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00:00:09I remember everything I said could I have hit him did I hit him
00:00:22and I'm not as clear as if I hadn't been drinking
00:00:45hey can I get a vodka soda
00:00:52did it start snowing yet
00:00:53no not yet
00:00:57you know my dad said I shouldn't be out with a blizzard on the way
00:01:01yeah your dad's probably right
00:01:05but hey I'm glad you did
00:01:12hey
00:01:28Chris Albert
00:01:29what
00:01:30a bunch of them down by the waterfall he says
00:01:34and do you want to go
00:01:37or we could just go back to your place
00:01:41look it'll be easier to go by
00:01:42have a drink and come up with some excuse
00:01:46hi let's go
00:01:47yeah we're going
00:01:47yeah let's go
00:01:48if you want
00:01:58gather around
00:02:05hey St. John
00:02:08Johnny
00:02:09hey
00:02:09hey
00:02:10hey
00:02:11you
00:02:11hey
00:02:12hey Karen
00:02:13who invited these losers
00:02:15come on over
00:02:16I blame your brother
00:02:17hey what do you pick drinking
00:02:18whatever you pricks are buying
00:02:20oh
00:02:20kiss that mouth
00:02:22that's what I know to shut her up
00:02:24hey
00:02:24hey
00:02:25come on
00:02:27hey
00:02:28hey
00:02:28hey you in
00:02:29no
00:02:30cheers
00:02:30hey cheers
00:02:31cheers
00:02:32cheers
00:02:32cheers
00:02:33I'm really glad I came tonight
00:02:37cheers
00:02:37cheers
00:02:38hey
00:02:39cheers
00:02:40so am I staying at your house tonight
00:02:43I can think of a good reason why you want to stay at my place tonight
00:02:47do another drink huh
00:02:50I'm going to my place
00:02:52last call
00:02:59let's keep this party going
00:03:01let's all go back to my place
00:03:02here we go
00:03:03alright
00:03:03the plan
00:03:04make sure you let those guys know yeah
00:03:05yeah yeah I'll let them know
00:03:07we're all going back to Brian's place you coming
00:03:09uh yeah
00:03:10yeah
00:03:11great
00:03:12is that fair of you
00:03:13I'll text you
00:03:16really
00:03:18it's after midnight
00:03:19can't we just go back to your house just you and me
00:03:21one drink
00:03:22come on we'll be a minute
00:03:23all right
00:03:24we have one more
00:03:30hey
00:03:35come on
00:03:36come on
00:03:37come on
00:03:37come on
00:03:37come on
00:03:40come on
00:03:40come on
00:03:50I haven't heard a thing you've said
00:06:00John?
00:06:05John?
00:06:17John?
00:06:18John?
00:06:33John?
00:06:40John?
00:06:49John?
00:06:53John?
00:06:55John?
00:07:01John?
00:07:04John?
00:07:06Where the hell are you?
00:07:07Will you call me back please?
00:07:09Call me.
00:07:13John?
00:07:14Where the hell are you?
00:07:16Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:07:21John?
00:07:23John?
00:07:23What's going on?
00:07:24I don't know where John is.
00:07:26What?
00:07:26What do you mean?
00:07:27I can't find him.
00:07:28Have you talked to him?
00:07:30Have you seen him?
00:07:31Just calm down.
00:07:32Tell me what happened.
00:07:32I came home last night and I'm totally freaking out right now.
00:07:36I mean, I figured you guys just-
00:07:38He never came home.
00:07:39I don't know what to do.
00:07:39I'm seriously freaking out over here.
00:07:41John, he never came home.
00:07:42Just relax, okay?
00:07:43I'm sure he's fine.
00:07:45We'll figure it out, okay?
00:07:46I think I just need to go look for him.
00:07:47I can't just stand here.
00:07:48I have to go!
00:07:57Oh shit.
00:08:16John!
00:08:17John!
00:08:18Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:08:21Pick up the phone!
00:08:26Gary, I'm worried.
00:08:28I'm worried John might be dead.
00:08:30What?
00:08:31I think he may have gotten hit by a plow.
00:08:33He never came home last night.
00:08:34We were all out drinking and didn't.
00:08:36Karen, maybe you shouldn't be on the road.
00:08:39No, I'm headed to John McCabe's.
00:08:40Will you help us, please?
00:08:41Will you come?
00:08:42Please, will you come help us?
00:08:46Let's meet back at John's.
00:08:53Jen!
00:08:55Jen!
00:08:56Jen, get in the car.
00:08:57Gary's meeting us back at John's house.
00:08:58What happened here?
00:09:00I backed up into John's car as I was pulling out.
00:09:03Maybe he's at home.
00:09:03Maybe we'll just check the house again.
00:09:04No, I've checked the entire house.
00:09:06Every room.
00:09:07Okay.
00:09:07And I've been calling him.
00:09:08Okay, let's just look again.
00:09:10Just get in the car!
00:09:11It's okay.
00:09:28I told you he wasn't here.
00:09:31I don't know.
00:09:32Maybe he went and slept it off at the Albertson.
00:09:35Maybe he was too drunk.
00:09:37I mean, we didn't see him.
00:09:38Can we just...
00:09:39Can we please just go there?
00:09:40Do you remember you last saw him?
00:09:42No, I don't...
00:09:43I don't know.
00:09:44I mean...
00:09:45I don't...
00:09:46Uh, I saw you guys pull up in front of Ryan's.
00:09:50What?
00:09:50Yeah, I saw your car out front.
00:09:52I mean, I figured you guys changed your mind and left.
00:09:55No, I...
00:09:57No, I...
00:09:58I don't know.
00:09:59I don't...
00:10:00Maybe...
00:10:00I don't know.
00:10:01Let's just...
00:10:02Just keep driving.
00:10:09There he is.
00:10:10There he is!
00:10:11There he is!
00:10:11What?
00:10:12Where?
00:10:12Stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:10:15Where are you seeing him?
00:10:16Where are you seeing him?
00:10:18John!
00:10:20He's crazy.
00:10:21No, no, no.
00:10:22No, no, no.
00:10:25Oh my God, no!
00:10:28No!
00:10:30John!
00:10:31John!
00:10:34John!
00:10:35John!
00:10:36John!
00:10:36Oh!
00:10:36Come on!
00:10:37John!
00:10:37What?
00:10:38I have to do CPR!
00:10:39Get off!
00:10:41Uh, yeah, yeah.
00:10:42No, we need someone to 34 Fairview Road, Canton, Mass, now.
00:10:45What's going on?
00:10:46Yeah, there's a guy.
00:10:46He's unresponsive in the snow.
00:10:48Oh my God.
00:10:53Come on, John.
00:10:57Come on, baby.
00:10:59Come on, baby.
00:11:04Oh my God.
00:11:20Oh my God.
00:11:23Oh my God.
00:11:24Oh my God.
00:11:24Oh my God.
00:11:24We just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:25John O'Keefe.
00:11:26You know him, right?
00:11:27Awesome cop.
00:11:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:28We don't know how long he'd been here.
00:11:30Oh my God.
00:11:31Oh my God.
00:11:32Oh my God.
00:11:35Please.
00:11:36Please.
00:11:46John, please.
00:11:49John, please.
00:11:50Hey, we got our boss and police officer.
00:11:52We've just been found in the snow here.
00:11:58Get you to step back, and we're going to get you to step back.
00:12:00Step back.
00:12:01Can you hear that?
00:12:04He does have some trauma to his head.
00:12:06I'm not sure if he was in a fight or whatever.
00:12:08I'm not getting into this.
00:12:09All right.
00:12:10Nope.
00:12:11Come on now.
00:12:12Yeah.
00:12:12You're going to need an officer.
00:12:14All right.
00:12:14The EMT's here now.
00:12:17Turn it up.
00:12:19Can you do it again?
00:12:20Please, that's my boyfriend.
00:12:22I left him and he never came home.
00:12:25Please.
00:12:25Be back, be back.
00:12:26Gary?
00:12:27John, is he dead?
00:12:29He's dead.
00:12:30He's dead.
00:12:33He's dead.
00:12:35He's dead.
00:12:39He's dead.
00:12:40He's dead.
00:12:41Dad.
00:12:42It's John.
00:12:44He's dead.
00:12:45What?
