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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.
00:01:03Hey, can I get a vodka soda?
00:01:10Did it start snowing yet?
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.
00:01:23But, hey, I'm glad you did.
00:01:29Hey.
00:01:46Chris Albert.
00:01:47What?
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.
00:02:17You in?
00:02:19Hey.
00:02:25St. John.
00:02:26Johnny.
00:02:27Hey.
00:02:28Hey.
00:02:28Hey.
00:02:29Hey.
00:02:29You.
00:02:29Hi.
00:02:30Hey, Karen.
00:02:31Who invited these losers?
00:02:33Come on over.
00:02:34I blame your brother.
00:02:35Hey, what are you drinking?
00:02:36Whatever you pricks are buying.
00:02:38Oh.
00:02:39Kiss that mouth?
00:02:40That's where I know to shut her up.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:42Hey.
00:02:43Come on.
00:02:45Uh, hey.
00:02:46Uh, hey.
00:02:47Hey, you in?
00:02:47No.
00:02:48Hey, cheers.
00:02:49Cheers.
00:02:49Cheers.
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.
00:03:06Do another drink, huh?
00:03:08I'm going to my place.
00:03:11Last call.
00:03:11Here you go, this one.
00:03:16Ooh.
00:03:16Ooh.
00:03:17Let's keep this party going.
00:03:19Let's all go back to my place.
00:03:20Here you 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?
00:03:28Uh, yeah.
00:03:29Yeah.
00:03:29Great.
00:03:30Is that fair of you?
00:03:31I'll text you.
00:03:34Really?
00:03:35It'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.
00:03:42Mm.
00:03:45We have one more.
00:03:46Good stuff.
00:03:48Hey!
00:03:53Come in.
00:04:09I haven't heard anything you said.
00:04:11I haven't heard anything you said.
00:04:29Hey, hey.
00:04:30Hey.
00:04:30I love you.
00:04:31You're killed.
00:04:31You're killed.
00:04:32And I'm.
00:04:32Hey, hey.
00:04:33Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:04:35I love you.
00:04:35I love you, hey, hey.
00:04:35Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:04:36Hey, hey.
00:04:37Hey.
00:04:40Hey.
00:04:43Hey, hey, hey, gee, hey, SUAUCTION!
00:06:35John!
00:06:51John?
00:06:58John?
00:07:07John?
00:07:19John?
00:07:22John?
00:07:23John?
00:07:23Where the hell are you?
00:07:25Will you call me back please?
00:07:27Call me.
00:07:31John!
00:07:32Where the hell are you?
00:07:34Pick up the phone, god damn it!
00:07:39John!
00:07:41Karen?
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.
00:07:54I 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.
00:07:59John, 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?
00:08:04I 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.
00:08:34Oh, John!
00:08:36Pick 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?
00:08:49I think he may have gotten hit by a plow
00:08:50He never came home last night
00:08:52We were all out drinking
00:08:54Karen, maybe you shouldn't be on the road
00:08:56No, I'm headed to Jed 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
00:09:12Jen, Jen, Jen, get in the car
00:09:15Gary's meeting us back at John's house
00:09:16What happened here?
00:09:18I backed up into John's car
00:09:19I 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
00:09:25And I've been calling him
00:09:26Okay, let's just look again
00:09:28Get in the car
00:09:29Hey
00:09:46I told you
00:09:47He wasn't here
00:09:49I don't know
00:09:49Maybe he
00:09:50He went and slept it off
00:09:52At the Alberts
00:09:53Maybe 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 where you last saw him?
00:10:00No, I don't
00:10:01I don't know
00:10:02I mean
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
00:10:09I mean, I figured you guys changed your mind and left
00:10:13No
00:10:15No, I
00:10:16I don't know
00:10:17I don't
00:10:17Maybe
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
00:10:33Where are you seeing him?
00:10:36John
00:10:38He's crazy
00:10:39No, no, no, no
00:10:42John
00:10:44No
00:10:44Oh my god, no
00:10:46No
00:10:48John, John
00:10:52John
00:10:53John
00:10:53John
00:10:54Oh my god, what?
00:10:56I'm just doing CPR
00:10:57Get off
00:10:58Uh, yeah, yeah
00:11:00No, we need someone to 34 Fairview Road, Canton, Mass 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
00:11:07Oh my god
00:11:11Come on, John
00:11:13No
00:11:15Don't
00:11:34Don't
00:11:36No, no, no, no, no.
00:11:38Come on.
00:11:41Jen! What's going on?
00:11:42Oh, my gosh, we just found our friend in the snow.
00:11:43John O'Keefe, you know him, right?
00:11:45Lost some cops?
