Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Jurors weighing the murder case against Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of running down and killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022, ended the week without a verdict Friday, their fourth day of deliberations after a trial that included dozens of witnesses and allegations of botched detective work. Read’s defense lawyers argued that the investigation was flawed, with undisclosed conflicts of interest, offensive text messages and a failure to consider alternative suspects.
“She can’t remember what happened because she was so inebriated and maybe she’s thinking she hit him.” “If you think Karen Read is guilty, then all of these factoids would support that theory,” he added. Read’s lawyers, who were permitted to present an alternative theory of O’Keefe’s killing at trial, argued that O’Keefe may have gotten into a fatal scuffle at the party with another law enforcement officer — an agent with the U.S.
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