Closing arguments in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, will take place Tuesday morning.
Live updates will begin when the trial gets underway at 9 a.m. This story will be updated throughout the day.
Read, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, who was found cold to the touch and unresponsive on Jan. 29, 2022, outside of a home in Canton.
Norfolk County prosecutors say Read struck O’Keefe with her SUV while driving intoxicated. Read’s attorney, David Yannetti, said during the trial’s opening statements that her car never struck O’Keefe and that others are to blame for his death.
The trial is taking place in Dedham’s Norfolk County Superior Court.
The defense rested its case on Monday and their last two witnesses were accident reconstructionists hired by the Department of Justice. They testified about their conclusions which did not support the prosecution’s theory that Read struck O’Keefe with her SUV.
