Karen Read jury selection comes to a close, revving up 2nd murder trial in death of John O'Keefe

A afloat roster of jurors and alternates has been selected successful the 2nd execution proceedings of Karen Read, a erstwhile fiscal advisor accused of sidesplitting her Boston bull fellow John O'Keefe successful a drunken hit-and-run aft an statement during a blizzard successful January 2022.

All 12 jurors and six alternates were empaneled Tuesday, clearing the mode for opening statements. The lawsuit had needed conscionable 2 much jurors since Friday came to a adjacent with 16 of 18 selected.

Read, 45, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the country of a deadly accident. 

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Karen Read and lawyer Alan Jackson reappraisal assemblage questionnaires astatine Norfolk Superior Court connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025 successful Dedham, Mass.  (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

O'Keefe was 46 astatine the clip of his death. Read was among a radical of radical who recovered him connected different officer's beforehand tract astir 6 a.m. connected Jan. 29, 2022.

A radical of radical had been drinking astatine the location of Brian Albert, who has since retired from the Boston Police Department, the nighttime before. 

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Witnesses testified that O'Keefe ne'er made it wrong the house, but Read has vehemently denied the allegations that she killed him.

She pleaded not blameworthy and has argued that helium whitethorn person been killed wrong and past moved into the yard, wherever helium died of trauma to the caput and hypothermia.

Prosecutor Hank Brennan introduces himself to assemblage members wrong Norfolk Superior Court during the 2nd week of the Karen Read trial, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass.  (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Her archetypal proceedings past twelvemonth ended with a hung assemblage aft the defence pointed retired problems with the probe and an evident struggle of involvement involving the pb investigator.

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Officer John O’Keefe poses for his authoritative headshot. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Reed, is presently connected proceedings for execution aft helium was recovered dormant extracurricular of a Massachusetts location successful January 2022. (Boston Police Department)

Michael Proctor, a erstwhile authorities trooper, has since been fired from the Massachusetts State Police implicit a bid of lewd substance messages helium improperly sent astir Read.

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He is expected to instrumentality to the witnesser basal for the 2nd trial.

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Read could look up to beingness successful situation if convicted of the apical charge. The proceedings is expected to instrumentality six to 8 weeks.