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Accused: The Karen Read Story

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00:00:27I remember everything.
00:00:32I said, could I have hit him?
00:00:35Did I hit him?
00:00:40And I'm not as clear as if I hadn't been drinking.
00:01:04I'm not as clear as if I hadn't been drinking.
00:01:11No, not yet.
00:01:15You know, my dad said I shouldn't be out with a blizzard on the way.
00:01:19Yeah, your dad's probably right.
00:01:22But, hey, I'm glad you did.
00:01:30Hey.
00:01:33Hey.
00:01:46uh chris albert what a bunch of them down by the waterfall he says
00:01:52and do you want to go
00:01:55or we could just go back to your place
00:01:59look it'll be easier to go by have a drink and come up with some excuse
00:02:04yeah we're going yeah let's go if you want
00:02:25hey st john johnny
00:02:27hey hey hey you hey hey karen who invited these losers come on over i blame your brother
00:02:35hey man what are you pricks drinking whatever you pricks are buying oh kiss that mouth that's
00:02:41where i know to shut her up hey come on uh hey uh hey you in no cheers
00:02:49cheers
00:02:53i'm really glad i came tonight cheers
00:02:58so am i staying at your house tonight i can think of a good reason why you want to stay
00:03:03at my place tonight let's keep this party going let's all go back to my place here you go all
00:03:21right the plan make sure you let those guys know yeah yeah i'll let them know we're all
00:03:25going back to brian's place you coming uh yeah yeah great is that fair of you i'll text you
00:03:35really it's after midnight can't we just go back to your house just you and me
00:03:39one drink come on we'll be a minute all right
00:04:09i haven't heard anything you've said
00:04:10one drink come on
00:04:22and
00:04:24one drink
00:04:25one
00:04:39two
00:06:18John?
00:06:23John?
00:06:35John?
00:06:36John?
00:06:52John?
00:06:57John?
00:07:07John?
00:07:19John?
00:07:22John?
00:07:23John?
00:07:23Where the hell are you?
00:07:25Will you call me back please?
00:07:27Call me.
00:07:31John?
00:07:32Where the hell are you?
00:07:34Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:07:39John?
00:07:40John?
00:07:41What's going on?
00:07:42I don't know where John is.
00:07:44What?
00:07:44What do you mean?
00:07:45I can't find him.
00:07:46Have you talked to him?
00:07:48Have you seen him?
00:07:49Just calm down.
00:07:50Tell me what happened.
00:07:50I came home last night and I'm totally freaking out right now.
00:07:54I mean I figured you guys just-
00:07:55He never came home.
00:07:56I don't know what to do.
00:07:57I'm seriously freaking out over here.
00:07:58John, he never came home.
00:08:00Just relax, okay?
00:08:01I'm sure he's fine.
00:08:02We'll figure it out, okay?
00:08:03I think I just need to go look for him.
00:08:05I can't stand here.
00:08:06I have to go.
00:08:15Oh shit.
00:08:34John!
00:08:35John!
00:08:35Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:08:39Pick up the phone!
00:08:44Gary, I'm worried.
00:08:46I'm worried John might be dead.
00:08:48What?
00:08:48I think he may have gotten hit by a plow.
00:08:50He never came home last night.
00:08:52We were all out drinking and-
00:08:54Karen, maybe you shouldn't be on the road.
00:08:57No, I'm headed to John McCabe's.
00:08:58Will you help us, please?
00:08:59Will you come?
00:09:00Please, will you come help us?
00:09:04Let's meet back at John's.
00:09:11Jen!
00:09:13Jen!
00:09:14Jen, get in the car.
00:09:15Gary's meeting us back at John's house.
00:09:16What happened here?
00:09:18I backed him into John's car as I was pulling out.
00:09:20Maybe he's at home.
00:09:21Maybe we'll just check the house again.
00:09:22No, I've checked the entire house.
00:09:24Every room.
00:09:25Okay.
00:09:25And I've been calling him.
00:09:26Okay, let's just look again.
00:09:28Get in the car!
00:09:29Okay.
00:09:46I told you he wasn't here.
00:09:49I don't know.
00:09:49Maybe he went and slept it off at the Alberts and maybe he was too drunk.
00:09:54I mean, we didn't see him.
00:09:56Can we just-
00:09:56Can we please just go there?
00:09:58Do you remember you last saw him?
00:10:00No, I don't-
00:10:01I don't know.
00:10:02I mean-
00:10:03I don't-
00:10:04Uh, I-I saw you guys pull up in front of Brian's.
00:10:08What?
00:10:08Yeah, I saw your car out front.
00:10:10I mean, I figured you guys changed your mind and left.
00:10:13No, I-I-I don't know.
00:10:17I don't know.
00:10:18I-I don't know.
00:10:19Let's just-just keep driving.
00:10:27There he is.
00:10:28There he is!
00:10:29What?
00:10:30Where?
00:10:30Stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:10:33Wait, why are you seeing him?
00:10:35Why are you seeing him?
00:10:36John!
00:10:38He's crazy.
00:10:39No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:46No!
00:10:48No!
00:10:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
00:10:51No!
00:10:51John!
00:10:52John!
00:10:53John!
00:10:53John!
00:10:54John!
00:10:54Call that on one!
00:10:56I'm missing the CPR!
00:10:57Get off!
00:10:58Uh, yeah, yeah.
00:11:00No, we need someone to 34 Fairview Road Canton map now.
00:11:03What's going on?
00:11:04Yeah, there's a guy, he's unresponsive in the snow!
00:11:06Oh, my God!
00:11:08No, no!
00:11:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
00:11:22No, no, no, no, no.
00:11:38Oh, my God, we just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:43John O'Keefe, you know him, right?
00:11:45Awesome cop.
00:11:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, we don't know how long he's been here.
00:11:53Liz.
00:12:04John, Liz.
00:12:08Yeah, we got our boss and police officer just been found in the snow here.
00:12:16Get your step back, and we're going to get your step back, step back.
00:12:22He does have some trauma to his head.
00:12:24I'm not sure if he's in a fight or whatever.
00:12:26I'm not getting a little hit.
00:12:27All right.
00:12:27Nope.
00:12:29One, two, three, two, three.
00:12:30Don't need any officer.
00:12:32EMT's here now.
00:12:34Here we go.
00:12:36Here we go.
00:12:38Please, that's my boyfriend.
00:12:40I left him and he never came home.
00:12:42Please.
00:12:43Keep back.
00:12:43Keep back.
00:12:44Carrie, John, is he dead?
00:12:47He's dead.
00:12:48I was over there.
00:12:51Mom?
00:12:53I'm okay.
00:12:58Dad.
00:12:59Dad.
00:13:00It's John.
00:13:02He's dead.
00:13:03What?
00:13:05I don't want to be alive right now.
00:13:08Dad, I just...
00:13:10I just want to die.
00:13:13Is he breathing?
00:13:15All right.
00:13:16Let's move him.
00:13:22Claire.
00:13:24No.
00:13:26Wait.
