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A murderous romance or frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial
BOSTON (AP) — A highly anticipated trial in Massachusetts involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank is finishing its third week on Friday. The case has garnered national attention because the defense alleges that state and local law enforcement officials framed Karen Read and allowed the real killer to go free. John O'Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. His body was found on another officer's front lawn, and the defense argues the homeowner's relationship with local and state police tainted their investigation. A look at the facts and legal arguments: THE PROSECUTION: A TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP TURNS DEADLY Read, 44, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, has been charged with second-degree murder, among other charges, in the death of O'Keefe, 46. She has pleaded not guilty. ...