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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.
00:02:04Fine, let's go.
00:02:05Yeah, we're going?
00:02:05Yeah, let's go.
00:02:06If you want.
00:02:17Gather around.
00:02:17Hey, you in?
00:02:18Nice to see you.
00:02:19Nice to see you.
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 are you pricks drinking?
00:02:36Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:02:38Oh, kiss that mouth?
00:02:40That's what I know to shut her up.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:43Come on.
00:02:45Hey, you in?
00:02:47No.
00:02:48Hey, cheers.
00:02:49All right.
00:02:49Cheers.
00:02:50Cheers.
00:02:50I'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?
00:03:00I 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.
00:03:10Last call.
00:03:11Hey, this one.
00:03:17Let's keep this party going.
00:03:19Let's all go back to my place.
00:03:20Here we go.
00:03:21All right.
00:03:21Here's the 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?
00:03:27Uh, yeah.
00:03:29Yeah.
00:03:29Great.
00:03:30Is that fair of you?
00:03:31I'll text you.
00:03:34Really?
00:03:35It'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.
00:03:43Let's go.
00:03:45Mmm.
00:03:45We got one more.
00:03:46Let's go.
00:03:48Hey!
00:03:53Come in.
00:03:54Oh, hi.
00:04:09Thank you, sir.
00:06:18John?
00:06:35John?
00:06:51John?
00:06:57John?
00:07:07John?
00:07:11John?
00:07:13John?
00:07:19John?
00:07:21John?
00:07:23John?
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?
00:07:32John?
00:07:32Where the hell are you?
00:07:34Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:07:39John?
00:07:39John?
00:07:40Karen?
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.
00:07:51I'm totally freaking out right now.
00:07:53John?
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...
00:10:04I 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.
00:10:11What?
00:10:13What?
00:10:14I...
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 keep driving.
00:10:27There he is.
00:10:28There he is.
00:10:29What?
00:10:30Where?
00:10:30Stop, stop, stop.
00:10:33We're getting out right here.
00:10:34John, why are you seeing him?
00:10:36John!
00:10:38He's crazy.
00:10:39No, no, no.
00:10:41No, no, no, John!
00:10:42No!
00:10:43Oh, my God, no!
00:10:46No!
00:10:48John!
00:10:49John!
00:10:52John!
00:10:53John!
00:10:53John!
00:10:54Oh, my God, what?
00:10:56Oh, my God, what?
00:10:56Oh, my God, CPR!
00:10:57Get off!
00:10:58Uh, yeah, yeah.
00:10:59No, we need someone to 34 Fairview Road can't enough now.
00:11:03What's going on?
00:11:04Yeah, there's a guy.
00:11:04He's unresponsive in the snow.
00:11:06Oh, my God.
00:11:11Oh, my God.
00:11:15Oh, my God.
00:11:22Oh, my God.
00:11:25Oh, my God.
00:11:26Oh, my God.
00:11:26Oh, my God.
00:11:26Oh, my God.
00:11:28Oh, my God.
00:11:28Oh, my God.
00:11:29Oh.
00:11:36No, no, no, no, no.
00:11:38Come on.
00:11:40John!
00:11:41Mike.
00:11:41What's going on?
00:11:42Oh, my God, we just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:43Dono Keyes.
00:11:44You know him, right?
00:11:45Love some cops.
00:11:45Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't know how long you've been here.
00:11:53Liz.
00:12:04John. John, please.
00:12:08We got our boss and police officer.
00:12:10Just been found in the snow here.
00:12:16Get your step back, and then we get your step back.
00:12:18Step back.
00:12:19Uh, 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 a little shit.
00:12:27All right.
00:12:27Nope.
00:12:29One, two, three.
00:12:30Don't need any officer.
00:12:32Empty's here now.
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.
00:12:44Carrie?
00:12:45John, is he dead?
00:12:47He's dead.
00:12:51Mom?
00:12:58Dad.
00:12:59Dad.
00:13:00It's John.
00:13:02He's dead.
00:13:03What?
00:13:04No.
00:13:05I don't want to be alive right now.
00:13:08Daddy, I just, I just want to die.
00:13:13Is she breathing?
00:13:15All right, let's move him.
00:13:17Let's move him.
00:13:22Clay.
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?
00:13:35Affirmative.
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.
00:13:43It's okay, John.
00:13:45John, quick.
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?
00:13:52Any 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.
00:13:58Ever.
00:13:59We're going to get her out of here.
00:14:00You're going to be traveling with me.
00:14:02Please, John.
00:14:02We'll get you over here.
00:14:03No.
00:14:06No.
00:14:12Okay.
00:14:17Okay.
00:14:21Please don't die.
00:14:22Please don't.
00:14:24Okay.
00:14:25Just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:35I don't want to live without him.
00:14:38Ma'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 health 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.
00:15:05Stephen, I believe it.
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?
00:15:17We 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.
00:15:23Oh, my God.
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.
00:15:43No, that's them.
00:15:45That's my...
00:15:45That's the family.
00:15:47Please, I 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.
00:15:56Jesus.
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?
00:16:27Is he okay?
00:16:29Oh, sweetheart.
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, God.
00:17:12Oh, God.
00:17:15Oh, God.
00:17:16Oh, God.
00:17:17Oh, God.
00:17:18Oh, God.
00:17:19Oh, God.
00:17:19Oh, God.
00:17:24John, where are you?
00:17:28John, 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?
00:17:37You're a goddamn loser.
00:17:38You 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.
00:18:23That's all we got right now.
00:18:24Just trying to beat the snowmobile.
00:18:28You gonna must that off, you think?
00:18:29Yeah, I do.
00:18:30Yeah, I do.
00:18:38How 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.
00:19:25I 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, you know what happens.
00:20:01They're taking him 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...
00:20:25What 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.
00:20:58I loved this man.
00:21:00You know what 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?
00:21:44Let 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,
00:22:05or 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 were all good.
00:22:59You know, we were kissing and laughing.
00:23:03We were with our friends.
00:23:05And then he got out of the car.
00:23:07Then I left.
00:23:09And that was the last time I ever saw him.
00:23:12That was outside the Elbert's house around 12.30 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.
00:23:27You 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.
00:23:45I...
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,
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?
00:24:19Well,
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 of where else I can have to ask for your phone.
00:24:35What?
00:24:37What?
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?
00:25:05What does that even...
00:25:07With who?
00:25:08With anyone in John's family.
00:25:12And I'm afraid that means
00:25:13that 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, 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
00:25:36for your arrest.
00:25:37My 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.
00:26:05I mean, I 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?
00:26:17I 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...
00:26:34Or...
00:26:35What if I...
00:26:36I...
00:26:36I clipped him in the knee
00:26:37and he just...
00:26:37He just passed out?
