Commonwealth v. Karen Read

The jury was sworn, heard opposing opening statements, and began hearing testimony from O'Keefe family members and a responding officer.

Police officers and paramedics described the response at 34 Fairview Road, while cross-examination addressed dispatch records, reported statements, and witness recollections.

First responders described the snowy emergency response, while cross-examination examined video, statements, and hospital handoff details.

McLaughlin completed testimony, jurors viewed 34 Fairview Road, and emergency responders described the response and later transport.

Gallagher and Goode testified about the Fairview Road response, scene processing, dispatch records, and early search. Outside the jury's presence, the court heard voir dire on Michael Lank and deferred a ruling on proposed evidence from a 2002 incident.

Goode completed testimony about report materials as the court set limits on questioning of Lank, who described the response at 34 Fairview Road and was cross-examined about relationships and scene handling. Rae began testimony about a welfare check at O'Keefe's home.

Witnesses described the Waterfall gathering, admitted videos and phone records, and limited observations as Read and O’Keefe left.

Waterfall video timing, Canton relationship questioning, and Julie Albert's account of the gathering were examined.

Julie and Nicole Albert testified about the Waterfall and 34 Fairview Road, and Brian Albert began his testimony.

The judge admitted bulkhead video as Brian Albert's cross-examination addressed prior statements and phone records; Albert family members testified about the gathering at 34 Fairview Road.

Caitlin Albert, Tristin Morris, Sarah Levinson, and Julie Nagel testified about the gathering, departures, and observations near 34 Fairview Road.

Kun testified about swab testing, Fairview witnesses described their observations, and Colin Albert testified about leaving with Allison McCabe.

The court admitted two videos used in Colin Albert's cross-examination before Matthew McCabe began testimony about the night at 34 Fairview.

Matthew McCabe faced cross-examination about his SUV observations and group texts before Jennifer McCabe described the search for John O’Keefe.

Jennifer McCabe was questioned about prior accounts, phone records, group texts, and a 911 recording; her redacted phone-extraction report was admitted.

Jennifer McCabe denied making or deleting a disputed 2:27 a.m. phone search, while Kerry Roberts described the search for John O'Keefe and the response after he was found. The court also heard Aruba-trip relationship testimony under limiting instructions.

Brian Higgins testified about Fairview Road, text messages, and phone records as cross-examination addressed his phone data extraction.

Brian Higgins testified about his phone disposal, followed by hospital, alcohol-analysis, plowing, and municipal-video testimony.

SERT search testimony, vehicle and clothing testing, and a forensic comparison of taillight pieces were presented.

Forensic testimony addressed taillight and glass comparisons before Trooper Yuriy Bukhenik testified about investigative evidence and a reported interview with Karen Read.

Sergeant Bukhenik testified about recovered items, evidence handling, Ring materials, and video as the defense cross-examined him.

The court addressed defense expert disclosures as Bukhenik testified about the sally port video, Barros described the Lexus, and Proctor acknowledged unprofessional texts.

Trooper Michael Proctor's testimony concluded with questioning about his texts and investigative decisions; Lieutenant Brian Tully described the State Police role and SERT evidence search.

Tully completed testimony on video, phone records, and evidence documentation before DNA analysts described testing results and limitations. The court set jury-instruction submissions.

Jessica Hyde addressed phone-search artifacts and the scope of her analysis. Trooper Joseph Paul testified about vehicle data, followed by voir dire and deferred ruling on a Ring-video opinion.

Trooper Paul completed crash-reconstruction testimony, followed by expert testimony on Jennifer McCabe's phone records and Guarino's digital-forensics work.

Judge Cannone found a Rule 14 reciprocal-discovery violation as the court considered Dr. Marie Russell's proposed testimony. The court also held voir dire examinations of ARCCA experts Daniel Wolfe and Andrew Rentschler.

Rulings limited expert testimony and excluded proposed phone-search evidence from the Commonwealth's case-in-chief. The jury then heard phone-data testimony and medical-examiner evidence concerning John O'Keefe's injuries and death.

Dr. Scordi-Bello completed her testimony, the judge denied directed verdicts, and the defense began its case with Loughran, Russell, and Green.

Sheridan, Wolfe, and Rentschler testified about injuries, tail-lamp testing, and biomechanics before the defense rested and the court held a charge conference.

Closing arguments presented competing accounts of O'Keefe's death before Judge Cannone instructed the jury and deliberations began.

The court revised the Count 2 verdict slip, instructed jurors on lesser included offenses, and suspended deliberations for the day.

Jurors resumed deliberations, then were excused for the day with instructions to return the next morning.

Judge Cannone declined to give a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction after the jury's first impasse note and directed deliberations to continue. The jury was released for the weekend and set to return Monday.

Judge Cannone gave a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction after a second impasse note, then declared a mistrial after a later note reported continued impasse.