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Judge grants Karen Read prosecutors' request for interview documents
The Karen Read murder case judge granted prosecutors’ request for access to off-the-record interviews and other documents from interviews with Boston Magazine reporter Gretchen Voss.
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Karen Read interview materials must be turned over, judge rules
The judge presiding over the Karen Read murder trial has ruled that interview materials from two local news outlets must be turned over to lawyers ahead of her retrial.
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Motion for release of phone records denied in Karen Read case
A request by prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case for the release of phone records between Read and her parents on the night of John O’Keefe’s death has been denied. Judge Beverly Cannone denied the motion Friday afternoon, writing, “Despite the detailed arguments articulated in the supporting memorandum and at oral argument, the affidavit in support of the motion...
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Judge denies motion for release of phone records in Karen Read case
A request by prosecutors for the release of phone records between Karen Read and her parents has been denied.
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Karen Read defense pushes back against use of phone records
The state wants phone records from Karen Read’s parents.
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Latest hearing in Karen Read case highlights timeline on evidence requests
The Karen Read case was back in court on Tuesday in a hearing that addressed a flurry of motions, including requests from the Commonwealth for phone records and materials from the media. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022. Read’s...
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Questions about Mass. system to investigate murder cases pile up — is change on the horizon?
Scrutiny over Massachusetts State Police’s handling of murder investigations has boiled over in the past year. The Karen Read murder trial and the Sandra Birchmore case — only recently classified as a homicide because the federal government stepped in — have garnered headlines across the region and the nation. Those cases reignited passions for Jennifer Root Bannon, who lost her...
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Head of Mass. State Police unit that investigated Karen Read loses 6 days of leave
The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, was found to have violated department rules and regulations. Tully...
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Prosecutors seek phone records of Karen Read's mother
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office is seeking phone records from Karen Read’s mother as they get ready for her retrial. Here’s why.
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Karen Read prosecutors seek her mom's phone records in bid for dad's testimony
The prosecution in Karen Read’s murder case is now seeking phone records from her mother, part of their planned questioning of her father in January’s retrial of some of Massachusetts’ most controversial criminal charges in years.
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Massachusetts has a unique system to investigate murder cases — but is it working?
The Karen Read trial put a lot of eyes on Massachusetts law enforcement. Now, an author who researches homicides in the state is sharing her thoughts. True crime writer Susan Zalkind says the case exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she has suspected for years. Despite the agency’s 94% homicide solve rate between 2019 and 2023, she says across the...
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Here's what we learned at Wednesday's hearing in the Karen Read case
Karen Read was back in court Wednesday morning for a hearing in her second trial. And some new details emerged. Here’s what we learned.
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Defense, prosecution argue motions as Karen Read's new trial draws nearer
Attorneys in the Karen Read case returned to the Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday to discuss a series of motions ahead of the upcoming trial, including a request from both sides to push the trial start date back. Karen Read was represented Wednesday by attorneys Alan Jackson, David Yanetti and Elizabeth Little. The Commonwealth was represented by special prosecutor Hank Brennan,...
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Karen Read's lawyers push back on bid for dad's cell records
Karen Read’s defense team is set to face a judge on Wednesday. The hearing comes off a major move by that team to block prosecutors from coming after her father’s cellphone records.
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Karen Read's lawyers seek DA Morrissey's personal texts, emails
Karen Read’s lawyers are asking the judge in the prominent case to compel Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey to turn over personal emails and texts related to the investigation and trial.
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Karen Read team seeks DA's personal emails, says prosecution expert misunderstood data
The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case has requested any communications that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey made from his personal phone and email accounts involving the case, which is headed for a retrial. It was one of several filings made by the defense Friday, along with a response to the prosecution’s request to have evidence from...
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Prosecutors push to get Karen Read interviews ahead of retrial
Ahead of the retrial of Karen Read, Massachusetts prosecutors are asking for records of an interview she did last year with Boston Magazine. Read is facing multiple charges, including murder, in the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton. Prosecutors say she hit O’Keefe, her boyfriend, with her SUV and left him for dead, while Read has...
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Karen Read judge no longer presiding over Ana Walshe murder case
Judge Beverly Cannone, already presiding over one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched murder trials, is no longer in charge of another.
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Karen Read's appeal heard in highest Mass. court | Recap of arguments
Karen Read was in Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday where her lawyers argued why two of the charges against her should be dropped or at least reexamined following outreach from jurors saying Read would have been acquitted.
We asked legal expert Michael Coyne how the court might rule, and talked to Read’s father outside of court.
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SJC hears arguments in Karen Read case to dismiss two charges
Karen Read’s defense team has called on the highest court in Massachusetts to drop two of the charges against Read in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
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