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John O'Keefe
Born
John J. O'Keefe III

(1975-12-08)December 8, 1975
Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
DiedJanuary 29, 2022(2022-01-29) (aged 46)
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materNortheastern University, University of Massachusetts Lowell
OccupationPolice officer
EmployerBoston Police Department
PartnerKaren Read (2020–2022)

On January 29, 2022, at 6:03 am,[2] Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe was found unconscious on the front lawn at 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts. The residence belonged to Brian Albert, a fellow Boston Police Officer (now retired). O'Keefe's body was discovered by his girlfriend, Karen Read, along with Jennifer McCabe and Kerry Roberts. The women went searching for him after he failed to return home that morning. He was later declared dead at 7:59 am at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.[3]

An autopsy performed on January 31, 2022, found that O'Keefe died of impact injuries to the head. The medical examiner noted "a laceration to the back of his head, skull fractures, a cut above his right eye, abrasions on his nose and arm, two black eyes, and a scratch on his right knee".[4] His manner of death was undetermined.[2]

Read was arrested on February 1, 2022 and charged with manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death.[3] On June 9, 2022, with no new records, statements, or evidence the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office announced that a grand jury indicted Read on an additional charge of second-degree murder. The upgraded charges resulted in Read's case being moved from Stoughton District Court to Norfolk County Superior Court, where it was assigned to Judge Beverly Cannone.

Read's first criminal trial resulted in a mistrial on July 1, 2024, due to a hung jury;[5] a retrial began on April 1, 2025.[6]

Background

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John J. O'Keefe III, nicknamed "JJ"[7][1] or "Johnny"[8] (born December 8, 1975), grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts. He graduated from Braintree High School and later Northeastern University, going on to earn a master's degree in criminal justice from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[9] Following the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law in 2013 and 2014 respectively, O'Keefe took guardianship of his niece and nephew with whom he resided in Canton.[10] He was a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police Department.[11]

Karen A. Read (born February 26, 1980) grew up in Taunton, Massachusetts, and Blacksburg, Virginia.[12] She graduated from Coyle & Cassidy, a private Catholic school in Taunton, and went to Bentley University where she obtained both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in finance.[13][14][15] She had been a financial analyst at Fidelity Investments since 2007 and was an adjunct professor at Bentley University until her arrest in February 2022.[10][16][17] Read was living in Mansfield at the time of O'Keefe's death.[10]

O'Keefe and Read met in 2004 and dated briefly.[18] They rekindled their relationship in 2020 after connecting over Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Incident

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On the evening of January 28, 2022, Read met O'Keefe for drinks at a local Canton bar, C.F. McCarthy's, at approximately 9:00 pm. They moved to an establishment across the street, the Waterfall Bar & Grille, shortly before 11:00 pm. There, they met up with a group of acquaintances including retired Boston police officer Brian Albert and his wife Nicole Albert. O'Keefe and Read were invited to the Albert residence at 34 Fairview Road around midnight as the bar was closing. Security footage shows them leaving together at 12:11 am. Other individuals invited to the Albert residence from the Waterfall that night include Nicole Albert's sister Jennifer McCabe and her husband Matthew McCabe, as well as ATF agent Brian Higgins.[19]

Read drove O'Keefe in her Lexus LX 570 to 34 Fairview, although she was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. They pulled up in front of the house at 12:24 am, but remained in the car as Read felt uncomfortable going inside. O'Keefe told Read he would quickly check inside to make sure they were welcome. He began walking towards the house at 12:31 am according to his phone's Apple Health data. Read claims she watched him enter the house. She grew impatient when O'Keefe didn't come back out and started driving off towards his house at 1 Meadows Avenue. O'Keefe's phone was manually locked for the last time at 12:32 am, and then was never interacted with again.[19]

Jennifer McCabe, also traveling to 34 Fairview (the residence of her sister and brother-in-law) from the Waterfall that night, called O'Keefe at 12:14 am to help with directions. The McCabes subsequently arrived at the house at 12:18 am. McCabe sent a text to O'Keefe at 12:31 am saying "Pull behind me," which he read shortly before locking his phone for the last time. She did not send another text to O'Keefe for 9 minutes. At 12:40 am, she sent O'Keefe a text saying "Hello."[19]

