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✨ Accused: The Karen Read Story (2026) is a gripping true crime drama that dramatizes one of the most controversial cases in recent memory. The film explores the events surrounding Karen Read, the accusations leveled against her, and the complex web of legal battles, media scrutiny, and personal struggles that followed. With tense courtroom scenes and emotional storytelling, this adaptation sheds light on the human cost of justice and public perception.
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✔️ Release Year: 2026
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00:00:20You
00:00:23I remember everything
00:00:27I said, could I have hit him? Did I hit him?
00:00:36And I'm not as clear as if I hadn't been drinking.
00:00:59Hey, can you get a vodka soda?
00:01:05Did it start snowing yet?
00:01:07No, not yet.
00:01:11You know, my dad said I shouldn't be out with a blizzard on the way.
00:01:15Yeah, your dad's probably right.
00:01:18But, hey, I'm glad you did.
00:01:26Hey.
00:01:30Oh.
00:01:42Chris Albert.
00:01:43What?
00:01:44A bunch of them down by the waterfall, he says.
00:01:48And do you want to go?
00:01:51Boy, we could just go back to your place.
00:01:55Look, it'll be easier to go by, have a drink, and come up with some excuse.
00:02:00Hi, let's go.
00:02:01Yeah, we're going?
00:02:01Yeah, let's go.
00:02:02If you want.
00:02:12Gather around.
00:02:13You in?
00:02:14Thanks for having me.
00:02:20Hey.
00:02:21St. John.
00:02:22Johnny.
00:02:23Hey.
00:02:24Hey.
00:02:25Hey.
00:02:27Hey, what are you drinking?
00:02:28Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:02:28That's where I know to shut her up.
00:02:30I'll blame you, brother.
00:02:31Hey.
00:02:31Hey, what are you drinking?
00:02:32Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:02:34Oh.
00:02:35Kiss that mouth.
00:02:36That's where I know to shut her up.
00:02:38Hey.
00:02:38Hey.
00:02:39Hey.
00:02:39Come on.
00:02:41Hey.
00:02:43Hey, you in?
00:02:43No.
00:02:43Cheers.
00:02:44Hey, cheers.
00:02:45Cheers.
00:02:45All right.
00:02:45Cheers.
00:02:46Cheers.
00:02:47I'm really glad I came tonight.
00:02:51Cheers.
00:02:52Hey.
00:02:53Cheers.
00:02:54So am I staying at your house tonight?
00:02:57I can't think of the reason why you want to stay at my place tonight.
00:03:01Do another drink, huh?
00:03:04I don't know my place.
00:03:05No.
00:03:06No.
00:03:13Let's keep this party going.
00:03:15Let's all go back to my place.
00:03:16There you go.
00:03:16All right.
00:03:17Good plan.
00:03:18Make sure you leave those guys now, yeah?
00:03:19Yeah, yeah.
00:03:20I'll let them know.
00:03:21We're all going back to Brian's place.
00:03:22You coming?
00:03:24Uh, yeah.
00:03:25Yeah.
00:03:25Great.
00:03:26We've got fair view.
00:03:27I'll text you.
00:03:30Really?
00:03:31It's after midnight.
00:03:32Can't we just go back to your house?
00:03:34It's just you and me.
00:03:35One drink.
00:03:36Come on.
00:03:36We'll be a minute.
00:03:37All right.
00:03:43Hey!
00:04:04More.
00:04:05I'm here.
00:04:05I haven't heard anything you said.
00:04:06I'm here.
00:04:14I'm here.
00:04:15I'm here.
00:04:15We're gonna have some fruit in the morning.
00:04:18I'm here.
00:04:26You're gonna go.
00:04:27We're gonna go.
00:04:28Let's go.
00:06:14John?
00:06:31John?
00:06:47John?
00:06:49John?
00:06:54John?
00:07:02John?
00:07:15John?
00:07:18John?
00:07:19John?
00:07:19Where the hell are you?
00:07:20Will you call me back, please?
00:07:23Call me.
00:07:27John, where the hell are you?
00:07:30Pick up the phone, goddammit!
00:07:35John?
00:07:36Karen?
00:07:37What's going on?
00:07:38I don't know where John is.
00:07:40What?
00:07:40What do you mean?
00:07:41I can't find him.
00:07:42Have you talked to him?
00:07:44Have you seen him?
00:07:45Just calm down.
00:07:46Tell me what happened.
00:07:47I'm totally freaking out right now.
00:07:50I mean, I figured you guys just-
00:07:51He never came home.
00:07:52I don't know what to do.
00:07:53I'm seriously freaking out over here.
00:07:54John, he never came home.
00:07:56Just relax, okay?
00:07:57I'm sure he's fine.
00:07:58We'll figure it out, okay?
00:07:59I think I just need to go look for him.
00:08:01I can't just stand here.
00:08:02I have to go.
00:08:11Oh, shit.
00:08:30John!
00:08:31John!
00:08:31Pick up the phone, goddammit!
00:08:35Pick up the phone!
00:08:40Gary, I'm worried.
00:08:41I'm worried John might be dead.
00:08:44What?
00:08:44I think he may have gotten hit by a plow he never came home last night.
00:08:48We were all out drinking and didn't.
00:08:50Karen, maybe you shouldn't be on the road.
00:08:52No, I'm headed to John McCabe's.
00:08:54Will you help us, please?
00:08:55Will you come?
00:08:56Please, will you come help us?
00:09:00Let's meet back at John's.
00:09:07Jen!
00:09:08Jen!
00:09:09Jen, get in the car.
00:09:11Gary's meeting us back at John's house.
00:09:12What happened here?
00:09:14I backed up into John's car as I was pulling out.
00:09:16Maybe he's at home.
00:09:17Maybe we'll just check the house again.
00:09:18No, I've checked the entire house.
00:09:20Every room.
00:09:21Okay.
00:09:21And I've been calling him.
00:09:22Okay, let's just look again.
00:09:24Just get in the car!
00:09:25It's okay.
00:09:42I told you, he wasn't here.
00:09:45I don't know, maybe he, he, he, he, he went and slept it off at the Alberts and maybe he,
00:09:49he was too drunk.
00:09:50I mean, we didn't see him.
00:09:52Can we just, can we please just go there?
00:09:54Do you remember you last saw him?
00:09:55No, I don't, I don't know.
00:09:57I mean, I don't know.
00:10:00I saw you guys put up in front of Brian's.
00:10:03What?
00:10:04Yeah, I saw your car out front.
00:10:05I mean, I figured you guys changed your mind and left.
00:10:09No, I, no, I, I don't know.
00:10:13I don't, maybe, I, I don't know.
00:10:15Let's just, just keep driving.
00:10:23There he is.
00:10:24There he is.
00:10:25What?
00:10:25Where?
00:10:26Stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:10:29Where are you seeing him?
00:10:31Where are you seeing him?
00:10:32John!
00:10:34He's crazy.
00:10:35Here we go, here we go.
00:10:36Here we go.
00:10:39Oh my God, no!
00:10:42No!
00:10:43John!
00:10:44John!
00:10:47John!
00:10:49John!
00:10:50Call 911!
00:10:51We're out!
00:10:52We're out!
00:10:53Get off!
00:10:54Uh, yeah, yeah.
00:10:56No, we need someone to 34 Fairview Road Canton Map now.
00:10:59What's going on?
00:11:00Yeah, there's a guy, he's unresponsive in the snow.
00:11:02Oh my God.
00:11:06Oh my God.
00:11:08Oh my God.
00:11:11Oh my God.
00:11:12Oh my God.
00:11:37We just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:39John O'Keefe, you know him, right?
00:11:40What's the cop?
00:11:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:42We don't know how long you've been here.
00:11:49Please.
00:11:50Oh my God, please.
00:12:02Oh my God.
00:12:04We've got our boss and police officer.
00:12:06I've just been found in the snow here.
00:12:12Get you to step back and get you to step back.
00:12:14Step back and turn back and turn back and turn back.
00:12:17Uh, he does have some trauma to his head.
00:12:20I'm not sure if he's in a fight or whatever.
00:12:22I'm not getting into this.
00:12:22All right.
00:12:23Nope.
00:12:26Don't need any officer.
00:12:28The MTC is here now.
00:12:34Please, that's my boyfriend.
00:12:36I, I left him and he never came home.
00:12:38Please.
00:12:40Harry.
00:12:41Is he dead?
00:12:42He's dead.
00:12:49Dad.
00:12:55Jack.
