Elizabeth Little

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Paul O'Keefe described the January 29 hospital aftermath and identified people, vehicles, and snow-removal activity in Ring videos from the Meadows Ave. home.

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Counsel agreed to premark Exhibits 26 through 159 before the court session.

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Agreed photographs and a dash-cam thumb drive were entered into evidence; the judge instructed jurors on evaluating testimony, video, and audio.

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Defense counsel used synchronized dash-cam video and Flematti's records to test his recollection of the emergency response and what he reported about a possible vehicle strike.

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The court discussed a synchronized Saraf and Goode dash-camera exhibit and limited counsel's introduction of it.

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The court addressed use of a synchronized video compilation and required prior review of later similar compilations.

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The court clarified who could object during witness questioning and directed the witness to leave the courtroom.

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The court renumbered admitted exhibits, set handling requirements for records and videos, and confirmed a future voir dire concerning Sergeant Lank.

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The court addressed advance review of video exhibits, protection of personal information through redactions, exhibit-handling procedures, and courtroom formality.

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The court resolved duplicate use of Exhibit 20 by directing that the photograph already referenced to jurors be marked as Exhibit 20A.

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The judge excluded proposed photographs after finding a discovery violation and ruling they were cumulative and not inconsistent; additional photographs required a witness foundation before any renewed argument.

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The parties addressed publishing a text excerpt already contained in Exhibit 48, and the excerpt was marked as Exhibit T for identification.

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Nicole Albert recounted the Waterfall gathering, the later gathering at 34 Fairview Road, and the next morning’s police contact; eight exterior photographs of the home were admitted.

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Nicole Albert was questioned about the household timeline, omitted names in earlier accounts, Chloe, and disputed morning calls; a stipulated 34 Fairview graphic was admitted as Exhibit 66.

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Nicole Albert denied answering Jennifer McCabe’s calls, said she could not interpret Cellebrite call data, described rehoming Chloe, and characterized a brief gap in her observations at 34 Fairview.

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Nicole Albert denied awareness of Jennifer McCabe voicemails and said she believed she had provided the Commonwealth information about Chloe's whereabouts after the court sustained related objections.

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The parties discussed a hearsay objection to testimony about being told police wanted to speak with the witness, and the judge directed counsel to ask what happened next.

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The parties disputed whether questions about the witness's conversation were hearsay, and the judge limited examination to the witness's actions rather than conversation specifics.

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The parties discussed questions about the witness's husband's boxing and fighting experience, and the judge permitted two questions framed around general training and experience.

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The defense sought to clarify how it received Federal Grand Jury testimony, and the judge barred further questioning on whether the Commonwealth had provided it.

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The Commonwealth objected to describing a police officer's report as the witness's statement while it was being used to refresh recollection, and defense counsel said she would not do so again.

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The defense sought to use a scale replica of 34 Fairview to assist the jury, and the judge approved its use as a chalk if the witness adopted it.

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The parties discussed using a Cellebrite report to refresh recollection about calls, and the judge limited the inquiry to unanswered calls and directed that the report be marked for identification.

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The parties discussed admitting Exhibit XX, described as a graphic rendering rather than a photograph, and the judge required them to state that stipulation before admission.

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The parties discussed questioning about information reportedly provided to the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the judge ended that line of inquiry.

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Brian Albert Jr. described the gathering at 34 Fairview Road, an unfamiliar SUV he saw outside, and testified that John O'Keefe and Karen Read did not enter the house.

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The defense challenged Brian Albert Jr.'s recollection of the timeline, his observations outside, and discussions with family members.

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The court directed counsel not to read prior testimony and to establish any prior inconsistent statement through questioning before impeachment.

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The court confirmed the defense could proceed during Ms. Little's brief absence before Ryan Nagel was called.

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The parties clarified that proposed phone-call records came from John O'Keefe's phone extraction, and defense counsel withdrew the foundation objection after confirming access to both record sets.

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Cross-examination challenged McCabe's prior accounts, phone records, and group texts; she denied deleting calls or coordinating a story.