00:12:47I don't want to be alive right now.
00:12:50Dad, I just...
00:12:52I just want to die.
00:12:54Let's...
00:12:55Is she breathing?
00:12:57All right.
00:12:58Let's move him.
00:13:04Let's...
00:13:04Wait.
00:13:06No.
00:13:08Wait.
00:13:09No.
00:13:09Wait.
00:13:10I'm 6-8-2.
00:13:126-8-2.
00:13:13Are you aware of the party on scene?
00:13:14Or the caller named Karen?
00:13:17Affirmative.
00:13:17He's going to be okay.
00:13:18I have her father on the line.
00:13:20She's making suicidal comments.
00:13:23I'm going to section her so we know where she is.
00:13:25It's okay, John.
00:13:27John?
00:13:28You're going to be coming with us?
00:13:29What?
00:13:30What are you talking about?
00:13:31I want to go with him.
00:13:32We've got to ride over here for you.
00:13:33No.
00:13:34Space and the other ambulance.
00:13:36Please.
00:13:36It'll be okay.
00:13:36We'll get him over.
00:13:37We'll get him over.
00:13:37We'll get him over.
00:13:38We're going with him.
00:13:41We're going to get through Adam.
00:13:42You're going to be traveling with me.
00:13:44No.
00:13:45No.
00:13:54Okay.
00:14:06Just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:10I...
00:14:12I...
00:14:13I...
00:14:13I...
00:14:14You don't understand.
00:14:17I don't want to live without him.
00:14:20Ma'am?
00:14:21Are you thinking about hurting yourself?
00:14:27Did they find a pulse?
00:14:28No.
00:14:30We're on our way to the hospital.
00:14:32We're going to find out more then.
00:14:37I tried giving him health to health.
00:14:39That was good.
00:14:41And he's going where they can really take care of him.
00:14:43He's going to be there in a few minutes.
00:14:47Seating on me.
00:14:49Oh, God.
00:14:53We're right in here.
00:14:57Why don't you have a seat?
00:14:58Why am I in here?
00:15:00I...
00:15:00We just need to run some tests.
00:15:01I don't understand.
00:15:02You're brought in under a section 12 that's a psychiatric hold.
00:15:05Why?
00:15:05And the EMT is concerned you might hurt yourself.
00:15:08I just saw my boyfriend half dead in the snow.
00:15:10I just need to go see him.
00:15:12Please, let me see him.
00:15:13Hey, hey.
00:15:14I'm looking for my brother, John O'Keefe.
00:15:15He was brought in here?
00:15:18Paul!
00:15:20Paul!
00:15:22Paul!
00:15:23Oh, God.
00:15:25Paul!
00:15:25No, that's them.
00:15:27That's my...
00:15:28That's the family.
00:15:29Please.
00:15:29I need to go be with them.
00:15:31I don't understand why you're taking my blood.
00:15:34Please make a fist.
00:15:35The doctor will be in soon to ask you a few questions.
00:15:38Jesus.
00:15:48Hi, Dad.
00:15:51I got here as quick as I could.
00:15:57They won't let me see him.
00:16:02They, uh, I mean, honey, they, uh, they did what they could do.
00:16:08Did you see him?
00:16:10Is he okay?
00:16:12Sweetheart.
00:16:16He's, uh, he's gone.
00:16:18No.
00:16:20No.
00:16:22No.
00:16:24No.
00:16:26Please, don't tell me that.
00:16:28No.
00:16:29No, no.
00:16:31Oh, look at me.
00:16:32They did everything that could have been done.
00:16:38Oh.
00:16:40How did it happen?
00:16:42What, I mean, did I hit him?
00:16:44Did...
00:16:47Could I?
00:16:48Could I have hit him?
00:16:50I don't know.
00:17:06John, where are you?
00:17:10John, pick up.
00:17:12Come on.
00:17:12Where are you?
00:17:14Call me.
00:17:16John, would you pick up your phone?
00:17:18Really?
00:17:19You're a goddamn loser, you know that?
00:17:21We are a goddamn loser.
00:17:23Call me back.
00:17:24I goddamn hate you!
00:17:27I goddamn hate you!
00:17:29Do you hear me?
00:17:30I goddamn hate you!
00:17:46Doctor, they put you on this?
00:17:48Lead investigator.
00:17:49What are we looking at?
00:17:51I'll put a snow in a vague hope we'll find anything important underneath.
00:17:54Why can't these things only happen in the spring?
00:17:58What are you doing?
00:17:58That's a solo cup.
00:18:00That's all we got right now.
00:18:02Just trying to beat the snowmobile.
00:18:15How are you holding up?
00:18:18Not good.
00:18:19No.
00:18:22How can he be gone?
00:18:24How can I never, ever see him again?
00:18:29I need to see the kids.
00:18:31Will you take me?
00:18:32I think that's a good idea.
00:19:02I wasn't expecting.
00:19:11I'm so sorry.
00:19:22Nobody told me that everybody was getting together here.
00:19:26That we all wanted to be with the kids.
00:19:30Yeah.
00:19:30Yeah, me too.
00:19:33How are they?
00:19:37I mean, they know what happened.
00:19:39They're taking it pretty hard.
00:19:43Where are they?
00:19:45Upstairs.
00:19:49You saw him?
00:19:52John?
00:19:54Yeah, I saw him.
00:19:56They didn't let me see him.
00:19:59They put me in a different room.
00:20:01What did he...
00:20:03What did he look like?
00:20:06He's pretty made up.
00:20:09Looked to me like he got hit by a car.
00:20:16Excuse me.
00:20:19Okay.
00:20:30What the hell is going on here?
00:20:33They're upset.
00:20:34I'm upset.
00:20:35I loved this man.
00:20:38You only spent five nights a week in this house.
00:20:41This is...
00:20:42This is more in my home than it is theirs.
00:20:43And they think they can just come right in.
00:20:46Well, you understand why they want to be here.
00:20:49And I took care of those kids like a mother...
00:20:52I mean, there was...
00:20:54There was like this bond, you know?
00:20:58What...
00:20:59What the hell is going on here, Dad?
00:21:02Did you see the way that they were looking at me?
00:21:06Everybody's just confused.
00:21:08Nobody knows what happened.
00:21:13Neither do I.
00:21:16But everybody seems to only be looking at me.
00:21:20And you know what?
00:21:22Let them.
00:21:25Because if I did anything in any way...
00:21:29Then I will pay my dues.
00:21:32And this is how it should be.
00:21:37I want to know the truth, Dad.
00:21:41Good, bad, or ugly.
00:21:44Good, bad, bad.
00:21:47Good.
00:22:03Hi, Mr. Reed.
00:22:05Yes.
00:22:06I'm Michael Proctor with Massachusetts State Police.
00:22:09I understand your daughter's here?
00:22:11Come in.
00:22:20We got in an argument that day.
00:22:23Sort of an ongoing thing.
00:22:25About what?
00:22:26Just, you know, relationship stuff.
00:22:30Nothing new.
00:22:32But by the time we met up, we were all good.
00:22:37You know, we were kissing and laughing.
00:22:41We were with our friends.
00:22:42Yes. And then he got out of the car, and I left.
00:22:47And that was the last time I ever saw him.
00:22:49That was outside the Elbert's house around 12.30 a.m.?
00:22:55Yeah. Yeah, he got out of my car.
00:23:00I had a stomachache, so I just went back to his house.
00:23:03We got your blood results back from the hospital.
00:23:05You had a .093% at 9 this morning.
00:23:10That's still over the legal limit.
00:23:13I guess you guys were tying one on pretty good last night.
00:23:16Everybody was drinking.
00:23:19I mean, I had a couple drinks at McCarthy's, a couple more at the waterfall.
00:23:23I felt fine.
00:23:25Fine enough to get behind the wheel.
00:23:28Yeah, well, I got home in one piece.
00:23:30I noticed on the way in, you got a busted tail light.
00:23:34Yeah, that, um, that happened this morning.
00:23:38I backed into John's car.
00:23:42He's missing.
00:23:44I was frantic.
00:23:45Well, since the car is the last place anyone saw John, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take that
00:23:49in to be investigated.
00:23:52Are you serious?
00:23:54You're going to take my car?
00:23:56Well, how am I supposed to get to work?
00:24:00Can you work from home?