00:12:56It's John.
00:12:58He's dead.
00:12:59What?
00:13:01I don't want to be alive right now.
00:13:04Daddy.
00:13:05I just, I just want to die.
00:13:09Is she breathing?
00:13:11All right.
00:13:12Let's move him.
00:13:18Wait.
00:13:19Wait.
00:13:22Wait.
00:13:23No.
00:13:23No.
00:13:24No.
00:13:246-8-2.
00:13:256-8-2.
00:13:26Are you aware of the party on scene?
00:13:28Or the caller named Karen?
00:13:30Affirmative.
00:13:31Are you okay?
00:13:32I have her father on the line.
00:13:33She's making a suicidal comment.
00:13:36I'm gonna section her so we know where she is.
00:13:39Okay, John.
00:13:41John?
00:13:42You're gonna be coming with us?
00:13:43What are you talking about?
00:13:44I want to go with him.
00:13:46We gotta ride over here for him.
00:13:47No.
00:13:48Space?
00:13:48And the other ambulance.
00:13:49He'll be okay.
00:13:50We'll get him on.
00:13:51We'll get him on.
00:13:52I'm going with him.
00:13:54Ever.
00:13:54Ever.
00:13:55We're gonna get her out of here.
00:13:56You're gonna be traveling with me.
00:13:58You're gonna be traveling with me.
00:13:59No.
00:14:00No.
00:14:08Okay.
00:14:13Okay.
00:14:14Please don't die.
00:14:18Please don't.
00:14:20Okay, just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:24I...
00:14:26I...
00:14:27I...
00:14:27I...
00:14:27I...
00:14:28I...
00:14:28I don't want to live without him.
00:14:33Ma'am?
00:14:34Are you thinking about hurting yourself?
00:14:41Did they find a pulse?
00:14:44We're on our way to the hospital.
00:14:46We're gonna find out more then.
00:14:51They tried giving him health to health.
00:14:53That was good.
00:14:54And he's going where they can really take care of him.
00:14:56He's gonna be there in a few minutes.
00:15:01Let's see if you're not leaving.
00:15:03Oh God.
00:15:07We're right in here.
00:15:10Why don't you have a seat?
00:15:12Why am I in here?
00:15:13I...
00:15:13We just need to run some tests.
00:15:15I don't understand.
00:15:16You're brought in under a section 12 that's a psychiatric hold.
00:15:19Why?
00:15:19And the EMG is concerned you might hurt yourself.
00:15:21I just saw my boyfriend half dead in the snow.
00:15:24I just need to go see him.
00:15:26Please let me see him.
00:15:27Hey, hey.
00:15:28I'm looking for my brother John O'Keefe.
00:15:29He was brought in here.
00:15:32Paul!
00:15:33Paul!
00:15:36Paul!
00:15:37Oh God.
00:15:39Paul!
00:15:39No, that's them.
00:15:40That's my...
00:15:41That's the family.
00:15:43Please.
00:15:43I need to go be with them.
00:15:44I don't understand why you're taking my blood.
00:15:48Please make a fist.
00:15:49The doctor will be in soon to ask you a few questions.
00:16:01Hi, Dad.
00:16:05I got here as quick as I could.
00:16:11They won't let me see him.
00:16:16They, uh...
00:16:17I mean, honey, they...
00:16:20They did what they could do.
00:16:22Did you see him?
00:16:23Is he okay?
00:16:25Oh, sweetheart.
00:16:30He's, uh...
00:16:31He's gone.
00:16:33No, no, no.
00:16:35No.
00:16:39We don't know about him.
00:16:42No.
00:16:43No, no.
00:16:44Oh, look at me.
00:16:45They did everything that could have been done.
00:16:54How did it happen?
00:16:56Wait, I mean...
00:16:57Did I hit him?
00:17:01Could I?
00:17:02Could I have hit him?
00:17:20John, where are you?
00:17:23John?
00:17:24Pick up.
00:17:25Come on, where are you?
00:17:28Call me.
00:17:30John, would you pick up your phone?
00:17:32Really?
00:17:33You're a goddamn loser, you know that?
00:17:35We are a goddamn loser.
00:17:37Call me back.
00:17:38I goddamn hate you!
00:17:40I goddamn hate you!
00:17:43Do you hear me?
00:17:44I goddamn hate you!
00:18:04Doctor, they put you on this?
00:18:06Lead investigator.
00:18:07What are we looking at?
00:18:09A foot of snow and a vague hope we'll find anything important underneath.
00:18:13Why can't these things only happen in the spring?
00:18:16What are you doing?
00:18:17What are you doing?
00:18:17That's a solo cup.
00:18:18That's all we got right now.
00:18:20Just trying to beat the snow mill.
00:18:33How are you holding up?
00:18:36Not good.
00:18:37No.
00:18:40How can he be gone?
00:18:42How can I never, ever see him again?
00:18:47I need to see the kids.
00:18:49Will you take me?
00:18:50I think that's a good idea.
00:19:05I think that's a good idea.
00:19:21I wasn't expecting.
00:19:29I'm so sorry.
00:19:40Nobody told me that everybody was getting together here.
00:19:44That we all wanted to be with the kids.
00:19:48Yeah, yeah, me too.
00:19:51How are they?
00:19:55I mean, they know what happened.
00:19:57They've taken it pretty hard.
00:20:01Where are they?
00:20:03Upstairs.
00:20:07You saw him?
00:20:10John?
00:20:12Yeah, I saw him.
00:20:15They didn't let me see him.
00:20:17They put me in a different room.
00:20:19What did he...
00:20:21What did he look like?
00:20:24He was pretty random.
00:20:27He looked to me like he got hit by a car.
00:20:34Excuse me.
00:20:48What the hell is going on here?
00:20:51They're upset.
00:20:52I'm upset.
00:20:53I loved this man.
00:20:56You always spent five nights a week in this house.
00:21:00This is more in my home than it is theirs.
00:21:01And they think they can just come right in.
00:21:04Well, you understand why they want to be here.
00:21:07And I took care of those kids like a mother.
00:21:10I mean, there was...
00:21:12There was like this bond, you know?
00:21:17What the hell is going on here, Dad?
00:21:20Did you see the way that they were looking at me?
00:21:24Everybody's just confused.
00:21:26Nobody knows what happened.
00:21:31Neither do I.
00:21:34But everybody seems to only be looking at me.
00:21:38And even what?
00:21:40Let them.
00:21:43Because if I did anything in any way,
00:21:47then I will pay my dues.
00:21:50And this is how it should be.
00:21:55I want to know the truth, Dad.
00:21:59Good, bad.
00:22:01Or ugly.
00:22:18Good.
00:22:21Hi, Mr. Reed.
00:22:23Yes?
00:22:24I'm Michael Proctor with Massachusetts State Police.
00:22:27I understand your daughter's here?
00:22:29Come in.
00:22:38We got in an argument that day.
00:22:41Just an ongoing thing.
00:22:43About what?
00:22:45Just, you know...
00:22:47Relationship stuff.
00:22:48Nothing new.
00:22:50But by the time we met up, we...
00:22:53We were all good.
00:22:55You know, we were...
00:22:56We were kissing and laughing.
00:22:59We were with our friends.
00:23:01And then he got out of the car.
00:23:03And I left.
00:23:05And that was...
00:23:06That was the last I ever saw him.
00:23:07That was outside the Elbert's house.
00:23:11Around...
00:23:1112.30 a.m.
00:23:13Yeah.
00:23:15Yeah, he...
00:23:16He got out of my car.
00:23:18I had a stomachache, so I just went back to his house.
00:23:21We got your blood results back from the hospital.
00:23:24You had a .093% at 9 this morning.
00:23:28That's still over the legal limit.
00:23:31Guess you guys were tying one on pretty good last night.
00:23:34Everybody was drinking.
00:23:37I mean, I had a couple drinks at McCarthy's.
00:23:40A couple more at the waterfall.
00:23:42I...
00:23:42I felt fine.
00:23:44Fine enough to get behind the wheel.
00:23:46Yeah, well, I got home in one piece.
00:23:49I noticed on the way in you got a busted tailway.
00:23:52Yeah, that, um...
00:23:54That happened this morning.
00:23:56I backed into John's car.
00:24:00He's missing.
00:24:02I...
00:24:02I was frantic.
00:24:04Well, since the car is the last place anyone saw John,
00:24:06I'm afraid I'm going to have to take that in to be investigated.
00:24:10Are you serious?
