The Boston-area woman was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022. The jury was dismissed for the weekend and will resume on Monday.

During closing arguments, prosecutors said they’ve shown Karen Read killed her boyfriend when she hit him with her car after a night of drinking. Read’s defense team says there was no collision, and that the investigation into O’Keefe’s death was flawed from the start.

Six jurors were selected at random to be alternate jurors. The remaining 12 jurors, seven women and five men, will decide the case.

After closing arguments concluded, Judge Beverly Cannone called for a lunch recess at 12:35 p.m. In the afternoon, Cannone will give the jury their instructions before they begin their deliberations.

Lawyers in Karen Read’s murder retrial to give closing arguments. Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, w

Both sides in Karen Read’s murder retrial appeared in court Thursday for a hearing before they deliver closing arguments to jurors on Friday. The hearing is known as a charge conference, where the parties hash out instructions the jury will receive before they start deliberating. Jurors weren’t present for Thursday’s proceedings.

Karen Read will not take the witness stand in the second trial about the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend as the defense has rested.

Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend one step closer to its blockbuster conclusion.

Hundreds of people formed a sea of pink —  the color Read’s defenders have taken up to show their allegiance — around the Norfolk County Supreme Courthouse in Dedham, where some fans held a

Biomechanical engineer testifies injuries inconsistent with taillight impact in Karen Read murder case, after judge interrupts his birthday message.