00:11:46Yeah, yeah, yeah, because of how long he's been here.
00:11:48Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
00:11:50Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
00:11:52Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
00:11:53Please.
00:12:03Please.
00:12:05John, please.
00:12:06Hey, 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.
00:12:21Uh, 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 bullshit.
00:12:27All right.
00:12:27Nope.
00:12:29One, two, two.
00:12:30Don't need any officer.
00:12:32All right.
00:12:32The M.T. is here now.
00:12:34Here we go.
00:12:36Here we go.
00:12:38Please. That's my boyfriend.
00:12:40I left him, and he never came home.
00:12:43Please.
00:12:43Keep back. Keep back.
00:12:45Carrie.
00:12:45Dan, is he dead?
00:12:47He's dead.
00:12:47Yes, child.
00:12:51OK.
00:12:58Dad.
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.
00:13:08Dad, I just...
00:13:10I just wanna die, listen.
00:13:13Is he breathing?
00:13:15All right, let's move him.
00:13:17Come on.
00:13:22Claire.
00:13:23No.
00:13:26Wait.
00:13:27Captain control to Camden 682.
00:13:30682.
00:13:31Are you aware of the party on scene,
00:13:32or the caller named Karen?
00:13:34Affirmative.
00:13:35It's gonna be okay.
00:13:36I have her father on the line.
00:13:38She's making suicidal comments.
00:13:41I'm gonna section her so we know where she is.
00:13:43It's okay, John.
00:13:45John, wait.
00:13:45Ma'am, ma'am, you're gonna be coming with us.
00:13:47What are you talking about?
00:13:49I wanna go with him.
00:13:50We gotta ride over here for you.
00:13:51No.
00:13:52Space and the other ambulance, please.
00:13:54It'll be okay. We'll get him over.
00:13:55We'll get him over.
00:13:56I'm going with him.
00:13:57I'm going with him.
00:13:58Ma'am.
00:13:59We're gonna get her out of here.
00:14:00You're gonna be traveling with me.
00:14:02We're gonna be going with this.
00:14:02I'll be over here.
00:14:03No.
00:14:20Please don't die, please don't.
00:14:24Okay.
00:14:25Just try to focus on trying to calm your breathing.
00:14:29I...
00:14:30Are you...
00:14:31Are you not understand?
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 gonna 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 gonna be there in a few minutes.
00:15:05I'll see you in the morning.
00:15:07I love it.
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.
00:15:23And 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!
00:15:37Paul!
00:15:40Paul!
00:15:41Oh, God.
00:15:43Paul!
00:15:44No, that's them.
00:15:45That'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.
00:16:04Oh, Jesus.
00:16:06Hi, Dad.
00:16:09I got here as quick as I could.
00:16:15They won't let me see him.
00:16:20They, uh, I mean, honey, they, they did what they could do.
00:16:26Did you see him?
00:16:28Is he okay?
00:16:34Sweetheart, he's, uh, he's gone.
00:16:37No.
00:16:38No, no, no.
00:16:40No.
00:16:44We don't know.
00:16:45We got him.
00:16:46No.
00:16:47No, no.
00:16:49Oh, look at me.
00:16:50They did everything that could have been done.
00:16:56Oh.
00:16:58How did it happen?
00:17:00Well, I mean, did, did I hit him?
00:17:05Good, could I, could I have hit him?
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?
00:17:36Billy?
00:17:37You're a goddamn loser, you know that?
00:17:39You 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?
00:18:21What 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 mark that off, you think?
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.
00:19:49That we all wanted to be with the kids.
00:19:52Yeah, yeah, we do.
00:19:55How are they?
00:19:59I mean, I know what happened.
00:20:01They've taken it 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 was pretty blind though.
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.
00:20:59Dad.
00:21:00You know when 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 even 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.
00:22:04Good, bad...
00:22:04Or 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.
00:22:45Sort of ongoing thing.
00:22:47About what?
00:22:49Just, you know...
00:22:51Relationship stuff.
00:22:52Nothing new.
00:22:55But 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...
00:23:10That was the last time I ever saw him.
00:23:12That was outside the Elbert's house.
00:23:15Around...
00:23:1512.30 a.m.
00:23:18Yeah.
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.
00:23:28You 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.
00:23:39Everybody 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 light.
00:23:56Yeah, that, um...
00:23:58That happened this morning.
00:24:00I backed into John's car.
00:24:03And...
00:24:05He's missing.
00:24:06I...
00:24:06It 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...
00:24:20How 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, 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?
00:25:05What 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.
00:25:17What?
00:25:18No contact with his family at all. I'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? No one's speaking to me anyway.
00:25:34They're almost certainly gonna put a warrant out for your arrest.
00:25:37My arrest?