00:24:12You're going to take my car?
00:24:14Well, how am I supposed to get to work?
00:24:18Can you work from home?
00:24:20I mean, I'm a financial analyst.
00:24:23I can do that work from home, but I also teach finance at the university.
00:24:27Sorry, the car is evidence.
00:24:28I'm afraid of where else I can have to ask for your phone.
00:24:31What?
00:24:33What?
00:24:49I think I'm going to need a lawyer.
00:24:57No contact.
00:24:59No contact.
00:25:00No contact.
00:25:01What does that even...
00:25:02With who?
00:25:04With anyone in John's family.
00:25:07And I'm afraid that means that you won't be able to attend John's funeral.
00:25:12What?
00:25:14No contact.
00:25:15With his family at all.
00:25:16I'm really sorry.
00:25:18They all have their minds made up.
00:25:21You know, three days ago, I was like family to them.
00:25:24And all of a sudden, no contact?
00:25:27I mean, is that even necessary?
00:25:28No one's speaking to me anyway.
00:25:30They're almost certainly going to put a warrant out for your arrest.
00:25:33My arrest?
00:25:35I didn't do anything.
00:25:37This is insane.
00:25:47Look, that night...
00:25:53I had been drinking.
00:25:58It was late.
00:26:01And, I mean...
00:26:03I don't know what could have happened.
00:26:08Did he try to get to me while I was leaving and I just didn't...
00:26:11I didn't know it?
00:26:12I mean, I always had the music blasting.
00:26:15It was snowing.
00:26:16I had the wipers going.
00:26:17I had the heater blasting.
00:26:18I mean...
00:26:21What if...
00:26:25I don't even know.
00:26:26What if I...
00:26:27ran over his foot?
00:26:29Or what if I...
00:26:31I clipped him in the knee and he just passed out?
00:26:35Then you would have some element of culpability.
00:26:39They took your phone.
00:26:41They took your car.
00:26:43You need to prepare yourself.
00:26:47How is anybody supposed to prepare themselves for something like this?
00:26:51You can also expect some fairly invasive discovery.
00:26:54Subpoenas for your texts, your emails, your financial records.
00:26:59I'll talk to the DA and arrange for you to voluntarily surrender.
00:27:04Everybody so damn sure.
00:27:06Burn me at the stake already.
00:27:07Listen, Karen.
00:27:11I'm gonna be with you.
00:27:12For the whole thing.
00:27:14I've been practicing law for 30 plus years.
00:27:18They're gonna take your picture.
00:27:19They'll take your prints.
00:27:21You post bail.
00:27:22You go home.
00:27:28They're gonna run.
00:27:28They're gonna go home.
00:27:30I think.
00:27:30I think most of them were right.
00:27:34I gotta check that over there.
00:27:36Yeah, yeah, I'll just breath on it.
00:27:37Sorry, sorry.
00:27:39I'm sorry, sorry.
00:27:40I can't see anything for you!
00:27:45I can't see anything.
00:27:49I can't see anything.
00:28:05Just behind me is the location of the tragic death of Boston Police Officer John O'Peath,
00:28:11where investigations have intensified.
00:28:21More tail light pieces over here.
00:28:28Family friends and fellow officers gathered today at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in
00:28:33Braintree for the funeral of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
00:28:37O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday in the early morning hours after being found in the
00:28:41snow outside a home in Canton.
00:28:43His brother Paul remembered John as someone who showed what determination could be.
00:28:47Moving forward, I will do my best to continue my brother's legacy of caring and supporting
00:28:54others, even though I know I can never come close to the way he did.
00:28:59Nor can I come close to expressing the admiration I have for John, who after our sister Christy
00:29:06died, took her two children into his home to raise as his.
00:29:13But I can repeat the same words that John used at Christy's funeral.
00:29:21We'll take it from here.
00:29:23John O'Keefe will be laid to rest at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.
00:29:30David, hi.
00:29:32Hey, listen, I've got some bad news.
00:29:34Terrific.
00:29:35I talked to the D.A. and they're not going for it.
00:29:38They won't let you voluntarily surrender.
00:29:41What?
00:29:42Why?
00:29:44Well, they're not telling me anything, but the Boston cop is dead.
00:29:48We knew there was a heightened sense of importance to it.
00:29:51They're playing their cards very close.
00:29:53So they're insisting on arresting me.
00:29:57David, how am I supposed to go to jail?
00:29:59I mean, I've got Crohn's, I've got MS, I've got all these meds I have to take.
00:30:03Okay, you can bring them with you.
00:30:07All right, when?
00:30:09Well, that's why I'm calling.
00:30:11Are you home?
00:30:13Yeah.
00:30:15Good life.
00:30:22It's okay.
00:30:24Okay.
00:30:32I'll be back.
00:30:36Wonderful.
00:30:39Good friends.
00:30:39Good friends.
00:30:40Good friends.
00:31:07David, I have to know.
00:31:11Aaron Reed, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court
00:31:18of law.
00:31:20You cannot afford an attorney. One will be provided to you by the state.
00:31:37Police have arrested a Mansfield woman in connection with the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, who was
00:31:44found in a snowbank on a Canton street over the weekend.
00:31:50Investigators allege that Reed struck O'Keefe with her black Lexus SUV and left him to die in the snow
00:31:57outside a Canton home in the frigid blizzard conditions.
00:32:09This arrest marks the first major development in the investigation into O'Keefe's death, which shocked the local law enforcement
00:32:17community.
00:32:24Gord of the St. John?
00:32:25The one with the St. John?
00:32:25The one with the St. John?
00:32:38The St. John?
00:32:50I don't know.
00:33:27I don't know.
00:33:45I don't know.
00:33:46Chris Albert.
00:33:49A bunch of them down by the waterfall.
00:33:51Can we just hang here?
00:33:52Do you want to go?
00:33:53No.
00:33:55come on look at me look at my eyes four shots all right you guys in yours here we go
00:34:07fabulous yes who won't say hi look it'll be easier to go by have a drink and come up with
00:34:14some excuse you're fine let's go yeah with one yeah let's go hey st john johnny hey who invited
00:34:22these losers hey blame your brother hey what are you pricks drinking whatever you pricks are buying
00:34:28kiss that mouth that's where i know to shut her up come on
00:34:35look good right you in no you in uh hey bye to my place don't forget to let those guys
00:34:45oh yeah i'll
00:34:46let them know hey we're all going back to brian's place you coming uh yeah yeah
00:34:55really oh well it's after midnight can't we just go back to your house you and me
00:35:00one drink come on we'll be a minute we're having a good time all right are you coming
00:35:17hey thank god you have to get me out of this cell well they're going to be here in a
00:35:20minute to bring
00:35:21you over to your arraignment well are they going to let me get cleaned up a bit i mean look
00:35:26at me
00:35:26no one's going to care about that listen i've been going through your arrest record and there
00:35:31are a few things that we're going to need to address going forward what are they saying well
00:35:36first your blood alcohol level that morning was 0.09 yeah i already know that
00:35:42what else okay evidence there were pieces of a broken tail light close to john's body consistent with
00:35:49broken tail light of your lexus suv there were pieces of broken glass embedded in your bumper that
00:35:55they say came from a glass that john took from the waterfall there were scratches dents and chipped paint
00:36:01all around that same back area of your car basically they are saying that you drove to the alberts house
00:36:08john got out you backed up slamming into him after which you drove to his place where you fell asleep
00:36:14leaving him laying there overnight to freeze to death
00:36:22he got out of the car i watched him head over to the house that was the last time i
00:36:29ever saw him
00:36:30then they have people on the scene that morning that swear that they heard you say i hit him
00:36:37i hit him i hit him david i never said those words ever there are people on the scene that
00:36:45morning that
00:36:46say you did
00:36:59what the hell am i am i news now
00:37:13how does the defendant please not guilty your honor
00:37:19the court sets bail in the amount of fifty thousand dollars and reiterates in this
00:37:24that you will order to stay away from the victim's residence and have no contact
00:37:38karen v the girlfriend of john o'keefe was released on bail today shortly after she appeared in court to
00:37:46face charges related to his death she's pleaded not guilty to manslaughter motor vehicular homicide
00:37:53and leaving the scene of a collision causing death the victim officer john o'keefe 46 was a 16 year
00:38:01veteran of the boston police department karen reed has denied all the allegations and maintains her innocence