00:13:27No.
00:13:27Camp in control, the camp in 682.
00:13:30682.
00:13:31Are you aware of the party on scene or the caller named Karen?
00:13:34Affirmative.
00:13:35It's going to be okay.
00:13:36I have her father on the line.
00:13:38She's making suicidal comments.
00:13:41I'm going to section her so we know where she is.
00:13:43Okay, John.
00:13:45Donal, wait.
00:13:46Mom, you're going to be coming with us.
00:13:47What are you talking about?
00:13:48I want to go with him.
00:13:50We've got to ride over here for you.
00:13:51No.
00:13:52Space and the other ambulance.
00:13:54Please.
00:13:54It'll be okay.
00:13:54We'll get him over.
00:13:55We'll get him over.
00:13:55I'm going with him.
00:13:56I'm going with him.
00:13:58Ever.
00:13:59We're going to get through Adam.
00:14:00You're going to travel in with me.
00:14:01We're going to go with this ambulance over here.
00:14:03No.
00:14:04No.
00:14:12Okay.
00:14:17Okay.
00:14:18I don't know.
00:14:20Please don't die.
00:14:22Please don't.
00:14:24Okay.
00:14:25Just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:34I don't want to live without him.
00:14:37Ma'am, are you thinking about hurting yourself?
00:14:45Did they find a pulse?
00:14:48We're on our way to the hospital.
00:14:50We're going to find out more then.
00:14:55They tried giving him mouth to mouth.
00:14:57That was good.
00:14:58And he's going where they can really take care of him.
00:15:01He's going to be there in a few minutes.
00:15:05Steven, I believe it.
00:15:07I believe it.
00:15:11We're right in here.
00:15:14Why don't you have a seat?
00:15:16Why am I in here?
00:15:17We just need to run some tests.
00:15:19I don't understand.
00:15:20You're brought in under a section 12 that's a psychiatric hold.
00:15:23And the EMT is concerned you might hurt yourself.
00:15:25I just saw my boyfriend half dead in the snow.
00:15:28I just need to go see him.
00:15:30Please let me see him.
00:15:31Hey, hey.
00:15:32I'm looking for my brother, John O'Keefe.
00:15:33He was brought in here.
00:15:36Paul!
00:15:37Paul!
00:15:38Paul!
00:15:39Paul!
00:15:39Paul!
00:15:43No, that's them.
00:15:45That's my...
00:15:45That's the family.
00:15:47Please.
00:15:47I need to go be with them.
00:15:48I don't understand why you're taking my blood.
00:15:52Please make a fist.
00:15:53The doctor will be in soon to ask you a few questions.
00:15:56Oh, Jesus.
00:16:06Hi, Dad.
00:16:09I got here as quick as I could.
00:16:15They won't let me see him.
00:16:20They, uh, I mean, honey, they, uh, they did what they could do.
00:16:26Did you see him?
00:16:28Is he okay?
00:16:30Sweetheart.
00:16:34He's, uh, he's gone.
00:16:36No, no, no.
00:16:40No.
00:16:42No.
00:16:43We don't tell him that.
00:16:46No.
00:16:47No, no.
00:16:49Oh, look at me.
00:16:50They did everything that could have been done.
00:16:56Oh.
00:16:57Oh.
00:16:58How did it happen?
00:17:00I mean, did, did I hit him?
00:17:03Did...
00:17:05Could I?
00:17:06Could I have hit him?
00:17:08I don't know.
00:17:24John, where are you?
00:17:27John, pick up.
00:17:29Come on.
00:17:30Where are you?
00:17:32Call me.
00:17:34John, would you pick up your phone?
00:17:36Really?
00:17:37What?
00:17:37You're a goddamn loser, you know that?
00:17:39We are a goddamn loser.
00:17:41Call me back.
00:17:42I goddamn hate you!
00:17:45I goddamn hate you!
00:17:47Do you hear me?
00:17:48I goddamn hate you!
00:17:50I goddamn hate you!
00:18:09Doctor, they put you on this?
00:18:10Lead investigator.
00:18:11What are we looking at?
00:18:13I'll put a snow in a vague hope we'll find anything important underneath.
00:18:17Why can't these things only happen in the spring?
00:18:20What are you doing?
00:18:21That's a solo cup.
00:18:22That's all we got right now.
00:18:24Just trying to beat the snowmobile.
00:18:37How are you holding up?
00:18:40Not good.
00:18:41No.
00:18:44How can he be gone?
00:18:46How can I never, ever see him again?
00:18:51I need to see the kids.
00:18:53Will you take me?
00:18:54I think that's a good idea.
00:19:08I think that's a good idea.
00:19:25I wasn't expecting.
00:19:34I'm so sorry.
00:19:44Nobody told me that everybody was getting together here.
00:19:48That we all wanted to be with the kids.
00:19:52Yeah, yeah, me too.
00:19:55How are they?
00:19:59I mean, they know what happened.
00:20:01They're taking them pretty hard.
00:20:05Where are they?
00:20:07Upstairs.
00:20:11You saw him?
00:20:14You saw him?
00:20:16Yeah, I saw him.
00:20:19They didn't let me see him.
00:20:21They put me in a different room.
00:20:24What did he...
00:20:26What did he look like?
00:20:29He's pretty banged up.
00:20:31Look to me like he got hit by a car.
00:20:38Excuse me.
00:20:43Excuse me.
00:20:52What the hell is going on here?
00:20:55They're upset.
00:20:56I'm upset.
00:20:58I loved this man.
00:21:00You know, I spent five nights a week in this house.
00:21:04This is more my home than it is theirs.
00:21:05And they think they can just come right in.
00:21:08Well, you understand why they want to be here.
00:21:11And I took care of those kids like a mother.
00:21:14I mean, there was...
00:21:16There was, like, this bond, you know?
00:21:22What the hell is going on here, Dad?
00:21:24Did you see the way that they were looking at me?
00:21:28Everybody's just confused.
00:21:30Nobody knows what happened.
00:21:35Neither do I.
00:21:38But everybody seems to only be looking at me.
00:21:42And you know what?
00:21:45Let them.
00:21:48Because if I did anything in any way,
00:21:51then I will pay my dues.
00:21:54And this is how it should be.
00:21:59I want to know the truth, Dad.
00:22:03Good, bad, or ugly.
00:22:25Hi, Mr. Reed.
00:22:27Yes?
00:22:28I'm Michael Proctor with Massachusetts State Police.
00:22:31I understand your daughter's here.
00:22:33Come in.
00:22:42We got in an argument that day.
00:22:45Just for an ongoing thing.
00:22:47About what?
00:22:49Just, you know,
00:22:51relationship stuff.
00:22:52Nothing new.
00:22:54But by the time we met up,
00:22:56we...
00:22:56We were all good.
00:22:59You know, we were...
00:23:01We were kissing and laughing.
00:23:03We were with our friends.
00:23:05And then he got out of the car.
00:23:07And I left.
00:23:09And that was...
00:23:10That was the last time I ever saw him.