00:26:39Well, then you would have
00:26:41some element of culpability.
00:26:43They 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
00:26:53for something like this?
00:26:55You can also expect
00:26:56some fairly invasive discovery.
00:26:58Subpoenas for your texts,
00:27:00your emails,
00:27:01your financial records.
00:27:03I'll talk to the DA
00:27:05and arrange for you
00:27:06to 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 gonna be with you
00:27:16for the whole thing.
00:27:18I've been practicing law
00:27:19for 30-plus years.
00:27:22They're gonna take your picture.
00:27:24They'll take your prints.
00:27:25You post bail.
00:27:27You go home.
00:27:32I've got it over here.
00:27:34I think closer to the room.
00:27:36I'll have it, right?
00:27:37Yes.
00:27:3748, 45, 10.
00:27:39I'm gonna check that over there.
00:27:40Yeah, yeah, I'll grab my arm in there.
00:28:09Just behind me
00:28:11is the location of the tragic death
00:28:13of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe,
00:28:15where investigations have intensified.
00:28:26Four taillight pieces over here.
00:28:32Family, friends, and fellow officers
00:28:34gathered today at the St. Francis of Assisi Church
00:28:37in Braintree for the funeral
00:28:39of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
00:28:41O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday
00:28:43in the early morning hours after being found
00:28:45in the snow outside a home in Canton.
00:28:47His brother Paul remembered John
00:28:49as someone who showed what determination
00:28:51could be.
00:28:52Moving forward, I will do my best
00:28:55to continue my brother's legacy
00:28:56of caring and supporting others,
00:28:58even though I know I can never come close
00:29:01to the way he did.
00:29:03Nor can I come close to
00:29:05expressing the admiration
00:29:07I have for John,
00:29:09who, after our sister Christy died,
00:29:12took her two children into his home
00:29:14to raise as his.
00:29:17But I can repeat
00:29:18the same words
00:29:20that John used at Christy's funeral.
00:29:25We'll take it from here.
00:29:27John O'Keefe will be laid to rest
00:29:29at Blue Hill Cemetery
00:29:30in Braintree.
00:29:34David, hi.
00:29:36Hey, listen,
00:29:37I've got some bad news.
00:29:39Terrific.
00:29:40I talked to the DA,
00:29:41and they're not going for it.
00:29:42I won't let you
00:29:43voluntarily surrender.
00:29:45What?
00:29:47Why?
00:29:48Well,
00:29:48they're not telling me anything,
00:29:50but
00:29:50the Boston cop is dead.
00:29:52We knew there was a heightened
00:29:54sense of importance to it.
00:29:55They're playing their cards
00:29:56very close.
00:29:57So they're insisting
00:29:58on arresting me.
00:30:01David,
00:30:01how am I supposed
00:30:02to go to jail?
00:30:03I mean,
00:30:03I've got Crohn's,
00:30:04I've got MS,
00:30:05I've got all these
00:30:06meds I have to take.
00:30:07Okay,
00:30:08you can bring them with you.
00:30:11All right,
00:30:12when?
00:30:13Well,
00:30:14that's why I'm calling.
00:30:16Are you home?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:19Yeah.
00:31:11David,
00:31:11I have to move.
00:31:15Aaron Reed,
00:31:16you have the right
00:31:17to remain silent.
00:31:18Anything you say,
00:31:20can be used
00:31:21against you
00:31:22in a heart of law.
00:31:24You cannot
00:31:25afford an attorney.
00:31:26Why don't we provide it
00:31:27to you by the state?
00:31:42Police have arrested
00:31:43a Mansfield woman
00:31:44in connection
00:31:44with the death
00:31:45of Boston police officer
00:31:47John O'Keefe,
00:31:48who was found
00:31:49in a snowbank
00:31:49on a Canton street
00:31:50over the weekend.
00:31:54Investigators
00:31:55allege
00:31:56that Reed struck O'Keefe
00:31:57with her black Lexus SUV
00:31:59and left him
00:32:00to die in the snow
00:32:01outside a Canton home
00:32:02in the frigid,
00:32:03blizzard conditions.
00:32:06Manslaughter,
00:32:07motor vehicle homicide,
00:32:08leaving the scene
00:32:09of a motor vehicle collision
00:32:10causing death.
00:32:11Do you understand
00:32:12these charges?
00:32:12This arrest marks
00:32:15the first major development
00:32:16in the investigation
00:32:17into O'Keefe's death,
00:32:19which shocked
00:32:20the local law enforcement
00:32:21community.
00:32:22of a motor vehicle
00:32:38These charges
00:32:42You're not
00:32:44going to die?
00:32:44I don't know.
00:33:31I don't know.
00:33:44I don't know.
00:33:46I don't know.
00:33:49I don't know.
00:33:50Chris Albert.
00:33:53A bunch of them down by the waterfall.
00:33:55Can we just hang here?
00:33:56Do you wanna go?
00:33:57No.
00:33:59Come on.
00:34:00Look 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.
00:34:14Go 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, blame 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.
00:34:34Best way I know to shut her up.
00:34:36Come on.
00:34:40You look 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?
00:34:55Uh, 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.
00:35:06We'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
00:35:25to 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 0.09.
00:35:44Yeah, I already know that.
00:35:46What 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.
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,
00:36:40I 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...
00:37:06Am I news now?
00:37:17How 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
00:37:29to stay away from the victim of residence and have no contact with her.
00:37:42Karen Wreath, the girlfriend of John O'Keefe, was released on bail today.
00:37:48Shortly after she appeared 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.
00:38:01The 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?
00:38:28How 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, I had to cash out my 401K.
00:38:54Probably gonna have to sell this house.
00:38:57Honey, you've got your mom, you'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.
00:40:03What?
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?
00:40:38Your parents can come back and retrieve everything.
00:40:43I just...
00:40:43I don't want to be on Channel 4 in my 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.
00:40:54We unslaughter, a second-degree murder.
00:40:56What's...
00:40:56What's the difference?
00:40:58Life in prison.
00:41:09I 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.
00:41:17And no more straws.
00:41:18Everything is, we're all gonna die.
00:41:21Anyway, that's my take.
00:41:22For those of you just joining or here for the first time, I'm your fearless host, Turtle
00:41:26little boy.
00:41:27Let'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, I mean, you got this woman who's got it all together and, um, she just got drunk
00:41:45one night and appears to have 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 on a sec.
00:42:43Look at this.
00:42:44Proctor knows everybody.
00:42:46He's the lead investigator on this case.
00:42:49And I'm there scrolling through all these pictures and it's like he pretty much knows
00:42:51everybody 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 going to let this go.
00:43:07And now it's my ass that's on the line.
00:43:12We're going to need a bigger team.
00:43:43Are they kidding?
00:43:46These injuries are from a car hitting them?