00:38:11there goes my health insurance no i have surgery follow-ups how am i supposed to pay for my meds
00:38:17if i
00:38:17don't have a job we'll figure it out you know you always say that but how how are we gonna
00:38:25figure it
00:38:25out look you're not gonna be alone through this i'm not at work anymore i can be there for you
00:38:33through
00:38:34the whole thing yeah but you love your job not more than i love you no i'm gonna be put
00:38:43in the
00:38:43poor house for something i didn't do dad i mean my god i had to cash out my 401k
00:38:50probably gonna have to sell this house honey you've got your mom you've got me we're totally behind
00:38:57you and we're gonna help whatever it takes but how by doing whatever we need to do
00:39:08this fight it's not just you it's us too and we're not gonna stop till we make this right
00:39:19it just feels like this whole town is turning on me
00:39:24they're telling the cops i said i hit him why why would i say that i thought these people were
00:39:32supposed to be my friends
00:39:58what
00:40:16what what now i have an arrest warrant again who have i supposed to have killed now same person
00:40:23only the charges have been up for manslaughter to second degree murder can i at least get some
00:40:27normal shoes on so that i don't have to go on tv looking like this i i don't even have
00:40:32underwear
00:40:32on can i at least go get some pants your parents can come back and retrieve everything
00:40:38i just i don't want to be on channel four and like a bandwagon i wouldn't be worried about the
00:40:43news
00:40:43right now see how she is smoke itself with how she looks on tv yeah okay manslaughter a second
00:40:51green burner what's what's the difference life in prison
00:41:05i mean that's the problem with these people everything is we're all gonna die if we don't
00:41:10get rid of plastic bags out of supermarkets and no more straws everything is we're all gonna die
00:41:17anyway that's my take for those of you just joining or here for the first time i'm your fearless host
00:41:22turtle boy let's take a call hey steve from southie what's on your mind hey man you've been following
00:41:28this karen reed case sounds like something right up your alley yeah a woman who hit her cop boyfriend
00:41:33with her car yeah what's your take on that what sucks huh you know i mean you got this woman
00:41:37who's got
00:41:38it all together and um she just got drunk one night and appears to have not even known that she
00:41:43backed this
00:41:43guy over i'm sure she didn't mean to kill him and i'm sure it's eating her up inside it seems
00:41:47like a
00:41:48story you should cover i mean uh it's sad yeah but i don't know if there's a story there you
00:41:53know i'm
00:41:54a back the blue guy so uh i don't really have a strong opinion on it it's a tragedy yeah
00:41:59it's a real
00:41:59tragedy for her she's not on bail now but they're charging with murder murder all of a sim
00:42:11so
00:42:17so
00:42:38look at this proctor knows everybody he's the lead investigator on this case and i'm there
00:42:45scrolling through all these pictures and it's like he pretty much knows everybody who's in
00:42:48that house that night everyone well not everyone but isn't it kind of a conflict of interest
00:42:58john's a cop they're not gonna let this go and now it's my ass that's on the line
00:43:08we're gonna need a bigger team
00:43:39we're gonna need a bigger team
00:43:39so
00:43:39so
00:43:39Are they kidding?
00:43:41These injuries are from a car hitting them?
00:43:43That's their story.
00:43:45I'm not buying it.
00:43:46Maybe someone just needed a scapegoat.
00:43:48Yeah, well, that's why I'm here.
00:43:50I mean, come on.
00:43:52You mean to tell me they're not seeing what we're seeing?
00:43:54Exactly our question.
00:43:55And did anybody else have their vehicle and cell phone taken from them?
00:43:59I mean, it's like I was the only suspect.
00:44:01Well, you're the odd one out.
00:44:03They're circling their wagons.
00:44:05Everybody and his mother putting only you on the chopping block.
00:44:09This is intentional.
00:44:10This slow drip of discovery from the prosecution.
00:44:14Well, they're certainly taking their time.
00:44:16It's been months.
00:44:17They've got a game plan.
00:44:19Yeah, well, they're on a fishing expedition.
00:44:20Trying to fit the evidence to the narrative they already decided on.
00:44:23You have a fundamental right to see the evidence against you,
00:44:26and they're taking their sweet time about it.
00:44:28They didn't waste any time taking my car or my phone, did they?
00:44:32Let's just drill down on this for just ten seconds.
00:44:34In terms of the taillight material, the glass, the plastic,
00:44:37John's shirt, the jeans, the belt, the shoes, the underwear, the hat, whatever.
00:44:41Well, none of it was booked into evidence until March 14th, 2022.
00:44:47So they just sat on it for a month and a half.
00:44:49What the hell?
00:44:49Is that standard?
00:44:50No, no, no.
00:44:51We don't know whose possession they were in.
00:44:53I mean, where were the circumstances?
00:44:54Were they properly handled?
00:44:56We have no guarantee they weren't compromised.
00:44:58Holy shit, Turtle Riders.
00:45:00This is story of the century stuff.
00:45:02I mean, my job is currently on the floor.
00:45:05Remember the headlines that a Boston police officer was backed over by his girlfriend
00:45:08in a snowstorm after a fight on a night they were both drinking?
00:45:11That was a narrative that was put out there.
00:45:13But I have been getting more and more information on this, and it's outrageous.
00:45:16And what we know for damn sure is she did not run him over.
00:45:19No, Karen Reed is a completely innocent woman.
00:45:22He is something else.
00:45:25We couldn't get better PR if we were paying him.
00:45:27It's because he's 100% sincere.
00:45:30We're forced to be reckoned with.
00:45:32Where to believe that Karen was at least 62 feet away before she decided to gun it in reverse
00:45:37and John just stood there, right?
00:45:40Just waited to get run over.
00:45:42Is he dead?
00:45:44Karen?
00:45:45John, is he dead?
00:45:46He's dead.
00:45:48Oh, my God.
00:45:50I didn't hear you say it at all.
00:45:52If I was running around saying, I hit him, I hit him, you'd think it would be picked up
00:45:56by the dash cam mice.
00:45:57You'd also be arrested on the spot.
00:46:00I mean, we can clearly hear you say, he's dead, he's dead, but not, I hit him.
00:46:05Yeah, you don't hear it because I never said it.
00:46:07It's all an elaborate plot to frame Karen Reed.
00:46:10Now, when I believe in something, I don't just say, oh, here's the facts.
00:46:13No, I go out and I hold protests.
00:46:15And I'm looking for other people to do the same.
00:46:25Well, we always knew the key to this case was seeing people's phones.
00:46:30You can ask all the questions you want, but the hard data, right?
00:46:34Is it where you find the really critical stuff in the 21st century?
00:46:38Proctor's phone records are coming in very soon, or I'm going to be breathing fire.
00:46:43Carrie Roberts and Jen McCabe's confirmed the timing of those calls you made to them that
00:46:48morning.
00:46:48We have records of other investigators.
00:46:50We have the 911 records.
00:46:54Well, that can't be right.
00:46:56Did Jen McCabe make a Google search at 227 that morning?
00:47:01How long to die in cold?
00:47:05Actually, she typed in HOS, but it's...
00:47:09It's clear what she meant.
00:47:23Karen Reed had nothing to do with it.
00:47:25This is an innocent woman.
00:47:28Okay, she is the victim of a conspiracy.
00:47:31We won't rest until we get to the bottom of exactly who killed John O'Keefe.
00:47:35Not only Karen Reed deserves this, John O'Keefe deserves this and has deserved this from
00:47:40moment one.
00:47:41It feels like we're the only ones who are fighting for the truth of what happened to
00:47:45John O'Keefe.
00:47:46And me, and my family, and my attorneys, we've marshaled every resource to get to the truth.
00:47:56We know who spearheaded it.
00:47:57You all know.
00:47:59I tried to save his life.
00:48:02At 6 a.m. in the morning, I was covered in his blood.
00:48:06Why are we so angry with John that late?
00:48:12Welcome, Turbo Riders.
00:48:14There are at least 100 to 200 people here with me on the rolling rally.
00:48:18And we are peacefully protesting the murder of John O'Keefe and the framing of an innocent
00:48:25woman.
00:48:25It is a beautiful day here for some peaceful protesting.
00:48:28I'll tell you that much.
00:48:29There will be no rioting, no looting, nothing like that.
00:48:34We are peacefully protesting the murder of the adopted father of two and a Boston police
00:48:40officer named John O'Keefe.
00:48:43We are also protesting on behalf of Karen Reed.
00:48:47You don't get to frame innocent people who did nothing wrong.
00:48:56Justice for Karen!
00:48:57Justice for Karen!
