Jonathan Hall

1 week ago | whdh.com | Mari Salazar |Jonathan Hall |Victoria Price

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - The third week of testimony in the Karen Read murder retrial began Monday with a forensic scientist from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory back on the stand. Six witnesses took the stand Monday. One, a first responder who was on a fire truck that arrived to the crime scene on January 29, 2022. McLaughlin rolled a stretcher toward the unresponsive man on the lawn. At the time, she didn’t know it was John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer.

1 week ago | whdh.com | Mari Salazar |Victoria Price |Jonathan Hall

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Jennifer McCabe returned to court Friday morning and completed her testimony in the Karen Read murder retrial. McCabe was a close friend of Boston police officer John O’Keefe and was at the Canton home when his body was discovered in the snow in January 2022. Read is accused of killing O’Keefe, her boyfriend, by hitting him with her car and leaving him to die in a snowbank after a night of drinking. Her lawyers argue she is being framed.

1 week ago | whdh.com | Jonathan Hall

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - In the first trial, two of Karen Read’s accident reconstruction experts concluded her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, did not die after being hit by her Lexus as the state claims. “You can’t deny the science and the physics as to what would have happened if he was struck by the vehicle,” said ARCCA Biomechanics Expert Andrew Rentschler in the first trial.

1 week ago | whdh.com | Jonathan Hall

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Jennifer McCabe has been on the witness stand for a day and a half. She was a close friend of victim John O’Keefe and was at the Canton home when his body was discovered in the snow. McCabe testified as paramedics were moving him to an ambulance, Read had a request. “She started yelling and pulling on me to Google ‘hypothermia’ and Google ‘how long it takes to die in the cold,'” McCabe said.

1 week ago | whdh.com | Jonathan Hall

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Jennifer McCabe has been on the witness stand for a day and a half. She was a close friend of victim John O’Keefe and was at the Canton home when his body was discovered in the snow. McCabe testified as paramedics were moving him to an ambulance, Read had a request. “She started yelling and pulling on me to Google ‘hypothermia’ and Google ‘how long it takes to die in the cold,'” McCabe said.