00:23:12That was outside the Elbert's house.
00:23:15Around...
00:23:1512.30 a.m.?
00:23:17Yeah.
00:23:19Yeah, he...
00:23:20He got out of my car.
00:23:22I had a stomachache,
00:23:23so I just went back to his house.
00:23:25We got your blood results back from the hospital.
00:23:28You had a .093% at 9 this morning.
00:23:32That's still over the legal limit.
00:23:35Guess you guys were tying one on pretty good last night.
00:23:38Everybody was drinking.
00:23:41I mean, I had a couple drinks at McCarthy's.
00:23:44A couple more at the waterfall.
00:23:46I...
00:23:47I felt fine.
00:23:48Fine enough to get behind the wheel.
00:23:50Yeah, well...
00:23:51I got home in one piece.
00:23:53I noticed on the way in,
00:23:54you got a busted tail light.
00:23:56Yeah, that, um...
00:23:58That happened this morning.
00:24:00I backed into John's car.
00:24:03And...
00:24:04He's missing.
00:24:06I...
00:24:06I was frantic.
00:24:08Well, since the car's the last place anyone saw John,
00:24:10I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take that in
00:24:11to be investigated.
00:24:14Are you serious?
00:24:16You're gonna take my car?
00:24:18Well, uh...
00:24:20How am I supposed to get to work?
00:24:22Can you work from home?
00:24:24I mean, I'm a financial analyst.
00:24:27I can do that work from home,
00:24:28but I also teach finance at the university.
00:24:31Sorry, the car's evidence.
00:24:32I'm afraid where else I can have to ask for your phone.
00:24:35What?
00:24:37What?
00:24:38What?
00:24:53I think I'm gonna need a lawyer.
00:24:59So, the first thing that we can expect,
00:25:01most likely,
00:25:02is a no-contact order.
00:25:03No contact.
00:25:04What does that even...
00:25:07With who?
00:25:09With anyone in John's family.
00:25:12And I'm afraid that means that you won't be able to attend John's funeral.
00:25:16What?
00:25:18No contact with his family at all.
00:25:20I'm really sorry.
00:25:22They all have their minds made up.
00:25:25You know, three days ago,
00:25:26I was like family to them.
00:25:28And all of a sudden,
00:25:29no contact?
00:25:31I mean, is that even necessary?
00:25:33No one's speaking to me anyway.
00:25:34They're almost certainly gonna put a warrant out
00:25:36for your arrest.
00:25:38My arrest?
00:25:40I didn't do anything.
00:25:41This is insane.
00:25:51Look, that night...
00:25:57I had been drinking.
00:26:02It was late.
00:26:05And, I mean...
00:26:07I don't know what could have happened.
00:26:12Did he try to get to me while I was leaving
00:26:14and I just didn't...
00:26:15I didn't know it?
00:26:16I mean, I always have the music blasting.
00:26:19It was snowing.
00:26:20I had the wipers going.
00:26:21I had the heater blasting.
00:26:23I mean...
00:26:26What if...
00:26:29I don't even know.
00:26:30What if I...
00:26:32ran over his foot?
00:26:34Or what if I...
00:26:36I clipped him in the knee
00:26:37and he just passed out?
00:26:38Well, then you would have some element of culpability.
00:26:43They took your phone.
00:26:45They took your car.
00:26:47You need to prepare yourself.
00:26:51How is anybody supposed to prepare themselves for something like this?
00:26:54Well, you can also expect some fairly invasive discovery.
00:26:58Subpoenas for your texts, your emails, your financial records.
00:27:03I'll talk to the DA and arrange for you to voluntarily surrender.
00:27:08Everybody's so damn sure.
00:27:10Burned me at the stake already.
00:27:12Listen, Karen, I'm going to be with you for the whole thing.
00:27:18I've been practicing law for 30-plus years.
00:27:22They're going to take your picture.
00:27:24They'll take your prints.
00:27:25You post bail, you go home.
00:27:31I've got it over here.
00:27:34I think closer to the room.
00:27:36Are you all right?
00:27:37Yes.
00:27:37Okay, wait.
00:27:38I'll check that over there.
00:27:40Yeah, yeah.
00:27:40I'll grab one for a minute.
00:27:41Very, very, very good.
00:27:43Yeah.
00:27:43Very good.
00:27:46Yeah.
00:27:48Yeah.
00:27:49Yeah.
00:27:54Yeah.
00:28:09Just behind me is the location of the tragic death of Boston Police Officer John O'Peath,
00:28:15where investigations have intensified.
00:28:26Four taillight pieces over here.
00:28:32Family, friends, and fellow officers gathered today at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in
00:28:37Braintree for the funeral of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
00:28:41O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday in the early morning hours after being found in the
00:28:45snow outside a home in Canton.
00:28:47His brother Paul remembered John as someone who showed what determination could be.
00:28:52Moving forward, I will do my best to continue my brother's legacy of caring and supporting
00:28:58others, even though I know I can never come close to the way he did.
00:29:03Nor can I come close to expressing the admiration I have for John, who, after our sister Christy
00:29:11died, took her two children into his home to raise as his.
00:29:17But I can repeat the same words that John used at Christy's funeral.
00:29:25We'll take it from here.
00:29:27John O'Keefe will be laid to rest at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.
00:29:34David, hi.
00:29:36Hey, listen, I've got some bad news.
00:29:39Terrific.
00:29:39I talked to the DA, and they're not going for it.
00:29:42I won't let you voluntarily surrender.
00:29:45What?
00:29:47Why?
00:29:48Well, they're not telling me anything, but the Boston cop is dead.
00:29:52We knew there was a heightened sense of importance to it.
00:29:55They're playing their cards very close.
00:29:57So they're insisting on arresting me.
00:30:01David, how am I supposed to go to jail?
00:30:03I mean, I've got Crohn's, I've got MS, I've got all these meds I have to take.
00:30:07Okay, you can bring them with you.
00:30:11All right, when?
00:30:13Well, that's why I'm calling.
00:30:16Are you home?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:46I've got to go.
00:30:47I was stopped for a while.
00:30:58Okay, just like we talked about.
00:31:10David, I have to move.
00:31:15Aaron Reed, you have the right to remain silent.
00:31:19Anything you say can be used against you in a part of law.
00:31:25You cannot afford an attorney.
00:31:26One will be provided to you by the state.
00:31:42Police have arrested a Mansfield woman in connection with the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe,
00:31:48who was found in a snowbank on a Canton Street over the weekend.
00:31:54Investigators allege that Reed struck O'Keefe with her black Lexus SUV and left him to die in the snow
00:32:01outside a Canton home in the frigid, blizzard conditions.
00:32:06Manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death.
00:32:10Do you understand these charges?
00:32:13This arrest marks the first major development in the investigation into O'Keefe's death,
00:32:19which shocked the local law enforcement community.
00:32:35The other one is going to be clarified.
00:32:36Those charges have taken to me as well.
00:32:36I believe they are in the night that you have to leave a code for me.