Read connected to the Wi-Fi at O'Keefe's house at 12:36 am. She left him a succession of voicemails expressing that she felt he was using her as a babysitter while he partied and drank. Read's last call attempt for a while was at 1:18 am before falling asleep next to O'Keefe's niece. At 4:38 am she awoke and resumed trying to call O'Keefe, to no avail. At 4:53 am Read contacted Jennifer McCabe from the niece's phone, asking her to help look for O'Keefe. At 5:00 am, Read contacted Kerry Roberts, a friend of O'Keefe's, to join them.[19]

At 5:07 am, Read was seen on O'Keefe's Ring camera footage backing out of his garage in her Lexus. Her SUV visibly bumped O'Keefe's parked Chevrolet Traverse, causing motion.[19]

Investigation

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Former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael D. Proctor, of the Norfolk State Police Detective Unit, was the lead investigator for the case. He was fired on March 19, 2025 due to his actions in the investigation, having "sent derogatory, defamatory, disparaging, and/or otherwise inappropriate text message about a suspect in that investigation to other individuals" and "provided sensitive and/or potential investigative steps in the investigation to non-law enforcement personnel".[20]

According to police, pieces of a cocktail glass and patches of blood were found alongside O'Keefe's body. They also found pieces of a broken taillight, said to match a broken light on Read's car.[21]

In April 2023, Read's attorneys presented a theory that implicated Brian Albert, who owned the home outside of which O'Keefe was found dead, and his sister-in-law Jennifer McCabe, who had been drinking with Read and O'Keefe on January 28, and helped Read find O'Keefe's body the morning of January 29.[21][22] Evidence showed that Brian Albert sold his house and got rid of his dog after the incident, and the defense team argued that Jennifer McCabe made a Google search "hos[sic] long to die in cold" at 2:27 a.m., though prosecutors argue that was the time the tab used in the search was opened in the browser and not the time the search was actually made.[23]

In January 2024, letters between the General Counsel for the Department of Justice and Norfolk District Attorney, Michael W. Morrissey, were released, confirming a federal investigation was mounted into the Norfolk District Attorney's office.[24][25][26]

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Commonwealth v. Read
CourtNorfolk County Courthouse
Full case name Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Karen Read
StartedApril 16, 2024
Charge
Case history
Prior actionHung jury declared on July 1, 2024 for the first trial
Appealed to
Subsequent actionRetried on April 1, 2025, Case #2282-CR-00117
Court membership
Judge sittingBeverly Cannone

On February 2, 2022, Read was arraigned in Stoughton District Court on charges of manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, and motor vehicle homicide. She pleaded not guilty and was released on $80,000 bail.[27] In June 2022, a Norfolk County grand jury indicted Read for second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision.[28]

First trial

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On March 12, 2024, Read's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the case due to alleged conflicts of interest and federal crash reconstruction experts determining that O'Keefe's injuries were "inconsistent" with the damage to Read's car.[29][30] The judge denied the motion on March 26 due to "extensive evidence supporting the indictments".[31][32]

Read's first trial started on April 16, 2024.[33][34] Prosecutors previously asked the Judge to block Read's lawyers from arguing that others are to blame for O'Keefe's death, also known as third-party culprit defense. The judge instead offered the defense a chance to develop their argument through "relevant, competent, admissible evidence", but still barred them from using the third-party culprit defense during opening statements.[35] On April 28, the prosecutors and the defense presented opening statements.

The prosecution was led by Adam Lally and Laura McLaughlin. Read was represented by criminal defense attorneys David R. Yannetti, Alan Jackson, and Elizabeth Little. Jackson and Little are partners at Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, a Los Angeles firm.[36]

The prosecution argued that Karen Read intentionally ran O'Keefe over with her SUV after a night of heavy drinking on January 29, 2022. They represented that pieces of Read's broken taillight were found at the scene,[37] suggesting her vehicle was involved in the incident. A hair consistent with O'Keefe's[nb 1] was found on Read's car,[40] which the prosecution maintained indicated contact from an impact by her car on O'Keefe. Accounts of arguments and tension between the couple were heard from several witnesses, including testimony of an argument during the couple's trip to Aruba in December 2021, which the prosecution put forward as evidence of an allegedly troubled relationship.[41] Read's angry texts and voicemails on the night of January 29 were introduced into evidence as support for this.[42][37][43] The prosecution argued Read's behavior on the morning O'Keefe's body was found did not match that of someone unaware of the incident.[44]

