Karen Read’s Lawyer Goes Scorched Earth on Key Witness
Karen Read’s defense lawyers went scorched earth on a key prosecution witness on Tuesday, grilling her for hours about the 2022 evening that ended in Boston cop John O’Keefe’s death—and her questionable actions after she discovered him in the snow.
Prosecutors allege that Read, 44, fatally hit her boyfriend with her SUV and left him for dead in a blizzard after dropping him off at an afterparty at another cop’s house in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2022.
Jennifer McCabe testified in Read’s trial last week that she was a part of the boozy group night out—and was with Read when she found O’Keefe unresponsive with signs of hypothermia and a severe head injury. McCabe told jurors she called 911 while Read hysterically threw herself on top of O’Keefe and screamed that the situation was all her fault.