Karen Read scores major win as judge allows crash reconstruction testimony

Judge Beverly Cannone denied a question Tuesday to artifact cardinal defence experts from testifying successful defence of Karen Read astatine her retrial connected execution charges successful the decease of her Boston constabulary serviceman boyfriend, John O'Keefe.

With dozens of substance messages betwixt experts astatine the ARCCA clang reconstruction steadfast and defence counsel unaccounted for, and missed find deadlines, Cannone said she understood the prosecution's complaints but ruled against them anyway.

"I recognize wholly the commonwealth's argument, the ambush that has been acceptable upon here," she said. "However, a defendant's close to a just proceedings is paramount to everything. So I'm going to let the ARCCA witnesses to testify. I'm going to let what I expect volition beryllium a precise robust cross-examination."

Tuesday marked a week since opening statements, but the experts' study is not expected to beryllium finalized until May 7, much than 2 weeks aft the commencement of the trial. Special authoritative Hank Brennan called that unfair to the state, but Cannone denied his question to artifact the experts from testifying.

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Karen Read listens to grounds during her execution retrial astatine Norfolk Superior Court successful Dedham, Mass., connected April 29, 2025. (Libby O'Neill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

The ARCCA experts are expected to bolster the defence claims that Read's SUV ne'er collided with O'Keefe.

Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the country for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dormant successful a snowstorm. She has pleaded not guilty.

Her archetypal proceedings ended with a deadlocked assemblage past year.

Karen Read and John O'Keefe (Karen Read)

Earlier successful the day, Jennifer McCabe, a person of O'Keefe's who was with him the nighttime earlier helium died and was with Read erstwhile she recovered him astatine 6 a.m. successful the snowfall during a nor'easter, testified astir her relationship with O'Keefe and the nighttime earlier his death. She is expected to instrumentality to the basal Wednesday. 

Tuesday besides saw continued grounds from Ian Whiffin, a integer forensics adept who examined the phones of some O'Keefe and McCabe.

Based connected determination data, O'Keefe could've been wrong 34 Fairview Road during the aboriginal greeting of Jan. 29, 2022, testified Ian Whiffin, a integer forensics expert, nether cross-examination by defence lawyer Robert Alessi.

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Ian Whiffin, a integer quality adept with Cellebrite, testifies nether cross-examination by the defence during Karen Read's execution retrial astatine Norfolk Superior Court successful Dedham, Mass., connected April 29, 2025. (Libby O'Neill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

But considering a fig of different factors, including Apple Health data, telephone artillery somesthesia and a diagnostic called "Doppler" related to Face ID activity, his adept sentiment is that O'Keefe came to a halt adjacent the flagpole connected the beforehand tract and did not determination betwixt astir 12:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.

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In 1 cardinal exchange, Alessi asked Whiffin astir a graphic that helium included successful his study connected determination information that had not been shown to jurors arsenic portion of a timeline the prosecution went done Monday.

A imaginable determination radius showed O'Keefe's telephone could person been wrong the location astatine 34 Fairview Road connected the nighttime helium died.

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Defense lawyer Robert Alessi cross-examines Ian Whiffin, a integer quality adept with Cellebrite, during Karen Read's execution retrial connected April 29, 2025. (Libby O'Neill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

"Therefore, implicit the adjacent fewer hours, according to your report, the telephone of John O'Keefe could beryllium successful the house, correct?" Alessi asked.

"Based connected the debased accuracy information, yes," Whiffin said.

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The fuller representation allowed him to constrictive that down, helium said separately. 

Alessi besides took contented with tests Whiffin conducted by putting a telephone successful a freezer and extracurricular successful December, which showed steeper somesthesia drops than those recorded connected O'Keefe's telephone connected Jan. 29, 2022. However, Brennan pointed retired that O'Keefe's assemblage was believed to beryllium connected apical of the telephone erstwhile helium was extracurricular successful the cold.

Special authoritative Hank Brennan questions Ian Wiffin, a integer quality adept with Cellebrite, connected April 28, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Whiffin besides testified that McCabe's hunt for the phrase, "hos (sic) agelong to dice successful cold," happened astatine 6:23 a.m. – aft O'Keefe had been recovered – and not astatine 2:27 a.m., arsenic the defence has argued.

He did a objection successful the courtroom showing however a phone's database files could springiness the incorrect timestamp alongside a Google search.

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Whiffin testified that the 2:27 timestamp is related to the clip erstwhile McCabe opened a caller tab successful her phone's net browser. But nary hunt was made astatine that time. Instead, the hunt came hours aboriginal successful the aforesaid tab. His grounds supported the prosecution's timeline.

The proceedings was expected to instrumentality six to 8 weeks. Tuesday marked the archetypal afloat week since opening statements began connected April 22. 

Whiffin defended his timestamp findings and the alteration successful Cellebrite software, noting that if helium were wrong, different forensic scientists would person spotted it and publicized their findings.

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He besides pointed to a akin lawsuit successful Europe that helium said progressive the aforesaid browser tab timestamp discrepancy and was resolved the aforesaid way.