00:25:39I didn't do anything! This is insane!
00:25:52Look, that night...
00:25:57I had been drinking.
00:26:02It was late.
00:26:05I 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?
00:26:17I mean, I always have the music blasting.
00:26:19It was snowing, I had the wipers going, I had the heater blasting.
00:26:23I mean...
00:26:26What if...
00:26:29I don't even know.
00:26:30What if I...
00:26:32ran over his foot?
00:26:34Or...
00:26:34What if I...
00:26:36I...
00:26:36I clipped him in the knee and he just... he just passed out?
00:26:39Well...
00:26:40Then you would have some 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 for something like this?
00:26:55Well, you can also expect some fairly invasive discovery.
00:26:59Subpoenas 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 gonna be with you.
00:27:16For the whole thing.
00:27:18I've been practicing law for 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 close it in the room.
00:27:36Right?
00:27:38I'm gonna check that over there.
00:27:40Yeah, yeah.
00:27:40I'll grab one in there.
00:28:09Just behind me is the camera.
00:28:11the location of the tragic death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, where
00:28:16investigations have intensified.
00:28:26More taillight pieces over here.
00:28:32Family, friends, and fellow officers gathered today at the St. Francis of
00:28:36Assisi Church in Braintree for the funeral of Boston Police Officer John
00:28:40O'Keefe. O'Keefe was pronounced dead Saturday in the early morning hours after
00:28:44being found in the snow outside a home in Canton. His brother Paul remembered John
00:28:49as 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
00:28:57supporting others, even though I know I can never come close to the way he did.
00:29:03Nor can I come close to expressing the admiration I have for John, who after
00:29:10our 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.
00:29:40I talked to the D.A.
00:29:41They're not going for it.
00:29:42They 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.
00:30:04I've got MS.
00:30:05I've got all these meds I have to take.
00:30:07Okay, you can bring them with you.
00:30:11All right, when?
00:30:13Well, that's why I'm calling.
00:30:16Are you home?
00:30:16Yeah.
00:30:58Okay.
00:30:59Just like we talked about.
00:31:11David, I have to know.
00:31:12Yeah, David.
00:31:15Aaron Reed, you have the right to remain silent.
00:31:18Anything you say can be used against you in a heart of law.
00:31:24You cannot afford an attorney.
00:31:26One will be provided to you by the state.
00:31:31Can you help me?
00:31:38He's only keeping the students up here.
00:31:42I'm not going to lie.
00:31:42Police have arrested a Mansfield woman in connection with the death of Boston police officer John O'Keeffe,
00:31:48who was found in a snowbank on a Canton Street over the weekend.
00:31:54Investigators allege that Reid struck O'Keefe with her black Lexus SUV and left him to die
00:32:00in the snow outside a Canton home in the frigid blizzard conditions.
00:32:06Man slaughter, motor vehicle homicide, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle
00:32:10collision causing death. Do 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.
00:32:55Let's see.
00:33:09I don't know.
00:33:26Can I get a pop this over?
00:33:32Here you go.
00:33:33Is it snowing yet?
00:33:35No, not me.
00:33:37You know, my dad said I shouldn't be out with the wizard on the way.
00:33:41I'll take another.
00:33:49All right, Chris Albert.
00:33:53A bunch of them down by the waterfall.
00:33:55Can we just hang here?
00:33:56Do you want to go?
00:33:57No.
00:34:00Come 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.
00:34:10Fabulous.
00:34:12Cheers.
00:34:14Just go and say hi.
00:34:15Look, it'll be easier to go by, have a drink, and come up with some excuse.
00:34:19You're fine.
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?
00:34:27Hey, playing 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.
00:34:40You 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.
00:35:21Well, thank God.
00:35:22You have to get me out of this cell.
00:35:24Well, they're going to be here in a minute to bring you over to your arraignment.
00:35:26Well, are they going to let me get cleaned up a bit?
00:35:29I mean, look at me.
00:35:31No one's going to care about that.
00:35:33Listen, 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?
00:35:39Well, first, your blood alcohol level that morning was 0.09.
00:35:44Yeah, I already know that.
00:35:47What else?
00:35:48Okay.
00:35:48Evidence.
00:35:49There were pieces of a broken taillight close to John's body, consistent with the broken
00:35:54taillight of your Lexus SUV.
00:35:56There were pieces of broken glass embedded in your bumper that they say came from a glass
00:36:01that John took from the waterfall.
00:36:03There were scratches, dents, and chipped paint all around that same back area of your car.
00:36:09Shit.
00:36:09Basically, they are saying that you drove to the Albert's house, John got out, you backed
00:36:14up, slamming into him.
