Karen Read trial live updates: Close friend of John O’Keefe resumes testimony
Karen Read 's second trial in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O'Keefe, continues Wednesday in Dedham's Norfolk Superior Court before Judge Beverly Cannone.
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Read more: Recap of the first day of testimony
This story will be updated throughout the day with the latest testimony.
People to know:
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Hank Brennan, special prosecutor for the Norfolk County District Attorney's office
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Alan Jackson, lawyer for Read
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Kerry Roberts, close friend of O'Keefe
10:30 a.m. - Court adjourns for morning recess
With Roberts still on the stand, Cannone called for a morning recess.
Before the judge called the recess, Brennan was asking Roberts about specific moments in the dashcam footage taken on the morning O'Keefe's body was found.
Roberts will resume her testimony after the recess.
10 a.m. - Roberts describes visit to O'Keefe's family
The day after O'Keefe's death, Roberts went to O'Keefe's home to visit his family. Many people were coming in and out, including people Roberts and O'Keefe went to high school with.
Roberts said she did not see Read there.
9:50 a.m. - Roberts testifies about trip to hospital
After leaving 34 Fairview Road, Roberts drove to Braintree to pick up O'Keefe's parents. She then drove O'Keefe's parents to Good Samaritan Hospital, where O'Keefe was being treated.
In the car, O'Keefe's parents spoke to Read, who told them she thought O'Keefe was dead.
At the hospital, Roberts saw O'Keefe in his hospital room. He was in a neck brace, and she saw a trail of blood on the ground. Both of O'Keefe's eyes were "filled with blood" and he looked like a Raccoon, she said.
"They looked purple," Roberts said.
Roberts teared up when Brennan showed her a photo of O'Keefe in the hospital. Her voice breaking, she confirmed the photo was an accurate depiction of O'Keefe's condition.
9:35 a.m. - Roberts describes finding O'Keefe
When Roberts, Read and another woman, Jennifer McCabe, found O'Keefe the morning of Jan. 29, 2022, he was blanketed by snow.
Roberts said she dug O'Keefe's head out of the snow and his skin was cold. Read attempted to do mouth-to-mouth while Roberts did chest compressions.
"He had blood coming out of his nose and mouth," Roberts said. The blood was "not gushing."
Roberts estimated she gave O'Keefe chest compressions for four or five minutes while she waited for first responders to arrive.
When EMTs arrived, Roberts said Read was running around screaming, "Did I hit him? Did I hit him? Is he dead? Is he dead?"
Roberts said when first responders lifted O'Keefe off the ground, she saw grass where he had been lying. She saw O'Keefe's phone under him and picked it up.
9:25 a.m. - Roberts returns to the stand
When Roberts returned to the stand Wednesday, Brennan played a video taken by a Ring camera outside O'Keefe's home.
The video shows Roberts, Read and another friend of O'Keefe's, Jennifer McCabe, arriving to the home on the morning they found O'Keefe's body.
Brennan asked Roberts about the condition of Read's taillight that morning. She said Read pointed out to her that a piece was missing and Roberts said she saw a piece of metal sticking out.
That morning, Read asked Roberts if she could have hit O'Keefe. Roberts said she had no reason to believe Read had hit him.
9:15 a.m. - Defense objects to new cell phone report
Elizabeth Little, a lawyer for Read, told Cannone that on Tuesday night, the defense received new reports from prosecutors regarding data from O'Keefe's phone. The new information included a hundred-plus-page PowerPoint presentation, Little said.
The reports were prepared by Massachusetts State Police Trooper Nicholas Guarino, who prosecutors intend to call to the stand on Wednesday. Little asked Cannone to bar at least the PowerPoint from Guarino's testimony.
Brennan said the reports were taken from cell phone data the defense has had for years, but said he would not introduce the PowerPoint on Wednesday.
8:30 a.m.
Read, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of O'Keefe, who was found outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022.
Norfolk County prosecutors say Read struck O'Keefe with her SUV while driving intoxicated. Read's attorneys say her car never struck O'Keefe and that others are to blame for his death.
Karen Read murder case
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