00:24:02I mean, I'm a financial analyst.
00:24:05I can do that work from home, but I also teach finance at the university.
00:24:08Sorry, the car's evidence.
00:24:10I'm afraid where else I can end to ask for your phone.
00:24:13What?
00:24:31I think I'm going to need a lawyer.
00:24:36So, the first thing that we can expect, most likely, is a no-contact order.
00:24:41No contact?
00:24:42What does that even...
00:24:45With who?
00:24:46With anyone in John's family.
00:24:50And I'm afraid that means that you won't be able to attend John's funeral.
00:24:54What?
00:24:56No contact with his family at all.
00:24:58I'm really sorry.
00:25:00They all have their minds made up.
00:25:03You know, three days ago, I was like family to them.
00:25:06And all of a sudden, no contact?
00:25:09I mean, is that even necessary?
00:25:10No one's speaking to me anyway.
00:25:12They're almost certainly going to put a warrant out for your arrest.
00:25:15My arrest?
00:25:17I didn't do anything.
00:25:19This is insane.
00:25:29Look, that night...
00:25:34I had been drinking.
00:25:39It was late.
00:25:43And I mean, I don't know what could have happened.
00:25:49Did he try to get to me while I was leaving and I just didn't...
00:25:53I didn't know it?
00:25:54I mean, I always have the music blasting.
00:25:56It was snowing.
00:25:58I had the wipers going.
00:25:59I had the heater blasting.
00:26:00I mean...
00:26:03What if...
00:26:07I don't even know.
00:26:08What if I...
00:26:10ran over his foot?
00:26:11Or what if I...
00:26:13I clipped him in the knee and he just passed out?
00:26:17Well, then you would have some element of culpability.
00:26:21They took your phone.
00:26:23They took your car.
00:26:25You need to prepare yourself.
00:26:29How is anybody supposed to prepare themselves for something like this?
00:26:33You can also expect some fairly invasive discovery.
00:26:36Subpoenas for your texts, your emails, your financial records.
00:26:41I'll talk to the DA and arrange for you to voluntarily surrender.
00:26:46Everybody's so damn sure.
00:26:48Burned me at the stake already.
00:26:50Listen, Karen.
00:26:52I'm gonna be with you.
00:26:54For the whole thing.
00:26:56I've been practicing law for 30 plus years.
00:27:00They're gonna take your picture.
00:27:01They'll take your prints.
00:27:03You post bail.
00:27:04You go home.
00:27:47Just behind me is the location of the tragic death of Boston police officer John O'Peath,
00:27:53where investigations have intensified.
00:28:03More taillight pieces over here.
00:28:10Family friends and fellow officers gathered today at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Braintree
00:28:15for the funeral of Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
00:28:18O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday in the early morning hours after being found in the snow outside a home
00:28:24in Canton.
00:28:25His brother Paul remembered John as someone who showed what determination could be.
00:28:29Moving forward, I will do my best to continue my brother's legacy of caring and supporting others,
00:28:36even though I know I can never come close to the way he did.
00:28:41Nor can I come close to expressing the admiration I have for John,
00:28:47who, after our sister Christy died, took her two children into his home to raise as his.
00:28:55But I can repeat the same words that John used at Christy's funeral.
00:29:02We'll take it from here.
00:29:05John O'Keefe will be laid to rest at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.
00:29:12David, hi.
00:29:14Hey, listen, I've got some bad news.
00:29:16Terrific.
00:29:17I talked to the DA.
00:29:19They're not going for it.
00:29:20They won't let you voluntarily surrender.
00:29:23What?
00:29:24Why?
00:29:26Well, they're not telling me anything, but the Boston cop is dead.
00:29:30We knew there was a heightened sense of importance to it.
00:29:33They're playing their cards very close.
00:29:35So they're insisting on arresting me.
00:29:38David, how am I supposed to go to jail?
00:29:41I mean, I've got Crohn's, I've got MS, I've got all these meds I have to take.
00:29:45Okay, you can bring them with you.
00:29:49All right, when?
00:29:50Well, that's why I'm calling.
00:29:53Are you home?
00:29:54Yeah.
00:29:56Yeah.
00:30:36Okay, just like we talked about.
00:30:48David, I have to know.
00:30:53Aaron Reed, you have the right to remain silent.
00:30:57Anything you say can be used against you in a heart of law.
00:31:02You cannot afford an attorney.
00:31:04One will be provided to you by the state.
00:31:19Police have arrested a Mansfield woman in connection with the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe,
00:31:26who was found in a snowbank on a Canton Street over the weekend.
00:31:32Investigators allege that Reed struck O'Keefe with her black Lexus SUV and left him to die in the snow
00:31:39outside a Canton home in the frigid blizzard conditions.
00:31:51This arrest marks the first major development in the investigation into O'Keefe's death, which shocked the local law enforcement
00:31:59community.
00:32:00You cannot hassle allege perhaps against him as a full schoolSI activity in the attendant and left him to die
00:32:05at Ờ面.
00:32:29You have to know, I am inclined to wash his head down off to a
00:32:57Can I get a pop this up?
00:33:29Here you go.
00:33:31Here you go.
00:33:31Come on, look at me.
00:33:32Look at my eyes.
00:33:33Four shots.
00:33:34Here we go.
00:33:35Four shots.
00:33:35All right.
00:33:36You guys in?
00:33:38Yours.
00:33:39Here we go.
00:33:40Grab yours.
00:33:43Cheers.
00:33:45Go and say hi.
00:33:46Look, it'll be easier to go by, have a drink, and come up with some excuse.
00:33:50You're fine.
00:33:51Let's go.
00:33:51Yeah, with one?
00:33:52Yeah, let's go.
00:33:53Hey, St. John.
00:33:54Johnny.
00:33:55Hey!
00:33:56Who invited these loose?
00:33:58Yeah, plain new brother.
00:34:00Hey, what are you pricks drinking?
00:34:01Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:34:03Yeah.
00:34:03Kiss that mouth?
00:34:05Hey.
00:34:05That's the best way I know to shut her up.
00:34:07Come on.
00:34:11You look good, right?
00:34:13You in?
00:34:14No.
00:34:14You in?
00:34:15Uh, hey.
00:34:17Let's go back to my place.
00:34:19All right.
00:34:19Don't forget to let those guys know.
00:34:20Oh, yeah.
00:34:21I'll let them know.
00:34:22Hey.
00:34:23We're all going back to Brian's place.
00:34:24You coming?
00:34:26Uh, yeah.
00:34:27Yeah.
00:34:30Really?
00:34:31What?
00:34:32Well, it's after midnight.
00:34:33Can't we just go back to your house?
00:34:34You and me?
00:34:36One drink.
00:34:37Come on.
00:34:37We'll be a minute.
00:34:38We're having a good time.
00:34:39All right.
00:34:40Are you coming?
00:34:50Hey.
00:34:52Well, thank God.
00:34:53You have to get me out of this cell.
00:34:55Well, they're going to be here in a minute to bring you over to your arraignment.
00:34:57Well, are they going to let me get cleaned up a bit?
00:35:00I mean, look at me.
00:35:02No one's going to care about that.
00:35:04Listen, I've been going through your arrest record, and there are a few things that we're
00:35:08going to need to address going forward.
00:35:09What are they saying?
00:35:11Well, first, your blood alcohol level that morning was .09.
00:35:15Yeah, I already know that.
00:35:17What else?
00:35:19Okay.
00:35:19Evidence.
00:35:20There were pieces of a broken tail light close to John's body, consistent with the
00:35:24broken tail light of your Lexus SUV.
00:35:27There were pieces of broken glass embedded in your bumper that they say came from a glass
00:35:32that John took from the waterfall.
00:35:34There were scratches, dents, and chipped paint all around that same back area of your
00:35:39car.
00:35:40Shit.
00:35:40Basically, they are saying that you drove to the Alberts' house, John got out, you backed
00:35:45up, slamming into him.
00:35:47After which you drove to his place where you fell asleep, leaving him, laying there overnight
00:35:54to freeze to death.
00:35:57He got out of the car.
00:36:00I watched him head over to the house.
00:36:03That was the last time I ever saw him.
00:36:05Then, they have people on the scene that morning that swear that they heard you say,
00:36:11I hit him.
00:36:12I hit him.
