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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.
00:01:34Hey.
00:01:46Chris Albert.
00:01:48Yeah?
00:01:48A 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.
00:02:04All right, let's go.
00:02:05Yeah, we're going?
00:02:05Yeah, let's go.
00:02:06If you want.
00:02:16Gather around.
00:02:19Hey.
00:02:24Hey, St. John.
00:02:26Johnny.
00:02:27Hey.
00:02:28Hey.
00:02:28You.
00:02:29Hey.
00:02:30Hey, Karen.
00:02:31Who invited these losers?
00:02:33Come on over.
00:02:34I blame your brother.
00:02:35Hey, man, what do you pricks drinking?
00:02:36Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:02:38Oh.
00:02:39Kiss that mouth.
00:02:40That's what I know to shut her up.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:43Come on.
00:02:53I'm really glad I came tonight.
00:02:55Cheers.
00:02:56Hey.
00:02:57Cheers.
00:02:58So am I staying at your house tonight?
00:03:01I can think of a good reason why you want to stay at my place tonight.
00:03:05Do another drink, huh?
00:03:08I'm not my place.
00:03:11Last call.
00:03:17Let's keep this party going.
00:03:19Let's all go back to my place.
00:03:20There you go.
00:03:21All right.
00:03:21The plan.
00:03:22Make sure you let those guys know, yeah?
00:03:24Yeah, yeah.
00:03:24I'll let them know.
00:03:25We're all going back to Brian's place.
00:03:26You coming?
00:03:28Uh, yeah.
00:03:29Yeah.
00:03:29Great.
00:03:30Is that fair of you?
00:03:31I'll text you.
00:03:34Really?
00:03:36It's after midnight.
00:03:36Can't we just go back to your house to see you and me?
00:03:39One drink.
00:03:40Come on.
00:03:41We'll be a minute.
00:03:41All right.
00:03:42All right.
00:03:44We have one more.
00:03:46Stop.
00:03:48Hey.
00:03:52Come on.
00:03:55Come on.
00:04:08Hi.
00:04:09I haven't heard anything you've said.
00:04:30.
00:04:32.
00:04:32.
00:04:32.
00:04:32.
00:04:33.
00:04:35.
00:06:36John?
00:06:51John?
00:06:58John?
00:07:07John?
00:07:19John?
00:07:22John?
00:07:23John, where the hell are you?
00:07:25Will you call me back, please?
00:07:27Call me.
00:07:31John, where the hell are you?
00:07:34Pick up the phone, goddammit!
00:07:39John?
00:07:40John?
00:07:41Karen, what'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, goddammit!
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...
00:09:51He...
00:09:51He 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...
00:10:00I don't know.
00:10:02I mean...
00:10:03I don't...
00:10:04Uh, 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.
00:10:14No, I...
00:10:15No, I...
00:10:16I don't know.
00:10:17I don't...
00:10:17Maybe...
00:10:18I...
00:10:18I don't know.
00:10:19Let's just...
00:10:20Just...
00:10:21Keep driving.
00:10:27There he is.
00:10:28There he is!
00:10:29What?
00:10:30Where?
00:10:30Stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:10:33Where are you?
00:10:34Where are you seeing him?
00:10:36John!
00:10:38He's crazy.
00:10:39No, no, no, no!
00:10:41No, no, no, no!
00:10:43No!
00:10:44Oh my head, no!
00:10:46No!
00:10:48John!
00:10:49John!
00:10:52John!
00:10:53John!
00:10:54Come on!
00:10:55I want to get some CPR!
00:10:57Get off!
00:10:58Uh, yeah, yeah.
00:11:00No, we need someone to 34th Fairview Road, Kanton, map, now.
00:11:03What's going on?
00:11:04Yeah, there's a guy.
00:11:04He's unresponsive in the snow.
00:11:05Oh, my God.
00:11:10Oh, my God.
00:11:15Don't leave me.
00:11:17Help me.
00:11:22Oh, my God.
00:11:36No, no, no, no, no.
00:11:40Jen.
00:11:41What's going on?
00:11:42Oh, my God. We just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:43Don 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.
00:11:53Oh, my God.