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The parties discussed using a witness's phone extraction and related identifying information, and the judge allowed the questioning subject to further objections.

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The court discussed the expected remaining cross-examination time and directed counsel to continue until one o'clock.

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Roberts described the search for O’Keefe, the discovery on Fairview Road, emergency aid, and her observations of Read’s vehicle.

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Defense counsel waived cross-examination, ending Roberts's testimony.

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Counsel sought to use impounded phone records for questioning; Exhibit OO was marked for identification, and the Court addressed copying, redactions, and custody of the original.

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The court noted discovery objections and ruled that anticipated Aruba-trip testimony could be admitted with limiting instructions, subject to question-by-question objections.

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Counsel discussed still images and an enhanced video, with defense seeking to review the video before its use and reserving a foundation requirement for its submission.

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Defense objected to an enhanced, zoomed-in video, and the Court said it would review the recording before deciding whether it could be introduced without a witness.

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Brian Higgins described his January 28-29 movements, his brief time at 34 Fairview Road, and text-message exchanges with John O'Keefe and Karen Read that were admitted into evidence.

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The court and counsel discussed clearer formats and copies of Higgins text-message exhibits so the jury could follow the communications.

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Counsel agreed on a redacted physical copy of text messages for the jury, and the court addressed the order and marking of the message exhibit.

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The court addressed avoiding proffer questioning and authorized redaction of a photograph of two sleeping children from pages of Exhibit 104A.

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Dr. Rice described O'Keefe's emergency treatment and recorded death declaration; Read's hospital records were admitted as Exhibit No. 106.

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Dr. Rice acknowledged limited recollection of Ms. Read's care and agreed Mr. O'Keefe's report did not mention a vehicle or report a fracture.

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Faller discussed the limits of hospital serum alcohol testing, including its inability to show when alcohol was consumed.

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Faller said Ms. Read's chart showed no machine flags for the testing interferences he described.

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No further recross questions were asked; Dr. Faller was excused and Nicholas Roberts was called.

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Toxicologist Nicholas Roberts testified about converting Karen Read's hospital serum result and calculated a retrograde blood-alcohol range of 0.125 to 0.292 gram percent.

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Roberts acknowledged that his retrograde blood-alcohol calculation depended on timing assumptions, a hospital test, and variable conversion factors.

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Roberts confirmed that a police report, not Karen Read, supplied the 12:45 time used in his analysis.

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The court addressed next-week witness scheduling, defense expert disclosure, and redactions to Exhibit No. 48.

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Counsel disputed unredacted narratives in redacted medical records, and the judge deferred the matter while marking the records for identification.

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Counsel addressed outstanding redactions and whether there was any objection to the admissibility of unspecified results.

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Vallier described physical-match analysis, authenticated photographs of laboratory items, and testified that an assembled piece matched the taillight; defense preserved a foundation objection at sidebar.

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Proctor described the evidence collection and vehicle processing, then acknowledged derogatory personal texts about Read while denying they affected his investigation.

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The defense objected to the Commonwealth’s planned use of text messages concerning bias, and the judge requested copies to review during a jury break.

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The defense asked to conduct expert voir dire and possible testimony before its case to avoid repeated travel costs, and the judge said she would consider it.

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Counsel debated photographs offered to show family relationships, and the judge sustained objections, excluding the photographs and barring references absent a later ruling.

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Counsel discussed an address stated in court, redaction from exhibits, and defense counsel's concern about public access to the related transcript portion.

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Dr. Scordi-Bello testified that John O'Keefe died from blunt head injuries and hypothermia, with the manner of death listed as undetermined.

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The judge excluded proposed phone-search evidence from the Commonwealth’s case-in-chief for the time being, requested further argument and a proposed instruction, and set a one-hour closing-argument limit.

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Counsel addressed admission of redacted Good Samaritan medical records and notice before displaying autopsy photographs and diagrams.

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The court discussed remaining witness time, set a short break, and addressed when it would hear the required finding argument.

