Karen Read, a former university finance lecturer, is standing trial in Massachusetts for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. The case has gripped public attention since January 2022, when O'Keefe was discovered unresponsive in the snow outside a fellow officer's home in the suburban town of Canton.
Read is accused of having struck O'Keefe with her SUV during a row and then driving away, leaving him to succumb to his injuries in freezing conditions. The prosecution claims she acted in a jealous rage, while the defence insists, she is being set up by a group of officers who have something to hide. The trial is ongoing at Norfolk Superior Court and continues to raise more questions than answers.
