Karen Read's True Last Words to John O'Keefe? The Jurors Viewed The Crime Scene | Case Brief

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

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Day 4 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on April 25, 2025. I covered it on May 1st when court was not in session. The Jury went to view the property at 34 Fairview Rd where John O'Keefe was found dead. Special Prosecutor Hank wanted the jury to observe specific details at the scene, such as the Lexus, rear tail light, bumper height, flagpole, and fire hydrant. David Yannetti ended his instructions with, "you will do a proper investigation." Judge Cannone reread the Jury View instructions, reinforcing that jurors are only to observe and not conduct their own investigations.

Dr. Garrey Faller, Chief of Pathology at Good Samaritan, testified to the methods of testing blood alcohol levels. At Cross Examination, attorney Elizabeth Little made a key point that the Hospital at Good Samaritan is a medical lab, not a forensic lab, meaning the blood test was for treatment purposes, not forensic purposes. This might not matter to jury as much due the interview clips of Karen Read admitting to driving slower while intoxicated and that she had been adding shots to her drink because they were weak so she didn't have as many as the Commonwealth had accounted for.

Jason Becker, the Fire Paramedic, who arrived at the scene with Daniel Whitley to put Karen Read in a Section 12 Hold. Mr. Becker had a conversation with Karen Read about her "last word" or "last conversation" with John O'Keefe. The Prosecution was aiming for it to seem that it could be about a fight they had when she dropped him off at 34 Fairview Rd while the Defense was aiming for it to be that Karen read was concerned about the voicemails she left him that night. Jason Becker said that Karen read tried to show him her phone about missed called but he refused to go through her phone. Mr. Becker said he never heard Karen mention anything about voicemails.

Whether the jury believes that Karen Read was upset about her last words to John O'Keefe being a fight in the car, or her voicemails after she left him at 34 Fairview Rd, could impact acquittal of charges 1 and 3 which needs to prove intent. Remember, if there are two reasonable interpretations, the jury must pick the interpretation that leads to innocence.

RESOURCES

What You Need to Know About the Retrial - https://youtu.be/89Jpa8vz1RQ

Karen Read Retrial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKOJlfL__9F027hlETVU-vo

Karen Read Trial - 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKUeCUzApgsEuQRXu5IXeTS

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most.
0:04.0	Just more briefly. If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below.
0:07.7	But for now, let's get into it.
0:10.3	It's May 1st. I can't believe it's May. But today we are going to jump back in time.
0:15.5	We're going to just hop in the TARDIS and all go together or DeLorean, pick your nerd. We are going to go back in time and cover day four of the Karen Reed trial from Friday
0:26.6	425.
0:27.6	It is a short day.
0:29.1	It was a half day in court.
0:30.3	It's the day they did the jury view.
0:32.5	It was a pretty quick day with only two witnesses.
0:39.4	We're going to take a look at those two witnesses together. We're going to hear as best we can what the attorneys had to say about the jury view.
0:44.4	We can talk a little bit about what a jury view is or is not and cover those two witnesses
0:50.5	as we jump back in time. Day three, we heard from Daniel Whitley from the
0:55.8	Cannon Fire Department. We heard from the general manager of CF McCarthy's, the Keeper
1:00.9	of Records for the Waterfall Bar and Grill, and then Mike Camerano. And then at the end of day
1:06.5	three, Trooper Guerrino came in and read those back and forth text messages between Karen Reed and
1:14.3	John O'Keefe back and forth where it was like, are you coming here? I don't know if I'm coming here.
1:18.0	Are you coming over? But the water heater, those text messages. So that's what we're coming into now.
1:27.3	So we know from the prosecution what they want the jury to take a look at.
1:31.8	They want the jury to pay attention to the Lexus, to the right rear tail light, the height
1:38.5	of the bumper, the height of the hatchback, the note that the visibility is different, I think is obvious, but it felt necessary to point out these are local jurors.
1:49.4	There's a reason there are local jurors. It's because they understand where they live.
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