00:11:54Oh, my God.
00:12:05John, please.
00:12:07Oh.
00:12:08Yeah, we got our boss and police officer.
00:12:10Just been found in the snow here.
00:12:16Get your step back and then get your step back.
00:12:18Get your step back.
00:12:19You're not?
00:12:21Uh, he does have some trauma to his head.
00:12:24I'm not sure if he was in a fight or whatever.
00:12:26I'm not getting the worst hit.
00:12:27All right. Nope.
00:12:29One, two, three.
00:12:30Don't need any officer.
00:12:32The M.T. is here now.
00:12:34Where are you?
00:12:35Here we go.
00:12:36Here we go, Dad.
00:12:37Can you get in here?
00:12:38Please, that's my boyfriend.
00:12:40I left him and he never came home.
00:12:42Please.
00:12:43Keep back, keep back.
00:12:45Gary, John, is he dead?
00:12:47He's dead.
00:12:53Okay.
00:12:55Okay.
00:12:58Okay.
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, let's move him.
00:13:17Okay.
00:13:22Clay.
00:13:23No.
00:13:26No.
00:13:27No.
00:13:27No.
00:13:30No.
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 a suicidal comment.
00:13:41I'm going to section her so we know where she is.
00:13:43It's okay, John.
00:13:45John, wait.
00:13:46Ben, you're going to be coming with us?
00:13:47What are you talking about?
00:13:49I 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.
00:13:59Are we going to get through that?
00:14:00You're going to travel in with me.
00:14:02Please, John.
00:14:03No.
00:14:06No.
00:14:12Okay.
00:14:17Okay.
00:14:24Just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:28I...
00:14:30I can't...
00:14:31I don't understand.
00:14:35I don't want to live without him.
00:14:38Ma'am?
00:14:39Are 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.
00:15:05This is even happening.
00:15:07Oh, good.
00:15:11We're right in here.
00:15:15Why don't you have a seat?
00:15:16Why am I in here?
00:15:18I...
00:15:18We 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!
00:15:40Paul!
00:15:41Paul!
00:15:41Oh, God.
00:15:43Paul!
00:15:44No, that's them.
00:15:44That's my...
00:15:46That'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...
00:16:21I mean, honey, they...
00:16:24They did what they could do.
00:16:26Did you see him?
00:16:28Is he okay?
00:16:30Sweetheart.
00:16:34He's, uh...
00:16:35He's gone.
00:16:37No, no, no.
00:16:40No.
00:16:44Please don't tell me that.
00:16:46No.
00:16:47No, no.
00:16:48Oh, he can't be.
00:16:50They did everything that could have been done.
00:16:58How did it happen?
00:17:00What, I mean...
00:17:01Did I hit him?
00:17:03Did...
00:17:05Could I?
00:17:06Could I have hit him?
00:17:08I don't know.
00:17:10Oh, sorry.
00:17:24John, where are you?
00:17:28John, pick up.
00:17:29Come on, where 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!
00:18:09Doctor, they put you on this?
00:18:10Lead investigator.
00:18:11What are we looking at?
00:18:13A foot of snow and 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.
00:18:44How 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.
00:19:25I wasn't expecting.
00:19:33I'm so sorry.
00:19:44Nobody told me that everybody was getting together here.
00:19:49We all wanted to be with the kids.
00:19:52Yeah.
00:19:53Yeah, 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?
00:20:14John?
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?
00:20:28He's pretty banged up.
00:20:31Looked to me like he got hit by a car.
00:20:39Excuse me.
00:20:52What the hell is going on here?
00:20:55They're upset.
00:20:56I'm upset.
00:20:57I loved this man.
00:21:00You know, I spent five nights a week in this house.
00:21:04This is more in my home than it is theirs, and 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?
00:21:44Let them.
00:21:47Because 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. Reid.
00:22:27Yes?
00:22:28I'm Michael Proctor with the Massachusetts State Police.
00:22:31I understand your daughter's here?
00:22:33Come in.
00:22:42We got in an argument that day.
00:22:45It's an ongoing thing.
00:22:47About what?
00:22:48Just, you know...
