4	I use my experiences in law enforcement, corrections, and combined with my years as a criminal justice educator, dig deep into complex cases of evil acts.
1:01.4	Some so evil, many feel they are unspeakable.
1:04.5	I'm not your girl.
1:26.7	Listening discretion is advised.
1:28.4	Hey y'all, it's KJ here back for another episode of Unspeakable. How's it going? What's you doing?
1:32.8	I just damn near knocked the whole microphone and stand off the table. I guess I got so excited to press
1:37.9	the button. Formal apologies to Jimothy for almost tearing down his studio from top to bottom.
1:43.9	Now, listen up to this. I know for a fact,
1:47.7	because people be messaging me that a bunch of y'all are following or at least have heard about
1:53.7	this case. So I know, look, I got to jump on the train. Toot-toot. I got to get this one done and I've
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