00:36:13I hit him.
00:36:14David, I never said those words.
00:36:18Ever.
00:36:19There are people on the scene that morning that say you did.
00:36:34What the hell?
00:36:36Am I news now?
00:36:48How does the defendant plead?
00:36:50Not guilty, Your Honor.
00:36:54The court sets bail in the amount of $50,000 and reiterates Ms. Reed that you will order
00:37:00to stay away from $50,000 residents and have no contact with them.
00:37:13Karen V, the girlfriend of John O'Keefe, was released on bail today, shortly after she
00:37:21appeared in court to face charges related to his death.
00:37:24She's pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, motor vehicular homicide, and leaving the scene
00:37:30of a collision causing death.
00:37:32The victim, Officer John O'Keefe, 46, was a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police Department.
00:37:39Karen Reed has denied all the allegations and maintains her innocence.
00:37:46There goes my health insurance.
00:37:48You know, I have surgery follow-ups.
00:37:51How am I supposed to pay for my meds if I don't have a job?
00:37:54We'll figure it out.
00:37:56You know, you always say that.
00:37:58But how?
00:37:59How are we gonna figure it out?
00:38:02Look, you're not gonna be alone through this.
00:38:06I'm not at work anymore.
00:38:07I can be there for you through the whole thing.
00:38:10Yeah, but you love your job.
00:38:12Not more than I love you.
00:38:14No.
00:38:16I'm gonna be put in the poorhouse for something I didn't do, Dad.
00:38:21I mean, my God.
00:38:22I had to cash out my 401K.
00:38:25Probably gonna have to sell this house.
00:38:28Honey, you've got your mom.
00:38:30You've got me.
00:38:31We're totally behind you, and we're gonna help whatever it takes.
00:38:37But how?
00:38:39By doing whatever we need to do.
00:38:43This fight, it's not just you.
00:38:46It's us, too.
00:38:47And we're not gonna stop till we make this right.
00:38:54It just feels like this whole town is turning on me.
00:39:00They're telling the cops I said I hit them.
00:39:03Why?
00:39:04Why would I say that?
00:39:06I thought these people were supposed to be my friends.
00:39:12Yeah, I don't.
00:39:34What?
00:39:52what what now i have an arrest warrant again who am i supposed to have killed now same person
00:39:58only the charges have been up for manslaughter to second degree murder can i at least get some
00:40:02normal shoes on so that i don't have to go on tv looking like this i i don't even have
00:40:07underwear
00:40:07off can i at least go get some pants your parents can come back and retrieve everything
00:40:14i just i don't want to be on channel four and life again i wouldn't be worried about the news
00:40:18right
00:40:18now see how she is just mark itself with how she looks onto you yeah okay manslaughter a second
00:40:26degree murder what's what's the difference life in prison
00:40:39i mean that's the problem with these people everything is we're all gonna die if we don't
00:40:43get rid of plastic bags out of supermarkets and no more straws everything is we're all gonna die
00:40:50anyway that's my take for those of you just joining or here for the first time i'm your fearless host
00:40:55turtle boy let's take a call hey steve from southie what's on your mind hey man you've been following
00:41:01this karen reed case sounds like something right up your alley yeah a woman who hit her cop boyfriend
00:41:06with her car yeah what's your take on that well it sucks huh you know i mean you got this
00:41:10woman
00:41:11who's got it all together and um she just got drunk one night and appears to have not even known
00:41:15that she backed this guy over i'm sure she didn't mean to kill him and i'm sure it's eating her
00:41:19up
00:41:19inside well it seems like a story you should cover i mean uh it's sad yeah but i don't know
00:41:25if
00:41:25there's a story there you know i'm a back the blue guy so uh i don't really have a strong
00:41:30opinion
00:41:30on it it's a tragedy yeah it's a real tragedy for her she's not on bail now but they're charging
00:41:36her with murder murder hold them a sec
00:41:49uh
00:41:50so
00:41:52so
00:42:12look at this proctor knows everybody he's the lead investigator on this case and i'm there
00:42:18scrolling through all these pictures and it's like he pretty much knows everybody who's in
00:42:21that house that night everyone well not everyone but isn't it kind of a conflict of interest
00:42:32john's a cop they're not gonna let this go and now it's my ass that's on the line
00:42:41we're gonna need a bigger team
00:43:12are they kidding these injuries are from a car hitting them that's their story
00:43:18i'm not buying it maybe someone just needed a scapegoat yeah that's why i'm here
00:43:23i mean come on you mean to tell me they're not seeing what we're seeing exactly our question
00:43:28and did anybody else have their vehicle and cell phone taken from them i mean it's like i was the
00:43:33only suspect well you're the odd one out they're circling their wagons everybody and his mother
00:43:40they're putting only you on the chopping block this is intentional this slow drip of discovery
00:43:45from the prosecution it's well they're certainly taking their time it's been months they've got a
00:43:50game plan yeah they're on a fishing expedition trying to fit the evidence to the narrative they
00:43:55already decided on you have a fundamental right to see the evidence against you and they're taking
00:44:00their sweet time about it they didn't waste any time taking my car or my phone did they let's just
00:44:06drill down on this for just 10 seconds in terms of the taillight material the glass the plastic
00:44:11john's shirt the jeans the belt the shoes the underwear the hat whatever well none of it was
00:44:15booked into evidence until march 14th 2022 so they just sat on it for a month and a half
00:44:21what the hell is that standard no no no we don't know whose possession they were in
00:44:26i mean where were the circumstances were they properly handled we have no guarantee they weren't
00:44:30compromised holy shit turtle riders this is story of the century stuff i mean my job is currently on
00:44:37the floor remember the headlines that a boston police officer was backed over by his girlfriend
00:44:41in a snowstorm after a fight on a night they were both drinking that was a narrative that was put
00:44:45out
00:44:46there but i have been getting more and more information on this and it's outrageous and what
00:44:49we know for damn sure is she did not run him over no karen reed is a completely innocent woman
00:44:56he is something else we couldn't get better pr if we were paying him it's because he's a 100
00:45:02percent sincere the force to be reckoned with where to believe that karen was at least 62 feet
00:45:08away before she decided to gun it in reverse and john just stood there right just waited to get run
00:45:14over is he dead karen is he dead he's dead i didn't hear you say it at all if i
00:45:26was running
00:45:26around saying i hit him i hit him you'd think it would be picked up by the dash cam mics
00:45:30you'd also
00:45:31be arrested on the spot i mean we can clearly hear you say he's dead he's dead but not i
00:45:37hit him
00:45:38yeah you don't hear it because i never said it it's all an elaborate plot to frame karen reed now
00:45:43when i believe in something i don't just say oh here's the facts no i go out and i hold
00:45:47protests
00:45:48and i'm looking for other people to do the same
00:45:58well we always knew the key to this case was seeing people's phones
00:46:03you can ask all the questions you want but the hard data
00:46:06that is where you find the really critical stuff in the 21st century
00:46:11proctor's phone records are coming in very soon or i'm going to be breathing fire
00:46:16uh kerry roberts and jen mccabes confirmed the timing of those calls you made to them that morning
00:46:21we have records of other investigators we have the 911 records
00:46:27well that can't be right
