Irini Scordi-Bello - Redirect/Recross

MR. BRENNAN: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed in your professional career?

MR. BRENNAN: When the person is brought to you, are they usually clothed?

MR. BRENNAN: If that clothing has already been processed, is it common that it would be brought to you for inspection?

MR. BRENNAN: Is clothing that is not accompanying the person's body commonly brought to you for observation?

MR. BRENNAN: You were asked questions about your opinions relative to spots in the organs of Mr. O'Keefe and you were asked about part of your statement in the grand jury. When you provide statements, is it important to have the statement in context to understand it?

MR. BRENNAN: Is it important to have a complete statement rather than just part of a statement?

MR. BRENNAN: And when you were asked the question that counsel asked you — do you remember that grand jury testimony you gave?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember when he read part of your answer?

MR. BRENNAN: And he read part to you, right?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember that?

MR. BRENNAN: Your honor, the doctor can answer that question. Do you remember Mr. Alessi read you that part of your statement?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember that you had more to that statement that was left off when he confronted you with it?

MR. BRENNAN: To complete your statement, you said: "But in the whole context, I believe that those are signs of hypothermia and not caused..." Do you remember that completion to your statement?

MR. BRENNAN: You can show her the — okay. I can approach and I ask you to take a look at part of your grand jury testimony. Remember Mr. Alessi reading part of your answer back?

MR. BRENNAN: You ask about your entire answer or just part of it.

MR. BRENNAN: You read the rest of the answer that you weren't given, when it's right for you.

MR. BRENNAN: Do you now remember there was more to your answer?

MR. BRENNAN: Could you share with us the rest of your answer?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember the part that was left out?

MR. BRENNAN: Does it refresh your memory to the rest of your statement to the grand jury?

MR. BRENNAN: After looking at this, does it refresh your memory to the rest of your statement you made to the grand jury?

MR. BRENNAN: And could you share the rest of your statement with the jury, please?

MR. BRENNAN: Is your answer more complete in context?

MR. BRENNAN: You were shown a photograph of two individuals that were in the room at the time of autopsy. Do you remember that photograph?

MR. BRENNAN: And you were asked about certain names. Correct. You said that there would be a log identifying names.

MR. BRENNAN: Do you remember exactly who logged in to that autopsy?

MR. BRENNAN: May I approach? Show Mr. Woll, your honor, if we need a sidebar to explain.

MR. BRENNAN: Your honor. Thank you, Mr. — You mentioned that Mr. O'Keefe's body temperature was a little under 81 degrees when he was brought to the hospital.

MR. BRENNAN: And again, a normal body temperature is 98 degrees. So is it fair to say there was over an 18-degree drop in his body temperature?

MR. BRENNAN: You shared with us that you generally understood it was a blizzard and cold outside. Do you have any experience on how rapidly a body temperature will drop outside?

MR. BRENNAN: Was there—

MR. BRENNAN: Was there any type of burns on his body that would suggest that he was put in some type of machine or environment where there was cooling, mechanical cooling?

MR. BRENNAN: Mr. Woll, you were shown a photograph, a chart that had spots on them. Do you know where that photograph came from?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you know who that was from? What person that was from?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you have any information on the circumstances which led to that condition?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you have any information about what caused the condition that you saw on that chart?

MR. BRENNAN: You were asked about your role as a medical examiner and there were a number of questions about your assessment from a legal perspective.

MR. BRENNAN: You mentioned that you had information from a police report. How many police reports were you given?

MR. BRENNAN: May I approach?

MR. BRENNAN: Showing you a document. Do you recognize that document?

MR. BRENNAN: What is it?

MR. BRENNAN: Is that a police report from your file?

MR. BRENNAN: And that police report — is that a police report that you considered, among other information?

MR. BRENNAN: How many lines is that police report?

MR. BRENNAN: What's the date and time of that police report?

MR. BRENNAN: I have this marked for identification.

MR. BRENNAN: And I'm showing you another document. Let us mark it QQ for identification. May I approach?

MR. BRENNAN: Second document. Is that another document in your file?

MR. BRENNAN: And is that another report you considered?

MR. BRENNAN: How many lines is that report?

MR. BRENNAN: I'd move to have this marked for identification, please.

MR. BRENNAN: I'm going to go back to the questions I asked you about logging in and refreshing your memory. I'm going to show you a document. I'm not going to ask you to read it aloud. I'm just going to ask you to look at it. Does it refresh your memory on the people who attended the autopsy?

MR. BRENNAN: And who were they?

MR. BRENNAN: Are you part of the criminal investigation team?

MR. BRENNAN: Did you go to the scene and evaluate any evidence?

MR. BRENNAN: Did you do any of your own detective work or investigation in this case?

