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The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

“He’s Dead” — But How Did She Know? Karen Read’s Behavior Before Finding the Body

The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News, News Commentary

2.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

“He’s Dead” — But How Did She Know? Karen Read’s Behavior Before Finding the Body 
 Karen Read said, “Did I hit him?”before John O’Keefe’s body had been found, before anyone saw a lifeless figure in the yard, before anyone knew anything for sure.
Why would someone ask that question unless they already feared — or knew — the worst?
In this episode, former FBI Special Agent and behavioral expert Robin Dreeke dissects those critical moments before the discovery: the words Karen chose, the panic she displayed, and how a trained profiler reads behavior that doesn’t quite fit the scene.
If the jury believes she knew he was dead before they found him, this could be the moment that defines the entire case.

#KarenRead #RobinDreeke #KarenReadTrial #JohnOKeefe #TrueCrimeAnalysis

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0:00.0

This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Brewski and continuing coverage of the case against Karen Reid.

0:07.4

Because we have to, and there's no choice, because everyone's talking about it, and we can't stop talking about it.

0:13.2

We're diving back into the Karen Reid trial.

0:16.5

Yeah, and there's more drama in this, thicker than the Boston fog.

0:20.9

Karen Reid's accused of running down her boyfriend, Boston cop John O'Keefe, with her

0:25.2

SUV in a 22 blizzard and leaving him to freeze. The prosecution's leaning hard

0:30.1

on to Jennifer McCabe who says Reed screamed, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him, like she was

0:36.8

auditioning for a true crime doc.

0:38.8

Meanwhile, the defense is peddling a theory that O'Keefe was beaten up inside a house and framed,

0:44.3

which sounds like it belongs in a conspiracy podcast, not a courtroom.

0:48.0

It's a mess of a he said, she said, and here to cut through the noise, retired FBI special

0:53.5

agent Robin Drake, whose

0:54.7

behavioral analysis skills are going to come in handy here. Robin, McCabe's testimony, and we're

1:00.5

going to watch some of it here in just a little bit. It seems to be the prosecution's golden ticket

1:04.9

thus far, but the defense says she's less reliable than a tabloid. We'll watch some of the testimony in just a little bit.

1:13.7

But overall, what have you been gleaning out of the testimony that we've seen thus far out of her?

1:20.0

You're seeing what we expect to see and what we've always seen, and that is I think we're seeing someone under high stress with a lot on the line with a lot of moving parts

1:27.7

in our life. And I think it's congruent for the situation in stress she's under. And you really

1:33.3

hit a key point, I think, which is going differently this time than last time, is that the

1:38.3

defense is doubling down on these conspiracy theories with no supporting data. Yeah.

1:44.2

I think it's falling apart.

1:47.2

I think the prosecution is mitigated on to some extent the missteps they did on the

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