00:22:51Relationship stuff.
00:22:53Nothing new.
00:22:54But by the time we met up, we...
00:22:57We were all good.
00:23:00You 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 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.
00:23:18Yeah.
00:23:19Yeah, he...
00:23:20He got out of my car.
00:23:22I had a stomachache, so I just went back to his house.
00:23:25We got your blood results back from the hospital.
00:23:27You had a .093% at 9 this morning.
00:23:32That's still over the legal limit.
00:23:35I guess 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, I got home in one piece.
00:23:53I noticed on the way in you got a busted tail.
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 is the last place anyone saw John,
00:24:10I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take that in to be investigated.
00:24:14Are you serious?
00:24:16You're gonna take my car?
00:24:19Well...
00:24:19How 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, but I also teach finance at the university.
00:24:31Sorry, the car is evidence.
00:24:32I'm afraid where else I can have to ask for your phone.
00:24:35What?
00:24:53I think I'm gonna need a lawyer.
00:24:58So, the first thing that we can expect, most likely, is a no-contact order.
00:25:03No contact?
00:25:04What does that even...
00:25:07With who?
00:25:08With 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.
00:25:19With 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, I was like family to them.
00:25:28And all of a sudden, no 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 for your arrest.
00:25:38My arrest?
00:25:39I 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 and I just didn't... I 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...
00:26:25What 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 and he just passed out?
00:26:39Well, then you would have some element of culpability.
00:26:44They took your phone.
00:26:45They took your car.
00:26:48You need to prepare yourself.
00:26:51How is anybody supposed to prepare themselves for something like this?
00:26:55Well, 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.
00:27:15I'm going to be with you.
00:27:16For 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.
00:27:26You go home.
00:27:32You're the one.
00:27:32I've got it over here.
00:27:34I think it's closer to the room.
00:27:36Are you all right?
00:27:37Yes.
00:27:37I'm going to check that over there.
00:27:40Yeah, yeah.
00:27:40I'll grab mine for a minute.
00:27:41There it is.
00:27:46Yeah, that's good.
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.
00:28:26Poor taillight pieces over here.
00:28:32Family friends and fellow officers gathered today at the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Braintree
00:28:38for the funeral of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
00:28:41O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday in the early morning hours
00:28:44after being found in the snow 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 others,
00:28:58even 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,
00:29:09who after our sister Christy died, 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 D.A.
00:29:41They'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?
00:30:12Well, that's why I'm calling.
00:30:16Are you home?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:42Yeah.
00:30:59Okay, just like we talked about.
00:31:11David, 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.
00:31:24You 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
00:31:59and left him to die in the snow outside a Canton home in the frigid blizzard conditions.
00:32:06Manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, and 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.
00:32:53can never bore her.
00:32:55Excuse me.
00:32:55I had this.
00:32:55He got her on the spot.
00:32:56You're laughing.
00:32:56I am going to hear the door.
00:32:57You're driving.
00:32:58I'm taking it.
00:32:59I'm a bit clearer.
00:32:59I'm a bit clearer.
00:33:01I'm a bit louder.
00:33:08I'm looking at the car.
00:33:09I'm not more than a visitor.
00:33:09I am a bit better.
00:33:26Can I get a box of soap?
00:33:32Here you go.
00:33:33Got snow on yet?
00:33:35No, not any.
00:33:37You know, my dad said I shouldn't be out with the wizard on the way.
00:33:41I'll take another.
00:33:49Chris 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.
00:34:00Come on, look at me.
00:34:01Look at my eyes.
00:34:02Four shots.
00:34:03Here we go.
00:34:04All right.
00:34:05You guys in?
00:34:07Yours.
00:34:07Here we go.
00:34:09Grab yours.
00:34:12Cheers.
00:34:13Just 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.
00:34:20Let'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, plain new 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.
00:34:50I'll let them know.
00:34:51Hey.
00:34:52We'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 of it?
00:35:29I mean, look at me.
00:35:31No one's going to care about that.
00:35:33Listen, 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?
00:35:40Well, first, your blood alcohol level that morning was .09.
00:35:44Yeah, I already know that.
00:35:47What else?