00:32:36I believe that you are also going to be targeted to the station.
00:32:37Let me go up here.
00:32:37Let me go.
00:32:37Please?
00:32:38Well, I would want to be here.
00:32:40Let me go.
00:32:47I understand.
00:32:47How do you keep going up here?
00:32:48I understand.
00:32:48I'm going to be hurt.
00:32:50I'm not going to be here.
00:32:51I'm not going to be the last part.
00:33:08I don't know.
00:33:26Can I get a vodka, Silver?
00:33:32Here you go.
00:33:33Got snow on yet?
00:33:35No, not me.
00:33:37You know, my dad said I shouldn't be out with the wizard on the way.
00:33:41I'll take it, Alba.
00:33:49All right, Chris, Albert.
00:33:53A bunch of them down by the waterfall.
00:33:55Can we just hang here?
00:33:56Do you want to go?
00:33:57No.
00:33:59Come on, look at me.
00:34:01Look at my eyes.
00:34:02Four shots.
00:34:03All right.
00:34:05You guys in?
00:34:07Here we go.
00:34:09Fabulous.
00:34:12Cheers.
00:34:14Just go and say hi.
00:34:15Look, it'll be easier to go by, have a drink, and come up with some excuse.
00:34:19You're fine, let's go.
00:34:20Yeah, with one?
00:34:21Yeah, let's go.
00:34:22Hey, St. John.
00:34:23Johnny.
00:34:24Hey.
00:34:25Who invited these loose?
00:34:27Yeah, playing your brother.
00:34:29Hey, what are you pricks drinking?
00:34:30Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:34:32Kiss that mouth?
00:34:34Hey.
00:34:34That's the best way I know to shut her up.
00:34:36Come on.
00:34:40We're good, right?
00:34:42You in?
00:34:43No.
00:34:43You in?
00:34:44Uh, hey.
00:34:46Let's go back to my place.
00:34:48Don't forget to let those guys know.
00:34:49Oh, yeah, I'll let them know.
00:34:51Hey, we're all going back to Brian's place.
00:34:53You coming?
00:34:54Uh, yeah.
00:34:56Yeah.
00:34:59Really?
00:35:00What?
00:35:01Well, it's after midnight.
00:35:02Can't we just go back to your house?
00:35:03You and me?
00:35:05One drink.
00:35:06Come on, we'll be a minute.
00:35:07We're having a good time.
00:35:08All right.
00:35:09Are you coming?
00:35:19Hey.
00:35:21Thank God.
00:35:22You have to get me out of this cell.
00:35:24Well, they're going to be here in a minute to bring you over to your arraignment.
00:35:26Well, are they going to let me get cleaned up a bit?
00:35:29I mean, look at me.
00:35:31No one's going to care about that.
00:35:32Listen, I've been going through your arrest record, and there are a few things that we're
00:35:37going to need to address going forward.
00:35:38What are they saying?
00:35:39Well, first, your blood alcohol level that morning was .09.
00:35:44Yeah, I already know that.
00:35:46What else?
00:35:48Okay.
00:35:48Evidence.
00:35:49There were pieces of a broken taillight close to John's body, consistent with the broken
00:35:54taillight of your Lexus SUV.
00:35:56There were pieces of broken glass embedded in your bumper that they say came from a glass
00:36:01that John took from the waterfall.
00:36:03There were scratches, dents, and chipped paint all around that same back area of your car.
00:36:09Shit.
00:36:09Basically, they are saying that you drove to the Alberts' house, John got out, you backed
00:36:14up, slamming into him.
00:36:16After which, you drove to his place where you fell asleep, leaving him, laying there overnight
00:36:22to freeze to death.
00:36:26He got out of the car.
00:36:29I watched him head over to the house.
00:36:32That was the last time I ever saw him.
00:36:34Then they have people on the scene that morning that swear that they heard you say, I hit him.
00:36:41I hit him.
00:36:42I hit him.
00:36:44David, I never said those words.
00:36:47Ever.
00:36:48There are people on the scene that morning that say you did.
00:37:03What the hell?
00:37:05Am I news now?
00:37:16How does the defendant plead?
00:37:19I'm not guilty, Your Honor.
00:37:23The court sets bail in the amount of $50,000 and reiterates Ms. Wreath that you were ordered to stay
00:37:29away from the living residence and have no contact.
00:37:42Karen Wreath, the girlfriend of John O'Keefe, was released on bail today, shortly after she appeared in court to
00:37:51face charges related to his death.
00:37:53She's pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, motor vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a collision causing death.
00:38:00The victim, Officer John O'Keefe, 46, was a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police Department.
00:38:08Karen Wreath has denied all the allegations and maintains her innocence.
00:38:15There goes my health insurance.
00:38:17You know, I have surgery follow-ups.
00:38:20How am I supposed to pay for my meds if I don't have a job?
00:38:23We'll figure it out.
00:38:25You know you always say that.
00:38:27But how? How are we gonna figure it out?
00:38:31Look, you're not gonna be alone through this.
00:38:34I'm not at work anymore.
00:38:36I can be there for you through the whole thing.
00:38:39Yeah, but you love your job.
00:38:40Not more than I love you.
00:38:43No.
00:38:45I'm gonna be put in the poorhouse for something I didn't do, Dad.
00:38:50I mean, my God.
00:38:51I had to cash out my 401K.
00:38:54Probably gonna have to sell this house.
00:38:57Honey, you've got your mom.
00:38:59You've got me.
00:39:00We're totally behind you, and we're gonna help whatever it takes.
00:39:05But how?
00:39:08By doing whatever we need to do.
00:39:12This fight, it's not just you.
00:39:14It's us, too.
00:39:16And we're not gonna stop till we make this right.
00:39:23It just feels like this whole town is turning on me.
00:39:29They're telling the cops I said I hit them.
00:39:32Why?
00:39:33Why would I say that?
00:39:35I thought these people were supposed to be my friends.
00:39:37They're telling me how to kill their prey.
00:39:38Watch me.
00:39:39They struck me.
00:40:00They'll start looking for a story with my friends.
00:40:03What the?
00:40:07I never wanna close back to you.