The defense argued that Karen Read was being framed as part of a law enforcement coverup to protect the real perpetrators, suggesting that O'Keefe was beaten inside the house of another Boston police officer, Brian Albert, and then left outside to die in the snow, and that the close relationships between Trooper Michael Proctor and the Albert family created a conflict of interest and compromised the investigation. Proctor admitted to not initially disclosing his personal relationship with certain witnesses in the case.[45] The defense also showed to the jury the lack of integrity in the investigation, such as the use of Solo cups and Stop & Shop grocery bags during evidence collection[46][47][48] and the inappropriate text messages about Read between Proctor and his coworkers, friends and family, including Proctor's assessment of Read's attractiveness and his hope that she would die by suicide.[49][37][43] The defense showed Read's taillight intact after midnight on January 29,[50] in contrast to the evidence of a shattered taillight, accusing the investigators of planting evidence[51] and also pointed to the mirrored sallyport video of Read's SUV at the Canton Police Department. The defense argued that the injuries on O'Keefe's body were not consistent with a car collision, which was confirmed by a number of experts, including two accident reconstruction experts obtained by the FBI, and the Medical Examiner employed by the Commonwealth.[52][nb 2]

The Commonwealth rested their case on June 21, 2024, after eight weeks of testimony from 68 witnesses. Defense completed its list of witnesses and rested their case on June 24.[54] Closing arguments were delivered on June 25 and jury deliberation started on the same day.[55] On July 1, after 25 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, citing "fundamental differences" in their beliefs;[56] Judge Cannone declared a mistrial.[57]

Read's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss two of the charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident, saying that several jurors have reached out after the mistrial and indicated that the jury found Read not guilty on both of these charges.[58][59] Martin G. Weinberg, a new attorney for the defense, argued for dismissal of the charges.[60] On August 23, Judge Beverly Cannone denied the motion to dismiss the charges.[61] Read's attorneys filed an appeal to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and also requested the federal court to drop two of the charges.[62] Both requests were denied.[63][64]

Second trial

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Read's second trial started on April 1, 2025, with Hank Brennan, who was Whitey Bulger's former defense lawyer, leading the prosecution as a special deputy district attorney.[65][66] New York-based attorney Robert Alessi and Victoria Brophey George were added to Read's defense team.[67]

On the day when the second trial started, Read filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to delay her retrial, and also requested that two of the charges be overturned, citing double jeopardy; both requests were denied.[68][69][70]

On May 2, 2025, Dr. Jason Tracy, an emergency room physician's testimony authenticated the lab sheet recording Read's hospital BAC at 0.093% at 9:00 a.m. January 29, 2022.[71] On May 5, 2025, Julia Yahr, a toxicologist testified about the Widmark retrograde analysis and stated that at 12:45 a.m. on January 29, 2022, Read's blood alcohol level was approximately 0.14 - 0.29%.[72]

On May 7, 2025, the prosecution addressed witness Jennifer McCabe's "hos [sic] long to die in cold" Google search. Jessica Hyde asserted the earlier time of 2:27 a.m. indicates when McCabe first opened the Safari browser tab. Hyde put McCabe's search at around 6:20 a.m.[73][non-primary source needed]

In the second trial, the time when Officer O'Keefe locked his phone was presented as evidence. According to the prosecution, when a 21- to 29-second clock variance is factored in, the event – which the prosecution allege is the "final reverse event" – recorded by Karen Read's Lexus lines up within seconds of the last lock on O'Keefe's iPhone at Fairview Road.[74]

Dr. Judson Welcher, a crash reconstructionist and a biomechanical engineer for Aperture LLC, testified on May 27, 2025 (Day 21), and May 28–29, 2025 (Day 22, 23). Welcher ran three live paint-contact tests and several low-speed backing trials with a 6,000-lb Lexus of the same or similar model as Read's, that his firm purchased for the case. Welcher used a blue-paint transfer technique on the taillight of the exemplar SUV, showing the vehicle backing slowly into his own arm to demonstrate an alleged alignment between the taillight and O'Keefe's arm. This was the engineer's illustration of how, in his view, the abrasions on Officer O'Keefe's right forearm were "consistent with contact from the fractured taillight area". In his testimony, he opined that Read's Lexus reversed about 87 feet (27 m), reaching about 24 mph (39 km/h) after proceeding forward 34 ft (10 m).[74]