00:36:16After which, you drove to his place where you fell asleep, leaving him, laying there overnight
00:36:22to freeze to death.
00:36:26He got out of the car.
00:36:29I watched him head over to the house.
00:36:32That was the last time I ever saw him.
00:36:34Then they have people on the scene that morning that swear that they heard you say, I hit him.
00:36:41I hit him.
00:36:42I hit him.
00:36:43David, I never said those words.
00:36:47Ever.
00:36:48There are people on the scene that morning that say you did.
00:37:03What the hell?
00:37:05Am I news now?
00:37:17How 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. Reeve that you were ordered
00:37:29to stay away from the victim's residence and have no contact with her.
00:37:42Karen Reeve, 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.
00:38:07Karen Reeve 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.
00:38:41Not 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, I 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.
00:39:15It'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.
00:39:45Why would I say that?
00:40:07Why would I say that?
00:40:20What?
00:40:21What now?
00:40:22I have an arrest warrant.
00:40:23Again?
00:40:25Who have I supposed to have killed now?
00:40:26Same person.
00:40:28Only 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.
00:40:42I just...
00:40:43I don't want to be on Channel 4 when my band was...
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.
00:40:55What's...
00:40:56What's the difference?
00:40:58Life in prison.
00:41:10I mean, that's the problem with these people.
00:41:12Everything is...
00:41:13We're all gonna die if we don't get rid of plastic bags out of supermarkets.
00:41:17And no more straws.
00:41:19Everything is...
00:41:19We'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 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?
00:41:41You know, I mean, you got this woman who's got it all together, and, um...
00:41:44She just got drunk one 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.
00:41:53I 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.
00:42:42Look 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,
00:42:50and it's like he pretty much 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.
00:43:06And now it's my ass that's on the line.
00:43:12We're gonna need a bigger team.
00:43:41We're gonna 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.
00:44:10Everybody 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.
00:44:23Yeah, well, they'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?
00:44:53Is 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.
00:45:23No, 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, a 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.
00:45:46Is he dead?
00:45:48Carrie?
00:45:49John, is he dead?
00:45:51He's dead.
00:45:52Oh, he...
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 mics.
00:46:02You'd also be arrested on the spot.
00:46:04I mean, we can clearly hear you say, he's dead, he's dead, but 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.
00:46:19And 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 you find the really critical
00:46:40stuff in the 21st century.
00:46:42Proctor's phone records are coming in very soon, or I'm going to be breathing fire.
00:46:46Uh, 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.
00:46:55We 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, 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.
00:47:39Not 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.
00:47:51And me, and my family, and my attorneys, we've marshaled every resource to get to the truth.
00:48:00We know who spearheaded it.
00:48:02You 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 are we so angry with John that late?
00:48:16Welcome, Turbo 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.
00:49:47And 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 a 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.
00:50:52Uh, you broke up with me.
00:50:54Oh, well.
00:50:55Well, I'm smarter now.
00:51:00So, you're, you're a dad.
00:51:03Yeah.
00:51:04Um, 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...
00:51:20She 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.
00:51:33Yeah.
00:51:34Yeah, and the kids.
00:51:35You know, they're orphans.
00:51:36And that's...
00:51:39You 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?
00:52:01Doesn't sound right.
00:52:03Well, you were young.
00:52:04Stupid.
00:52:07I'll give you that.
00:52:10Well, here is to new beginnings.
00:52:13To new beginnings.
00:52:19Uh, Karen, is it?
00:52:22Don't you remember last night?
00:52:24And twice this morning?
00:52:28Now, I gave you a key a month ago.
00:52:30You never use it.
00:52:32Oh.
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 with the bed.
00:52:40Oh, sounds good.
00:52:41Come on, press 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.
00:53:02It can be a little late.
00:53:04Mm-hmm.
00:53:07Mm-hmm.
00:53:11Oh.
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?
00:53:36I'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, doing errands,
00:53:54and thought I was doing something nice,
00:53:56so shoot me.
00:53:58Just 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.
00:54:09It seems 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 towels.
00:54:30Ask first!
00:54:31Oh, 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...
00:54:46I want you around.
00:54:48I like it.
00:54:51I'm not trying to push you away.
00:54:53I'm just...
00:54:53I am just a guy who's set in his ways.
00:54:56Hmm.
00:54:57And I am trying my best.
00:55:01Now,
00:55:03do you have any more of those donuts?
00:55:07Hey, I am a cop, after all.
00:55:09Hmm.
00:55:10Charming one, luckily.
00:55:16You okay, babe?
00:55:18Yeah, whatever.
00:55:19All right.
00:55:22Well, anyway,
00:55:25do...
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.
00:55:41Huh?
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.