00:40:21what what now i have an arrest warrant again who am i supposed to have killed now same person
00:40:27only the charges have been up for manslaughter to second degree murder can i at least get some
00:40:31normal shoes on so that i don't have to go on tv looking like this i i don't even have
00:40:36underwear
00:40:36off can i at least go get some pants your parents can come back and retrieve everything
00:40:42i just i don't want to be on channel four and life again i wouldn't be worried about the news
00:40:47right
00:40:47now see how she is she's more concerned with how she looks on tv yeah okay manslaughter a second
00:40:55degree murder what's what's the difference life in prison
00:41:09i mean that's the problem with these people everything is we're all gonna die if we don't
00:41:14get rid of plastic bags out of supermarkets and no more straws everything is we're all gonna die
00:41:21anyway that's my take for those of you just joining or here for the first time i'm your fearless host
00:41:26turtle boy let's take a call hey steve from southie what's on your mind hey man you've been following
00:41:32this karen reed case sounds like something uh right up your alley yeah a woman who hit her cop boyfriend
00:41:37with her car yeah what's your take on that what sucks huh you know i mean you got this woman
00:41:42who's
00:41:42got it all together and um she just got drunk one night and appears to have not even known that
00:41:47she
00:41:47backed this guy over i'm sure she didn't mean to kill him and i'm sure it's eating her up inside
00:41:51well it seems like a story you should cover i mean uh it's sad yeah but i don't know if
00:41:56there's a
00:41:56story there you know i'm a back the blue guy so uh i don't really have a strong opinion on
00:42:01it it's
00:42:02a tragedy yeah it's a real tragedy for her she's out on bail now but they're charging her with murder
00:42:10murder hold it a sip
00:42:11a sip
00:42:24a sip
00:42:31or a sip
00:42:33a sip
00:42:43look at this proctor knows everybody he's the lead investigator on this case and i'm there
00:42:49scrolling through all these pictures and it's like he pretty much knows everybody who's in
00:42:52that house that night everyone well not everyone but isn't it kind of a conflict of interest
00:43:03john's a cop they're not gonna let this go and now it's my ass that's on the line
00:43:12we're gonna need a bigger team
00:43:43are they kidding these injuries are from a car hitting them that's their story i'm not buying it
00:43:50maybe someone just needed a scapegoat yeah that's why i'm here i mean come on you mean to tell me
00:43:57they're not seeing what we're seeing exactly our question and did anybody else have their vehicle
00:44:01and cell phone taken from them i mean it's like i was the only suspect well you're the odd one
00:44:06out
00:44:07they're circling their wagons everybody and his mother putting only you on the chopping block
00:44:13this is intentional this slow drip of discovery from the prosecution it's well they're certainly
00:44:19taking their time it's been months they've got a game plan they're not a fishing expedition trying
00:44:25to put the evidence to the narrative they already decided on you have a fundamental right to see the
00:44:29evidence against you and they're taking their sweet time about it they didn't waste any time taking my
00:44:34car or my phone did they let's just drill down on this for just 10 seconds in terms of the
00:44:39taillight
00:44:39material the glass the plastic john's shirt the jeans the belt the shoes the underwear the hat whatever
00:44:45well none of it was booked into evidence until march 14th 2022 so they just sat on it for a
00:44:52month and a
00:44:52half what the hell is that standard no no no no we don't know whose possession they were in
00:44:57i mean where were the circumstances were they properly handled we have no guarantee they weren't
00:45:01compromised holy total writers this is story of the century stuff i mean my job is currently on the
00:45:08floor remember the headlines that a boston police officer was backed over by his girlfriend in a
00:45:13snowstorm after a fight on a night they were both drinking that was a narrative that was put out there
00:45:17but i have been getting more and more information on this and it's outrageous and what we know for
00:45:21damn sure is she did not run him over no karen reed is a completely innocent woman he is something
00:45:28else we couldn't get better pr if we were paying him it's because he's a 100 sincere a force to
00:45:35be
00:45:35reckoned with where to believe that karen was at least 62 feet away before she decided to gun it
00:45:41reverse and john just stood there right just waited to get run over is he dead karen is he dead
00:45:50he's dead
00:45:54but i didn't hear you say it at all if i was running around saying i hit him i hit
00:45:59him you'd think it
00:45:59would be picked up by the dash cam mics you'd also be arrested on the spot i mean we can
00:46:05clearly hear you
00:46:05say he's dead he's dead but not i hit him yeah you don't hear it because i never said it
00:46:11it's all an
00:46:12elaborate plot to frame karen reed now when i believe in something i don't just say oh here's
00:46:16the facts no i go out and i hold protests and i'm looking for other people to do the same
00:46:29well we always knew the key to this case was seeing people's phones you can ask all the
00:46:35questions you want but the hard data right is where do you find the really critical stuff in
00:46:40the 21st century proctor's phone records are coming in very soon or i'm going to be breathing fire
00:46:47uh kerry roberts and jen mccabes confirmed the timing of those calls you made to them that
00:46:52morning we have records of other investigators we have the 911 records
00:46:58well that can't be right did jen mccabe make a google search at 227 that morning how long to die
00:47:06in
00:47:07cold actually she typed in hos but but it's it's clear what she meant
00:47:27karen reed had nothing to do with it this is an innocent woman okay she is the victim of a
00:47:34conspiracy we won't rest until we get to the bottom of exactly who killed john o'keefe not only karen
00:47:39reed
00:47:40deserves this john o'keefe deserves this and has deserved this from moment one it feels like we're
00:47:47the only ones who are fighting for the truth of what happened to john o'keefe and me and my
00:47:52family
00:47:53and my attorneys we've marshaled every resource to get to the truth
00:48:00we know who spearheaded it you all know i tried to save his life
00:48:06at 6 a.m in the morning i was covered in his blood why are we so angry with john
00:48:12badly
00:48:16welcome turbo riders there are at least 100 to 200 people here with me on the rolling rally
00:48:22and we are peacefully protesting the murder of john o'keefe and the framing of an innocent woman
00:48:29is a beautiful day here for some peaceful protesting i'll tell you that much there will be no rioting
00:48:35no looting nothing like that we are peacefully protesting the murder of the adopted father of
00:48:42two and a boston police officer named john o'keefe we are also protesting on behalf of karen reed
00:48:51you don't get to frame innocent people who did nothing wrong
00:49:02the scene outside the courthouse here is unreal hundreds of people here you would think are
00:49:08waiting for a movie star but the focus of their attention is actually former college professor karen reed
00:49:21okay we're ready for opening statements the defendant karen reed struck mr o'keefe with her car
00:49:28knocking him onto the ground striking his head and leaving him lying there to die in a blizzard karen
00:49:37reed was framed her car never struck john o'keefe she did not cause his death and that means
00:49:48that somebody else did
00:50:11hey blast from the past
00:50:13there he is in person damn look at you shut up oh uh
00:50:23you go all out for a first date how was this our first date okay well first date in 16
00:50:29years
00:50:30come on in let's get a drink first yeah talking my language
00:50:37i mean i don't know either most guys are jerks or i'm just a bad picker
00:50:42but no no ex-husband no kids what is the matter with guys these days they don't see that you're
