A Massachusetts jury found Karen Read not guilty of the most serious charges and guilty on a lesser charge related to the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, ending a weekslong trial that has drawn intense attention from true-crime fans across the country.
The jury convicted Read of operating a vehicle under of the influence but not on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. Read was sentenced to one year probation.
Prosecutors accused Read of backing into O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and leaving him to die in the snow after a night out drinking with friends in January 2022.
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Her defense team claimed she was framed for O’Keefe’s death by cops who beat O’Keefe, let a dog attack him, threw him in the snow and then purposefully botched the investigation.
