Karen Read

A hearing was held Thursday in the Karen Read case ahead of her second trial next year to discuss whether certain experts will be allowed to testify at Read’s second trial. Initially, the retrial at Norfolk Superior Court was set to take place in January, but last week, Judge Beverly Cannone approved a motion from the defense team and prosecutors...

Richard Schiffer Jr. had argued in Stoughton District Court that he had a First Amendment right to support the defense theory that Karen Read has been framed in the polarizing murder case.

The start of Karen Read’s second criminal trial will be delayed after the judge overseeing the high-profile case on Monday approved a motion from both the prosecution and defense, according to court records.

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.

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. 

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...

A request by prosecutors for the release of phone records between Karen Read and her parents has been denied.

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The state wants phone records from Karen Read’s parents.

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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...

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...

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...

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. 

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.

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...

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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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,...

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 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.

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...

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...