00:50:48a catch
00:50:49well you didn't uh you broke up with me oh well well i'm smarter now
00:50:59so you're you're a dad yeah um i guess kinda kinda i mean on your page
00:51:10actually they're my uh my niece and nephew but they're mine now they were my my sisters uh christie's
00:51:18but uh she died oh my gosh i'm i'm so sorry i was brain cancer and then i mean just
00:51:28when you think
00:51:28god's had this big laugh her husband steven has a heart attack two months later jesus john yeah
00:51:33yeah yeah i remember the kids and all our orphans and that's you know that's that's when family needs
00:51:41to step in yeah they're good kids they're good well then i guess that makes you a saint i mean
00:51:51they're my niece and nephew yeah but still a single guy taking on two kids
00:51:58are you sure i broke up with you doesn't sound right well you were young stupid
00:52:07i'll give you that well here is to new beginnings to new beginnings
00:52:19uh karen is it don't you remember last night and twice this morning
00:52:28oh i gave you a key a month ago you never use it oh i like it when my man
00:52:34opens the door for me
00:52:36where are the kids i just missed the man to bed oh sounds good
00:52:43oh
00:52:53what's going on gotta go to work
00:52:58blow it off can't blow it off oh come on you can be a little late
00:53:12i think she's moving in yeah you think she already did she's uh pretty much already always
00:53:17here is that a good thing or yeah yeah she's great and she's great with the kids she is good
00:53:23with the
00:53:23kids it's nice to have some help you know what i mean what does uh erin think she likes her
00:53:30i like her too what are you driving at you shopping for rings i'm asking for an outside opinion
00:53:38so you got my opinion she's a thumbs up
00:53:43are we seriously having an argument over donuts it's not about donuts it's about me telling the
00:53:48kids no and you buying them donuts anyway we were running all around town doing errands
00:53:54and thought i was doing something nice so shoot me just don't contradict me to them huh you're not
00:54:00their mother
00:54:04i don't need a fun aunt karen overriding everything i tell them
00:54:09seems to me like you don't want them seeing me as a mother figure did i say that when did
00:54:13i say that
00:54:19what's really going on here john you keep picking all these fights with me lately and they're always
00:54:24all about something that i'm doing wrong around here i'm spoiling the kids i'm reorganizing the pantry
00:54:29i'm moving the towel ask first oh i'm sorry john crime of the century i just want to be part
00:54:36of the
00:54:36decision making in my own house that's all look uh i want you around i like it
00:54:51i'm not trying to push you away i'm just i am just a guy who's setting his ways
00:54:57and i am trying my best now do you have any more of those donuts hey i am a cop
00:55:08after all
00:55:10charming one lovely
00:55:16you okay babe yeah whatever
00:55:22well anyway do
00:55:27do you want to go to aruba
00:55:30what are you talking about lauren invited us to aruba
00:55:33how they go every new year there's a there's a group of them
00:55:39who's gonna say no to aruba
00:55:48john hey what the hell is that what you're making out with some girl oh that's marietta that's uh
00:55:54laura's little sister saying thanks oh with your tongue jesus um hi nice to meet you go screw
00:56:01yourself both of you karen karen karen daddy's no don't talk to me
00:56:13look i'm embarrassed too all right i i was totally out of line
00:56:19i apologize to everyone i even told marietta i'd pay for her room okay that's great karen i'm sure she
00:56:26appreciated that no she didn't she wasn't gonna let me do that because that would mean accepting
00:56:31my apology and i could tell she'd rather die than do that okay we're home it's over
00:56:39no it's not over because you obviously haven't forgiven me either look we have been on top of
00:56:45each other non-stop since we left can we just give this a break okay i hear you i'm leaving
00:56:52wait a
00:56:53minute what are you doing i get it john karen i didn't say you had to leave karen
00:57:08what what do you think about us never going to a road back again deal hey hon hey how are
00:57:21you
00:57:34is there something we need to talk about
00:57:39i don't know you don't know what
00:57:48no i i don't need this you want to be a little bit more specific yeah i'm sick of the
00:57:54argument
00:57:55i'm not so quick to jump back into the lovey-dovey as you are you know i've been trying to
00:58:03get over
00:58:03this hump you you say you don't want to fight weekly and then you're so quick to fly off the
00:58:09handle
00:58:12it really feels like you're setting me up to fail here john
00:58:18you know it's late we're both tired let's just uh go to bed and we can forget about this for
00:58:30now
00:58:44what time is it time to get going no let's just stay in bed a little bit longer no i
00:58:53gotta go oh come
00:58:54on start the day off in a good mood
00:58:59john
00:59:03what the hell
00:59:09hey john you really hurt me this time just tell me if you're interested in someone else i can't think
00:59:14of any other reason why you're being this way i'm not look i'm about to pick up the kids i'm
00:59:20not in
00:59:20mood to talk right now can i oh okay so you're not into it anymore i gotta go
00:59:28you know the other day i was trying to talk to you about our future and you were just like
00:59:31yeah
00:59:31yeah okay what about it not how it went down but okay okay so you're really not into this
00:59:37saying no i am just sick of fighting and arguing all the time like look i gotta go
00:59:48oh my god just stop calling me oh my god
00:59:58oh john call me back
01:00:12the residents of canton are under a blizzard warning and are advised to prepare for a dangerous and
01:00:17historic snowstorm with life-threatening conditions heavy snowfall and strong
01:00:22have you just stayed home tonight karen the sand's gonna come down pretty hard
01:00:25no the heavy stuff's not coming till later it's just that when they say blizzard it doesn't mean flurries
01:00:32look john and i we've been fighting all day i think it's really important for me to see him
01:00:36tonight dad besides if i get snowed in i'd rather be up there with john and the kids and you're
01:00:42by
01:00:42myself plus we always have fun on the weekends well sweetheart just be careful don't worry nothing
01:00:50bad's gonna happen okay okay i'll come for a drink
01:01:20hey can i get a vodka soda
01:01:30can i get one more that's drink number four five six seven seven drinks in total at mccarthy's before
01:01:41the defendant moved onto the waterfall where she kept drinking and then she got behind the wheel and
01:01:48drove to 34 fairview with john o'keefe
01:02:10i don't think anybody would be paying attention when i said my favorite color was pink
01:02:20i'm handing you a document do you recognize it yes and what do you recognize it to be
01:02:29it's a text message thread labeled proctor's friends so these all came from me from all accounts he
01:02:37didn't do anything wrong she's a whack job see you objection so don't spell it you have to this is
01:02:48these these these are your words trooper proctor yes john so go ahead and say them
01:02:56she's a whack job
01:02:57come she's a babe weird follower of accent though no ass these are unprofessional comments but they
01:03:06absolutely do not detract from the integrity of the investigation or the facts and the evidence of it
01:03:14sir how did you refer to miss reed in your text exchange when you informed them that you were
01:03:19going through her phone i used regrettable language i said that i was going through
01:03:25his retarded client's phone and who were you referring to as retarded
01:03:30misread so the person that you were investigating you referred to to your bosses as retarded correct
01:03:35again poor language on my part poor language is one way to put it completely offensive is another
01:03:40way to put it then what did you write after you talked about going through her phone
01:03:46no nudes so far so you were looking for naked photographs of miss reed correct no not correct