00:35:47Okay.
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.
00:36:10Basically, 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, and I 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, am I news now?
00:37:07I hit him.
00:37:17How does the defendant plead?
00:37:19Not guilty, Your Honor.
00:37:23The court sets bail in the amount of $50,000 and reiterates Ms. Reith that you were ordered
00:37:29to stay away from the living residence and have no contact with me.
00:37:42Karen Reith, the girlfriend of John O'Keefe, was released on bail today, shortly after she
00:37:50appeared in court to face charges related to his death.
00:37:53She's pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, motor vehicular homicide, and leaving the scene
00:37:59of 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 Reith 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?
00:38:28How are we going to figure it out?
00:38:31Look, you're not going to be alone through this.
00:38:35I'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 going to 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 going to 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 going to 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 going to stop until 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.
00:40:03What?
00:40:20What?
00:40:21What now?
00:40:22I have an arrest warrant.
00:40:23Again?
00:40:25Who am I supposed to have killed now?
00:40:26Same person.
00:40:27Only the charges have been up for manslaughter to second-degree murder.
00:40:30Can I at least get some normal shoes on so that I don't have to go on TV looking like
00:40:34this?
00:40:35I don't even have underwear on.
00:40:37Can I at least go get some pants?
00:40:39Your parents can come back and retrieve everything.
00:40:43I just...
00:40:43I don't want to be on Channel 4 and life a bandwagon.
00:40:46I wouldn't be worried about the news right now.
00:40:48See how she is?
00:40:49She's more concerned with how she looks on TV.
00:40:52Yeah, okay.
00:40:54Manslaughter, a second-degree murder.
00:40:56What's...
00:40:56What's the difference?
00:40:59Life in prison.
00:41:01Okay.
00:41:02Okay.
00:41:10I mean, that's the problem with these people.
00:41:12Everything is, we're all gonna die if we don't get rid of plastic bags out of supermarkets and no more
00:41:18straws.
00:41:19Everything is, we're all gonna die.
00:41:21Anyway, that's my take.
00:41:23For those of you just joining or here for the first time, I'm your fearless host, Turtle Boy.
00:41:26Let's take a call.
00:41:28Hey, Steve from Southie.
00:41:30What's on your mind?
00:41:31Hey, man.
00:41:32You been following this Karen Reed case?
00:41:34Sounds like something right up your alley.
00:41:36Yeah, a woman who hit her cop boyfriend with her car?
00:41:38Yeah, what's your take on that?
00:41:39Well, it sucks, huh?
00:41:40You know what I mean?
00:41:41You got this woman who's got it all together, and, um, she just got drunk one night and appears to
00:41:46have not even known that she backed this guy over.
00:41:48I'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.
00:41:52I mean, uh, it's sad, yeah, but I don't know if there's a story there.
00:41:57You know, I'm a back-the-blue guy, so, uh, I don't really have a strong opinion on it.
00:42:01It's a tragedy.
00:42:03Yeah, it's a real tragedy for her.
00:42:04She's out on bail now, but they're charging her with murder.
00:42:08Murder?
00:42:10Hold it a sec.
00:42:43Look at this.
00:42:44Proctor knows everybody.
00:42:46He's the lead investigator on this case, and I'm there scrolling through all these pictures, and it's like he pretty
00:42:51much knows everybody who was in that house that night.
00:42:54Everyone.
00:42:55Well, not everyone, but isn't it kind of a conflict of interest?
00:43:03John's a cop.
00:43:05They're not gonna let this go.
00:43:07And now it's my ass that's on the line.
00:43:12We're gonna need a bigger team.
00:43:16We're gonna need a tiny little map.
00:43:16Ooh, we know that's better.
00:43:43We're gonna need a bigger city, and it's gonna be nice.