00:56:00Nice to meet you.
00:56:01Go screw yourself.
00:56:02Both of you.
00:56:03Karen?
00:56:05Karen, daddy's...
00:56:06No.
00:56:06Don't talk to me.
00:56:13Look, 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?
00:57:09What do you think about us
00:57:10never going to a road back again?
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 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 lovey-dovey
00:58:00as 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 weakly
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 go to bed
00:58:26and
00:58:28we can forget about this for now.
00:58:44What time is it?
00:58:47Time to get going.
00:58:48Oh, 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.
00:59:11Just tell me if you're interested in someone else.
00:59:13I can't think of any other reason
00:59:15why you're being this way.
00:59:16I'm not.
00:59:17Look,
00:59:18I'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,
00:59:28the other day I was trying to talk to you
00:59:29about our future
00:59:30and you were just like,
00:59:31yeah,
00:59:32yeah, okay,
00:59:32what about it?
00:59:33Not how it went down,
00:59:35but 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,
00:59:41look,
00:59:41I gotta go.
00:59:48Oh, my God.
00:59:49Just stop calling me.
00:59:52Oh, my God.
00:59:56Oh.
00:59:58John,
00:59:59call me back.
01:00:12Residents of Canton are under a blizzard warning
01:00:15and are advised to prepare
01:00:16for a dangerous and historic snowstorm
01:00:18with life-threatening conditions.
01:00:20Heavy snowfall and strong...
01:00:22Maybe just stay at 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,
01:00:33John and I,
01:00:34we've been fighting all day.
01:00:35I think it's really important
01:00:36for me to see him tonight, Dad.
01:00:38Besides,
01:00:38if I get snowed in,
01:00:40I'd rather be up there
01:00:41with John and the kids and...
01:00:42You're by myself.
01:00:44Plus,
01:00:44we always have fun on the weekends.
01:00:45Well, sweetheart,
01:00:47just be careful.
01:00:48Don't worry.
01:00:50Nothing bad's gonna happen.
01:01:05Okay.
01:01:07Okay.
01:01:09Come for a drink.
01:01:11Okay.
01:01:20Hey,
01:01:21can I get a vodka soda?
01:01:23Sure.
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
01:01:39at McCarthy's
01:01:40before the defendant moved
01:01:41onto the waterfall
01:01:42where she kept drinking.
01:01:45And then
01:01:46she got behind the wheel
01:01:48and drove to
01:01:4934 Fairview
01:01:50with John O'Keefe.
01:02:10I don't think anybody
01:02:12would be paying attention
01:02:13when I said
01:02:13my favorite color was pink.
01:02:20I'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
01:02:31labeled Proctor's Friends.
01:02:34So these all came from me.
01:02:36From all accounts,
01:02:37he didn't do anything wrong.
01:02:38She's a whack job.
01:02:41See 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,
01:02:50Trooper Proctor?
01:02:50Yes, John.
01:02:52So go ahead and say them.
01:02:56She's a whack job con.
01:02:59She's a babe.
01:03:01Weird follower of accent,
01:03:02though.
01:03:03No S.
01:03:04These are unprofessional comments.
01:03:06These 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.
01:03:13Sir,
01:03:15how did you refer to Miss 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
01:03:28as retarded?
01:03:30Miss Reed.
01:03:31So the person
01:03:31that you were investigating,
01:03:33you referred to
01:03:33to your bosses
01:03:34as retarded, correct?
01:03:35Again,
01:03:36poor language on my part.
01:03:37Poor language is one way to put it.
01:03:39Completely offensive
01:03:39is another way to put it.
01:03:41Then what did you write
01:03:41after you talked about
01:03:42going through her phone?
01:03:46No nudes so far.
01:03:48So you were looking for
01:03:49naked photographs of Miss Reed,
01:03:50correct?
01:03:51No, not correct.
01:03:52Let me ask you a question.
01:03:54Have you ever looked
01:03:55for naked photographs
01:03:56of male suspects
01:03:57you 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
01:04:04of Miss 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
01:04:12Karen Reed
01:04:12as objectifying, correct?
01:04:16Before you even went
01:04:17into the house,
01:04:18having interviewed
01:04:19only three folks,
01:04:20you had this case
01:04:21nice and wrapped up,
01:04:21didn't you?
01:04:22Yes.
01:04:24Based on the evidence
01:04:25uncovered by my office
01:04:26that day,
01:04:27the one shoe
01:04:28discovered at the scene,
01:04:29the one shoe
01:04:30at the hospital,
01:04:31Mr. O'Keefe's injuries,
01:04:32the broken tailpiece
01:04:33underneath the snow,
01:04:34No, it's a truth, doctor.