01:03:52let me ask you a question have you ever looked for naked photographs of male suspects you were
01:03:57investigating i don't look for naked photos on anyone's phones what you you just said you were
01:04:03looking for nudes of miss reed like i said mr jackson it was an inappropriate joke so
01:04:09you weren't so much objectively investigating karen reed as objectifying correct
01:04:16before you even went into the house having interviewed only three folks you had this
01:04:20case nice and wrapped up didn't you yes based on the evidence uncovered by my office that day
01:04:26the one shoe discovered at the scene the one shoe at the hospital mr o'keefe's injuries the broken
01:04:32tailpiece underneath the snow i didn't ask for your explanation i asked did you in your mind have
01:04:40this case wrapped up was it cut and dry in your mind yes then you indicated we're going to put
01:04:47serious
01:04:47charges on the girl who were you referring to as the girl the defendant the way you were going to
01:04:54make it cut and dry right pretty simple just pin it on the girl absolutely not then what did you
01:05:00write
01:05:04she's screwed she's screwed you decided individually trooper proctor that you were
01:05:11not only going to put it on the girl you decided you were going to make sure this case was
01:05:15cut and
01:05:16dried and the way you were going to do it is to make sure she's screwed i mean that's what
01:05:21you were
01:05:21saying no no absolutely not you responded to a text message from your sister hopefully she kills
01:05:27herself correct it was a figure of speech you believed trooper proctor that your life would be much
01:05:34easier if karen reed was just dead no no um like i said it was a figure of speech my
01:05:40emotions got the
01:05:41best of me based on you know the fact that ms reed hit mr o'keefe with her vehicle and
01:05:45left him to die
01:05:46on the side of the road so my emotions got the best of me with that figure of speech well
01:05:52let's talk
01:05:52about that figure of speech during the course of your investigation your figures of speech include
01:05:58the following she's a bitch a whack job a retard no ass she's screwed according to you and screw her
01:06:09correct
01:06:10correct correct do you agree trooper proctor that you have dehumanized karen reed during the
01:06:19course of your investigation with comments and words like this i would say that based off of that
01:06:27language um yes because you were going to make sure this case was cut and dry those were your words
01:06:37right to pin it on the girl shame on you sir objection at the waterfall it seemed like they
01:06:46were quite lovey-dovey at 12 37 08 a.m the defendant calls john and voicemail number one is left
01:06:53miss gilman would you kindly play the voicemail for 12 37 08 you know what john i goddamn hate you
01:07:02do you hear me i goddamn hate you at 11 17 37 a.m the defendant calls john this is
01:07:10when voicemail six is
01:07:11left with voice john do you hear me you are screwing another girl what if anything did your brother
01:07:19mention to you as far as reasons for an argument or points of contention he didn't like it if you
01:07:27know
01:07:27she spent a lot of money on the kids for gifts i know there was some arguments about what she
01:07:33fed
01:07:33them whether it was dunkin donuts or what have you things along those lines you know what if any
01:07:38occasions uh as far as their arguments or anything like that did you observe personally yourself i
01:07:47witnessed uh so they had rented a house down in cape cod i witnessed you know one intense fight between
01:07:56the two of them um it was a verbal argument you know typical couples fighting there was alcohol
01:08:03uh involved i recall uh complaining that he wasn't nice to you know something to that effect i was
01:08:12kind of the referee in that entire situation when you make reference to the alcohol involved was that
01:08:19one or both uh both so both your brother and the defendant correct do you think it's standard
01:08:28practice to borrow solo cups from a neighbor to gather evidence of course not nothing about this scene
01:08:35was standard so after 8 a.m the crime scene was completely open unsecured available to anybody correct
01:08:47uh so your expert testimony is that john o'keefe was hit by the suv and flew 30 feet would
01:08:56you define
01:08:56flying as being literally in the air the whole time i don't know you tell me you're the expert oh
01:09:03he was when we say projected we mean he gets projected and then they they usually have a landing phase
01:09:11and then
01:09:12they land or they usually roll or tumble to final arrest if struck by a vehicle going 24 miles per
01:09:20hour i'd expect to see fractures and deep contusions not just the abrasions found on the victim's arm
01:09:26red plastic found in the debris scraped from john o'keefe's clothing were a match to the defendant's
01:09:32damaged taillight the victim's injuries don't look remotely consistent with being struck by a vehicle
01:09:38we are here for justice for john o'keefe and justice for karen reed because there is no justice
01:09:44for john o'keefe without justice for karen reed
01:09:51as the snow melted more and more pieces of taillight from the defendant's vehicle were uncovered at the
01:09:56scene sergeant were were you able to see the video okay uh based on the motion of the shot with
01:10:01the
01:10:01snow falling it appears that there is movement but the video speaks for itself
01:10:07so on the ground around the rear of mr o'keefe's parked vehicle what if any red pieces or anything
01:10:13do you observe nothing was observed john never went in the house it's not a story it's a fact
01:10:22uh mr o'keefe's apple health data indicated he climbed up or down three flights of stairs between 12
01:10:2821 and 12 24. i cross-referenced mr o'keefe's phone and his apple watch and the data indicate he
01:10:36was
01:10:36still half a mile away from 34 fairview at 12 24. as i left i noticed something out of the
01:10:43ordinary
01:10:44like a black blob on the ground by the flagpole it was pretty dark and snowy i was also intoxicated
01:10:55drinking
01:10:59at 2 27 a.m you made a google search how long to die in the cold correct except you
01:11:04made a mistake and
01:11:05typed hos how long to die in cold i made that search but i made it in the morning after
01:11:116 a.m
01:11:12at your client's request i opened up a search tab at that time yes but i was looking at a
01:11:18basketball
01:11:18team for my daughter i didn't make that search until right after we found john karen screamed
01:11:23at me to look it up and my hands were shaking karen was saying google hypothermia our analysis
01:11:29showed that miss mccabe searches for how long to die in the cold were in fact conducted at 6 23
01:11:34and 6 24 a.m
01:11:38miss mccabe the records show you made that search at 2 27 a.m i made that search after 6
01:11:42a.m at your
01:11:43client's request she kept saying i hit him i hit him oh my god i hit him i hit him
01:11:50no i didn't hear
01:11:51that part so you're telling me you actually heard what she said in a snowstorm i can tell you today
01:11:56with 100 clarity she said i hit him i hit him i hit him mr lawgren when you drove your
01:12:03snowplow past 34 fairview
01:12:05that night how much of the front lawn area did your headlights illuminate the entire front lawn and
01:12:13at that hour at 2 45 in the morning did you see anything in that front lawn area near the
01:12:19flagpole
01:12:20i saw nothing a body no no further questions
01:12:31thanks for joining us i'm chris tanaka with a wbc news update after weeks of testimony and dozens
01:12:37of witnesses closing arguments finally set today in the karen reed murder trial
01:12:45last day in court no more what's next what witness is next what questions are you going
01:12:52to be asking them i'm glad that part's over with you're looking at the positive that's good
01:13:01yeah i woke up this morning and it just it felt weird it felt weird not knowing where i'm gonna
01:13:07sleep tonight i could be all alone in prison
01:13:21just look the other way that's what they want that's what they're counting on
01:13:30but the uncanny fact is that you have been lied to in this courtroom and your job is to never