00:43:48That's their story.
00:43:49Well, I'm not buying it.
00:43:50Maybe someone just needed a scapegoat.
00:43:52Yeah, well, that's why I'm here.
00:43:54I mean, come on.
00:43:56You mean to tell me they're not seeing what we're seeing?
00:43:58Exactly our question.
00:43:59And did anybody else have their vehicle and cell phone taken from them?
00:44:03I mean, it's like I was the only suspect.
00:44:05Well, you're the odd one out.
00:44:07They're circling their wagons.
00:44:09Everybody and his mother putting only you on the chopping block.
00:44:13This is intentional.
00:44:14This slow drip of discovery from the prosecution.
00:44:18Well, they're certainly taking their time.
00:44:20It's been months.
00:44:21They've got a game plan.
00:44:23They're on a fishing expedition.
00:44:25Trying to fit the evidence to the narrative they already decided on.
00:44:27You have a fundamental right to see the evidence against you.
00:44:30And they're taking their sweet time about it.
00:44:32They didn't waste any time taking my car or my phone, did they?
00:44:36Let's just drill down on this for just ten seconds.
00:44:38In terms of the taillight material, the glass, the plastic, John's shirt, the jeans, the belt, the shoes, the underwear,
00:44:45the hat, whatever.
00:44:46Well, none of it was booked into evidence until March 14th, 2022.
00:44:51So they just sat on it for a month and a half.
00:44:53What the hell? Is that standard?
00:44:54No, no, no.
00:44:55We don't know whose possession they were in.
00:44:57I mean, where were the circumstances?
00:44:58Were they properly handled?
00:45:00We have no guarantee they weren't compromised.
00:45:02Holy shit, Turtle Riders.
00:45:04This is story of the century stuff.
00:45:06I mean, my job is currently on the floor.
00:45:09Remember the headlines that a Boston police officer was backed over by his girlfriend in a snowstorm after a fight
00:45:14on a night they were both drinking?
00:45:15That 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.
00:45:20And what we know for damn sure is she did not run him over.
00:45:24No, Karen Reed is a completely innocent woman.
00:45:27He is something else.
00:45:29We couldn't get better PR if we were paying him.
00:45:32It's because he's 100% sincere.
00:45:34A force to be reckoned with.
00:45:36Where to believe that Karen was at least 62 feet away before she decided to gun it in reverse, and
00:45:42John just stood there, right?
00:45:44Just waited to get run over.
00:45:47Is he dead?
00:45:48Karen?
00:45:49John, is he dead?
00:45:51He's dead.
00:45:54I didn't hear you say it at all.
00:45:56If I was running around saying, I hit him, I hit him, you'd think it would be picked up by
00:46:00the dash cam mice.
00:46:01You'd also be arrested on the spot.
00:46:04I mean, we can clearly hear you say, he's dead, he's dead.
00:46:07But not, I hit him.
00:46:09Yeah, you don't hear it because I never said it.
00:46:11It's all an elaborate plot to frame Karen Reed.
00:46:14Now, when I believe in something, I don't just say, oh, here's the facts.
00:46:17No, 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.
00:46:34You can ask all the questions you want, but the hard data, right, is where do you find the really
00:46:40critical stuff in the 21st century?
00:46:42Proctor's phone records are coming in very soon, or I'm going to be breathing fire.
00:46:45Sir, uh, Carrie Roberts and Jen McCabe's confirmed the timing of those calls you made to them that morning.
00:46:52We have records of other investigators. We have the 911 records.
00:46:58Well, that can't be right.
00:47:01Did Jen McCabe make a Google search at 227 that morning?
00:47:05How long to die in cold?
00:47:09Actually, she typed in HOS, but it's...
00:47:13It's clear what she meant.
00:47:27Karen Reed had nothing to do with it.
00:47:30This is an innocent woman.
00:47:32Okay, she is the victim of a conspiracy.
00:47:35We won't rest until we get to the bottom of exactly who killed John O'Keefe.
00:47:38Not only Karen Reed deserves this, John O'Keefe deserves this and has deserved this from moment one.
00:47:46It feels like we're the only ones who are fighting for the truth of what happened to John O'Keefe.
00:47:50And 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.
00:48:04I tried to save his life.
00:48:06At 6 a.m. in the morning, I was covered in his blood.
00:48:10Why were you so angry with John that late?
00:48:16Welcome, Turtle Riders.
00:48:18There 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.
00:48:33I'll tell you that much.
00:48:34There will be no rioting, no looting, nothing like that.
00:48:38We are peacefully protesting the murder of the adopted father of two and a Boston police officer named John O
00:48:46'Keefe.
00:48:47We 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.
00:49:06Hundreds of people here, you would think, are waiting for a movie star.
00:49:09But the focus of their attention is actually former college professor Karen Reed.
00:49:21Okay, we're ready for opening statements.
00:49:23The defendant, Karen Reed, struck Mr. O'Keefe with her car, knocking him onto the ground, striking his head, and
00:49:33leaving him lying there to die in a blizzard.
00:49:36Karen Reed was framed.
00:49:38Her car never struck John O'Keefe.
00:49:43She did not cause his death.
00:49:46And that means that somebody else did.
00:50:11Hey, blast from the past.
00:50:13There he is, in person.
00:50:16Damn, look at you.
00:50:19Shut up.
00:50:20Oh, uh...
00:50:23You go all out for a first date.
00:50:26How is this your first date?
00:50:27Okay, well, first date in 16 years.
00:50:30Come on in.
00:50:32Let's get a drink first.
00:50:33Yeah, talking my language.
00:50:37I mean, I don't know.
00:50:38Either most guys are jerks or I'm just a bad picker.
00:50:42But no, no ex-husband, no kids.
00:50:45What is the matter with guys these days?
00:50:47They don't see that you're a catch.
00:50:49Well, you didn't.
00:50:51Uh, you broke up with me.
00:50:54Oh, well.
00:50:55Well, I'm smarter now.
00:51:00So, you're a dad.
00:51:03Yeah.
00:51:04Uh, I guess.
00:51:06Kinda.
00:51:07Kinda.
00:51:08I mean, on your page.
00:51:10Actually, they're my, uh, my niece and nephew.
00:51:13But, uh, they're mine now.
00:51:15They were my, my sisters.
00:51:17Uh, Christie's.
00:51:18But, uh, she died.
00:51:21Oh, my gosh.
00:51:22I'm, I'm so sorry.
00:51:24I was brain cancer.
00:51:26And then, I mean, just when you think God's had this big laugh.
00:51:29Her husband, Stephen, has a heart attack two months later.
00:51:31Jesus, John.
00:51:32Yeah.
00:51:33Yeah, I mean, the kids.
00:51:35You know, they're orphans.
00:51:36And that's, you know, that's, that's when family needs to step in.