01:04:35I didn't ask
01:04:36for your explanation.
01:04:37I asked,
01:04:39did you, in your mind,
01:04:40have this case wrapped up?
01:04:42Was it cut and dry
01:04:43in your mind?
01:04:44Yes.
01:04:45Then you indicated
01:04:46we're going to put
01:04:47serious charges on the girl.
01:04:48Who were you referring to
01:04:49as the girl?
01:04:51The defendant.
01:04:53The way you were
01:04:53going to make it,
01:04:54cut and dry, right?
01:04:56Pretty 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,
01:05:09Trooper Proctor,
01:05:10that you were not only
01:05:11going to put it
01:05:12on the girl,
01:05:13you decided
01:05:14you were going to make sure
01:05:15this case was cut and dried.
01:05:16And the way you were
01:05:17going to do it
01:05:18is to make sure
01:05:19she's screwed.
01:05:20I mean,
01:05:21that's what you were saying.
01:05:22No, no,
01:05:22absolutely not.
01:05:23You responded
01:05:24to a text message
01:05:25from your sister.
01:05:26Hopefully she kills herself,
01:05:28correct?
01:05:29It was a figure of speech.
01:05:30You believed,
01:05:31Trooper Proctor,
01:05:32that your life
01:05:33would be much easier
01:05:34if Karen Reed
01:05:35was just dead.
01:05:36No, no, um,
01:05:38like I said,
01:05:39it 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
01:05:44with her vehicle
01:05:45and left him to die
01:05:46on the side of the road.
01:05:47So my emotions
01:05:48got the best of me
01:05:49with that figure of speech.
01:05:51Well, let's talk about
01:05:52that figure of speech.
01:05:54During the course
01:05:55of your investigation,
01:05:57your figures of speech
01:05:58include 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.
01:06:08And screw her,
01:06:09correct?
01:06:10Correct.
01:06:14Do you agree,
01:06:16Trooper Proctor,
01:06:16that you have
01:06:17dehumanized Karen Reed
01:06:19during the course
01:06:19of your investigation
01:06:20with comments
01:06:21and 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
01:06:34to make sure
01:06:35this case was cut and dry.
01:06:36Those were your words,
01:06:38right?
01:06:38To pin it on the girl.
01:06:41Shame on you, sir.
01:06:43Objection!
01:06:44Uh, at the waterfall,
01:06:46it seemed like
01:06:46they were quite lovey-dovey.
01:06:48At 12.37.08 a.m.,
01:06:51the defendant calls John
01:06:52and voicemail number one
01:06:53is left.
01:06:53Miss Gilman,
01:06:54would you kindly play
01:06:55the voicemail
01:06:56for 12.37.08?
01:06:59You know what, John?
01:07:01I goddamn hate you!
01:07:02Do you hear me?
01:07:04I goddamn hate you!
01:07:06At 11.17.37 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
01:07:15another girl!
01:07:17What, if anything,
01:07:18did your brother mention
01:07:19to you as far as reasons
01:07:21for an argument
01:07:22or points of contention?
01:07:25Uh, he didn't like it
01:07:26if, you know,
01:07:27she spent a lot of money
01:07:28on the kids for gifts.
01:07:30I know there was
01:07:31some 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.
01:07:37Yeah, and what,
01:07:38if any,
01:07:39occasions,
01:07:40uh,
01:07:40as far as
01:07:41their arguments
01:07:43or anything like that,
01:07:44did you observe
01:07:45personally,
01:07:46yourself?
01:07:47I witnessed,
01:07:48uh,
01:07:49so they had rented
01:07:50a house down in Cape Cod.
01:07:52eyewitnessed,
01:07:53you know,
01:07:54one intense fight
01:07:55between the two of them.
01:07:57Um,
01:07:58it was a verbal argument.
01:08:00You know,
01:08:00typical couples fighting.
01:08:02There was alcohol,
01:08:04uh,
01:08:04involved.
01:08:06I recall,
01:08:07uh,
01:08:07complaining that
01:08:08he wasn't nice to,
01:08:10you know,
01:08:10something to that effect.
01:08:11I was kind of the referee
01:08:13in that entire situation.
01:08:16When you make reference
01:08:17to the alcohol involved,
01:08:18was that one or both?
01:08:20Uh,
01:08:20both.
01:08:21So both your brother
01:08:22and the defendant?
01:08:25Correct.
01:08:27Do you think
01:08:28it'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,
01:08:48so 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.
01:09:02Well,
01:09:03he was,
01:09:04when we say projected,
01:09:06we 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
01:09:16to final rest.
01:09:18If struck by a vehicle
01:09:19going 24 miles per hour,
01:09:21I'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
01:09:28in 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.
