Karen Read‘s second trial in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, continues on Friday in Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court before Judge Beverly Cannone.
The trial was off on Thursday for Law Day. On Wednesday, the jury heard testimony from a key prosecution witness, Jennifer McCabe, who was with Read when she found O’Keefe’s body in January 2022.
One of Read’s lawyers, Alan Jackson, will continue his cross-examination of McCabe on Friday beginning at 9 a.m.
Read, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, who was found outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer on Jan. 29, 2022.
Norfolk County prosecutors say Read struck O’Keefe with her SUV while driving intoxicated. Read’s attorneys say her car never struck O’Keefe and that others are to blame for his death.