00:51:43Yeah, I mean, they're good kids.
00:51:46They're good.
00:51:49Well, then I guess that makes you a saint.
00:51:51I mean, they're my niece and nephew.
00:51:52Yeah, but still.
00:51:54A single guy taking on two kids?
00:51:59Are you sure I broke up with you?
00:52:00Doesn't sound right.
00:52:03Well, you were young.
00:52:04Stupid.
00:52:07I'll give you that.
00:52:09Well, here is to new beginnings.
00:52:12To new beginnings.
00:52:19Uh, Karen, is it?
00:52:21Don't you remember last night and twice this morning?
00:52:28Well, I gave you a key a month ago.
00:52:30You never use it.
00:52:31Oh.
00:52:33I like it when my man opens the door for me.
00:52:35Oh.
00:52:36Where are the kids?
00:52:38I just missed the man to bed.
00:52:40Oh, sounds good.
00:52:41Come on, where's the door?
00:52:43All right.
00:52:53What's going on?
00:52:55Gotta go to work.
00:52:58Blow it off?
00:52:59Can't blow it off.
00:53:00Oh, come on.
00:53:02You can be a little late.
00:53:04Mm-hmm.
00:53:07Oh.
00:53:12Is she moving in?
00:53:13Yeah, you'd think she already did.
00:53:15She's pretty much already always here.
00:53:17Is that a good thing, or...?
00:53:19Yeah.
00:53:20Yeah, she's great.
00:53:21And she's great with the kids.
00:53:22She is good with the kids.
00:53:24It's nice to have some help.
00:53:25You know what I mean?
00:53:26What does Erin think?
00:53:28She likes her.
00:53:30I like her, too.
00:53:32What are you driving at?
00:53:33You shopping for rings?
00:53:35No, I'm just...
00:53:36I'm asking for an outside opinion.
00:53:38So you got my opinion?
00:53:40She's a thumbs up.
00:53:43Are we seriously having an argument over donuts?
00:53:46It's not about donuts.
00:53:47It's about me telling the kids no,
00:53:49and you buying them donuts anyway.
00:53:51We were running all around town,
00:53:54doing errands,
00:53:54and thought I was doing something nice,
00:53:56so shoot me.
00:53:57Just don't contradict me to them, huh?
00:54:00You're not their mother.
00:54:04I don't need a fun Aunt Karen
00:54:06overriding everything I tell them.
00:54:09Seems to me like you don't want them
00:54:10seeing me as a mother figure.
00:54:12Did I say that?
00:54:13When did I say that?
00:54:20What's really going on here, John?
00:54:21You keep picking all these fights with me lately,
00:54:23and they're always all about something
00:54:25that I'm doing wrong around here.
00:54:27I'm spoiling the kids,
00:54:28I'm reorganizing the pantry,
00:54:29I'm moving the towel.
00:54:30Ask first!
00:54:32Oh, I'm sorry, John.
00:54:33Crime of the century.
00:54:35I just want to be part of the decision-making
00:54:36in my own house.
00:54:38That's all.
00:54:43Look, I want you around.
00:54:48I like it.
00:54:51I'm not trying to push you away.
00:54:53I am just a guy who's setting his ways.
00:54:56Oh.
00:54:57And I am trying my best.
00:55:03Now, do you have any more of those donuts?
00:55:07Hey, I am a cop, after all.
00:55:09Mm-hmm.
00:55:10Charming one, luckily.
00:55:11Mm.
00:55:16Are you okay, babe?
00:55:18Yeah, whatever.
00:55:19All right.
00:55:21Well, anyway,
00:55:24do...
00:55:27Do you want to go to Aruba?
00:55:30What are you talking about?
00:55:31Lauren invited us to Aruba.
00:55:33They go every new year.
00:55:34There's a group of them.
00:55:39I was going to say no to Aruba.
00:55:47John.
00:55:48Hey.
00:55:49What the hell was that?
00:55:50What?
00:55:51You're making out with some girl?
00:55:53Oh, that's Marietta.
00:55:54That's Laura's little sister.
00:55:55I was saying thanks.
00:55:56Oh, with your tongue?
00:55:58Jesus.
00:55:58Um, hi.
00:55:59Nice to meet you.
00:56:01Go screw yourself.
00:56:02Both of you.
00:56:03Karen?
00:56:05Karen, that is...
00:56:06No, don't talk to me.
00:56:07No, no.
00:56:14Look, I'm embarrassed too, all right?
00:56:16I-I was totally out of line.
00:56:19I apologize to everyone.
00:56:21I-I even told Marietta I'd pay for her room.
00:56:24Okay.
00:56:24That's great, Karen.
00:56:25I'm sure she appreciated that.
00:56:27No.
00:56:28She didn't.
00:56:29She wasn't going to let me do that
00:56:30because that would mean accepting my apology
00:56:32and I could tell she'd rather die than do that.
00:56:34Okay!
00:56:34We're home.
00:56:36It's over.
00:56:39No, it's not over.
00:56:41Because you obviously haven't forgiven me either.
00:56:43Look, we have been on top of each other
00:56:45nonstop since we left.
00:56:46Can we just give this a break?
00:56:48Okay.
00:56:50I hear you.
00:56:52I'm leaving.
00:56:52Wait a minute.
00:56:53What are you doing?
00:56:54I get it, John.
00:56:55Karen, I didn't say you had to leave.
00:56:59Karen!
00:57:08What?
00:57:08What do you think about us never going to a road back in?
00:57:13Deal.
00:57:17Hey, hon.
00:57:18Hey.
00:57:20How are you?
00:57:34Is there something we need to talk about?
00:57:39I don't know.
00:57:41You don't know what?
00:57:48No, I...
00:57:49I don't need this.
00:57:51You want to be a little bit more specific?
00:57:54Yeah, I'm sick of the argument.
00:57:56I'm not so quick to jump back into the...
00:57:59the lovey-dovey, as you are.
00:58:02You know, I've been trying to get over this hump.
00:58:04You say you don't want to fight weekly,
00:58:06and then you're so quick to fly off the handle.
00:58:11It really feels like you're setting me up to fail here, John.
00:58:18You know...
00:58:21It's late.
00:58:22We're both tired.
00:58:24Let's just, uh...
00:58:25go to bed, and...
00:58:28we can forget about this for now.
00:58:44What time is it?
00:58:47Time to get going.
00:58:49Oh, let's just stay in bed a little bit longer.
00:58:52No, I-I gotta go.
00:58:54Oh, come on.
00:58:55Start the day off in a good mood.
00:58:59John!
00:59:03What the hell?
00:59:09Hey.
00:59:10John, you really hurt me this time.
00:59:12Just tell me if you're interested in someone else.
00:59:14I can't think of any other reason why you're being this way.