01:09:32The victim's injuries
01:09:34don't look remotely consistent
01:09:35with being struck
01:09:36by a vehicle.
01:09:37We 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
01:09:47for 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.
01:09:56Sergeant,
01:09:57were you able
01:09:58to see the video okay?
01:09:59Based on the motion
01:10:00of the shot
01:10:01with the snow falling,
01:10:02it appears that
01:10:03there 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.
01:10:19It'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 and 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
01:10:37half 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.
01:10:49It was pretty dark
01:10:50and snowy.
01:10:52I was also intoxicated
01:10:54drinking.
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?
01:11:04Except you made a mistake
01:11:05and typed H-O-S
01:11:06how long to die
01:11:08in cold.
01:11:09I made that search,
01:11:10but I made it in the morning
01:11:11after 6 a.m.
01:11:12at your client's request.
01:11:15I opened up a 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.
01:11:25Karen was saying,
01:11:27Google hypothermia.
01:11:28Our analysis showed
01:11:29that Ms. McCabe's searches
01:11:31for how long to die
01:11:32in the cold
01:11:32were in fact conducted
01:11:33at 623 and 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, I hit him,
01:11:47oh my God, I hit him.
01:11:49I hit him.
01:11:50No, I didn't hear that part.
01:11:52So you're telling me
01:11:53you 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 I hit him,
01:11:59I hit him, I hit him.
01:12:01Mr. Loughran,
01:12:02when you drove
01:12:03your snowplow
01:12:04past 34 Fairview
01:12:05that night,
01:12:06how much of the
01:12:07front lawn area
01:12:08did your headlights
01:12:10illuminate?
01:12:11The entire front lawn.
01:12:12And at that hour,
01:12:14at 245 in the morning,
01:12:16did you see anything
01:12:17in that front lawn area
01:12:19near the flight pole?
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.
01:12:41Free Karen Reed!
01:12:42Free Karen Reed!
01:12:44Free!
01:12:45Last day in court.
01:12:47No more
01:12:48what's next,
01:12:49what witness is next,
01:12:51what questions
01:12:52are you going to be asking them.
01:12:54I'm glad that part's
01:12:55over with.
01:12:56You're looking
01:12:56at 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
01:13:10in 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
01:13:34and your job
01:13:36is to never,
01:13:37ever look the other way.
01:13:39Your singular duty
01:13:41is to stare down the evidence
01:13:43and do it
01:13:44unflinchingly
01:13:45and do it unwaveringly.
01:13:47You are the last line of defense
01:13:48between Karen Reed
01:13:51and the tyranny
01:13:52of injustice.
01:13:54How do we get here?
01:13:58Well, 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,
01:14:43I 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
01:15:05with her vehicle
01:15:06several 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
01:15:43and over again.
01:15:45Facts are stubborn things
01:15:46and whatever may be
01:15:47our wishes,
01:15:49our inclinations,
01:15:50or the dictates
01:15:51of our passions,
01:15:53they 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
01:16:04drove her car in reverse
01:16:07struck 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.
01:16:41I should have listened to you.
01:16:43I shouldn't have gone out
01:16:44that night.
01:16:45Why did I go out
01:16:46that night?
01:16:55Look,
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 a jury goes
01:17:30into its fifth day
01:17:31of deliberation,
01:17:32the feeling in the air
01:17:33is just different.
01:17:40I'll take him
01:17:40this trial, okay?
01:17:42You can keep me
01:17:43in limbo for ten years.
01:17:44Just,
01:17:46just 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 handcuffs?
01:18:17That's not
01:18:17going to happen.
01:18:22Karen,
01:18:24it's amazing
01:18:25that 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.
01:19:02Verdict.
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?
01:19:41This is what happens
01:19:42when you bring
01:19:43false charges
01:19:44to an innocent person.
01:19:47No matter how long
01:19:48it takes,
01:19:49no matter how long
01:19:50they keep trying,
01:19:51we will not stop
01:19:53fighting.
01:19:54We have no quit.
01:20:03You're attacking
01:20:04the family
01:20:05of an innocent man
01:20:05who was killed.
01:20:07What's the matter
01:20:07with you people?
01:20:08Look at them.
01:20:10It's like the Super Bowl
01:20:11Mardi Gras
01:20:11days of our lives
01:20:12all rolled into one.
01:20:13You think these people
01:20:14care what the truth is?
01:20:15They're just here
01:20:16to watch the Karen Reed show.
01:20:20A mistrial
01:20:20is not justice.
01:20:22I don't think
01:20:22anybody thinks it is.
01:20:24Yeah, well,
01:20:24it's better than
01:20:25going to jail, I guess.
