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The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

MA v. Karen Read Murder Retrial - Day 12 Part 5

The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News, News Commentary

2.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

MA v. Karen Read Murder Retrial - Day 12 Part 5 

This is audio from the courtroom in the high-profile murder retrial of Karen Read in Dedham, Massachusetts. She's facing second-degree murder charges and more in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Prosecutors allege Read struck O'Keefe with her SUV and left him to die in the snow outside a friend’s home after a night of drinking. Stay tuned as both sides lay out their version of what happened that night. 

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0:00.0

You're listening to live courtroom coverage of the trial of Karen Reed from the Hidden Killers podcast and True Crime Today. Now, back to the courtroom. I'm going to I'm going to

0:24.6

I'm going to Mayor Approach. May I approach?

0:57.0

Yes.

1:03.0

Did reviewing that document refresh a recollection as to the date that those items were ultimately bagged and labeled?

1:12.6

Yes, based on the tag on the bag.

1:15.6

When I previously looked at it, it appears that the tag was printed on 2-422.

1:22.6

And that would be consistent with the time that the items are actually placed in the bag?

1:26.6

I don't know that to be true. Because you didn't place them in the bag, Trooper Proctor did, correct? I'm sorry, former Trooper Proctor did. I don't know who placed them in the bag. But it wasn't you? It was not me, no. But the case officer, Mr. Proctor, had access to that room and was taking control over those clothing items for those six days

1:46.8

that they were drawing on the butcher paper, correct?

1:48.3

That's not necessarily correct.

1:50.1

It could have been the evidence officers bagging the evidence once it's dried and processing

1:57.3

it.

1:58.3

I highly doubt Trooper Procta had access to the Beast machine to print that label.

2:03.6

Right. I'm not asking if he printed the label, I'm asking if you bagged the item and walked it up to the evidence locker and the label was printed up there.

2:10.6

Again, I don't know who bagged the items.

2:14.6

That would be normal protocol, though, correct?

2:16.6

Somebody else bagging the items? No. The case officer bagging the items. That would be normal protocol, though, correct? Somebody else bagging the items?

2:18.3

No. The case officer bagging the items.

2:20.3

He's the one that seized it along with you. He laid him out on the butcher paper along with you.

2:25.3

He would be the one to gather him up. I mean, the evidence officer is not going to come down there and do that without the case officer knowing, correct?

2:31.3

Not necessarily. The evidence officer's responsibilities to necessarily the evidence officer's

2:34.6

responsibilities to handle the evidence so I don't know who handled the

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