Testimony in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, continues Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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.
On Friday, Jen McCabe took the witness stand. She was a close friend of O’Keefe and was at the Waterfall Bar & Grille in Canton with friends, including O’Keefe and Read, before going to 34 Fairview Road after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022.
McCabe was also with Read and another witness, Kerry Roberts, when they found O’Keefe’s body on the front lawn of the Canton home later that morning.
“She told me that she didn’t remember going there,” Jennifer McCabe said of Read on Friday. “She said, ‘Did I hit him, could I have hit him?’ Then she proceeded to say she had a cracked headlight. Honestly, I thought she was talking crazy.”
Defense attorneys are expected to begin cross-examination of McCabe on Tuesday.
This story will be updated throughout Tuesday when testimony continues at 9:00 a.m.
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