Karen Read

Part 2 of Vanity Fair’s Karen Read profile was released Wednesday morning. Here’s what we learned.

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The first installment in Vanity Fair’s long-awaited profile of Karen Read dropped on Tuesday morning. Part 2 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday. Karen Read is ready to speak. This summer, after her first murder trial ended with a hung jury, Read spoke to VF about her late boyfriend John O’Keefe, and what she and her legal team allege...

Karen Read’s legal civil team was in court Monday, arguing a question of her Fifth Amendment rights and how her ability to defend herself could be compromised if she has to manage competing civil and criminal cases against her. The family of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, filed a wrongful death suit against Read and the two Canton,...

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A one-time girlfriend of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe shared her thoughts on the case against Karen Read in an interview with NBC’s Dateline. Lindsay Higgins says she dated O’Keefe for about six months. “He was just such a gentleman, you know, walked me home,” she told Dateline. “Just really, really kind.” She first learned of his death while she...

The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to the prosecution’s argument against dismissing some of the charges against her as both sides prepare to square off before Massachusetts’ highest court next month.

Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Jr. with witness intimidation, harassment and littering.

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In one of the more unusual twists and turns of the Karen Read case, one of her supporters was arraigned on Wednesday, accused of placing rubber ducks on the property of people connected to the high-profile investigation. Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Junior with witness intimidation, harassment and littering. The ducks included messages protesting the Read prosecution. Schiffer says...

Judge Beverly Cannone will oversee the next Karen Read case proceedings in Norfolk Superior Court, a court representative said Monday.

Dateline covered the Karen Read case in a two-hour special as we approach the three year anniversary of John O’Keefe’s death.

An attorney for one of Karen Read‘s most visible supporters, facing charges of witness intimidation in the case, is leveling new allegations against prosecutors. The defense team for Aidan Kearney, the blogger better known as “Turtleboy,” sent a letter to prosecutors Thursday claiming that Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey lied about evidence and improperly communicated by personal email. Kearney’s...

The major interest in the Karen Read murder case comes as no surprise to experts who say it shows the true power of the true crime genre.

What is it about the Karen Read case that draws so much interest, from the Free Karen Read movement to true crime buffs. We asked experts about why the trial stuck with so many around the globe.

In Friday’s edition of Canton Confidential, we look at Karen Read’s Dateline interview, her first trial’s price tag for taxpayers and other recent headlines in the high-profile case.

Police announced Friday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who has been under internal investigation, has been transition to a different department for the time being.

We got a new look at the Karen Read case on Friday night. Dateline aired a two-hour Karen Read special on the case, with an exclusive interview and much more. Read, who’s been charged with second-degree murder in the death of John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, and denies the accusations, spoke to the legendary NBC newsmagazine before her...

The father of Karen Read may be called to testify in her upcoming retrial, according to a court filing from prosecutors, who are also seeking footage from an interview he did with a local TV station.

Prosecutors in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to her team’s appeal to Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday to have two counts in her murder case dismissed.

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Courthouse staffing for the first Karen Read trial cost Massachusetts State Police about $258,000, most of that in overtime, according to records shared with NBC10 Boston.