On May 29, 2025, after nearly a month of testimony, the Commonwealth rested its case.[75]

On June 3, 2025, Dr. Marie Russell testified on behalf of the defense as a dog bite expert to offer an opinion as to the cause of the abrasions to O'Keefe's arm. On cross-examination, the prosecution raised with Russell the absence of dog DNA on O'Keefe's hoodie. As this topic had not been raised by the prosecution during its case-in-chief, Attorney Alessi objected and made application for a mistrial with prejudice. A hearing ensued outside of the jury's presence to entertain his request. Attorney Brennan strongly argued the prosecution's right to raise the issue. Judge Cannone denied the defense's motion, adjudicating also that the prosecution were permitted to continue the line of questioning, and the case continued. Russell gave evidence about the possibility of destruction of dog DNA, potentially arising, in her view, from long-delayed testing and other causes.[76] That same day, Sergeant Barros, of the Town of Dighton Police Department, was called to the stand on behalf of Ms. Read, where his testimony centered around the broken taillight that he observed versus a photo entered into evidence of the vehicle once it was in the garage. He testified that he responded to a call at approximately 2:30 p.m. on January 29, 2022, requesting his presence at the residence of Ms. Read's parents, William and Janet Read, residents in the Town of Dighton. His attendance was at the request of the State police. Under cross-examination by Attorney Brennan, Officer Barros stated that he did not see the State Troopers manipulate or tamper with the taillight, which led to his previous testimony on June 10, 2024 to be called into question, specifically the damage to the taillight. After reviewing the video of Ms. Read's vehicle backing up in Officer O'Keefe's driveway during the low-speed impact, he agreed that the damage was consistent with the damage he saw in Dighton hours later.[77]

On June 11, 2025, the defense rested its case.[78] Jury deliberations began two days later.[79][80]

Civil lawsuit

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On August 23, 2024, the O'Keefe family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Read and two bars in Canton, accusing Read of hitting and killing O'Keefe and the bars of overserving her.[81] The judge ordered that the civil case will not move forward until the criminal case is resolved.[82] Read is represented by three lawyers from the Boston law firm Melick & Porter, LLP for the civil case.[83]

Impact

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Impact on the community

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Local blogger Aidan Kearney, nicknamed Turtleboy, has covered the case extensively on his website under the headline "Canton Coverup" since the defense released their affidavit in April 2023. The case had received little media attention until Kearney started covering the case: he would go to Canton, film himself confronting witnesses, and post the videos on YouTube.[10][22] Kearney was indicted on eight counts of witness intimidation, three counts of conspiracy to intimidate witnesses, and five counts of picketing a witness in December 2023. In February 2024, he was also indicted on two new charges of harassing a witness and intercepting wire or oral communication. He pleaded not guilty.[84]

The case has caused divisions in Canton, as town residents have debated whether O'Keefe was killed by Read, or whether Read was framed by the police. Social tensions and old family feuds have reportedly been inflamed by the case. Following Kearney’s coverage, a "rolling rally" of around 50 cars in support of the coverup theory drove through Canton in July 2023, stopping at the homes of key figures relating to the case and protesting with a bullhorn.[10] During the first trial, several Canton residents who are Read supporters also spoke at Canton select board meetings, confronting Chris Albert, and calling for accountability; three of them said their lawns were later vandalized with bleach balloons.[85]

Near the end of the first trial, Kearney was dining with his girlfriend at C.F. McCarthy's, one of the bars O'Keefe and Read went to, and got into a confrontation outside with a few people, one of whom was close to the Alberts and the Proctors. Two people were later charged with assault and battery of Kearney.[86] Shortly after the first trial, Kearney also found a dead turtle hanging outside his parents' home in Worcester, and the local police investigated the incident as harassment and animal cruelty.[87]

Recall election and independent audit

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In August 2023, a Massachusetts citizen ballot initiative was proposed to add recall elections to the Massachusetts Constitution in response to Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey's perceived corruption in the case.[88]

