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Jurors begin first full day of deliberations in Karen Read's murder retrial for the alleged hit-and-run death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe in 2022
Karen Read is charged with killing her police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe. She is being retried after her first case ended with a deadlocked jury last year.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours on Friday before being sent home for the weekend. They start again Monday.
A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John O'Keefe.
The Massachusetts woman's murder trial has transfixed the nation centered on the question: How did Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe die during a 2022 blizzard
Karen Read's defense presents expert testimony that Officer O'Keefe's fatal injuries resulted from falling backward, with facial wounds caused by a separate impact.