Karen Read

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...

Judge Beverly Cannone, already presiding over one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched murder trials, is no longer in charge of another.

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.

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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Karen Read’s defense team is calling on the highest court in Massachusetts to drop two of the charges against her in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton in January 2022.

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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.

The firm that will audit the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the wake of the Karen Read case has been selected.

The prosecution and defense in the Karen Read murder retrial have asked to push back the start of proceedings. Here’s why.

Prosecutors and the defense in the high-profile Karen Read case have filed a joint motion requesting to delay the start of her second criminal trial. In the joint motion filed Monday, the Commonwealth and Read’s team requested the start of the trial be moved back to April 1. Currently, it is scheduled to start on Jan. 27, 2025. Read is...

Karen Read will not be deposed in a civil case against her until the conclusion of her second criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin in January, a judge ruled Thursday.

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.