00:59:16I'm not.
00:59:17Look, I'm about to pick up the kids.
00:59:19I'm not in the mood to talk right now.
00:59:21Can I-
00:59:21Oh, okay.
00:59:21So you're not into it anymore.
00:59:23I gotta go.
00:59:28You know, the other day I was trying to talk to you
00:59:29about our future, and you were just like,
00:59:31yeah, yeah, okay, what about it?
00:59:33Not how it went down, but okay.
00:59:36Okay, so you're really not into this anymore?
00:59:37No, I am just sick of fighting
00:59:39and arguing all the time.
00:59:40Like, look, I gotta go.
00:59:48Oh, my God.
00:59:49Just stop calling me.
00:59:52Oh, my God.
00:59:56Oh.
00:59:58John, call me back.
01:00:12The residents of Canton are under a blizzard warning
01:00:15and are advised to prepare for a dangerous
01:00:17and historic snowstorm with life-threatening conditions.
01:00:20Heavy snowfall and strong...
01:00:22Have you just stayed home tonight, Karen?
01:00:24The sand's gonna come down pretty hard.
01:00:25No, the heavy stuff's not coming till later.
01:00:28It's just that when they say blizzard,
01:00:30it doesn't mean flurries.
01:00:32Look, John and I, we've been fighting all day.
01:00:35I think it's really important for me
01:00:36to see him tonight, Dad.
01:00:37Besides, if I get snowed in,
01:00:40I'd rather be up there with John and the kids
01:00:41and be here by myself.
01:00:43Plus, we always have fun on the weekends.
01:00:46Well, sweetheart, just be careful.
01:00:48Don't worry.
01:00:50Nothing bad's gonna happen.
01:00:51Please, stay awful.
01:01:05Okay.
01:01:07Okay.
01:01:09Come for a drink.
01:01:20Hey, can I get a bottle of soda?
01:01:30Can I get one more?
01:01:32That's drink number four.
01:01:34Five.
01:01:35Six.
01:01:37Seven.
01:01:38Seven drinks in total at McCarthy's.
01:01:40Before the defendant moved on to the waterfall
01:01:42where she kept drinking.
01:01:45And then she got behind the wheel
01:01:48and drove to 34 Fairview with John O'Keefe.
01:02:10I don't think anybody would be paying attention
01:02:13when I said my favorite color was pink.
01:02:20I'm handing you a document.
01:02:23I'm handing you a document.
01:02:23Do you recognize it?
01:02:24Yes.
01:02:25And what do you recognize it to be?
01:02:29It's a text message thread labeled Proctor's Friends.
01:02:34So these all came from me.
01:02:36From all accounts, he didn't do anything wrong.
01:02:38She's a whack job.
01:02:40See you.
01:02:42Objection.
01:02:43So don't spell it.
01:02:45You have to.
01:02:46This is...
01:02:47These are your words, Trooper Proctor?
01:02:50Yes, John.
01:02:52So go ahead and say them.
01:02:55She's a whack job con...
01:02:59She's a babe.
01:03:01Weird follower of accent, though.
01:03:03No ass.
01:03:04These are unprofessional comments,
01:03:06but they absolutely do not detract
01:03:08from the integrity of the investigation
01:03:10or the facts and the evidence of it.
01:03:15Sir, how did you refer to Ms. Reed
01:03:17in your text exchange
01:03:18when you informed them
01:03:19that you were going through her phone?
01:03:21I used regrettable language.
01:03:23I said that I was going through
01:03:25his retarded client's phone.
01:03:27And who were you referring to as retarded?
01:03:30Ms. Reed.
01:03:31So the person that you were investigating,
01:03:32you referred to two of your bosses
01:03:34as retarded, correct?
01:03:35Again, poor language on my part.
01:03:37Poor language is one way to put it.
01:03:39Completely offensive is another way to put it.
01:03:41Then what did you write
01:03:41after you talked about going through her phone?
01:03:46No nudes so far.
01:03:48So you were looking for
01:03:49naked photographs of Ms. Reed, correct?
01:03:51No, not correct.
01:03:52Let me ask you a question.
01:03:54Have you ever looked for naked photographs
01:03:56of male suspects you were investigating?
01:03:58I don't look for naked photos
01:04:00on anyone's phones.
01:04:02Well, you just said
01:04:03you were looking for nudes of Ms. Reed.
01:04:05Like I said, Mr. Jackson,
01:04:06it was an inappropriate joke.
01:04:09So you weren't so much
01:04:10objectively investigating Karen Reed
01:04:12as objectifying, correct?
01:04:16Before you even went into the house,
01:04:18having interviewed only three folks,
01:04:20you had this case nice and wrapped up,
01:04:21didn't you?
01:04:22Yes.
01:04:23Based on the evidence
01:04:25uncovered by my office that day,
01:04:27the one shoe discovered at the scene,
01:04:29the one shoe at the hospital,
01:04:31Mr. O'Keefe's injuries,
01:04:32the broken tailpiece underneath the snow,
01:04:35I didn't ask for your explanation.
01:04:37I asked,
01:04:38did you, in your mind,
01:04:39have this case wrapped up?
01:04:42Was it cut and dry in your mind?
01:04:44Yes.
01:04:45Then you indicated,
01:04:46we're going to put serious charges on the girl.
01:04:48Who were you referring to as the girl?
01:04:51The defendant.
01:04:52The way you were going to make it?
01:04:54Cut and dry, right?
01:04:55Pretty simple.
01:04:56Just pin it on the girl.
01:04:58Absolutely not.
01:04:59Then what did you write?
01:05:04She's screwed.
01:05:05She's screwed.
01:05:06You decided,
01:05:08individually, Trooper Proctor,
01:05:10that you were not only going to put it on the girl,
01:05:13you decided you were going to make sure
01:05:15this case was cut and dried.
01:05:16And the way you were going to do it
01:05:18is to make sure she's screwed.
01:05:20I mean, that's what you were saying.
01:05:22No.
01:05:22No, absolutely not.
01:05:23You responded to a text message from your sister.
01:05:26Hopefully she kills herself, correct?
01:05:29It was a figure of speech.
01:05:30You believed, Trooper Proctor,
01:05:32that your life would be much easier
01:05:34if Karen Reed was just dead.
01:05:36No, no.
01:05:38Like I said, it was a figure of speech.
01:05:40My emotions got the best of me
01:05:41based on, you know,
01:05:42the fact that Ms. Reed
01:05:43hit Mr. O'Keefe with her vehicle
01:05:45and left him to die
01:05:46on the side of the road.
01:05:47So my emotions got the best of me
01:05:49with that figure of speech.
01:05:51Well, let's talk about that figure of speech.
01:05:54During the course of your investigation,
01:05:56your figures of speech include the following.