00:48:58The scene outside the courthouse here is unreal.
00:49:01Hundreds of people here, you would think, are waiting for a movie star.
00:49:05But the focus of their attention is actually former college professor Karen Reed.
00:49:17Okay, we're ready for opening statements.
00:49:19The defendant, Karen Reed, struck Mr. O'Keefe with her car, knocking him onto the ground,
00:49:26striking his head, and leaving him lying there to die in a blizzard.
00:49:32Karen Reed was framed.
00:49:34Her car never struck John O'Keefe.
00:49:39She did not cause his death.
00:49:42And that means that somebody else did.
00:49:47And that means that somebody else did.
00:50:12damn look at you shut up oh you go all out for a first date how is this the first
00:50:23date
00:50:23okay well first date in 16 years come on in let's get a drink first yeah talking my language
00:50:33i mean i don't know either most guys are jerks or i'm just a bad picker
00:50:37but no no ex-husband no kids what is the matter with guys these days they don't see that you're
00:50:44a catch well you didn't uh you broke up with me oh well well i'm smarter now
00:50:56so you're you're a dad yeah i guess kinda kinda i mean on your page i actually they're
00:51:06my uh my niece and nephew but they're mine now they were my my sisters uh christie's
00:51:13but uh she died oh my gosh i'm i'm so sorry i was brain cancer and then i mean just
00:51:23when you think
00:51:24god's had this big laugh her husband stephen has a heart attack two months later jesus john
00:51:28yeah yeah and the kids you know are orphans and that's you know that's that's when family needs
00:51:37to step in yeah they're good kids they're good well then i guess that makes you a saint i mean
00:51:47they're my niece and nephew yeah but still a single guy taking on two kids
00:51:54are you sure i broke up with you doesn't sound right well you are young stupid
00:52:03i'll give you that well here is to new beginnings it's a new beginnings
00:52:15uh karen is it don't you remember last night and twice this morning
00:52:23well i gave you a key a month ago you never use it
00:52:28i like it when my man opens the door for me
00:52:32where are the kids i just missed the man to bed
00:52:35oh sounds good
00:52:37come on close the door
00:52:38all right
00:52:49what's going on
00:52:51gotta go to work
00:52:54blow it off
00:52:55can't blow it off
00:52:56oh come on
00:52:58it can be a little late
00:53:06come on
00:53:08is she moving in
00:53:09yeah you think she already did
00:53:11she's uh pretty much already always here
00:53:13is that a good thing or
00:53:15yeah yeah she's great
00:53:16and she's great with the kids
00:53:18she is good with the kids
00:53:19it's nice to have some help
00:53:21you know what i mean
00:53:22what does erin think
00:53:23she likes her
00:53:26i like her too
00:53:28what are you driving at
00:53:29you shopping for rings
00:53:32i'm asking for an outside opinion
00:53:33so you got my opinion
00:53:36she's a thumbs up
00:53:39are we seriously having an argument over donuts
00:53:41it's not about donuts
00:53:43it's about me telling the kids no
00:53:45and buying them donuts anyway
00:53:46we were running all around town
00:53:49doing errands
00:53:50and thought i was doing something nice
00:53:52so shoot me
00:53:54just don't contradict me to them
00:53:55huh
00:53:56you're not their mother
00:54:00i don't need a fun aunt karen
00:54:02overriding everything i tell them
00:54:05seems to me like you don't want them seeing me
00:54:07as a mother figure
00:54:08did i say that
00:54:09when did i say that
00:54:15what's really going on here john
00:54:17you keep picking all these fights with me lately
00:54:19and they're always all about something that i'm doing wrong around here
00:54:22i'm spoiling the kids
00:54:24i'm reorganizing the pantry
00:54:25i'm moving the towel
00:54:26ask first
00:54:27oh i'm sorry john
00:54:29crime of the century
00:54:30i just want to be part of the decision making in my own house
00:54:34that's all
00:54:39look
00:54:42i want you around
00:54:43i like it
00:54:47i'm not trying to push you away
00:54:48i'm just
00:54:49i am just a guy who's set in his ways
00:54:53and i am trying
00:54:54my best
00:54:57now
00:54:59do you
00:55:00have any more of those donuts
00:55:03hey i am a cop after all
00:55:06charming one lovely
00:55:07are you okay babe
00:55:14yeah whatever
00:55:18well
00:55:18anyway
00:55:20do
00:55:22do you want to go to aruba
00:55:25what are you talking about
00:55:27lauren invited us to aruba
00:55:29they go every new year
00:55:30there's a group of them
00:55:35i was going to say no to aruba
00:55:40john
00:55:44hey
00:55:44what the hell is that
00:55:46what
00:55:47you're making out with some girl
00:55:48oh that's marietta
00:55:50that's uh laura's little sister
00:55:51i'll say thanks
00:55:51oh with your tongue
00:55:54jesus
00:55:54um hi
00:55:55nice to meet you
00:55:56go screw yourself
00:55:58both of you
00:55:59karen
00:56:01karen
00:56:01daddy's
00:56:02don't talk to me
00:56:09look i'm embarrassed too all right
00:56:12i i was totally out of line
00:56:14i apologize to everyone
00:56:17i even told marietta i'd pay for her room
00:56:19okay
00:56:20that's great karen
00:56:21i'm sure she appreciated that
00:56:22no
00:56:24she didn't
00:56:25she wasn't gonna let me do that
00:56:26because that would mean accepting my apology
00:56:28and i could tell she'd rather die than do that
00:56:29okay
00:56:30we're home
00:56:32it's over
00:56:35no it's not over
00:56:37because you obviously haven't forgiven me either
00:56:39look we have been on top of each other non-stop since we left
00:56:42can we just give this a break
00:56:44okay
00:56:46i hear you
00:56:47i'm leaving
00:56:48wait a minute
00:56:49what are you doing
00:56:49i get it john
00:56:51karen i didn't say you had to leave
00:56:55karen
00:57:04what
00:57:04what do you think about us never going to a road back again
00:57:09deal
00:57:13hey hon
00:57:14hey
00:57:16how are you
00:57:30is there something we need to talk about
00:57:35i don't know
00:57:37you don't know what
00:57:44no i
00:57:45i don't need this
00:57:47you want to be a little bit more specific
00:57:49yeah i'm sick of the argument
00:57:51i'm not so quick to jump back into the
00:57:55the lovey-dovey
00:57:56as you are
00:57:58you know i've been trying to get over this hump
00:58:00you you say you don't want to fight weekly and
00:58:03then you're so quick to fly off the handle
00:58:07it really feels like you're setting me up to fail here john
00:58:14you know
00:58:17it's late
00:58:18we're both tired
00:58:19let's just uh
00:58:21go to bed
00:58:22and
00:58:24wait and forget about this for now
00:58:40what time is it
00:58:43time to get going
00:58:46let's just stay in bed a little bit longer
00:58:47no i gotta go
00:58:49oh come on
00:58:50start the day off in a good mood
00:58:55john
00:58:58what the hell
00:59:05hey
00:59:05john you really hurt me this time
00:59:07just tell me if you're interested in someone else
00:59:09i can't think of any other reason why you're being this way
00:59:12i'm not look
00:59:14i'm about to pick up the kids
00:59:15i'm not in the mood to talk right now
00:59:16can i
00:59:17oh okay
00:59:17so you're not into it anymore
00:59:19i gotta go
00:59:23you know the other day i was trying to talk to you about our future
00:59:26and you were just like yeah
00:59:27yeah okay what about it
00:59:29not how it went down
00:59:30but okay
00:59:31okay so you're really not into this anymore
00:59:33no i am just sick of fighting and arguing all the time
00:59:36like
00:59:36look i gotta go
00:59:44oh my god just stop calling me
00:59:48oh my god
00:59:52oh
00:59:54john call me back
01:00:17hey we just stay at home tonight karen
01:00:20saying it's gonna come down pretty hard
01:00:21no the heavy stuff's not coming till later
01:00:24it's just that when they say blizzard it doesn't mean flurries