MR. BRENNAN: So when you were asked questions about your role as the medical examiner in your medical evaluation of Mr. O'Keefe's body, you were also asked whether you considered any part of the legal aspect. Do you remember those questions?

MR. BRENNAN: Let me ask you. You submitted the death certificate on April 14th, correct? I want to talk about some of the things that you may or may not have known about or considered at the time you wrote your death certificate or filed your death certificate. Were you informed or were you aware that before you filed your death certificate, there was information in the investigation that police spoke to a first responder by the name of Timothy Nuttall who reported that the defendant said, "I hit him. I hit him. I hit him."

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of that?

MR. BRENNAN: So were you aware that there was another first responder by the name of McLaughlin who provided information that the defendant said, "I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. I hit him."

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of statements made by the defendant to Miss McCabe — that she said, "May I— if I hit him, did I hit him?"

MR. BRENNAN: At the time of your death certificate that you filed, were you informed that a Jennifer McCabe had reported that the defendant said, "Did I hit him, or could I have hit him multiple times?"

MR. BRENNAN: Did you learn that Miss McCabe reported later that the defendant, while speaking to first responders, reported that she had hit him? Did you know that?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of the investigation regarding alcohol consumption?

MR. BRENNAN: with firefighter Daniel Whitley on February 7th, 2022?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware that the police or Massachusetts State Police spoke to other witnesses about their observations that night?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of an interview by Trooper

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware that Mr. Whitley told the police that the defendant had expressed that she had gotten into an argument with the victim that night?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of a report from first responder Anthony Flatley about statements made by the defendant to him?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of statements provided by Kerry Roberts to the police that the defendant had called her, saying, "Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John is dead"?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of that?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of information that troopers had an opportunity to go and speak to the defendant?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of the statements that she made to the troopers?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware that when they spoke to her on January 29th, she informed that she had a broken tail light on her vehicle but did not know how it happened?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you provided the information that she had never observed John enter the residence?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware that she informed, relative to the broken right tail light, she didn't know how it happened?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware that members of the Massachusetts State Police obtained John O'Keefe's phone and did a forensic data analysis on it?

MR. BRENNAN: After you filed your report, correct? Were you aware of location data that was obtained from John O'Keefe's phone before you filed the death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of healthcare data on John O'Keefe's phone before you filed the death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of battery temperature data on Mr. O'Keefe's iPhone before you filed the death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of voice messages left on John O'Keefe's phone from the defendant before you filed your death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of text messages between the defendant and John O'Keefe before you filed your death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you aware of statements from the defendant to various media outlets before you filed your death certificate?

MR. BRENNAN: Did anybody ever come to you after you filed your death certificate and ask you to change it?

MR. BRENNAN: Did anybody ever provide you any of this additional information you weren't aware of at the time, ask you to evaluate it, and then reconsider your finding?

MR. BRENNAN: You were asked some questions about impact injuries. In your experience, are most pedestrian collisions where there's injuries to the lower legs either frontal or rear impacts?

MR. BRENNAN: When you gave the perspective that you looked for impact injuries, was that with consideration of your experience that most collisions are frontal impact injuries?

MR. BRENNAN: How about cases where you've had an opportunity to observe people who sustained injuries from being clipped — not hit, but just being clipped — is your opinion any different in your experience?

MR. BRENNAN: Okay. How about a sideswipe injury? Is that different relative to your expectations for lower extremity injuries?

MR. BRENNAN: A bruise on the knee — is that consistent with a sideswipe impact?

MR. BRENNAN: Did you do any type of biomechanical analysis of the alleged collision in this case?

MR. BRENNAN: Were you asked to?

MR. BRENNAN: And so when you talk about injuries from a collision, are you in part speculating about what could happen to somebody?

MR. BRENNAN: Are you giving a direct opinion in this case about how the injuries were caused?

MR. BRENNAN: You were asked questions about a nose laceration.

MR. BRENNAN: And you offered that was not consistent with falling backwards on the head alone.

MR. BRENNAN: You were asked if that was consistent with a punch.

MR. BRENNAN: Did you provide an opinion that it could be consistent with a punch?

MR. BRENNAN: Could it be consistent with broken glass?

MR. BRENNAN: Could it be consistent with sharp shards from broken plastic?

MR. BRENNAN: Could it be consistent with first aid?

MR. BRENNAN: Could it be consistent with first aid treatment?

MR. BRENNAN: Do you have any firsthand knowledge of how the laceration on the nose happened?

MR. BRENNAN: Did you know at the time you filed your death certificate that there were plastic pieces of tail light found near Mr. O'Keefe's body around 5:45 p.m. on January 29th, 2022?

MR. BRENNAN: Thank you.