01:06:00She's a bitch,
01:06:01a whack job,
01:06:03a retard,
01:06:04no ass,
01:06:05she's screwed,
01:06:06according to you,
01:06:07and screw her,
01:06:09correct?
01:06:10Correct.
01:06:14Do you agree,
01:06:15Trooper Proctor,
01:06:16that you have dehumanized
01:06:18Karen Reed
01:06:19during the course of your investigation
01:06:20with comments and words like this?
01:06:23I would say that
01:06:26based off of that language,
01:06:30um,
01:06:32yes.
01:06:33Because you were going to make sure
01:06:35this case was cut and dry.
01:06:36Those were your words, right?
01:06:38Dependent on the girl.
01:06:41Shame on you, sir.
01:06:43Objection.
01:06:44At the waterfall,
01:06:45it seemed like they were quite lovey-dovey.
01:06:48At 12.37.08 a.m.,
01:06:51the defendant calls John
01:06:52and voicemail number one is left.
01:06:53Miss Gilman,
01:06:54would you kindly play the voicemail
01:06:55for 12.37.08?
01:06:59You know what, John?
01:07:00I goddamn hate you!
01:07:02Do you hear me?
01:07:04I goddamn hate you!
01:07:06At 1.17.37 a.m.,
01:07:08the defendant calls John.
01:07:10This is when voicemail six
01:07:11is left with voice.
01:07:12John, do you hear me?
01:07:13You are screwing another girl!
01:07:17What, if anything,
01:07:18did your brother mention to you
01:07:20as far as reasons for an argument
01:07:22or points of contention?
01:07:25He didn't like it if, you know,
01:07:27she spent a lot of money
01:07:28on the kids for gifts.
01:07:30I know there was some arguments
01:07:32about what she fed him,
01:07:33whether it was Dunkin' Donuts
01:07:34or what have you,
01:07:36things along those lines.
01:07:37And what, if any, occasions,
01:07:39uh, as far as their arguments
01:07:43or anything like that,
01:07:44did you observe personally,
01:07:46yourself?
01:07:47I witnessed, uh,
01:07:49so they had rented a house
01:07:50down in Cape Cod.
01:07:51I witnessed, you know,
01:07:54one intense fight
01:07:55between the two of them.
01:07:57Um, it was a verbal argument.
01:08:00You know, typical couples fighting.
01:08:02There was alcohol, uh, involved.
01:08:06I recall, uh, complaining
01:08:08that he wasn't nice to,
01:08:09you know, something to that effect.
01:08:11I was kind of the referee
01:08:13in that entire situation.
01:08:15When you make reference
01:08:17to the alcohol involved,
01:08:18was that one or both?
01:08:20Uh, both.
01:08:21So both your brother
01:08:22and the defendant.
01:08:25Correct.
01:08:27Do you think it's standard practice
01:08:29to borrow solo cups
01:08:30from a neighbor
01:08:30to gather evidence?
01:08:32Of course not.
01:08:34Nothing about this scene
01:08:35was standard.
01:08:37So after 8 a.m.,
01:08:38the crime scene
01:08:39was completely open,
01:08:41unsecured,
01:08:41available to anybody?
01:08:43Correct.
01:08:47Uh,
01:08:49so your expert testimony
01:08:50is that John O'Keefe
01:08:51was hit by the SUV
01:08:53and flew 30 feet?
01:08:55Would you define flying
01:08:56as being literally
01:08:58in the air the whole time?
01:08:59I don't know.
01:09:00You tell me.
01:09:00You're the expert.
01:09:02Oh.
01:09:03Well, he was...
01:09:04When we say projected,
01:09:07we mean he gets projected
01:09:08and then they...
01:09:09They usually have a landing phase
01:09:11and then they land
01:09:13or they usually roll
01:09:14or tumble to final rest.
01:09:18If struck by a vehicle
01:09:19going 24 miles per hour,
01:09:20I'd expect to see fractures
01:09:22and deep contusions,
01:09:24not just the abrasions
01:09:25found on the victim's arm.
01:09:26Red plastic found
01:09:27in the debris scraped
01:09:29from John O'Keefe's clothing
01:09:30were a match
01:09:31to the defendant's
01:09:32damaged taillight.
01:09:33Victims' injuries
01:09:34don't look remotely consistent
01:09:35with being struck
01:09:36by a vehicle.
01:09:38We are here for justice
01:09:39for John O'Keefe
01:09:40and justice for Karen Reed
01:09:42because there is no justice
01:09:44for John O'Keefe
01:09:46without justice
01:09:46justice for Karen Reed.
01:09:51As the snow melted,
01:09:52more and more pieces
01:09:53of taillight
01:09:54from the defendant's vehicle
01:09:55were uncovered at the scene.
01:09:57Sergeant,
01:09:57were you able to see
01:09:58the video okay?
01:09:59Based on the motion
01:10:00of the shot
01:10:01with the snow falling,
01:10:02it appears that there is movement,
01:10:04but the video speaks
01:10:05for itself.
01:10:08On the ground,
01:10:09around the rear
01:10:09of Mr. O'Keefe's
01:10:10parked vehicle,
01:10:11what if any red pieces
01:10:12or anything do you observe?
01:10:14Nothing was observed.
01:10:17John never went
01:10:18in the house.
01:10:18It's not a story.
01:10:20It's a fact.
01:10:23Mr. O'Keefe's
01:10:24Apple health data
01:10:25indicated he climbed
01:10:26up or down
01:10:27three flights of stairs
01:10:28between 1221
01:10:29and 1224.
01:10:31I cross-referenced
01:10:32Mr. O'Keefe's phone
01:10:33and his Apple watch
01:10:34and the data
01:10:35indicate he was still
01:10:36half a mile away
01:10:38from 34 Fairview
01:10:39at 1224.
01:10:40As I left,
01:10:41I noticed something
01:10:42out of the ordinary,
01:10:44like a black blob
01:10:46on the ground
01:10:48by the flagpole.
01:10:48It was pretty dark
01:10:50and snowy.
01:10:52I was also
01:10:54intoxicated
01:10:55drinking.
01:10:59At 227 a.m.,
01:11:00you made a Google search
01:11:01how long to die
01:11:02in the cold, correct?
01:11:03Except you made
01:11:05a mistake
01:11:05and typed HOS
01:11:06how long to die
01:11:08in cold.
01:11:09I made that search,
01:11:10but I made it
01:11:11in the morning
01:11:11after 6 a.m.
01:11:12at your client's request.
01:11:15I opened up
01:11:15a search tab
01:11:16at that time, yes,
01:11:17but I was looking
01:11:18at a basketball team
01:11:19for my daughter.
01:11:19I didn't make that search
01:11:20until right after
01:11:21we found John.
01:11:22Karen screamed at me
01:11:23to look it up
01:11:24and my hands were shaking.