00:43:43are they kidding these injuries are from a car hitting them that's their story i'm not buying
00:43:50it maybe someone just needed a scapegoat yeah well that's why i'm here i mean come on you mean
00:43:57to tell me they're not seeing what we're seeing exactly our question and did anybody else have
00:44:01their vehicle and cell phone taken from them i mean it's like i was the only suspect well you're
00:44:06the odd one out they're circling their wagons everybody and his mother putting only you on
00:44:12the chopping block this is intentional this slow drip of discovery from the prosecution it's
00:44:18well they're certainly taking their time it's been months they've got a game plan
00:44:23they're on a fishing expedition trying to fit the evidence to the narrative they already decided on
00:44:27you have a fundamental right to see the evidence against you and they're taking their sweet time
00:44:31about it they didn't waste any time taking my car or my phone did they let's just drill down on
00:44:37this
00:44:37for just 10 seconds in terms of the taillight material the glass the plastic john's shirt
00:44:42the jeans the belt the shoes the underwear the hat whatever well none of it was booked into evidence
00:44:48until march 14th 2022 so they just sat on it for a month and a half what the hell is
00:44:53that standard no
00:44:54no no no we don't know whose possession they were in i mean where were the circumstances were they
00:44:59properly handled we have no guarantee they weren't compromised holy total writers this is story of the
00:45:05century stuff i mean my job is currently on the floor remember the headlines that a boston police
00:45:10officer was backed over by his girlfriend in a snowstorm after a fight on a night they were both
00:45:15drinking that was a narrative that was put out there but i have been getting more and more information
00:45:19on this and it's outrageous and what we know for damn sure is she did not run him over no
00:45:24karen reed is
00:45:25a completely innocent woman he is something else we couldn't get better pr if we were paying him
00:45:32it's because he's a 100 sincere a force to be reckoned with where to believe that karen was at least
00:45:3862
00:45:38feet away before she decided to gun it in reverse and john just stood there right just waited to get
00:45:45run
00:45:45over is he dead karen is he dead he's dead
00:45:54what 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 would
00:46:00be picked up by the dash cam lights you'd also be arrested on the spot i mean we can clearly
00:46:05hear
00:46:05you say he's dead he's dead but not i hit him yeah you don't hear it because i never said
00:46:11it it's all
00:46:12an elaborate 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 questions you
00:46:35want but the hard data is where do you find the really critical stuff in the 21st century proctor's
00:46:42phone records are coming in very soon or i'm going to be breathing fire uh kelly roberts and
00:46:48jen mccabe's confirmed the timing of those calls you made to them that morning we have records of
00:46:54other investigators we have the 911 records well that can't be right did jen mccabe make a google search
00:47:03at 227 that morning how long to die in cold actually she typed in hos but but it's
00:47:13it's clear what she meant
00:47:27karen reed had nothing to do with it this is an innocent woman
00:47:32okay she is the victim of a conspiracy we won't rest until we get to the bottom of exactly who
00:47:37killed
00:47:38john o'keefe not only karen reed deserves this john o'keefe deserves this and has deserved this from
00:47:44moment one it feels like we're the only ones who are fighting for the truth of what happened to john
00:47:50o'keefe and me and my family and 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 at 6 a.m in the
00:48:07morning i was
00:48:08covered in his blood why were you so angry with john badly
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
00:48:29it is a beautiful day here for some peaceful protesting i'll tell you that much there will be
00:48:34no rioting no looting nothing like that we are peacefully protesting the murder of the adopted father
00:48:42of two 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 there he is in person damn look at you
00:50:19shut up oh uh
00:50:23you go all out for a first date how is 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
00:50:48catch well you didn't uh you broke up with me oh well well i'm smarter now
00:51:00so you're you're a dad yeah i guess kinda kinda i mean on your page
00:51:09actually 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 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
00:51:59are 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
00:52:28no i gave you a key a month ago you never use it
00:52:32i like it when my man opens the door for me
00:52:36where are the kids i just missed the man to bed
00:52:39oh sounds good come on press the door all right
00:52:53what's going on gotta go to work
00:52:58blow it off can't blow it off oh come on it 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 erin think she likes her i
00:53:30like her too
