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Prosecutors allege Read, 45, drunkenly and intentionally reversed her SUV toward O’Keefe as she dropped him off at an afterparty in Canton early on Jan. 29, 2022. “She was drunk,” special prosecutor Hank Brennan alleged. “She hit him, and she left him to die.”
A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John O'Keefe.
The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan opened his closing argument by saying Read callously decided to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow, fully aware that he was gravely injured. He described that decision as “a choice” to let O’Keefe die. He also said Read was well beyond the legal alcohol limit when she drove at the time.
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.