01:11:26Karen was saying,
01:11:26Google hypothermia.
01:11:28Our analysis showed
01:11:29that Ms. McCabe's searches
01:11:31for how long
01:11:32to die in the cold
01:11:32were in fact conducted
01:11:33at 623
01:11:36and 624 a.m.
01:11:38Ms. McCabe,
01:11:39the records show
01:11:40you made that search
01:11:40at 227 a.m.
01:11:41I made that search
01:11:42after 6 a.m.
01:11:43at your client's request.
01:11:45She kept saying,
01:11:46I hit him,
01:11:46I hit him,
01:11:47oh my God,
01:11:48I hit him.
01:11:49I hit him.
01:11:50No,
01:11:51I didn't hear that part.
01:11:52So you're telling
01:11:53that you actually heard
01:11:53what she said
01:11:54in a snowstorm?
01:11:55I can tell you today
01:11:56with 100% clarity,
01:11:58she said,
01:11:58I hit him,
01:11:59I hit him,
01:12:00I hit him.
01:12:01Mr. Lawgren,
01:12:02when you drove
01:12:03your snowplow
01:12:04past 34 Fairview
01:12:05that night,
01:12:06how much
01:12:07of the front lawn
01:12:08area
01:12:08did your headlights
01:12:10illuminate?
01:12:11The entire front lawn.
01:12:12And at that hour,
01:12:14at 2.45 in the morning,
01:12:16did you see anything
01:12:17in that front lawn area
01:12:19near the flagpole?
01:12:20I saw nothing.
01:12:23A body?
01:12:24No.
01:12:27No further questions.
01:12:31Thanks for joining us.
01:12:32I'm Chris Tanaka
01:12:33with a WBZ News update.
01:12:35After weeks of testimony
01:12:36and dozens of witnesses,
01:12:38closing arguments
01:12:39finally set today
01:12:40in the Karen Reed murder trial.
01:12:41Karen Reed!
01:12:42Reed!
01:12:43Karen Reed!
01:12:44Reed!
01:12:45Last day in court.
01:12:47No more
01:12:48what's next,
01:12:49what witnesses next,
01:12:51what questions
01:12:52are you going to be asking them.
01:12:54I'm glad that part's over with.
01:12:56You're looking at the positive?
01:12:58That's good.
01:13:00Yeah.
01:13:02I woke up this morning
01:13:03and it just,
01:13:04it felt weird,
01:13:05it felt weird
01:13:06not knowing
01:13:06where I'm going to sleep tonight.
01:13:08I could be all alone.
01:13:10I'm in prison.
01:13:21Just look the other way.
01:13:24That's what they want.
01:13:25That's what they're counting on.
01:13:30But the uncanny fact
01:13:32is that you have been lied to
01:13:34in this courtroom.
01:13:35And your job
01:13:36is to never, ever
01:13:37look the other way.
01:13:39Your singular duty
01:13:40is to stare down
01:13:42the evidence
01:13:43and do it
01:13:44unflinchingly
01:13:45and do it unwaveringly.
01:13:47You are the last line
01:13:48of defense
01:13:48between Karen Reed
01:13:51and the tyranny
01:13:52of injustice.
01:13:54How do we get out of here?
01:13:57Well, first,
01:13:59you build a tall blue wall.
01:14:01But most importantly,
01:14:04pick your patsy
01:14:05and you pin it on the girl.
01:14:08The question is,
01:14:10what will you do
01:14:10at this moment?
01:14:12Ignore the lies
01:14:14and the manipulations
01:14:15and the misogyny
01:14:16and the bias,
01:14:17the lack of evidence.
01:14:18Would you ever do that?
01:14:19Could you ever do that?
01:14:21Or will you say
01:14:22with your verdict,
01:14:23I see the truth?
01:14:27Ladies and gentlemen,
01:14:28Karen Reed
01:14:29is innocent.
01:14:32Do justice
01:14:33and find her not guilty.
01:14:41I hit him,
01:14:42I hit him,
01:14:44I hit him.
01:14:45Those were the words
01:14:46of the defendant.
01:14:48This is all my fault.
01:14:49I did this.
01:14:51Those were the words
01:14:52that came from
01:14:53the defendant's mouth
01:14:54on January 29th
01:14:55while John O'Keefe
01:14:57lay dying
01:14:58on the front lawn
01:14:59of 34 Fairview Road
01:15:02where the defendant
01:15:03had left him
01:15:03after striking him
01:15:04with her vehicle
01:15:05several hours before
01:15:07and then left him there
01:15:08freezing in blizzard.
01:15:10Moments later,
01:15:11the defendant leaves
01:15:11that voicemail
01:15:12seething with rage,
01:15:14screaming,
01:15:15John,
01:15:16I hate you.
01:15:17John,
01:15:18I'm here with your kids.
01:15:19Nobody knows where you are.
01:15:20Only somebody did know
01:15:21where Mr. O'Keefe was.
01:15:23The defendant knew
01:15:24exactly where he was
01:15:25because she had
01:15:26driven him there.
01:15:27She struck him there
01:15:28and she left him there
01:15:30to die.
01:15:31In the morning,
01:15:32she doesn't ask,
01:15:33is he okay?
01:15:34Is he gonna be okay?
01:15:36How is he?
01:15:36Any sort of questions
01:15:37about his medical condition?
01:15:39Just,
01:15:39is he dead?
01:15:41Over and over
01:15:42and over again.
01:15:45Facts are stubborn things.
01:15:46And whatever may be
01:15:47our wishes,
01:15:48our inclinations,
01:15:50or the dictates
01:15:51of our passions,
01:15:52they cannot alter
01:15:55the state of the facts
01:15:57and of the evidence.
01:15:58And what the facts
01:15:59and the evidence
01:16:01demonstrate here
01:16:02is that the defendant,
01:16:05Drove or call in reverse,
01:16:08struck Mr. O'Keefe
01:16:09causing those
01:16:10catastrophic brain injuries,
01:16:12leaving him incapacitated
01:16:14and freezing to death.
01:16:26You could really sense
01:16:27the anxiety
01:16:28from Karen Reed's supporters,
01:16:30which is a different story
01:16:31from yesterday
01:16:31and the day before
01:16:32when they were excited
01:16:34and confident.
01:16:35Today,
01:16:35many of them told me
01:16:36they are nervous
01:16:37and expected a verdict
01:16:38by now.
01:16:40I should have listened to you.
01:16:42I shouldn't have gone out
01:16:44that night.
01:16:44Why did I go out
01:16:45that night?
01:16:54Look,
01:16:57I know this has been hell,
01:16:59but I can't tell you
01:17:01how proud I am of you.
