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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

The Karen Read Retrial: Key Witnesses Take The Stand

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday marked day seven of the second murder trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. Sessions this week featured testimonies from key witnesses, including a cell phone data expert and Jennifer McCabe, a friend of the couple.   FOX News Correspondent Molly Line provides the latest updates in the trial from outside the courthouse. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Emily Campanio, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

0:16.4

Wednesday marked day seven of the second murder trial of Karen Reid, a Massachusetts woman

0:22.5

accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. On Tuesday, Judge Beverly

0:29.1

Kenone announced that key crash reconstruction experts will be allowed to testify in defense

0:34.9

of Karen Reed, as they did during the first trial. Wednesday's session

0:39.4

featured continued testimony from Jennifer McCabe, a star witness for the prosecution.

0:45.6

McCabe is a friend of the couple and a sister-in-law to Brian Albert, one of the men whom the defense

0:51.5

alleged was involved in the death of John O'Keefe. Joining me now from

0:56.0

outside the courthouse in Boston is Fox News correspondent Molly Line. Molly, thank you so much for

1:02.6

joining the Fox True Crime podcast today. Yes, happy to be with you, Emily. Thanks for having me.

1:07.3

So what are your impressions as you've been following the second trial?

1:11.9

Well, I watch the first trial as well, and here we are at the second trial. And I can say one of the

1:16.6

things that's interesting is Karen Reed has had this following, groups of supporters dressed in pink

1:21.6

outside of the courthouse, sort of cheering for her and claiming that she is innocent. And in this trial, things are much more

1:29.2

shut down outside of the courthouse. There's a larger buffer zone, far fewer of her supporters

1:34.2

outside of the courthouse. Inside, one of the key witnesses was on the stand today, Jennifer

1:39.7

McCabe. She was at the late night gathering, the late night party, where Karen Reid claimed she dropped John O'Keefe off.

1:46.7

And she had a lot to say.

1:48.0

She also is under some pretty tough cross-examination from the defense lawyers, Alan Jackson.

1:54.5

And tell us about the lens of this trial, Molly.

1:58.0

You know, much has been made about the decision, for example, of the crash reconstruction.

2:02.2

Is it indeed a blow to the prosecution? Does it seem already to be sort of going down a certain path?

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