00:46:30did jen mccabe make a google search at 227 that morning
00:46:34how long to die in cold
00:46:38actually she typed in hos but but it's
00:46:42it's clear what she meant
00:46:56karen reed had nothing to do with it
00:46:59this is an innocent woman
00:47:01okay she is the victim of a conspiracy
00:47:03we won't rest until we get to the bottom of exactly who killed john o'keefe
00:47:07not only karen reed deserves this
00:47:09john o'keefe deserves this and has deserved this from moment one
00:47:15it feels like we're the only ones who are fighting for the truth of what happened to john o'keefe
00:47:20and me and my family and my attorneys we've marshaled every resource to get to the truth
00:47:29we know who spearheaded it you all know
00:47:32i tried to save his life
00:47:35at 6 a.m. in the morning i was covered in his blood
00:47:39why were you so angry with john badly
00:47:45welcome turbo riders there are at least 100 to 200 people here with me on the rolling rally
00:47:51and we are peacefully protesting the murder of john o'keefe
00:47:56and the framing of an innocent woman
00:47:58it is a beautiful day here for some peaceful protesting i'll tell you that much
00:48:03there will be no rioting no looting nothing like that
00:48:07we are peacefully protesting the murder of the adopted father of two
00:48:12and a boston police officer named john o'keefe
00:48:16we are also protesting on behalf of karen lee
00:48:20you don't get to frame innocent people who did nothing wrong
00:48:31the scene outside the courthouse here is unreal
00:48:34hundreds of people here you would think are waiting for a movie star
00:48:38but the focus of their attention is actually former college professor karen reed
00:48:50okay i'm all ready for opening statements
00:48:52the defendant karen reed
00:48:55struck mr o'keefe with her car
00:48:57knocking him onto the ground
00:48:59striking his head and leaving him lying there to die in a blizzard
00:49:05karen reed was framed
00:49:07her car never struck john o'keefe
00:49:12she did not cause his death
00:49:15and that means
00:49:17that somebody else did
00:49:37hey blast from the past
00:49:39there he is
00:49:41in person
00:49:42damn look at you
00:49:45shut up
00:49:46oh uh
00:49:50you go all out for a first date
00:49:51how is this our first date
00:49:53okay well first date in 16 years
00:49:57come on in
00:49:58let's get a drink first
00:50:00yeah talking my language
00:50:03i mean i don't know
00:50:04either most guys are jerks or i'm just a bad picker
00:50:08but no no ex-husband no kids
00:50:11what is the matter with guys these days
00:50:14they don't see that you're a catch
00:50:15well you didn't
00:50:18uh you broke up with me
00:50:20oh well
00:50:22well i'm smarter now
00:50:26so
00:50:27you're you're a dad
00:50:29yeah
00:50:31um i guess
00:50:32kinda
00:50:33kinda
00:50:34i mean on your page
00:50:35actually they're my uh
00:50:37my niece and nephew
00:50:38but
00:50:40they're mine now
00:50:41they were my
00:50:42my sisters
00:50:43uh christie's
00:50:44but uh
00:50:46she died
00:50:47oh my gosh
00:50:48i'm
00:50:48i'm so sorry
00:50:49i was brain cancer
00:50:52and then
00:50:53i mean just when you think god's had this big laugh
00:50:55her husband stephen has a heart attack two months later
00:50:57jesus john
00:50:59yeah
00:50:59yeah
00:51:00and the kids
00:51:01and all our orphans
00:51:02and that's
00:51:05you know
00:51:05that's
00:51:06that's when family needs to step in
00:51:10the good kids
00:51:13they're good
00:51:15well then i guess that makes you a saint
00:51:17i mean that my niece and nephew
00:51:18yeah but still
00:51:20a single guy taking on two kids
00:51:25are you sure i broke up with you
00:51:28doesn't sound right
00:51:29well you were young
00:51:30stupid
00:51:33i'll give you that
00:51:35well
00:51:36here is to new beginnings
00:51:38to new beginnings
00:51:45uh karen is it
00:51:48don't you remember last night
00:51:49and twice this morning
00:51:54well i gave you a key
00:51:56a month ago
00:51:57you never use it
00:51:59i like it when my man opens the door for me
00:52:01yeah
00:52:03where are the kids
00:52:04i just missed them i went to bed
00:52:06oh sounds good
00:52:08come on pass the door
00:52:20what's going on
00:52:21gotta go to work
00:52:24blow it off
00:52:26can't blow it off
00:52:26oh come on
00:52:29it can be a little late
00:52:39is she moving in
00:52:40yeah you think she already did
00:52:41she's uh pretty much already always here
00:52:43is that a good thing or
00:52:45yeah
00:52:46yeah she's great
00:52:47and she's great with the kids
00:52:48she is good with the kids
00:52:50it's nice to have some help
00:52:51you know what i mean
00:52:53what does uh erin think
00:52:54she likes her
00:52:56i like her too
00:52:58what are you driving at
00:52:59you shopping for rings
00:53:02i'm asking for an outside opinion
00:53:04so you got my opinion
00:53:06she's a thumbs up
00:53:09are we seriously having an argument over donuts
00:53:12it's not about donuts
00:53:14it's about me telling the kids no
00:53:15and buying them donuts anyway
00:53:17we were running all around town
00:53:20doing errands
00:53:21and thought i was doing something nice
00:53:23so shoot me
00:53:23just don't contradict me to them
00:53:26huh
00:53:26you're not their mother
00:53:31i don't need a fun aunt karen
00:53:32overriding everything i tell them
00:53:35seems to me like
00:53:36you don't want them seeing me
00:53:37as a mother figure
00:53:39did i say that
00:53:39when did i say that
00:53:46what's really going on here john
00:53:47you keep picking all these fights with me lately
00:53:50and they're always all about something
00:53:51that i'm doing wrong around here
00:53:53i'm spoiling the kids
00:53:54i'm reorganizing the pantry
00:53:56i'm moving the towel
00:53:56ask first
00:53:58oh i'm sorry john
00:53:59crime of the century
00:54:01i just want to be part of the decision making of my own house
00:54:05that's all
00:54:09look uh
00:54:13i want you around
00:54:14i like it
00:54:17i'm not trying to push you away
00:54:19i'm just
00:54:19i am just a guy who's setting his ways
00:54:23and i am trying my best
00:54:27now
00:54:30do you have any more of those donuts
00:54:34hey i am a cop after all
00:54:36charming one luckily
00:54:42you okay babe
00:54:44yeah whatever
00:54:47well anyway
00:54:49do
00:54:53do you do you want to go to aruba
00:54:56what are you talking about
00:55:26lauren invited us to aruba
00:55:27go screw yourself
00:55:29go screw yourself
00:55:29both of you
00:55:30karen
00:55:31karen that is
00:55:32no don't talk to me
00:55:50all right
00:55:51no it's not over
00:55:53because you obviously haven't forgiven me either
00:55:55look we have been on top of each other non-stop since we left
00:55:58can we just give this a break
00:56:00okay
00:56:02i hear you
00:56:04i'm leaving
00:56:04wait a minute
00:56:05what are you doing
00:56:05i get it john
00:56:07karen i didn't say you had to leave
00:56:11karen
00:56:20what
00:56:20what do you think about us never going to a road back in
00:56:25deal
00:56:29hey hon
00:56:30hey
00:56:32how are you
00:56:46is there something we need to talk about
00:56:51i don't know
00:56:53you don't know what
00:57:00no i
00:57:01i don't need this
00:57:03you want to be a little bit more specific
00:57:05yeah i'm sick of the argument
00:57:07i'm not so quick to jump back into the
00:57:11the lovey-dovey
00:57:12as you are
00:57:14you know i've been trying to get over this hump
00:57:16you you say you don't want to fight weekly and
00:57:19then you're so quick to fly off the handle
00:57:23it really feels like you're setting me up to fail here john
00:57:30you know
00:57:33it's late
00:57:34we're both tired
00:57:35let's just uh
00:57:36go to bed
00:57:38and
00:57:40we can forget about this for now
00:57:56what time is it
00:57:59time to get going
00:58:00oh
00:58:02let's just stay in bed a little bit longer
00:58:04no
00:58:04i gotta go
00:58:05oh come on
00:58:06start the day off in a good mood
00:58:11john
00:58:15what the hell
00:58:21hey
00:58:22john you really hurt me this time