01:17:03There's so many women
01:17:05that identify with you
01:17:06because they know
01:17:07what it's like
01:17:08to be objectified,
01:17:10dehumanized,
01:17:12victimized.
01:17:14With you,
01:17:16they see strength
01:17:19and the courage
01:17:20to fight back.
01:17:24It's hard to describe
01:17:26if you're not standing
01:17:27right here
01:17:28at the courthouse.
01:17:29As the jury goes
01:17:30into its fifth day
01:17:31of deliberation,
01:17:32the feeling in the air
01:17:33is just different.
01:17:39I'll take him
01:17:40to trial, okay?
01:17:42You can keep me
01:17:43in limbo for ten years.
01:17:45Just please.
01:17:47Oh, God,
01:17:48please let me
01:17:49go home tonight.
01:17:50Karen.
01:17:52Hey.
01:17:53Just go back
01:17:53to the evidence.
01:17:55Obviously,
01:17:56we were all hoping
01:17:58for a faster,
01:17:59quicker verdict,
01:18:01but I can't imagine
01:18:02twelve jurors
01:18:02would ever say
01:18:03you're guilty
01:18:03of anything.
01:18:09I mean,
01:18:10what if they don't
01:18:10even let me hug
01:18:11my father
01:18:12before they put me
01:18:12in here goes?
01:18:17It's not going
01:18:17to happen.
01:18:22Karen,
01:18:24it's amazing
01:18:26that it took you
01:18:27until now
01:18:27to break down
01:18:28like that.
01:18:30I mean,
01:18:31that just speaks
01:18:32to your incredible
01:18:33strength.
01:18:45verdict.
01:18:46Verdict.
01:18:50despite our
01:18:51rigorous efforts,
01:18:52we continue
01:18:52to find ourselves
01:18:53at an impasse.
01:18:55To continue
01:18:56to deliberate
01:18:57would be futile
01:18:57and only serve
01:18:59to force us
01:18:59to compromise
01:19:00these deeply held beliefs.
01:19:02I'm not going
01:19:03to do that
01:19:03to you folks.
01:19:04Your service
01:19:05here is complete.
01:19:07I'm declaring
01:19:08a mistrial
01:19:08in this case.
01:19:11thank you so much
01:19:12for your service.
01:19:13Okay?
01:19:22You're not done yet.
01:19:41This is what happens when 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.
01:20:07What's the matter with you people?
01:20:08Look at them.
01:20:10It's like the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras days of our lives all rolled into one.
01:20:13You think these people care what the truth is?
01:20:15They're just here to watch the Karen Reed show.
01:20:20A mistrial is not justice.
01:20:22I don't think anybody thinks it is.
01:20:24Yeah, well, it's better than going to jail, I guess.
01:20:26Well, justice is what we need.
01:20:29And justice is not you walking out of that courtroom.
01:20:32It's you not being charged anymore.
01:20:34Yeah, well, I'd rather go to jail before I plea out.
01:20:37But I will never give them that win.
01:20:42Hey, Dad.
01:20:44No, I didn't.
01:20:46What's going on?
01:20:50They're going to retry it.
01:20:55But how can the defense lie like that?
01:20:57No way she did it.
01:20:58The more evidence I see, the less I believe.
01:21:01Closing arguments today is the retrial of the Karen Reed murder case.
01:21:05It's been a year since her first trial.
01:21:07Do you think she'll get an acquittal this go-round?
01:21:08No doubt in my mind.
01:21:10Karen Reed is innocent.
01:21:11There was no collision.
01:21:13There was no collision.
01:21:15There was no collision.
01:21:17Stare 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.
01:21:29The Commonwealth has to prove every charge beyond a reasonable doubt to an unshakable moral certainty.
01:21:37No officer ever heard Karen Reed say, I hit him.
01:21:40It's not in a single police report.
01:21:42Nowhere.
01:21:43The fact is, there was no collision.
01:21:45A car didn't kill John O'Keefe.
01:21:47And Karen Reed is an innocent woman.
01:21:50Find Karen Reed not guilty.
01:21:52Not guilty.
01:21:54Not guilty.
01:21:58Karen Reed was drunk.
01:22:00She hit him, and she left him to die.
01:22:03John didn't go into any house.
01:22:05He couldn't.
01:22:06His phone never moved again.
01:22:08She leaves him a voicemail.
01:22:09Nobody knows where you are.
01:22:11Panic.
01:22:12Drunken denial is setting in.
01:22:14They were fighting.
01:22:16She got drunk.
01:22:18She hit him.
01:22:19She left him to die.
01:22:21Simple as that.
01:22:23John 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 may end up just like the last one, with a
01:22:38mistrial.
01:22:46Phone ringing.
01:22:48Phone ringing.
01:22:51Phone ringing.
01:22:51Hello.
01:23:01All right.
01:23:02I appreciate you all getting back here.
01:23:05During the luncheon break, I received word that the jury knocked on the door indicating that they had a verdict,
01:23:11but shortly thereafter they knocked again
01:23:14and said that they do not have a verdict.
01:23:18So I would ask everyone,
01:23:20remain in the building until the end of the day.
01:23:34We're close. It's coming.
01:24:03Mr. Foreman, members of the jury,
01:24:06have you agreed upon a verdict?
01:24:08Yes.
01:24:09Mr. Foreman, in the matter of murder in the second degree,
01:24:12what say you?
01:24:14Not guilty.
01:24:17Manslaughter while operating under the influence,
01:24:20what say you?
01:24:21Not guilty.
01:24:24Not guilty.
01:24:27Operating under the influence of liquor
01:24:30by operating a motor vehicle,
01:24:32so say you, Mr. Foreman?
01:24:34Guilty.
01:24:36Leaving the scene after an accident resulting in death.
01:24:40Not guilty or guilty?
01:24:47Not guilty.
01:25:05Honestly, it was the most emotional experience I've ever been part of.
01:25:09I feel I would be disrespecting everything
01:25:11our founding fathers risked their lives for
01:25:13if I wasn't out there fighting for Karen.
01:25:15In a statement,
01:25:16John O'Keefe's family called the verdict
01:25:18a devastating miscarriage of justice.
01:25:23I've been preparing for this for a long time,
01:25:25both the worst and the best,
01:25:27and I'm so happy that it turned out for the best.
01:25:49I just want to say two things.
01:25:52Number one is I couldn't be standing here today
01:25:55if it wasn't for these amazing supporters
01:25:59who've supported me and my team
01:26:04financially and, more importantly,
01:26:06emotionally for almost four years.
01:26:09And the second thing I want to say
01:26:11is that no one has fought harder
01:26:13for justice for John O'Keefe than I have,
01:26:16than I have and my team.
01:26:28I remember everything.
01:26:31I said,
01:26:33could I have hit him?
01:26:37Did I hit him?
01:27:21I said,
01:27:22I said,
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