Hi everybody. I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead serious. Today was day eight in the

Karen Reed trial, and if you thought Jennifer McCabe's, Jen McCabe's testimony was winding down,

thank again, because not only was she still on the stand, she was in the hot seat

once again, and this time things got uncomfortable. Let's just start from the top. Alan Jackson,

Karen Reed's defense attorney, opened this morning up by zeroing in on the moment that everything

began, the night of John O'Keefe's death. He asked Jen,

when she last saw Karen Reed's SUV parked outside of 34 Fairview Road? And her answer? Fuzzy.

She said she thinks it was around 12.45 a.m. But she wasn't really paying attention to the time, she said.

Not exactly a confident answer, especially from a witness who's been under scrutiny for two years.

And then things started heating up.

Alan Jackson asked Jen what calls she made that morning and what she testified to previously in front of the grand jury.

She said she called Karen Reed Julie Albert and a man named Tom Beattie. But then Alan Jackson

asked Jen why she never mentioned that she called her sister, Nicole, at 507 a.m.

A call that lasted 38 seconds.

You know, why did you never mention that to the grand jury that you called over to 34 Fairview Road, well before dawn?

You've been asked about with whom you communicated call, at that call and thereafter,

shortly thereafter, within those next few minutes, correct?

Yes.

As a matter of fact, you were asked by Trooper Prince in a formal interview on February 1st,

2022.

I know that was a while ago,

but in that initial formal interview,

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