00:58:23just tell me if you're interested in someone else
00:58:25i can't think of any other reason why you're being this way
00:58:28i'm not look
00:58:30i'm about to pick up the kids
00:58:31i'm not in the mood to talk right now
00:58:33can i
00:58:33oh okay
00:58:33so you're not into it anymore
00:58:35i gotta go
00:58:39you know the other day i was trying to talk to you about
00:58:41our future
00:58:42and you were just like yeah
00:58:43yeah okay what about it
00:58:45not how it went down but okay
00:58:47okay so you're really not into this anymore
00:58:49no i am just sick of fighting and arguing all the time
00:58:52like
00:58:53look i gotta go
00:59:00oh my god just stop calling me
00:59:04oh my god
00:59:08oh
00:59:09john
00:59:11call me back
00:59:24residents of canton are under a blizzard warning and are advised to prepare for a dangerous and historic snowstorm with
00:59:31life threatening conditions
00:59:32heavy snowfall and strong
00:59:34maybe just stay at home tonight karen
00:59:35they're saying it's gonna come down pretty hard
00:59:37nah the highway stuff's not coming till later
00:59:40it's just that when they say blizzard it doesn't mean flurries
00:59:44look
00:59:45john and i we've been fighting all day
00:59:47i think it's really important for me to see him tonight dad
00:59:49besides
00:59:50besides if i get snowed in i'd rather be up there with john and the kids and
00:59:54you're by myself
00:59:55plus we always have fun on the weekends
00:59:57well sweet aunt
00:59:59just be careful
01:00:00don't worry
01:00:02nothing bad's gonna happen
01:00:03please stay awful
01:00:17okay
01:00:18okay
01:00:20come for a drink
01:00:32hey
01:00:33can i get one more
01:00:44that's drink number four
01:00:46five
01:00:46six
01:00:49seven
01:00:50seven drinks in total at mccarthy's
01:00:52before the defendant moved onto the waterfall where she kept drinking
01:00:57and then she got behind the wheel
01:01:00and drove to 34 fairview with john o'keefe
01:01:09i don't think anybody would be paying attention when i said my favorite color was pink
01:01:19i'm handing you a document do you recognize it
01:01:22yes
01:01:23and what do you recognize it to be
01:01:27it's a text message thread labeled proctor's friends
01:01:32so these all came from me
01:01:34from all accounts he didn't do anything wrong
01:01:37she's a whack job
01:01:39see you
01:01:40objection
01:01:42so don't spell it
01:01:43you have to
01:01:45this is
01:01:46these are your words
01:01:48trooper proctor
01:01:49yes john
01:01:50so go ahead and say them
01:01:54she's a whack job
01:01:57she's a babe
01:01:59weird follower of accent though
01:02:01no ass
01:02:02these are unprofessional comments but they absolutely do not detract from the integrity of the investigation
01:02:08or the facts and the evidence of it
01:02:12sir
01:02:14how did you refer to miss reed in your text exchange when you informed them that you were
01:02:18going through her phone
01:02:20i used regrettable language
01:02:21i said that i was going through his retarded client's phone
01:02:25and who were you referring to as retarded
01:02:28miss reed
01:02:29so the person that you were investigating you referred to to your bosses as retarded correct
01:02:34again poor language on my part
01:02:36poor language is one way to put it
01:02:37completely offensive is another way to put it
01:02:39then what did you write after you talked about going through her phone
01:02:45no nudes so far
01:02:46so you were looking for naked photographs of miss reed correct
01:02:49no not correct
01:02:51let me ask you a question
01:02:52have you ever looked for naked photographs of male suspects you were investigating
01:02:56i don't look for naked photos on anyone's phones
01:03:00what you you just said you were looking for nudes of miss reed
01:03:03like i said mr jackson it was
01:03:05an inappropriate joke
01:03:07so you weren't so much objectively investigating karen reed
01:03:11as objectifying correct
01:03:15before you even went into the house having interviewed only three folks
01:03:18you had this case nice and wrapped up didn't you
01:03:20yes
01:03:22based on the evidence uncovered by my office that day
01:03:25the one shoe discovered at the scene
01:03:27the one shoe at the hospital
01:03:29mr o'keefe's injuries
01:03:30the broken tailpiece underneath the snow
01:03:33no it's a true doctor i didn't ask for your explanation
01:03:36i asked did you in your mind have this case wrapped up
01:03:40was it cut and dry in your mind
01:03:43yes
01:03:43then you indicated we're going to put serious charges on the girl
01:03:46who were you referring to as the girl
01:03:50the defendant
01:03:51the way you were going to make it
01:03:53cut and dry right
01:03:54pretty simple just pin it on the girl
01:03:57absolutely not
01:03:58then what did you write
01:04:03she's screwed
01:04:03she's screwed
01:04:05you decided
01:04:07individually trooper proctor
01:04:09that you were not only going to put it on the girl
01:04:12you decided you were going to make sure this case was cut and dry
01:04:15and the way you were going to do it
01:04:17is to make sure she's screwed
01:04:18i mean that's what you were saying
01:04:20no
01:04:20no absolutely not
01:04:22you responded to a text message from your sister
01:04:24hopefully she kills herself
01:04:26correct
01:04:27it was a figure of speech
01:04:29you believed
01:04:30trooper proctor
01:04:31that your life would be much easier
01:04:33if karen reed was just dead
01:04:34no
01:04:35no
01:04:35um
01:04:36like i said it was a figure of speech
01:04:38my emotions got the best of me
01:04:40based on you know
01:04:40the fact that miss reed
01:04:42hit mr o'keefe with her vehicle
01:04:44and left him to die
01:04:45on the side of the road
01:04:46so my emotions got the best of me
01:04:47with
01:04:48that figure of speech
01:04:49well let's talk about that figure of speech
01:04:53during the course of your investigation
01:04:55your figures of speech include the following
01:04:58she's a bitch
01:04:59a whack job
01:05:01a retard
01:05:02no ass
01:05:03she's screwed
01:05:04according to you
01:05:05and screw her
01:05:07correct
01:05:08correct
01:05:13do you agree
01:05:14trooper proctor
01:05:15that you have dehumanized
01:05:17karen reed
01:05:17during the course of your investigation
01:05:18with comments and words like this
01:05:22i would say that
01:05:25based off of that language
01:05:29um
01:05:31yes
01:05:32because you were going to make sure
01:05:33this case was cut and dry
01:05:35those were your words right
01:05:36to pin it on the girl
01:05:40shame on you sir
01:05:41objection
01:05:43uh at the waterfall
01:05:44it seemed like they were quite lovey-dovey
01:05:47at 12.37.08 a.m
01:05:49the defendant calls john
01:05:50and voicemail number one is left
01:05:52miss gilman
01:05:53would you kindly play the voicemail
01:05:54for 12.37.08
01:05:58you know what john
01:05:59i god damn hate you
01:06:01do you hear me
01:06:02i god damn hate you
01:06:04at 1.17.37 a.m
01:06:07the defendant calls john
01:06:08this is when voicemail six
01:06:09is left with voice
01:06:10judge do you hear me
01:06:12you are screwing another girl
01:06:16what if anything
01:06:17did your brother mention to you
01:06:18as far as reasons for
01:06:20an argument
01:06:21or points of contention
01:06:24he didn't like it
01:06:25if you know
01:06:25she spent a lot of money
01:06:27on the kids for gifts
01:06:29i know there was some arguments
01:06:30about what she fed him
01:06:32whether it was dunkin donuts
01:06:33or what have you
01:06:34things along those lines
01:06:35what if any occasions
01:06:39as far as
01:06:40their arguments
01:06:41or anything like that
01:06:42did you observe
01:06:43personally
01:06:44yourself
01:06:45i witnessed
01:06:46so they had rented a house
01:06:49down in cape cod
01:06:50i witnessed you know
01:06:52one intense fight
01:06:54between the two of them
01:06:56it was a verbal argument
01:06:58you know
01:06:59typical couples fighting
01:07:00there was alcohol
01:07:02involved
