Karen Read Trial Day 8: Jen McCabe’s Testimony Under Scrutiny

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🗓️ 3 May 2025

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Day 8 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on May 2, 2025. The majority of the day revolved around the continued cross-examination of Jen McCabe by Alan Jackson. Her testimony is described as "incredibly difficult" and "evasive," with her struggling to answer direct questions. I break down what is and isn't a hostile witness since a lot of Law Nerds were wanting to know if it fits this situation.

Group text message from Matt McCabe said, "Tell them the guy never came in the house," is highlighted, and Jen McCabe explains that "the guy" refers to John O'Keefe and that the "them" are the news reporters.

McCabe is questioned about Google searches, particularly "hos long to die in cold," with discrepancies in her timeline and explanations. The 2:27 AM Google search time is also discussed, and McCabe claims she does not recall doing a search around that time.

Jen McCabe was also caught calling her sister, Nicole Albert, the homeowner at 34 Fairview Rd, at 5:07am, after speaking over the phone with John O'Keefe's niece. The call log shows that they spoke for 38 seconds but Jen denies speaking to her. Questions arise about why Jen McCabe did not go inside Brian Albert Sr's house (a first responder with CPR training) for help when John O'Keefe was found, instead making phone calls to her sister, Nicole Albert, after calling 911. Jackson even questioned why she didn't go in the house after finding a John O'Keefe on the lawn because her sister, Nicole, could have been in perils danger and wasn't answering the phone according to Jen. You must check out this episode to this to hear her explanations of this, butt dials, and all of the other discrepancies in her testimony.

The Re-Direct Examination, conducted by Special Prosecutor Brennan, focused on humanizing Jen McCabe and addressing claims of collusion among witnesses. In Re-Cross Examination where Alan Jackson brought up the issue of the suspended interview with federal agents.

Lastly, testimony of Hannah Knowles from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory, regarding Karen Read's blood alcohol content (BAC), included the conversion from blood serum and retrograde extrapolation. Cross Examination of this witness will continue on Day 9.

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, just more briefly.
0:05.4	If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now, let's get into it.
0:10.2	It is day eight of the Karen Reed retrial. It is May 2nd, 2025. Today, Jen McCabe is on the stand again to continue her cross-examination.
0:22.1	At the end of court on Wednesday, because there was no court Thursday, at the end of court
0:27.0	on Wednesday, Alan Jackson said he had about two more hours of cross-examination for Jen
0:34.1	McCabe.
0:35.1	And then there's redirect.
0:36.5	May we get to other witnesses today? Maybe.
0:39.1	When I just find myself wondering if today we're going to see Alan Jackson going full
0:44.4	seek and destroy mode on Jen McCabe's prior testimony, she's going to walk off the stand,
0:49.2	feeling like he is the harvester of sorrow. And I have to wonder if she was the one witness he was most excited for,
0:57.3	or if that honor is reserved for Trooper Proctor. One may never know, but it seems that there
1:04.5	is no love lost between Karen Reed and Jen McCabe. In fact, I would say that between the two of
1:10.8	them, they are in fact
1:12.3	unforgiven. We'll say how Friday of week two of the Karen Reid trial ends. We need to get to
1:16.9	court. We do. Will the Metallic references stop today? No. You're asking specific questions about what
1:23.2	I said on a specific day. And depending on who's asking the question they ask questions in a
1:28.4	different manner so the answer is always going to be the same if you ask me who I spoke to
1:34.0	I'm always going to tell you I spoke to miss Reed and Julie I called Julie Albert I called
1:39.5	Tom Beatty the answer is always the same but the way the question, and maybe some of the words that I use may be different.
1:46.9	And I don't remember on specific days.
1:49.4	I've been questioned many times, but the answers are always going to be the same.
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