01:00:28look
01:00:29john and i we've been fighting all day
01:00:30i think it's really important for me to see him tonight dad
01:00:33besides
01:00:34if i get snowed in
01:00:35i'd rather be up there with john and the kids
01:00:37and
01:00:37you're by myself
01:00:39plus we always have fun on the weekends
01:00:41well sweetheart
01:00:43just be careful
01:00:44don't worry
01:00:46nothing bad's gonna happen
01:00:47please stay awful
01:01:01okay
01:01:02okay
01:01:04come for a drink
01:01:16hey
01:01:17can i get a bottle of soda
01:01:26can i get one more
01:01:28that's drink number four
01:01:30five
01:01:30six
01:01:33seven
01:01:34seven drinks in total
01:01:35at mccarthy's
01:01:36before the defendant moved on to the waterfall
01:01:38where she kept drinking
01:01:41and then
01:01:42she got behind the wheel
01:01:43and drove to 34 fairview with john o'keefe
01:02:06i don't think anybody would be paying attention when i said my favorite color was pink
01:02:16i'm handing you a document
01:02:18do you recognize it
01:02:19yes
01:02:21and what do you recognize it to be
01:02:24it's a text message thread labeled proctor's friends
01:02:29so these all came from me
01:02:31from all accounts he didn't do anything wrong
01:02:34she's a whack job
01:02:36see you
01:02:38objection
01:02:39so don't spell it
01:02:40you have to
01:02:42this is
01:02:43these are your words
01:02:45trooper proctor
01:02:46yes john
01:02:48so go ahead and say them
01:02:51she's a whack job con
01:02:55she's a babe
01:02:57weird follower of accent though
01:02:58no ass
01:02:59these are unprofessional comments
01:03:02but they absolutely do not detract from the integrity of the investigation
01:03:06or the facts and the evidence
01:03:08of it
01:03:09sir
01:03:11how did you refer to miss reed in your text exchange when you informed them that you were going through
01:03:16her phone
01:03:17i used regrettable language
01:03:19i said that i was going through his retarded client's phone
01:03:23and who were you referring to as retarded
01:03:26misri
01:03:26so the person that you were investigating you referred to to your bosses as retarded correct
01:03:31again poor language on my part
01:03:33poor language is one way to put it
01:03:34completely offensive is another way to put it
01:03:36then what did you write after you talked about going through her phone
01:03:42no nudes so far
01:03:43so you were looking for naked photographs of miss reed correct
01:03:46no not correct
01:03:48let me ask you a question
01:03:50have you ever looked for naked photographs of male suspects you were investigating
01:03:54i don't look for naked photos on anyone's phones
01:03:57well you just said you were looking for nudes of miss reed
01:04:00like i said mr jackson it was
01:04:02an inappropriate joke
01:04:04so you weren't so much objectively investigating karen reed
01:04:08as objectifying correct
01:04:12before you even went into the house having interviewed only three folks
01:04:15you had this case nice and wrapped up didn't you
01:04:17yes
01:04:19based on the evidence uncovered by my office that day
01:04:22the one shoe discovered at the scene
01:04:25the one shoe at the hospital
01:04:26mr o'keefe's injuries
01:04:28the broken tailpiece underneath the snow
01:04:30no it's a truth doctor i didn't ask for your explanation
01:04:33i asked did you in your mind have this case wrapped up
01:04:38was it cut and dry in your mind
01:04:40yes
01:04:40then you indicated we're going to put serious charges on the girl
01:04:44who were you referring to as the girl
01:04:47the defendant
01:04:48the way you were going to make it
01:04:50cut and dry right
01:04:51pretty simple just pin it on the girl
01:04:54absolutely not
01:04:55then what did you write
01:05:00she's screwed
01:05:01she's screwed
01:05:02you decided
01:05:04individually trooper proctor
01:05:06that you were not only going to put it on the girl
01:05:09you decided
01:05:10you were going to make sure this case was cut and dried
01:05:12and the way you were going to do it
01:05:14is to make sure she's screwed
01:05:16i mean that's what you were saying
01:05:17no no absolutely not
01:05:19you responded to a text message from your sister
01:05:21hopefully she kills herself
01:05:23correct
01:05:24it was a figure of speech
01:05:26you believe trooper proctor
01:05:28that your life would be much easier
01:05:30if karen reed was just dead
01:05:32no no um
01:05:33like i said it was a figure of speech
01:05:35my emotions got the best of me
01:05:37based on you know
01:05:37the fact that ms reed
01:05:39hit mr o'keefe with her vehicle
01:05:41and left him to die
01:05:42on the side of the road
01:05:43so my emotions got the best of me with
01:05:45that figure of speech
01:05:47well let's talk about that figure of speech
01:05:50during the course of your investigation
01:05:52your figures of speech include the following
01:05:56she's a bitch
01:05:57a whack job
01:05:58a retard
01:05:59no ass
01:06:00she's screwed
01:06:02according to you
01:06:03and screw her
01:06:04correct
01:06:05correct
01:06:10do you agree
01:06:11trooper proctor
01:06:12that you have dehumanized karen reed
01:06:14during the course of your investigation
01:06:16with comments and words like this
01:06:19i would say that
01:06:22based off of that language
01:06:26um
01:06:28yes
01:06:29because you were going to make sure
01:06:30this case was cut and dry
01:06:32those were your words right
01:06:34to pin it on the girl
01:06:37shame on you sir
01:06:38objection
01:06:40uh at the waterfall
01:06:41it seemed like they were quite lovey-dovey
01:06:44at 12.37.08 a.m
01:06:46the defendant calls john
01:06:47and voicemail number one is left
01:06:49miss gilman
01:06:50would you kindly play the voicemail
01:06:51for 12.37.08
01:06:55you know what john
01:06:56i god damn hate you
01:06:58do you hear me
01:06:59i god damn hate you
01:07:01at 1.17.37 a.m
01:07:04the defendant calls john
01:07:05this is when voicemail six
01:07:07is left with voice
01:07:07john do you hear me
01:07:09you are screwing
01:07:11another girl
01:07:13what if anything
01:07:14did your brother mention to you
01:07:16as far as reasons for
01:07:17an argument
01:07:18or points of contention
01:07:21he didn't like it
01:07:22if you know
01:07:23she spent a lot of money
01:07:24on the kids
01:07:24for gifts
01:07:26i know there was some arguments
01:07:28about what she fed him
01:07:29whether it was dunker donuts
01:07:30or what have you
01:07:31things along those lines
01:07:33what if any
01:07:34occasions
01:07:36as far as
01:07:37their arguments
01:07:39or anything like that
01:07:40did you observe
01:07:41personally
01:07:41yourself
01:07:42i witnessed
01:07:43i witnessed
01:07:44so they had rented
01:07:46a house down in cape cod
01:07:47i witnessed
01:07:48you know
01:07:49one intense
01:07:50fight between
01:07:51the two of them
01:07:53it was a verbal argument
01:07:55you know
01:07:56typical couples
01:07:57fighting
01:07:57there was
01:07:59alcohol
01:07:59involved
01:08:02i recall
01:08:03complaining that
01:08:04he wasn't nice to
01:08:05you know
01:08:06something to that effect
01:08:07i was
01:08:08kind of the
01:08:09referee in that
01:08:10entire situation
01:08:11when you make reference
01:08:12to the alcohol involved
01:08:14was that one or both
01:08:15uh
01:08:16both
01:08:17both your brother
01:08:19and the defendant
01:08:20correct
01:08:23do you think
01:08:23it's standard practice
01:08:24to borrow solo cups
01:08:25from a neighbor
01:08:26to gather evidence
01:08:27of course not
01:08:30nothing about
01:08:30this scene
01:08:31was standard
01:08:32so after 8 a.m
01:08:34the crime scene
01:08:35was completely open
01:08:36unsecured
01:08:37available to anybody
01:08:39correct
01:08:44so your expert testimony
01:08:46is that
01:08:46john o'keefe
01:08:47was hit by the
01:08:48suv and
01:08:49flew 30 feet
01:08:50would you define
01:08:52flying as being
01:08:53literally in the air