01:07:03i recall
01:07:05her complaining that
01:07:07he wasn't nice to
01:07:08you know
01:07:08something to that effect
01:07:10i was
01:07:11kind of the
01:07:11referee in that
01:07:13entire situation
01:07:14when you make reference
01:07:15to the alcohol
01:07:16involved
01:07:17was that one or both
01:07:18uh
01:07:19both
01:07:19so both your brother
01:07:22and the defendant
01:07:23correct
01:07:25do you think it's
01:07:26standard practice
01:07:27to borrow solo cups
01:07:28from a neighbor
01:07:29to gather evidence
01:07:30of course not
01:07:32nothing about this scene
01:07:34was standard
01:07:35so after 8 a.m
01:07:36the crime scene
01:07:38was completely open
01:07:39unsecured
01:07:40available to anybody
01:07:42correct
01:07:45uh
01:07:46so your expert testimony
01:07:49is that
01:07:49john o'keefe
01:07:50was hit by the suv
01:07:51and flew 30 feet
01:07:53would you define
01:07:55flying as being
01:07:56literally in the air
01:07:57the whole time
01:07:58i don't know
01:07:58you tell me
01:07:59you're the expert
01:08:00oh
01:08:01he was
01:08:03when we say
01:08:04projected
01:08:05we mean
01:08:05he gets projected
01:08:07and then they
01:08:08they usually
01:08:09have a landing phase
01:08:10and
01:08:10and they
01:08:11land
01:08:11or they usually
01:08:12roll or
01:08:13tumble
01:08:14to final arrest
01:08:16if
01:08:17struck by a vehicle
01:08:18going 24 miles per hour
01:08:19i'd expect to see
01:08:20fractures
01:08:21and deep contusions
01:08:23not just the abrasions
01:08:24found on the victim's arm
01:08:25red plastic
01:08:26found in the debris
01:08:27scraped from
01:08:27john o'keefe's clothing
01:08:28were a match
01:08:29to the defendant's
01:08:30damaged taillight
01:08:31the victim's injuries
01:08:32don't look remotely
01:08:33consistent
01:08:34with being struck
01:08:35by a vehicle
01:08:36we are here
01:08:37for justice
01:08:38for john o'keefe
01:08:39and justice
01:08:40for karen reed
01:08:41because there is
01:08:42no justice
01:08:43for john o'keefe
01:08:44without justice
01:08:46for karen
01:08:47reed
01:08:50as the snow
01:08:51melted
01:08:51more and more
01:08:51pieces of taillight
01:08:52from the defendant's
01:08:53vehicle were uncovered
01:08:54at the scene
01:08:55sergeant
01:08:56were you able
01:08:56to see the video
01:08:57okay
01:08:57based on the motion
01:08:59of the shot
01:08:59with the snow
01:09:00falling
01:09:01it appears
01:09:01that there is
01:09:02movement
01:09:02but the video
01:09:03speaks for itself
01:09:06on the ground
01:09:07around the rear
01:09:08of mr o'keefe's
01:09:09parked vehicle
01:09:09what if any
01:09:10red pieces
01:09:11or anything
01:09:11do you observe
01:09:12nothing was observed
01:09:15john never went
01:09:16in the house
01:09:17it's not a story
01:09:18it's a fact
01:09:21mr o'keefe's
01:09:22apple health data
01:09:23indicated he
01:09:24climbed up or down
01:09:25three flights of stairs
01:09:26between 1221
01:09:27and 1224
01:09:29i cross-referenced
01:09:31mr o'keefe's phone
01:09:32and his apple watch
01:09:33and the data
01:09:34indicate he was
01:09:35still half a mile
01:09:36away from 34
01:09:37fairview at 1224
01:09:39as i left
01:09:40i noticed something
01:09:41out of the ordinary
01:09:42like a black blob
01:09:45on the ground
01:09:46by the flagpole
01:09:47it was pretty dark
01:09:48and snowy
01:09:51i was also
01:09:52intoxicated
01:09:53drinking
01:09:58at 227 a.m
01:09:59you made a google
01:10:00search
01:10:00how long to die
01:10:01in the cold
01:10:01correct
01:10:02except
01:10:02you made a mistake
01:10:04and typed
01:10:04hos
01:10:05how long to die
01:10:06in cold
01:10:08i made that search
01:10:09but i made it in the
01:10:09morning after 6 a.m
01:10:11at your client's request
01:10:13i opened up a search
01:10:14tab at that time
01:10:15yes
01:10:15but i was looking
01:10:17at a basketball team
01:10:17for my daughter
01:10:18i didn't make that
01:10:19search until right
01:10:19after we found john
01:10:21karen screamed at me
01:10:22to look it up
01:10:22and my hands were shaking
01:10:24karen was saying
01:10:25google hypothermia
01:10:27our analysis showed
01:10:28that miss mccabe's
01:10:29searches for
01:10:30how long to die
01:10:31in the cold
01:10:31were in fact
01:10:32conducted at
01:10:32623
01:10:34and 624 a.m
01:10:37miss mccabe
01:10:37the records show
01:10:38you made that search
01:10:39at 227 a.m
01:10:40i made that search
01:10:40after 6 a.m
01:10:41at your client's request
01:10:43she kept saying
01:10:44i hit him
01:10:45i hit him
01:10:45oh my god
01:10:46i hit him
01:10:48i hit him
01:10:49no
01:10:49i didn't hear that part
01:10:50so you're telling
01:10:51you actually heard
01:10:52what she said
01:10:52in a snowstorm
01:10:53i can tell you
01:10:54today with 100%
01:10:56clarity
01:10:56she said i hit him
01:10:57i hit him
01:10:58i hit him
01:10:59mr lawgren
01:11:00when you drove
01:11:01your snowplow
01:11:02past 34 fairview
01:11:04that night
01:11:04how much of
01:11:06the front lawn
01:11:06area did your
01:11:08headlights illuminate
01:11:09the entire front lawn
01:11:11and at that hour
01:11:12at 245 in the morning
01:11:14did you see anything
01:11:16in that front lawn
01:11:17area near the flight pole
01:11:19i saw nothing
01:11:21a body
01:11:23no
01:11:26no further questions
01:11:29last day in court
01:11:30no more
01:11:31what's next
01:11:33what witness is next
01:11:34what questions
01:11:36are you gonna be
01:11:36asking them
01:11:37i'm glad that part's
01:11:38over with
01:11:39you're looking at
01:11:40the positive
01:11:42that's good
01:11:44yeah
01:11:45i woke up
01:11:46this morning
01:11:47and it just
01:11:48it felt weird
01:11:49it felt weird
01:11:49not knowing
01:11:50where i'm gonna sleep
01:11:51tonight
01:11:51i could be
01:11:52all alone
01:11:54in prison
01:12:05just look the other
01:12:06way
01:12:07that's what they
01:12:08want
01:12:09that's what they're
01:12:10counting on
01:12:13but the uncanny
01:12:15fact
01:12:16is that you have
01:12:17been lied to
01:12:17in this courtroom
01:12:19and your job
01:12:20is to never
01:12:21ever look
01:12:21the other way
01:12:23your singular
01:12:23duty is to stare
01:12:25down the evidence
01:12:26and do it
01:12:28unflinchingly
01:12:29and do it
01:12:29unwaveringly
01:12:30you are the last
01:12:31line of defense
01:12:32between karen reed
01:12:35and the tyranny
01:12:36of injustice
01:12:38how do we get
01:12:39here
01:12:41first
01:12:42you build a tall
01:12:43blue wall
01:12:44but most importantly
01:12:48pick your patsy
01:12:49and you pin it
01:12:50on the girl
01:12:52question is
01:12:53what will you do
01:12:54at this moment
01:12:56ignore the
01:12:56the lies
01:12:58and the manipulations
01:12:59and the misogyny
01:13:00and the bias
01:13:01the lack of evidence
01:13:02would you ever do
01:13:03that
01:13:03could you ever do
01:13:04that
01:13:04or will you say
01:13:06with your verdict
01:13:06i see the truth
01:13:10ladies and gentlemen
01:13:11karen reed
01:13:13is innocent
01:13:16do justice
01:13:17and find her
01:13:19not guilty
01:13:25i hit him
01:13:26i hit him
01:13:27i hit him
01:13:28those were the words
01:13:30of the defendant
01:13:31this is all my fault
01:13:33i did this
01:13:34those were the words
01:13:36that came from
01:13:37the defendant's mouth
01:13:38on january 29th
01:13:39while john o'keefe
01:13:40lay dying
01:13:42on the front lawn
01:13:43of 34 fairview road
01:13:46where the defendant
01:13:46had left him
01:13:47after striking him
01:13:48with her vehicle
01:13:49several hours before
01:13:50and then left him there
01:13:52freezing
01:13:52in blizzard
01:13:53moments later
01:13:54the defendant
01:13:55leaves that voicemail
01:13:56seething with rage
01:13:57screaming
01:13:58john
01:13:59i hate you
01:14:00john
01:14:01i'm here with your kids
01:14:02nobody knows where you are
01:14:04only somebody did know
01:14:05where mr o'keefe was
01:14:06the defendant knew
01:14:07exactly where he was
01:14:08because she had
01:14:09driven him there
01:14:10she struck him there
01:14:12and she left him there
