Read Case Mistrial

Karen Read’s criminal trial ends in a mistrial due to a hung jury. Read was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, and leaving the seen of an accident. Prosecutors alleged that Read hit her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, with her car before fleeing the scene. The defense offered an alternative scenario where Read was framed by the police and O’Keefe was killed by another individual(s).