Witness testimony continues with state police investigators

Testimony in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, continues Thursday morning.

Live updates will begin once the trial begins at 9 a.m. This article will be updated throughout the day with the latest witness testimony.

Read, 44, is accused of murdering O’Keefe. O’Keefe was found hypothermic and unconscious outside a home in Canton on January 29, 2022.

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Norfolk County prosecutors say Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV while drunk. Read’s attorney, David Yannetti, said during opening statements in the trial that her car never struck O’Keefe and that others were responsible for his death.

The trial will take place in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham.

On Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor testified about profanity-laced text messages he sent to his high school friends, wife, coworkers and superiors about Read, calling her a “crazy woman” and saying he hoped she would commit suicide.

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