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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Karen Read Found Not Guilty - Live Coverage As It Happened

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Karen Read Found Not Guilty - Live Coverage As It Happened 
In a dramatic conclusion to one of Massachusetts' most controversial cases, a jury today delivered a split verdict in Karen Read's second murder trial. Read was found NOT GUILTY of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, but was convicted on the lesser charge of operating under the influence.
After three full days of deliberations and multiple questions to the judge about verdict forms and hung jury procedures, the jury acquitted Read on the most serious charge that could have sent her to prison for life. They also cleared her of other charges but found her guilty of drunk driving.

The verdict comes after more than a month of testimony in Read's retrial, following a mistrial last year when jurors couldn't reach unanimous agreement. This case has deeply divided the community, with pink-clad supporters gathering daily outside the courthouse, convinced that Read was framed in a police conspiracy.

Prosecutors had argued that Read, intoxicated after a night of drinking, struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside a Canton house party in January 2022 and left him to die in the snow. The defense maintained that O'Keefe was beaten inside the home, possibly bitten by a dog, and that corrupt police officers orchestrated a cover-up to protect their own.

The case gained national attention partly due to revelations about lead investigator Michael Proctor, who was fired after offensive text messages about Read came to light. Defense attorneys argued his bias tainted the entire investigation.

Today's verdict represents a partial victory for Read and her legal team, who successfully convinced jurors to reject the prosecution's murder theory while acknowledging her impaired driving that night. 

 
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0:00.0

The verdict is in in the trial of Karen Reed, and we are going to go directly to that coverage right now, so we can see exactly what is going on here.

0:13.0

The gentleman, the verdict is in your presence ever since. Mr. Foreman, on docket number 2282 CR 117-001, murder in the second degree,

0:45.1

what say is the defendant of the bar guilty or not guilty?

0:48.5

Not guilty.

0:49.5

So say you, Mr. Foreman?

0:51.8

So say you?

0:52.8

No, no.

0:53.8

Do you agree? Yes. Do all of you agree? Thank you.

0:57.0

0.002. What say is the defendant at the bar are not guilty or guilty?

1:02.0

Not yours. Of.

1:05.0

Is not guilty or guilty of that charge or any lesser included charge.

1:12.4

Thank you.

1:16.8

Specifically, number five, operating under the influence of liquor,

1:21.7

by operating a motor vehicle, the blood alcohol level of 0.08 or greater, correct?

1:22.4

Yes.

1:23.5

So say you, Mr. Foreman?

1:24.0

Yes.

1:25.2

So say you all?

1:26.3

Yeah, I'm guilty.

1:27.4

Zero, three.

1:32.5

What say is the defendant at the bar, leaving the scene after accident resulting in deaths, the defendant not guilty or guilty?

1:34.5

So say you, Mr. Foreman?

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