Karen Read Trial: Paramedic Daniel Whitley – “Take Her In for Psych Evaluation”
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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3 • 791 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we hear from Canton paramedic Daniel Whitley, who responded to the scene where John O’Keefe was found. Whitley recounts treating a distressed Karen Read and describes the moment he was ordered to take her to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
Prosecutors use this testimony to show Read’s extreme emotional state, potentially indicating guilt. But the defense argues it’s the expected reaction of someone who just witnessed a traumatic event involving a loved one.
Raw, clinical, and revealing—this testimony adds critical insight into Karen Read’s mental state immediately after the incident. Listen to the full courtroom audio, unedited and uninterrupted.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Karen Reid. |
| 0:07.7 | Nothing about the truth so help you die. |
| 0:13.4 | May I? |
| 0:16.5 | Yes, please. |
| 0:17.3 | Thank you, Your Honor. |
| 0:18.1 | Sir, could you please introduce yourself to the jury? |
| 0:21.6 | Hello. My name is Daniel Whitley, W-H-I-T-L-E-Y. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm a paramedic with the Canton Fire Department. |
| 0:27.6 | I've been a paramedic and firefighter there since March of 2006. |
| 0:32.6 | Before you became a paramaric firefighter with the Canton Fire Department, |
| 0:38.5 | did you work anywhere else related to that field? |
| 0:41.6 | Yes, I had four years full-time as an EMT, EMT intermediate, |
| 0:48.0 | and also a paramedic at American Medical Response in Brockton. |
| 0:53.9 | I'd like to take us right to January 29, 2022. |
| 0:59.0 | Yes. |
| 0:59.5 | Do you remember that day? |
| 1:00.6 | Yes. |
| 1:01.0 | Were you working? |
| 1:02.1 | Yes. |
| 1:02.9 | What was your role that day? |
| 1:04.7 | I was a field training officer working on the ambulance with my partner, Jason Becker. |
| 1:11.1 | Mr. Becker? |
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