00:53:32what are you driving at you shopping for rings i'm asking for an outside opinion so you got my opinion
00:53:40she's a thumbs up are we seriously having an argument over donuts it's not about donuts it's
00:53:48about me telling the kids no and you buying them donuts anyway we were running all around town
00:53:53doing errands and thought i was doing something nice so shoot me just don't contradict me to them huh
00:54:00you're not the 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
00:54:12did i say that when did i say that
00:54:20what's really going on here john you keep picking all these fights with me lately and they're always all
00:54:24about 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 my own house that's all
00:54:43look
00:54:43i 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
00:55:09mm-hmm charming one lovely
00:55:11mm-hmm you okay babe yeah whatever
00:55:22well anyway do
00:55:26do you want to go to aruba
00:55:29what are you talking about lauren invited us to aruba
00:55:33how they go every new year there's a group with 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
00:56:25she appreciated 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
00:59:20with the 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 yeah
00:59:32okay what about it not how it went down but okay okay so you're really not into this no i
00:59:38am just sick
00:59:38of fighting and arguing all the time like look i gotta go oh my god just stop calling me oh
00:59:53my god
00:59:57oh john call me back
01:00:12residents of canton are under a blizzard warning and are advised to prepare for a dangerous and historic
01:00:18snowstorm with life-threatening conditions heavy snowfall and strong have you just stay at home
01:00:23tonight karen the sand's gonna come down pretty hard no the heavy stuff's not coming till later
01:00:28it's just that when they say blizzard it doesn't mean flurries look john and i we've been fighting
01:00:34all day i think it's really important for me to see him tonight dad besides if i get snowed in
01:00:39i'd rather be up there with john and the kids and you're by myself plus we always have fun on
01:00:45the weekends
01:00:45well sweetheart just be careful don't worry nothing bad's gonna happen
01:01:06okay okay i'll come for a drink
01:01:20hey can i get a bottle of soda
01:01:30can i get one more that's drink number four five six seven to seven drinks in total at mccarthy's
01:01:40before the defendant moved on to the waterfall where she kept drinking
01:01:45and then she got behind the wheel and drove 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 are your words trooper proctor yes john so go ahead and say them
01:02:55she's a whack job
01:02:59she's a babe weird fall river 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 his
01:03:26retarded client's phone and who were you referring to as retarded misread so the person that you were
01:03:32investigating you referred to to your bosses as retarded correct again poor language on my pot
01:03:37poor language is one way to put it completely offensive is another way to put it then what did
01:03:41you write after you talked about going through her phone no nudes so far so you were looking for
01:03:49naked photographs of miss reed correct no not correct let me ask you a question have you ever
01:03:55looked for naked photographs of male suspects you were investigating i don't look for naked photos on
01:04:00anyone's phones what you you just said you were looking for nudes of miss reed like i said mr
01:04:06jackson it was an inappropriate joke so you weren't so much objectively investigating karen reed as
01:04:13objectifying correct before you even went into the house having interviewed only three folks
01:04:19you had this case nice and wrapped up didn't you yes based on the evidence uncovered by my office that
01:04:26day the 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 this
01:04:40case wrapped up was it cut and dry in your mind yes then you indicated we're going to put serious
01:04:47charges
01:04:47on the girl who were you referring to as the girl the defendant the way you were going to make
01:04:54it cut and dry right pretty simple just pin it on the girl absolutely not then what did you write
01:05:04she's screwed she's screwed you decided individually trooper proctor that you were not only going to put it
01:05:12on the girl you decided you were going to make sure this case was cut and dried and the way
01:05:16you were going
01:05:17to do it is to make sure she's screwed i mean that's what you were saying no no absolutely not
01:05:23you responded to a text message from your sister hopefully she kills herself correct it was a figure
01:05:30of speech you believed trooper proctor that your life would be much easier if karen reed was just dead
01:05:36no no um like i said it was a figure of speech my emotions got the best of me based
01:05:41on you know the fact
01:05:42that miss reed hit mr o'keefe with her vehicle and left him to die on the side of the
01:05:47road so my
01:05:48emotions got the best of me with that figure of speech well let's talk about that figure of speech
