Jurors in Karen Read's second trial for the murder of her Boston police officer boyfriend entered their fourth day of deliberations on June 18, drawing true-crime fans to the edges of their seats as they await a verdict.
The 12-person panel began discussing Read’s fate Friday, June 13, for about two hours, and reconvened for full days of deliberations without a decision on June 16 and June 17.
Read is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in January 2022 death of John O'Keefe. She has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors said she backed into him with her SUV after a night out drinking and left him to die in the snow. Her defense argues that the whole case is a frame job and shoddy investigation by police officers.
Jurors asked four questions in court on June 17, including one query about what would constitute a hung jury, which Judge Beverly Cannone said was theoretical and couldn't be answered.
The deliberations come nearly a year after the prosecution’s first case against Read ended in a mistrial, when a jury could not come to a unanimous verdict on the charges against her.
