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

McCabe Holds the Line as Karen Read's Defense Spins in Circles

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

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News, News Commentary

2.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

McCabe Holds the Line as Karen Read's Defense Spins in Circles
The second segment of McCabe’s testimony went deeper—this time focusing on how she handled the timeline and the events at 34 Fairview. The defense kept throwing curveballs, trying to paint her as inconsistent or rehearsed. But every time they swung, she let it sail by. Calm. Controlled. Not rattled. She doubled down that Karen was panicked, saying “I hit him” over and over. The defense tried insinuating she was covering for the Alberts or for herself—but no slip-ups, no cracks. If the goal was to cast doubt, they missed. Badly.
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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.

0:11.6

All right, whenever you're ready, Mr. Brennan.

0:18.1

Thank you, Your Honor.

0:28.6

Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you, Your Honor. Good afternoon, Mrs. McKay. Good afternoon.

0:29.6

I want you to briefly tell us your memory of the weather when you first arrived at Fairview,

0:36.6

when you left at Fairview, and when you

0:39.4

return the next morning a little after 6 a.m. Okay. When I arrived at Fairview on the

0:48.4

evening, early hours of the 29th, the snow is falling, you know, just starting to fall,

0:53.6

starting to stick to the street and onto the wind chills.

0:57.0

When I left Fairview, it had, you know, accumulated more where my husband had to wipe the windows.

1:04.0

And then the following morning when we were driving there, it was dark and the snow was like coming at the car.

1:13.3

Like, it was very hard to see.

1:16.8

When you return the next morning, we've seen video from the dash cam.

1:21.4

The elements, the visibility, is that fairly depicted in that dash cam?

1:26.1

Yes.

1:27.1

I mean, obviously it was lit more because of the lighting and the spotlights, etc.

1:33.0

From the moment that you first saw John until you went into your sister's home,

1:39.3

is it fair to say a number of different first responders arrived?

1:43.7

Yes.

1:46.4

When the first responders arrived, did you see a number of different first responders arrived? Yes. When the first responders arrived,

1:52.1

did you see a number of different vehicles arrive? I did, yes. Did any of them have their sirens on? Not that I recall. Ambulance, fire truck, police cars, do you remember ever any

2:00.6

siren on at all? Not that I recall now.

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