Karen Read murder trial ends in mistrial as jury fails to agree whether she deliberately killed Boston cop boyfriend with SUV
The high-profile murder trial of a Boston woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend has ended in a mistrial.
Karen Read, 44, was told Monday that jurors disagreed on whether she intentionally killed Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe with her SUV in January 2022.
Read could still face a new trial after a contentious nine-week trial in which she claimed she was the victim of a vast plot to frame her.
Prosecutors countered that Read persuaded O’Keefe to end their toxic relationship before leaving him for dead in the snow.
Karen Read during her final preliminary hearing on April 12 at Norfolk District Court
John O’Keefe, 46, was found dead at 6 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2022, outside a home where Read had dropped him off at about 12:45 a.m. for an afterparty.