01:05:54during the course of your investigation your figures of speech include the following she's a
01:06:00speech a whack job a retard no ass she's screwed according to you and screw her correct correct
01:06:14do you agree trooper proctor that you have dehumanized karen reed during the course of
01:06:19your investigation with comments and words like this i would say that based off of that language
01:06:32um yes because you were going to make sure this case was cut and dry those were your words right
01:06:38depended on the girl shame on you sir objection uh at the waterfall it seemed like they were quite
01:06:46lovey-dovey at 12 37 08 a.m the defendant calls john and voicemail number one is left miss gilman
01:06:54would
01:06:54you kindly play the voicemail for 12 37 08 you know what john i goddamn hate you do you hear
01:07:03me
01:07:04i goddamn hate you at 11 17 37 a.m the defendant calls john this is when voicemail six is
01:07:11left with
01:07:11voice john do you hear me you are screwing another girl what if anything did your brother mention to you
01:07:20as far as reasons for an argument or points of contention he didn't like it if you know she
01:07:27spent a lot of money on the kids for gifts i know there was some arguments about what she fed
01:07:33him
01:07:33whether it was dunkin donuts or what have you things along those lines you know what if any occasions uh
01:07:40as far as their arguments or anything like that did you observe personally yourself i witnessed uh
01:07:48so they had rented a house down in cape cod i witnessed you know one intense fight between the two
01:07:56of
01:07:56them um it was a verbal argument you know typical couples fighting there was alcohol uh involved
01:08:06i recall her complaining that he wasn't nice to you know something to that effect i was kind of the
01:08:13referee in that entire situation when you make reference to the alcohol involved was that one or
01:08:19both uh both so both your brother and the defendant correct do you think it's standard practice to
01:08:29borrow solo cups from a neighbor to gather evidence of course not nothing about this scene was standard
01:08:36so 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
01:09:03well he was when we say projected we mean he gets projected and then they they usually have a landing
01:09:11phase and then they land or they usually roll or tumble to final arrest if struck by a vehicle
01:09:19going 24 miles per hour i'd expect to see fractures and deep contusions not just the abrasions found
01:09:25on the victim's arm red plastic found in the debris scraped from john o'keefe's clothing were a
01:09:30match to the defendant's damaged taillight the victim's injuries don't look remotely consistent with being
01:09:36struck by a vehicle we are here for justice for john o'keefe and justice for karen reed because there
01:09:43is no justice for 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 you able to see the video okay uh based on the motion of the shot with the
01:10:01snow
01:10:02falling it appears that there is movement but the video speaks for itself on the ground around the
01:10:09rear of mr o'keefe's parked vehicle what if any red pieces or anything do you observe nothing was observed
01:10:17john never went in the house it's not a story it's a fact uh mr o'keefe's apple health data
01:10:25indicated he
01:10:26climbed up or down three flights of stairs between 12 21 and 12 24. i cross-referenced mr o'keefe's
01:10:33phone
01:10:33and his apple watch and the data indicate he was still half a mile away from 34 fairview at 12
01:10:4024. as i
01:10:41left i noticed something out of the ordinary like a black blob on the ground by the flagpole it was
01:10:49pretty
01:10:49dark and snowy i was also intoxicated drinking
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
01:11:05and typed hos how long to die in cold i made that search but i made it in the morning
01:11:11after 6 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 showed
01:11:29that miss mccabe searches for how long to die in the cold were in fact conducted at 6 23 and
01:11:366 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
01:12:03snow plow past 34
01:12:04fairview that 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 wbz 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
01:13:57well first you build a tall blue wall but most importantly
01:14:04pick your patsy and you pin it on the girl
01:14:08the question is what will you do at this moment ignore the the lies and the manipulations and the
01:14:16misogyny and the bias the lack of evidence would you ever do that could you ever do that or will
01:14:21you say with your 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 this is all my
01:14:49fault i did this
01:14:50those were the words that came from the defendant's mouth on january 29th while john o'keefe
01:14:57lay dying on the front lawn of 34 fairview road where the defendant had left him after striking him
01:15:04with her vehicle several hours before and then left him there freezing in blizzard moments later the
01:15:11defendant leaves that voicemail seething with rage screaming john i hate you john i'm here with your