01:08:54the whole time
01:08:55i don't know
01:08:56you tell me
01:08:56you're the expert
01:08:57oh
01:08:59he was
01:08:59when we say
01:09:01projected
01:09:02we mean
01:09:03he gets projected
01:09:04and then they
01:09:05they usually
01:09:06have a landing phase
01:09:07and then they
01:09:08land
01:09:09or they usually
01:09:09roll
01:09:10or tumble
01:09:11to final rest
01:09:13if struck by a vehicle
01:09:15going 24 miles per hour
01:09:16i'd expect to see
01:09:17fractures
01:09:18and deep
01:09:19contusions
01:09:20not just the abrasions
01:09:21found on the victim's arm
01:09:22red plastic
01:09:23found in the debris
01:09:24scraped from
01:09:25john o'keefe's clothing
01:09:26were a match to
01:09:27the defendant's
01:09:27damaged taillight
01:09:28the victim's injuries
01:09:29don't look remotely
01:09:30consistent
01:09:31with being struck
01:09:32by a vehicle
01:09:33we are here for justice
01:09:35for john o'keefe
01:09:36and justice
01:09:37for karen reed
01:09:38because there is
01:09:39no justice
01:09:40for john o'keefe
01:09:41without justice
01:09:43for karen reed
01:09:47as the snow
01:09:48melted
01:09:48more and more
01:09:49pieces of taillight
01:09:50from the defendant's
01:09:50vehicle were uncovered
01:09:51at the scene
01:09:52sergeant
01:09:53were you able
01:09:54to see the video
01:09:54okay
01:09:55based on the motion
01:09:56of the shot
01:09:57with the snow
01:09:57falling
01:09:58it appears
01:09:58that there is
01:09:59movement
01:09:59but the video
01:10:00speaks for itself
01:10:03on the ground
01:10:05around the rear
01:10:05of mr o'keefe's
01:10:06parked vehicle
01:10:07what if any
01:10:07red pieces
01:10:08or anything
01:10:08do you observe
01:10:10nothing was observed
01:10:13john never went
01:10:14in the house
01:10:14it's not a story
01:10:15it's a fact
01:10:18mr o'keefe's
01:10:20apple health data
01:10:21indicated he
01:10:21climbed up or down
01:10:23three flights of stairs
01:10:24between 1221
01:10:25and 1224
01:10:27i cross-referenced
01:10:28mr o'keefe's phone
01:10:29and his apple watch
01:10:30and the data
01:10:31indicate he was
01:10:32still half a mile
01:10:33away from 34
01:10:34fairview
01:10:35at 1224
01:10:36as i left
01:10:37i noticed
01:10:38something
01:10:38out of the ordinary
01:10:39like a
01:10:41black blob
01:10:42on the ground
01:10:43by the flagpole
01:10:44it was pretty dark
01:10:46and snowy
01:10:48i was also
01:10:49intoxicated
01:10:50drinking
01:10:55at 227 a.m
01:10:56you made a google
01:10:57search
01:10:57how long to die
01:10:58in the cold
01:10:59correct
01:10:59except
01:11:00you made a mistake
01:11:01and typed
01:11:02hos
01:11:02how long to die
01:11:04in cold
01:11:05i made that search
01:11:06but i made it in the
01:11:07morning after 6 a.m
01:11:08at your client's request
01:11:11i opened up a search tab
01:11:12at that time
01:11:12yes
01:11:13but i was looking at a
01:11:14basketball team for my
01:11:15daughter
01:11:15i didn't make that search
01:11:16until right after we
01:11:17found john
01:11:18karen screamed at me
01:11:19to look it up
01:11:20and my hands were shaking
01:11:21karen was saying
01:11:22google hypothermia
01:11:24our analysis showed that
01:11:26miss mccabe's searches
01:11:27for how long to die
01:11:28in the cold
01:11:28were in fact conducted
01:11:29at 623
01:11:31and 624 a.m
01:11:34miss mccabe
01:11:35the records show
01:11:35you made that search
01:11:36at 227 a.m
01:11:37i made that search
01:11:38after 6 a.m
01:11:39at your client's request
01:11:40she kept saying
01:11:41i hit him
01:11:42i hit him
01:11:43oh my god
01:11:44i hit him
01:11:45i hit him
01:11:46no
01:11:46i didn't hear that part
01:11:48so you're telling me
01:11:49you actually heard
01:11:49what she said
01:11:50in a snowstorm
01:11:51i can tell you today
01:11:52with 100% clarity
01:11:53she said i hit him
01:11:55i hit him
01:11:55i hit him
01:11:56mr lawbreak
01:11:58when you drove
01:11:59your snowplow
01:11:59past 34 fairview
01:12:01that night
01:12:02how much of the
01:12:03front lawn area
01:12:04did your headlights
01:12:06illuminate
01:12:07the entire front lawn
01:12:08and at that hour
01:12:09at 245 in the morning
01:12:12did you see anything
01:12:13in that front lawn area
01:12:14near the flagpole
01:12:16i saw nothing
01:12:18a body
01:12:20no
01:12:23no further questions
01:12:27thanks for joining us
01:12:28i'm chris tanaka
01:12:29with a wbc news update
01:12:30after weeks of testimony
01:12:32and dozens of witnesses
01:12:33closing arguments
01:12:34finally set today
01:12:35in the karen reed murder trial
01:12:37read karen reed
01:12:38read karen reed
01:12:41last day in court
01:12:43no more
01:12:44what's next
01:12:45what witness is next
01:12:47what questions
01:12:48are you going to be
01:12:48asking them
01:12:49i'm glad that part's
01:12:51over with
01:12:52you're looking at the
01:12:53positive
01:12:54that's good
01:12:56yeah
01:12:58i woke up this morning
01:12:59and it just felt weird
01:13:01it felt weird not knowing
01:13:02where i'm gonna sleep
01:13:03tonight
01:13:04i could be all alone
01:13:06in prison
01:13:17just look the other way
01:13:20that's what they want
01:13:21that's what they're counting on
01:13:26but the uncanny fact
01:13:28is that you have been lied to
01:13:29in this courtroom
01:13:31and your job
01:13:32is to never ever
01:13:33look the other way
01:13:35your singular duty
01:13:37is to stare down the evidence
01:13:38and do it
01:13:40unflinchingly
01:13:41and do it
01:13:41unwaveringly
01:13:42you are the last line
01:13:43of defense
01:13:44between karen reed
01:13:47and the tyranny
01:13:48of injustice
01:13:50how do we get here
01:13:53first
01:13:55you build a tall blue wall
01:13:56but most importantly
01:14:00pick your patsy
01:14:01and you pin it on the girl
01:14:04question is
01:14:05what will you do
01:14:06at this moment
01:14:08ignore the
01:14:09the lies
01:14:10and the manipulations
01:14:11and the misogyny
01:14:12and the bias
01:14:13the lack of evidence
01:14:14would you ever do that
01:14:15could you ever do that
01:14:16or will you say
01:14:18with your verdict
01:14:19i see the truth
01:14:22ladies and gentlemen
01:14:24karen reed
01:14:25is innocent
01:14:28do justice
01:14:29and find her not guilty
01:14:37i hit him
01:14:38i hit him
01:14:39i hit him
01:14:41those were the words
01:14:42of the defendant
01:14:43this is all my fault
01:14:45i did this
01:14:46those were the words
01:14:48that came from
01:14:49the defendant's mouth
01:14:50on january 29th
01:14:51while john o'keefe
01:14:53lay dying
01:14:54on the front lawn
01:14:55of 34 fairview road
01:14:58where the defendant
01:14:59had left him
01:14:59after striking him
01:15:00with her vehicle
01:15:01several hours before
01:15:03and then left him there
01:15:04freezing
01:15:04in the blizzard
01:15:05moments later
01:15:06the defendant
01:15:07leaves that voicemail
01:15:08seething with rage
01:15:09screaming
01:15:10john
01:15:11i hate you
01:15:13john
01:15:13i'm here with your kids
01:15:14nobody knows where you are
01:15:16only somebody did know
01:15:17where mr o'keefe was
01:15:18the defendant knew exactly
01:15:20where he was
01:15:21because she had driven him there
01:15:22she struck him there
01:15:24and she left him there
01:15:26to die
01:15:26in the morning
01:15:27she doesn't ask
01:15:29is he okay
01:15:29is he gonna be okay
01:15:31how is he
01:15:32any sort of questions
01:15:33about his medical condition
01:15:34just is he dead
01:15:36over and over
01:15:38and over again
01:15:40facts are stubborn things
01:15:42and whatever may be
01:15:43our wishes
01:15:44our inclinations
01:15:46or the dictates
01:15:47of our passions
01:15:48they cannot
01:15:50alter
01:15:51the state
01:15:52of the facts
01:15:52and of the evidence
01:15:54and what
01:15:54the facts
01:15:55and the evidence
01:15:57demonstrate here
01:15:58is that the defendant
01:16:01drove her car in reverse
01:16:03struck mr o'keefe