01:20:26Well, justice
01:20:27is what we need.
01:20:29And justice
01:20:30is not you
01:20:30walking out
01:20:31of that courtroom.
01:20:32I see you not
01:20:32being charged anymore.
01:20:34Yeah, well,
01:20:35I'd rather go to jail
01:20:36before I plea out.
01:20:37I will never
01:20:38give them that way.
01:20:42Hey, Dad.
01:20:44No, I didn't.
01:20:46What's going on?
01:20:50We're going to retry it.
01:21:01Closing arguments today
01:21:02in the retrial
01:21:03of the Karen Reed murder case.
01:21:05It's been a year
01:21:06since her first trial.
01:21:07Do you think
01:21:07she'll get an acquittal
01:21:08this go-round?
01:21:09No 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.
01:21:21You are the last line
01:21:22of defense
01:21:23between an innocent woman
01:21:25and a system
01:21:26that tried mightily
01:21:28to bury the truth.
01:21:29The Commonwealth
01:21:30has to prove
01:21:31every charge
01:21:33beyond a reasonable doubt
01:21:34to an unshakable
01:21:36moral certainty.
01:21:37No officer
01:21:37ever heard
01:21:38Karen Reed say
01:21:39I hit him.
01:21:40It's not in a single
01:21:41police report.
01:21:42Nowhere.
01:21:43The fact is
01:21:43there was no collision.
01:21:45A car didn't kill
01:21:46John O'Keefe
01:21:47and Karen Reed
01:21:48is an innocent woman.
01:21:50Find Karen Reed
01:21:51not guilty.
01:21:52Not guilty.
01:21:54Not guilty.
01:21:58Karen Reed was drunk.
01:22:00She hit him
01:22:01and she left him to die.
01:22:03John didn't go
01:22:04into any house.
01:22:05He couldn't.
01:22:06His phone
01:22:07never moved again.
01:22:08She leaves him
01:22:08a voicemail.
01:22:09Nobody knows
01:22:10where you are.
01:22:11Panic.
01:22:12Drunken denial
01:22:13is 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
01:22:23was murdered
01:22:24by Karen Reed.
01:22:27On day four
01:22:28of jury deliberations
01:22:30in the retrial
01:22:31of Karen Reed
01:22:32the mood here
01:22:33is of increasing concern
01:22:34that this trial
01:22:35may end up
01:22:36just like the last one
01:22:37with a mistrial.
01:22:39phone.
01:22:50Hello.
01:22:54PHONE RINGS
01:22:58PHONE RINGS
01:22:59PHONE RINGS
01:22:59PHONE RINGS
01:23:00PHONE RINGS
01:23:00PHONE RINGS
01:23:01Hello?
01:23:01All right.
01:23:02I appreciate you all
01:23:03getting back here.
01:23:05During the luncheon break, I received word that the jury knocked on the door
01:23:10indicating that they had a verdict, but shortly thereafter they knocked again
01:23:14and said that they do not have a verdict.
01:23:18So I would ask everyone, remain in the building until the end of the day.
01:23:33We're close. It's coming.
01:24:03Mr. Foreman, members of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?
01:24:08Yes.
01:24:09Mr. Foreman, in the matter of murder in the second degree, what say you?
01:24:14Not guilty.
01:24:17Manslaughter while operating under the influence, what say you?
01:24:21Not guilty.
01:24:28Operating under the influence of liquor by operating a motor vehicle, so say you, Mr. Foreman.
01:24:34Guilty.
01:24:36Leaving the scene after an accident resulting in death.
01:24:39Not guilty or guilty?
01:24:47Not guilty.
01:25:05Honestly, it was the most emotional experience I've ever been part of.
01:25:08I feel I would be disrespecting everything our founding fathers risked their lives for
01:25:13if I wasn't out there fighting for Karen.
01:25:15In a statement, John O'Keefe's family called the verdict a devastating miscarriage of justice.
01:25:22Justice!
01:25:22You know, I've been preparing for this for a long time, both the worst and the best, and I'm, I'm,
01:25:27I'm, 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 if it wasn't for these amazing supporters
01:25:59who've supported me and my team financially and more importantly emotionally for almost four years
01:26:09and the second thing i want to say is that no one has fought harder for justice for john o
01:26:15'keefe
01:26:15than i have than i have and my team thank you thank you
01:26:28i remember everything
01:26:31i said could i have hit him
01:26:37did i hit him
01:26:51so
01:26:58so
01:26:59so
01:27:07so
01:27:10so
01:27:15so
01:27:23so
01:27:28so
01:27:31so
01:27:35so
01:27:35so
01:27:35so
01:27:35so
01:27:35so
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01:27:39so
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