01:15:18kids nobody knows where you are only somebody did know where mr o'keefe was the defendant knew exactly
01:15:24where he was because she had driven him there she struck him there and she left him there to die
01:15:31in the morning she doesn't ask is he okay is he gonna be okay how is he any sort of
01:15:37questions about
01:15:38his medical condition just is he dead over and over and over again facts are stubborn things and whatever
01:15:47may be our wishes our inclinations or the dictates of our passions they cannot alter the state of the
01:15:56facts and of the evidence and what the facts and the evidence demonstrate here is that the defendant
01:16:05drove her car in reverse struck mr o'keefe causing those catastrophic brain injuries leaving him
01:16:13incapacitated and freezing to death
01:16:25you could really sense the anxiety from karen reid's supporters which is a different story from yesterday
01:16:31and the day before when they were excited and confident today many of them told me they are nervous
01:16:37and expected a verdict by now i should have listened to you i shouldn't have gone out that night why
01:16:45did 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 fifth
01:17:31day 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
01:17:44just please oh god please let me go home tonight karen hey just go back to the evidence obviously we
01:17:57we were all hoping for a faster quicker verdict but i can't imagine 12 jurors would ever say you're
01:18:03guilty 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
01:19:28this is what happens when you bring
01:19:43false 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
01:20:19a mistrial is not justice i don't think anybody thinks it is yeah well it's better than going to jail
01:20:25i guess
01:20:26well justice is what we need and justice is not you walking out of that courtroom it's you not
01:20:32being charged anymore yeah well i'd rather go to jail before i plea out i will never give them that
01:20:39way
01:20:42hey dad no i didn't what's going on
01:20:50we're gonna retry it
01:20:54but how can the defense lie like that no way she did more evidence i see less i believe
01:21:01closing arguments today in the retrial of the karen reed murder case it's been a year since her
01:21:06first trial 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 in
01:21:19justice you are the last line of defense between an innocent woman and a system that tried mightily
01:21:28to bury the truth the commonwealth has to prove every charge beyond a reasonable doubt to an unshakable
01:21:36moral certainty no officer ever heard karen reed say i hit him it's not in a single police report
01:21:42nowhere the fact is there was no collision a car didn't kill john o'keefe and karen reed is an
01:21:49innocent woman find karen reed 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
01:22:05he couldn't his phone never moved again she leaves him a voicemail nobody knows where you are
01:22:11panic drunken denial is setting in they were fighting she got drunk she hit him
01:22:19she left him to die 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
01:22:32the mood here is of increasing concern that this trial
01:22:35may end up just like the last one with a mistrial
01:22:38one with a mistrial of karen reed
01:22:52on day four of jury deliberations in the retrial of karen reed
01:22:53on day four of jury deliberations in the retrial of karen reed
01:23:08i received word that the jury knocked on the door indicating that they had a verdict but shortly
01:23:12thereafter they knocked again and 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
01:23:33we're close it's coming
01:24:02mr foreman members of the jury
01:24:05have you agreed upon a verdict yes mr foreman in the matter of murder in the second degree
01:24:13what say you not guilty
01:24:17manslaughter while operating under the influence what say you not guilty
01:24:27operating under the influence of liquor by operating a motor vehicle so say you mr foreman
01:24:33guilty
01:24:36leaving the scene after an accident resulting in death not guilty or guilty
01:24:47not guilty
01:25:05not guilty
01:25:06honestly it was the most emotional experience i've ever been part of
01:25:09i feel i would be disrespecting everything our founding fathers wish their lives for
01:25:13if i wasn't out there fighting for karen in a statement john o'keefe's family called the
01:25:18verdict a devastating miscarriage of justice
01:25:23you know i've been praying 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
01:25:54number one is i couldn't be standing here today
01:25:56if it wasn't for these amazing supporters
01:25:59who've supported me
01:26:01and my team
01:26:03financially
01:26:04and more importantly
01:26:05and more importantly emotionally for almost four years
01:26:08and the second thing i want to say
01:26:11is that no one has fought harder for justice for john o'keefe than i have
01:26:16than i have
01:26:17and my team
01:26:20thank you thank you
01:26:28i remember everything
01:26:31i said
01:26:34could i have hit him
01:26:37did i hit him
01:26:59the
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