In November 2023, Canton held a Special Town Meeting where residents voted in favor (903–800) of an independent audit of the Canton Police Department due to the ongoing investigation of this case.[21][89] The audit concluded in 2025 ahead of the second trial, and found that first responding officers did not photograph O'Keefe at the location of where he was found before he was moved to the ambulance, interviews of critical witnesses were not conducted at the Canton Police Department on the day after O'Keefe was transported to the hospital, and witness interviews were not recorded; Massachusetts State Police and Canton police also did not maintain a police presence at 34 Fairview Road pending the secondary search conducted by state police crime scene units; and Canton police did not turn over video footage maintained on their computer systems of Read's SUV while it was housed at the Canton Police Department from January 29 through February 2, 2022, to lead investigators.[90]

Protests outside courthouse

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In early April 2024, ahead of the first trial, the prosecutors filed a motion requesting a buffer zone to keep protesters back at least 500 feet (150 m) from the courthouse; Judge Cannone later ordered a 200-foot (61 m) buffer zone, after the ACLU filed a memorandum opposing the prosecution's request, citing freedom of speech, and urged the court to consider more narrowly tailored restrictions.[91][92] Ahead of the second trial, Read's supporters filed a federal lawsuit against Judge Cannone on the grounds of free speech; a federal judge ruled the buffer zone does not violate protesters' First Amendment free speech rights.[93][94]

During the first trial, the judge approved the prosecution's request to prohibit anyone inside the courtroom from wearing any attire related to the case, and also prohibit law enforcement officers, whether they be testifying or attending the trial, from wearing their uniforms.[95] Protesters would gather outside the courthouse wearing pink on every court day, cheer for Read, and take photos with Read and her lawyers.

Repercussions for witnesses

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After the first trial, Proctor was relieved of duty and formally transferred out of the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office State Police Detective's Unit, and he was suspended without pay on July 8.[96][97] In March 2025, he was fired by Massachusetts State Police,[98][99] after a state police trial board determined that he sent inappropriate text messages about a suspect and provided "sensitive and/or potential investigative steps in the investigation to non-law enforcement personnel." He was also found guilty of unsatisfactory performance and violating policy on alcoholic beverages.[20]

On July 10, 2024, Canton Police placed Det. Kevin Albert on leave based on testimony from the trial.[100] That September, Canton Police announced he would face a three-day suspension without pay.[101]

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In July 2024, Netflix announced a three-part documentary on the case.[102] 20/20 released an episode about the case in September 2024.[103] Dateline NBC aired an episode on the case on October 18, 2024.[104] A ten-part narrative podcast series, 34 Fairview Road, was released October 17, 2024.[105] A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read a five-part docuseries by Investigation Discovery, aired over three nights, beginning March 17, 2025.[106][107] An ongoing podcast is covering both trials and everything surrounding it, titled 13th Juror: Conspiracy in Canton, hosted by Brandi Churchwell.

Connection to other cases

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The lawyer for Brian Walshe, the Cohasset man accused of murdering his wife Ana, said he would file a motion suggesting Proctor's bias played a role in his client's case.[108][109]

In February 2021, Sandra Birchmore, a 23-year-old woman from Stoughton, was found dead in her Canton apartment. In both the Birchmore and O'Keefe investigations, federal intervention led to different conclusions than the initial investigations by local police. Her death was initially ruled a suicide, but initial findings by local authorities were contradicted by federal investigators who alledged that foul play was involved. Detective Matthew Farwell of the Stoughton Police Department allegedly groomed Birchmore, initiating a sexual relationship with her when she was 15 years old, and eventually impregnating her in 2020.[110] Farwell is accused of strangling Birchmore and staging her death as a suicide. Read's attorneys have sought police documents related to the Birchmore case and officers involved in both cases, including Norfolk Attorney Michael Morrissey, Canton Police Sgt. Michael Lank, Canton Police Det. Kevin Albert, Massachusetts State Police Det. Lt Brian Tully, and Lt. John Fanning.[111][112]

Notes

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  1. ^ Only mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the hair could be obtained for analysis. This matched O'Keefe's, but mtDNA is not specific to one individual: It is shared by all those from the same matriline – that is, any relatives who share maternal-line ancestors.[38][39]
  2. ^ The two accident reconstruction experts work for ARCCA, an engineering consulting firm. It was not retained by the defense or prosecution, but by the Department of Justice and FBI as part of a federal investigation into Massachusetts state law enforcement's handling of this case.[53]

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