Karen Read

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.

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.