01:14:14to die
01:14:14in the morning
01:14:15she doesn't ask
01:14:16is he okay
01:14:17is he gonna be okay
01:14:19how is he
01:14:20any sort of questions
01:14:21about his medical condition
01:14:22just
01:14:23is he dead
01:14:24over
01:14:25and over
01:14:26and over again
01:14:28facts are stubborn things
01:14:30and whatever may be
01:14:31our wishes
01:14:31our inclinations
01:14:34or the dictates
01:14:35of our passions
01:14:36they cannot
01:14:38alter
01:14:39the state
01:14:39of the facts
01:14:40and of the evidence
01:14:42and what
01:14:42the facts
01:14:43and the evidence
01:14:44demonstrate here
01:14:46is that the defendant
01:14:48drove her car in reverse
01:14:51struck mr o'keefe
01:14:53causing those catastrophic
01:14:55brain injuries
01:14:55leaving him incapacitated
01:14:57and freezing
01:14:59to death
01:15:09you could really sense
01:15:11the anxiety
01:15:12from karen reid's
01:15:13supporters
01:15:13which is a different story
01:15:14from yesterday
01:15:15and the day before
01:15:16when they were excited
01:15:18and confident
01:15:18today many of them
01:15:19told me
01:15:20they are nervous
01:15:21and expected a verdict
01:15:22by now
01:15:24i should have listened
01:15:25to you
01:15:26i shouldn't have
01:15:27gone out that night
01:15:28why did i go out
01:15:29that night
01:15:38look
01:15:41i know
01:15:41this has been hell
01:15:43but i can't tell you
01:15:45how proud i am
01:15:46of you
01:15:47there's so many women
01:15:48that identify with you
01:15:50because they know
01:15:51what it's like
01:15:52to be objectified
01:15:54dehumanized
01:15:55victimized
01:15:58with you
01:16:00they see strength
01:16:03and the courage
01:16:04to fight back
01:16:08it's hard to describe
01:16:09if you're not standing
01:16:11right here at the courthouse
01:16:12as a jury goes into
01:16:14its fifth day of deliberation
01:16:16the feeling in the air
01:16:17is just different
01:16:23i'll take him
01:16:24this trial
01:16:24okay
01:16:26you can keep me
01:16:27in limbo
01:16:27for ten years
01:16:28just
01:16:29just please
01:16:30oh god
01:16:32please let me
01:16:32go home
01:16:33tonight
01:16:33karen
01:16:35karen
01:16:35hey
01:16:36just go back
01:16:37to the evidence
01:16:38obviously we
01:16:40we were all hoping
01:16:41for a faster
01:16:43quicker verdict
01:16:44but i can't imagine
01:16:45twelve jurors
01:16:46would ever say
01:16:47you're guilty
01:16:47of anything
01:16:53i mean
01:16:53what if they don't
01:16:54even let me
01:16:55hug my father
01:16:55before they
01:16:56put me
01:16:56in handcuffs
01:17:00it's not gonna happen
01:17:06karen
01:17:08it's amazing
01:17:09that it took you
01:17:10until now
01:17:11to break down
01:17:12like that
01:17:14i mean
01:17:15that just speaks
01:17:15to your incredible
01:17:16strength
01:17:29verdict
01:17:33despite our
01:17:34rigorous efforts
01:17:35we continue
01:17:36to find ourselves
01:17:37at an impasse
01:17:38to continue
01:17:40to deliberate
01:17:40would be futile
01:17:41and only serve
01:17:42to force us
01:17:43to compromise
01:17:44these deeply held
01:17:45beliefs
01:17:45i'm not gonna do
01:17:47that to you folks
01:17:48your service here
01:17:49is complete
01:17:51i'm declaring
01:17:51a mistrial
01:17:52in this case
01:17:55thank you so much
01:17:56for your service
01:17:56okay
01:18:06you're not done yet
01:18:25this is what happens
01:18:26when you bring false
01:18:27charges to an innocent
01:18:28person
01:18:31no matter how long
01:18:32it takes
01:18:32no matter how long
01:18:34they keep trying
01:18:35we will not stop
01:18:36fighting
01:18:38we have no quit
01:18:47we're attacking the family
01:18:48of an innocent man
01:18:49who was killed
01:18:50what's the matter
01:18:51with you people
01:18:52look at them
01:18:53it's like the super bowl
01:18:55mardi gras
01:18:55days of our lives
01:18:56all rolled into one
01:18:57you think these people
01:18:58care what the truth is
01:18:59this is here to watch
01:19:00the karen reed show
01:19:03a mistrial is not justice
01:19:05i don't think anybody
01:19:06thinks it is
01:19:07yeah well
01:19:08it's better than
01:19:08going to jail i guess
01:19:10well justice is what
01:19:12we need
01:19:12and justice is not
01:19:14you walking out
01:19:14of that courtroom
01:19:15it's you not
01:19:16being charged anymore
01:19:18yeah well i'd rather
01:19:19go to jail
01:19:19before i plea out
01:19:20i will never
01:19:22give them that way
01:19:26hey dad
01:19:28no i didn't
01:19:29what's going on
01:19:33we're gonna retry it
01:19:37karen reed is innocent
01:19:38there was no collision
01:19:41there was no collision
01:19:42there was no collision
01:19:45stare down injustice
01:19:48you are the last line
01:19:50of defense
01:19:50between an innocent woman
01:19:52and a system
01:19:54that tried mightily
01:19:55to bury the truth
01:19:56the commonwealth
01:19:58has to prove
01:19:59every charge
01:20:00beyond a reasonable doubt
01:20:02to an unshakable moral certainty
01:20:04no officer ever heard
01:20:06karen reed say
01:20:07i hit him
01:20:07it's not in a single
01:20:09police report
01:20:09nowhere
01:20:10the fact is
01:20:11there was no collision
01:20:12a car didn't kill
01:20:14john o'keefe
01:20:15and karen reed
01:20:16is an innocent woman
01:20:17find karen reed
01:20:18not guilty
01:20:19not guilty
01:20:21not guilty
01:20:25karen reed was drunk
01:20:27she hit him
01:20:29and she left him to die
01:20:30john didn't go into
01:20:31any house
01:20:32he couldn't
01:20:33his phone never moved again
01:20:35she leaves him a voicemail
01:20:36nobody knows where you are
01:20:39panic
01:20:39drunken denial
01:20:41is setting in
01:20:41they were fighting
01:20:44she got drunk
01:20:45she hit him
01:20:46she left him to die
01:20:48simple as that
01:20:50john o'keefe
01:20:51was murdered
01:20:51by karen reed
01:20:55on day four
01:20:56of jury deliberations
01:20:57in the retrial
01:20:58of karen reed
01:20:59the mood here
01:21:00is of increasing
01:21:01concern
01:21:02that this trial
01:21:03may end up
01:21:04just like the last one
01:21:05with a mistrial
01:21:17hello
01:21:19hello
01:21:28all right i appreciate you all getting back here uh during the luncheon break i received word that
01:21:36the jury knocked on the door indicating that they had a verdict but shortly thereafter they knocked
01:21:41again and said that they do not have a verdict so i would ask everyone remain in the building
01:21:50until the end of the day
01:22:01we're close it's coming
01:22:30mr foreman members of the jury have you agreed upon a verdict
01:22:36yes mr foreman in the matter of murder in the second degree what say you not guilty
01:22:45manslaughter while operating under the influence what say you not guilty
01:22:55operating under the influence of liquor by operating a motor vehicle so say you mr foreman
01:23:01guilty leaving the scene after an accident resulting in death not guilty or guilty
01:23:15not guilty
01:23:33honestly it was the most emotional experience i've ever been part of uh i feel i would be
01:23:37disrespecting everything our founding fathers wish their lives for if i wasn't out there fighting for
01:23:42karen in a statement john o'keefe's family called the verdict a devastating miscarriage of justice
01:23:50you know i've been preparing for this for a long time both the worst and the best that i'm i'm
01:23:55i'm so happy that it turned out for the best
01:24:16i just want to say two things number one is i couldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for
01:24:24these amazing
01:24:25supporters who've supported me and my team financially and more importantly emotionally for almost four years
01:24:37and the second thing i want to say is that no one has fought harder for justice for john o
01:24:43'keefe than i have
01:24:44than i have and my team thank you thank you
01:24:55i remember everything
01:24:58i said
01:25:01could i have hit him
01:25:05did i hit him
01:25:12that's it
01:25:14it's
01:25:14it's
01:25:14it's
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