01:13:37ever
01:13:37look the other way your singular duty is to stare down the evidence and do it unflinchingly and do it
01:13:45unwaveringly you are the last line of defense between karen reed and the tyranny of injustice
01:13:54how do we get here first you build a tall blue wall but most importantly
01:14:04pick your patsy and you pin it on the girl
01:14:08question is what will you do at this moment ignore the the lies and the manipulations and the misogyny
01:14:16and the bias the lack of evidence would you ever do that could you ever do that or will you
01:14:22say with
01:14:22your verdict i see the truth ladies and gentlemen karen reed is innocent
01:14:32do justice and find her not guilty
01:14:41i hit him i hit him i hit him those were the words of the defendant
01:14:47this is all my fault i did this those were the words that came from the defendant's mouth on january
01:14:5529th while john o'keefe lay dying on the front lawn of 34 fairview road where the defendant had left
01:15:03him
01:15:03after striking him with her vehicle several hours before and then left him there freezing in blizzard
01:15:10moments later the defendant leaves that voicemail seething with rage screaming john i hate you john
01:15:17i'm here with your kids nobody knows where you are only somebody did know where mr o'keefe was
01:15:23the defendant knew exactly where he was because she had driven him there she struck him there and she
01:15:29left him there to die in the morning she doesn't ask is he okay is he gonna be okay how
01:15:36is he any sort of
01:15:37questions about his medical condition just is he dead over and over and over again facts are stubborn
01:15:46things and whatever may be our wishes our inclinations or the dictates of our passions
01:15:53they cannot alter the state of the facts and of the evidence and what the facts and the evidence
01:16:01demonstrate here is that the defendant drove her car in reverse struck mr o'keefe causing those
01:16:10catastrophic brain injuries leaving him incapacitated and freezing to death
01:16:25you could really sense the anxiety from karen reed's supporters which is a different story from
01:16:31yesterday and the day before when they were excited and confident today many of them told me they are
01:16:37nervous and expected a verdict by now i should have listened to you i shouldn't have gone out that
01:16:44night why did i go out that night
01:16:56look i know this has been hell but i can't tell you how proud i am of you
01:17:03there's so many women that identify with you because they know what it's like to be objectified
01:17:11dehumanized victimized
01:17:14with you they see strength and the courage to fight back
01:17:24it's hard to describe if you're not standing right here at the courthouse as the jury goes into its
01:17:30fifth day of deliberation the feeling in the air is just different
01:17:39i'll take him this trial okay you can keep me in limbo for 10 years just just please oh god
01:17:48please
01:17:48let me go home tonight karen hey just go back to the evidence obviously we we were all hoping for
01:17:58a faster quicker verdict but i can't imagine 12 jurors would ever say you're guilty of anything
01:18:09i mean what if they don't even let me hug my father before they put me in handcuffs
01:18:17it's not gonna happen
01:18:22karen
01:18:24it's amazing that it took you until now to break down like that
01:18:30i mean that just speaks to your incredible strength
01:18:45verdict
01:18:50despite our rigorous efforts we continue to find ourselves at an impasse
01:18:55to continue to deliberate would be futile and only serve to force us to compromise these deeply
01:19:01held beliefs i'm not going to do that to you folks your service here is complete
01:19:07i'm declaring a mistrial in this case
01:19:11thank you so much for your service okay
01:19:22you're not done yet
01:19:41you're not done yet
01:19:43when you bring false charges to an innocent person
01:19:47no matter how long it takes no matter how long they keep trying we will not stop fighting
01:19:54we have no quit
01:20:03you're attacking the family of an innocent man who was killed what's the matter with you people
01:20:08look at them it's like the super bowl mardi gras days of our lives all rolled into one you think
01:20:13these people care what the truth is they're just here to watch the karen reed show
01:20:20a mistrial is not justice i don't think anybody thinks it is yeah well it's better than going to
01:20:25jail i guess well justice is what we need and justice is not you walking out of that courtroom
01:20:31it's you not being charged anymore yeah well i'd rather go to jail before i plea out
01:20:36i will never give them that way
01:20:42hey dad no i didn't what's going on
01:20:50we're gonna retry it
01:20:55but how can the defense lie like that no way she did more evidence i see unless i believe closing
01:21:01arguments today in the retrial of the karen reed murder case it's been a year since her first
01:21:06trial do you think she'll get an acquittal this go around no doubt in my mind karen reed is
01:21:10innocent there was no collision there was no collision there was no collision stare down injustice
01:21:20you are the last line of defense between an innocent woman and a system that tried mightily to bury the
01:21:28truth the commonwealth has to prove every charge beyond a reasonable doubt to an unshakable moral
01:21:36certainty no officer ever heard karen reed say i hit him it's not in a single police report nowhere the
01:21:43fact is there was no collision a car didn't kill john o'keefe and karen reed is an innocent woman
01:21:49find karen
01:21:50reed not guilty not guilty not guilty
01:21:58karen reed was drunk she hit him and she left him to die john didn't go into any house
01:22:04he couldn't he couldn't his phone never moved again she leaves him a voicemail nobody knows where
01:22:10you are panic drunken denial is setting in they were fighting she got drunk she hit him she left him
01:22:20to
01:22:20die simple as that john o'keefe was murdered by karen reed
01:22:27on day four of jury deliberations in the retrial of karen reed the mood here is of increasing concern
01:22:34that this trial may end up just like the last one with a mistrial
01:22:51hello
01:23:01all right i appreciate you all getting back here uh during the luncheon break i received word that
01:23:08the jury knocked on the door indicating that they had a verdict but shortly thereafter they knocked again
01:23:14and said that they do not have a verdict
01:23:18so i would ask everyone remain in the building until the end of the day
01:23:26so
01:23:33we're close it's coming
01:24:03mr forman members of the jury have you agreed upon a verdict
01:24:08yes mr forman in the matter of murder in the second degree what say you not guilty
01:24:17manslaughter while operating under the influence of liquor by operating a motor vehicle so say you mr
01:24:33you know mr forman
01:24:33you know mr forman guilty
01:24:36leaving the scene after an accident resulting in death not guilty or guilty
01:24:47not guilty
01:24:48not guilty
01:25:05honestly is the most emotional experience i've ever been part of uh i feel i would be disrespecting
01:25:10everything our founding fathers with their lives for if i wasn't out there fighting for karen
01:25:15in a statement john o'keefe's family called the verdict a devastating miscarriage of justice
01:25:23you know i've been preparing for this for a long time both the worst and the best and i'm i'm
01:25:28i'm so happy that it turned out for the best
01:25:49i just want to say two things
01:25:52number one is number one is i couldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for these amazing supporters
01:25:59who've supported me and my team
01:26:04financially and more importantly emotionally for almost four years
01:26:09and the second thing i want to say
01:26:12is that no one has fought harder for justice for john o'keefe than i have
01:26:16than i have and my team thank you thank you
01:26:28i remember everything
01:26:31i said could i have hit him
01:26:37did i hit him
01:26:54did i hit him
01:26:59did i hit him
01:27:08did i hit him
01:27:14did i do
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