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The court and counsel agreed to stop for the day rather than display a series of five photographs with little time remaining.

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The court discussed remaining witness estimates, the defense's planned witnesses, possible rebuttal, and tentative timing for the charge conference and closing arguments.

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Dr. Scordi-Bello explained why the manner of death remained undetermined and restated that blunt head injuries and hypothermia caused John O'Keefe's death.

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Dr. Scordi-Bello discussed possible injury mechanisms and the limits of her reconstruction expertise; she also identified rib-area discoloration as lividity, not an injury.

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The parties discussed admitting a phone-extraction item in context and locating the exhibit numbers for Jennifer McCabe's call log; the court allowed the call log into evidence.

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Forensic pathologist Frank Sheridan testified that O'Keefe's arm injuries did not resemble a direct vehicle impact, were consistent with an animal attack with qualifications, and that the fatal head injury was not consistent with a fall onto grass.

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Sheridan confirmed the limits of his review, agreed with pathology findings, and maintained his animal-injury opinion while acknowledging limits on identifying, locating, and timing the injuries.

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Exhibit 657, a photograph of Mr. O'Keefe's knees, was admitted; Sheridan identified the pictured injury as an abrasion and agreed it was limited to that area.

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The parties discussed a hypothetical about an arm being struck by a vehicle, and the judge allowed a shortened version while planning an instruction and excusing the jury.

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The judge allowed the first portion of the question, noted the Commonwealth's objection, and asked both sides to propose a limiting instruction for the final charge.

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The judge conducted a sealed colloquy confirming the defendant's voluntary decision not to testify and her decision concerning the requested jury instruction.

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Pre-testimony motions addressing prosecution's consolidated phone/text PowerPoint exhibits, Jennifer McCabe health watch data as potential rebuttal, and scheduling of ARCCA expert voir dire for Monday.

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Elizabeth Little cross-examines Dr. Gary Faller about Good Samaritan's lack of forensic accreditation and its serum alcohol method. Faller describes the rate-of-NADH-production method and says markedly elevated LDH or lactic acid can cause false positives, while stating that multiple-sclerosis-related elevations would not reach a level that interfered with alcohol results; the court sustained an anemia question and struck asserted article findings.

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The court addressed competing video clip selections from Ms. McCabe's testimony and requested the defense's alternative clips for review.

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McCabe addressed the Google search, her communications after O'Keefe was found, and text messages admitted for a limited state-of-mind purpose.

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Counsel located the cited statement in a different report, apologized for the interruption, and discussed that the report was not in evidence or used to refresh recollection.

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Counsel and the court addressed promptly displaying electronically cued material that counsel represented was already in evidence and marking it later.

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Counsel discussed redirect context for calls and text messages, proposed video clips, and whether prior questioning opened the door to further testimony.

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Counsel debated using additional phone-extraction text messages on redirect to provide context for text messages previously shown to the jury.

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Counsel and the court addressed whether two text messages were authored by Jennifer McCabe or Kerry and how to identify the associated phone numbers.

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The court marked Clip 15 as Exhibit 83 and addressed witness scheduling, directing that an expert review the newly received ARCCA report before any remedy is considered.

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Sgt. Bukhenik described the initial investigation, the seizure and preservation of the Lexus and other evidence, and alleged statements by Read; the court gave a preliminary instruction on evaluating those statements.

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Counsel discussed an interview report, whether it reflected an invocation, and a Rule 14 issue; the judge said counsel would not get into the invocation issue.

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Counsel debated questioning about Brian Higgins text messages and investigative follow-up; the court required review of the identified materials and allowed a Bowden inquiry subject to the witness's answers.

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Court hears arguments on cross-examination scope for Dr. Laposata and objections to Dr. Rentschler's PowerPoint presentation slides.

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Pre-closing charge conference covering the defense motion for required finding of not guilty, jury instruction disputes, Bowden/third-party culprit arguments, verdict form proposals, and a curative instruction request regarding Exhibit 88 (the hoodie).