ResolvedPriorityCriminal · Homicide acquittal· Norfolk County, MA
Commonwealth v. Karen Read (2022)
Boston police officer John O'Keefe was found dying in the snow in Canton in January 2022. Karen Read's first trial ended in mistrial in 2024; a 2025 jury acquitted her of murder.
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- 2022
Read is charged with second-degree murder and leaving the scene.
- 2024
The first trial ends in a hung jury after nine weeks.
- 2025
The retrial jury acquits on the homicide counts and convicts only of drunk driving.
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