01:16:05causing those
01:16:06catastrophic brain injuries
01:16:07leaving him incapacitated
01:16:10and freezing
01:16:11to death
01:16:21you could really sense
01:16:23the anxiety
01:16:24from karen reed's
01:16:25supporters
01:16:25which is a different story
01:16:27from yesterday
01:16:27and the day before
01:16:28when they were
01:16:29excited and confident
01:16:30today many of them
01:16:31told me
01:16:32they are nervous
01:16:33and expected a verdict
01:16:34by now
01:16:36i should have listened
01:16:37to you
01:16:38i shouldn't have
01:16:39gone out that night
01:16:40why did i go out
01:16:41that night
01:16:50look
01:16:53i know
01:16:53this has been hell
01:16:55but i can't tell you
01:16:57how proud i am of you
01:16:59there's so many women
01:17:01that identify with you
01:17:02because they know
01:17:03what it's like
01:17:04to be objectified
01:17:06dehumanized
01:17:07victimized
01:17:10with you
01:17:11they see strength
01:17:15and the courage
01:17:16to fight back
01:17:20it's hard to describe
01:17:21if you're not standing
01:17:23right here
01:17:24at the courthouse
01:17:25as the jury
01:17:26goes into its
01:17:26fifth day
01:17:27of deliberation
01:17:28the feeling
01:17:28in the air
01:17:29is just different
01:17:35i'll take him
01:17:36i'll take him to trial
01:17:37okay
01:17:38you can keep me
01:17:39in limbo
01:17:39for ten years
01:17:40just please
01:17:43oh god
01:17:44please let me
01:17:44go home tonight
01:17:46karen
01:17:47karen
01:17:48hey
01:17:48just go back
01:17:49to the evidence
01:17:51obviously we
01:17:52we were all
01:17:53hoping for
01:17:54a faster
01:17:55quicker verdict
01:17:56but i can't imagine
01:17:58twelve jurors
01:17:58would ever say
01:17:59you're guilty
01:17:59of anything
01:18:05i mean what if
01:18:06they don't even
01:18:06let me hug
01:18:07my father
01:18:07before they
01:18:08put me
01:18:08in handcuffs
01:18:13it's not gonna happen
01:18:18karen
01:18:20it's amazing
01:18:22that it took you
01:18:23until now
01:18:23to break down
01:18:24like that
01:18:26i mean
01:18:27that just speaks
01:18:28to your
01:18:28incredible strength
01:18:41verdict
01:18:46despite our
01:18:47rigorous efforts
01:18:47we continue
01:18:48to find ourselves
01:18:49at an impasse
01:18:50to continue
01:18:52to deliberate
01:18:52would be futile
01:18:53and only serve
01:18:55to force us
01:18:55to compromise
01:18:56these deeply held
01:18:57beliefs
01:18:57i'm not gonna do
01:18:59that to you
01:18:59folks
01:19:00your service
01:19:01here is complete
01:19:03i'm declaring
01:19:04a mistrial
01:19:04in this case
01:19:07thank you so much
01:19:08for your service
01:19:09okay
01:19:18you're not done yet
01:19:37this is what happens
01:19:38when you bring false
01:19:39charges to an innocent
01:19:40person
01:19:43no matter how long
01:19:44it takes
01:19:44it takes
01:19:45no matter how long
01:19:46they keep trying
01:19:47we will not stop
01:19:48fighting
01:19:50we have no quit
01:19:59we're attacking the family
01:20:00of an innocent man
01:20:01who was killed
01:20:02what's the matter
01:20:03with you people
01:20:04look at them
01:20:06it's like the super bowl
01:20:07mardi gras
01:20:07days of our lives
01:20:08all rolled into one
01:20:09you think these people
01:20:10care what the truth is
01:20:11i just need to watch
01:20:12the karen reed show
01:20:15a mistrial is not justice
01:20:17i don't think anybody
01:20:19thinks it is
01:20:19yeah well it's better
01:20:20than going to jail
01:20:21i guess
01:20:22well justice is what
01:20:24we need
01:20:24and justice is not
01:20:26you walking out
01:20:27of that courtroom
01:20:27it's you not
01:20:28being charged anymore
01:20:30yeah well i'd rather
01:20:31go to jail
01:20:31before i plea out
01:20:57closing arguments today
01:20:58in the retrial of the
01:20:59karen reed murder case
01:21:00it's been a year
01:21:01since her first trial
01:21:03do you think she'll
01:21:03get an acquittal
01:21:04this go around
01:21:04no doubt in my mind
01:21:05karen reed is innocent
01:21:07there was no collision
01:21:09there was no collision
01:21:10there was no collision
01:21:13stare down injustice
01:21:16you are the last line
01:21:18of defense
01:21:18between an innocent woman
01:21:21and a system
01:21:22that tried mightily
01:21:23to bury the truth
01:21:24the commonwealth
01:21:26has to prove
01:21:27every charge
01:21:28beyond a reasonable doubt
01:21:30to an unshakable moral certainty
01:21:32no officer ever heard
01:21:34karen reed say
01:21:35i hit him
01:21:36it's not in a single
01:21:37police report
01:21:37nowhere
01:21:38the fact is
01:21:39there was no collision
01:21:41a car didn't kill
01:21:42john o'keefe
01:21:43and karen reed
01:21:44is an innocent woman
01:21:45find karen reed
01:21:46not guilty
01:21:47not guilty
01:21:49not guilty
01:21:54karen reed
01:21:55karen reed was drunk
01:21:56she hit him
01:21:57and she left him
01:21:58to die
01:21:58john didn't go
01:21:59into any house
01:22:00he couldn't
01:22:02his phone never
01:22:03moved again
01:22:03she leaves him a voicemail
01:22:05nobody knows
01:22:06where you are
01:22:07panic
01:22:07drunken denial
01:22:09is setting in
01:22:10they were fighting
01:22:12she got drunk
01:22:13she hit him
01:22:15she left him
01:22:16to die
01:22:16simple as that
01:22:18john o'keefe
01:22:19was murdered
01:22:20by karen reed
01:22:23on day four
01:22:24of jury deliberations
01:22:25in the retrial
01:22:26of karen reed
01:22:27the mood here
01:22:28is of increasing
01:22:29concern
01:22:30that this trial
01:22:31may end up
01:22:32just like the last one
01:22:33with a mistrial
01:22:46hello
01:22:55all right i appreciate you all getting back here
01:23:00uh during the luncheon break
01:23:02i received word that the jury
01:23:05knocked on the door
01:23:05indicating that they had a verdict
01:23:07but shortly thereafter
01:23:08they knocked again
01:23:10and said that they do not have a verdict
01:23:14so i would ask everyone
01:23:16remain in the building
01:23:18until the end of the day
01:23:29we're close
01:23:30it's coming
01:23:58mr foreman
01:24:00members of the jury
01:24:01have you agreed upon a verdict
01:24:04yes
01:24:04mr foreman
01:24:06in the matter of murder
01:24:07in the second degree
01:24:08what say you
01:24:09not guilty
01:24:13manslaughter
01:24:13while operating under the influence
01:24:15what say you
01:24:17not guilty
01:24:23operating under the influence
01:24:25of liquor
01:24:26by operating a motor vehicle
01:24:28so say you mr foreman
01:24:29guilty
01:24:32leaving the scene
01:24:33after an accident
01:24:34resulting in death
01:24:35not guilty
01:24:36or guilty
01:24:43not guilty
01:25:01honestly it was the most emotional experience
01:25:03i feel i would be disrespecting everything
01:25:07our founding fathers wish their lives for
01:25:09if i wasn't out there fighting for karen
01:25:11in a statement
01:25:12john o'keefe's family
01:25:13called the verdict
01:25:14a devastating miscarriage of justice
01:25:19i've been preparing for this
01:25:20for a long time
01:25:21both the worst
01:25:22and the best
01:25:22and i'm
01:25:23i'm so happy that it turned out
01:25:25to invest
01:25:44i just want to say two things
01:25:48number one is
01:25:50number one is i couldn't be standing here today
01:25:51if it wasn't for these amazing supporters
01:25:55who've supported me
01:25:56and my team
01:25:58financially
01:25:59and more importantly
01:26:01emotionally for almost four years
01:26:05and the second thing i want to say
01:26:07is that no one has fought harder
01:26:09for justice for john o'keefe
01:26:11than i have
01:26:12than i have
01:26:13and my team
01:26:15thank you
01:26:16thank you
01:26:23i remember everything
01:26:27i said
01:26:29could i have hit him
01:26:33did i hit him
01:26:43did i hit him
01:26:49i hit him
01:26:53this one
01:26:54that's
01:26:54yeah
01:26:54no
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