The lead investigator in the case of a woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank has come under fire for a series of offensive and inappropriate texts he wrote about the defendant during the investigation.
Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who took the stand Monday and will continue to be cross-examined Wednesday, acknowledged to the jury that he called Karen Read a series of names including “wack job” in texts to friends, family and fellow troopers. He also joked about a medical condition she had in some of those text exchanges and said that he believed she was responsible for killing John O’Keefe.
