Karen Read

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong speaks with legal analyst Josh Ritter to discuss the polarizing trial of Karen Read, who stands accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O’Keefe, in January 2022. The case made its way into national headlines when both sides put forward two completely different theories of what happened to John. Prosecutors believe Karen killed him in a fit of rage – but the defense insists that she is the victim of a large-scale police cover-up. Candice and Josh discuss how the theories played out in court, why a mistrial was declared and what it could mean for the future of the case.

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0:19.6	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.0	Please be advised. More than two years ago on January 28, 2022, Karen Reed and her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, were having a casual
0:46.5	night of drinking with friends in Canton, Massachusetts as a snowstorm raged outside.
0:53.0	As the late night turned into the early morning,
0:55.6	Karen and John were invited to keep the party going
0:58.7	at the home of one of John's friends from the force.
1:02.8	Although John was on board with the plan,
1:05.3	Karen was not as enthusiastic.
1:08.2	She agreed to drop John off at the gathering
1:10.8	before going home to sleep.
1:13.7	The next morning, John was nowhere to be found.
1:17.2	He wasn't answering texts or calls.
1:20.1	Distressed, Karen and her friends searched for John, only to find him dead in a snow bank outside
1:26.2	of the friend's home where Karen had dropped him off just hours earlier.
1:32.0	Ever since that fateful morning, Karen has been the center of an
1:36.0	intense legal showdown that has grabbed the attention of the nation.
1:40.8	Prosecutors claim she killed John that night.
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