The murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of backing her SUV into her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, and leaving him for dead continued on Monday with more witness testimony.
Canton firefighter-paramedic Katie McLaughlin was among those who took the stand. She answered several questions about her training and professional background before recounting what she witnessed on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022. McLaughlin said after responding to the scene she asked Read if O’Keefe had suffered any trauma, and Read said “I hit him, I hit him.”
Paul Gallagher told Read lawyer Alan Jackson he and the other officers were “securing that scene” later on the morning of Jan. 29.
Jackson asked if Solo cups are “normally” used for evidence collection, and Gallagher said, “oh, absolutely not.”
He told Jackson that DNA can be contaminated by various things, and he said the six cups had no lids on them.
“Specifically, no,” Gallagher said when Jackson asked if it was known where specifically the contents of the cups came from.
“Those Solo cups were placed in the evidence bag uncovered,” Jackson said.
He said he removed the evidence bag from the refrigeration unit at the Canton police station on Feb. 1 to give to State Police.
“You’ve never seen an evidence log determining where that blood went” between Jan. 29 and Feb 1. 2022, Jackson said.
“I have never seen an evidence log,” Gallagher said.
Judge Beverly Cannone suspended testimony for the day around 4 p.m.
Paul Gallagher told Read lawyer Alan Jackson “there were no civilians ever” who “trampled through” the crime scene.
“It was documented, it was photographed, and evidence was collected,” Gallagher said.
He said another officer had told him where O’Keefe’s body was found, even though the officer, like him, did not see the body in its original location.
Gallagher said he later provided that information to State Police.Gallagher said troopers returned to Fairview Road to document the scene, and he accompanied them.
“Put up a drone,” Gallagher said in describing what the troopers did.
He told Jackson he could only “approximately” state where O’Keefe’s body was found, based on the information he was provided and the blood and glass evidence at the scene.
Jackson asked if Officer Saraf reported “any statements attributable to my client” at the scene. A paramedic had testified the officer overheard Read say “I hit him” at the scene.
Paul Gallagher said Canton police Sgt. Mike Lank went to the kitchen area of the home and “sat down” with Jennifer McCabe, who was with Read when she discovered John O’Keefe’s body in the snow.
He said he could not hear their conversation, and that he was speaking separately with Brian Albert, who owned the Fairview Road home, at the time.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan asked if anything about Albert’s demeanor caused Gallagher concern, and he said no and that the two had “a social conversation.” He said nothing in the house appeared broken or askew.
Gallagher said he later told the Canton police chief at the time, Ken Berkowitz, that local police officers should “recuse” themselves from any further involvement in the case, owing to Brian Albert’s connection to his brother Kevin, who worked for the Canton police department.
On cross-examination, Gallagher told Read lawyer Alan Jackson that four Canton officers besides him were on the scene when he responded.
He told Jackson that Lank picked up the glass at the scene to store it as evidence.
In addition, Gallagher said he wasn’t interviewed formally about the case until early April 2024.
He said he knew Michael Proctor was “one of the leads” on the case when asked repeatedly if the former trooper was the lead State Police investigator into O’Keefe’s death.
Proctor was later fired for misconduct after he was forced during the first trial to read out crude and misogynistic texts he had sent about Read during the early stages of the probe to friends and coworkers.
Gallagher said he did not write a report about his actions at the crime scene.
“My responsibilities are to make sure reports are written, not to necessarily write the reports,” said Gallagher, who was a supervisor at the time.
He told Jackson he was the one who found the broken glass and directed others to bring it back to the police station, and he was also the person at the scene who decided to use the Solo cups.
“You didn’t find it important enough to write a report yourself,” Jackson said.
That’s a “misrepresentation” said Gallagher, adding that he felt the case was “very important.”
He said other officers at the scene wrote reports.
“I did not,” Gallagher said. Asked if he diagrammed the exact spots where the blood was found, he said he did not.
Following the sidebar, former Canton police officer Paul Gallagher said Canton Sgt. Mike Lank took the cocktail glass to the Canton police station before it was transferred to State Police. Gallagher said he never had possession of the glass after turning it over to State Police.
He then retrieved the broken glass from an evidence bag and displayed it for jurors.
Gallagher said he returned to the Canton police station shortly after 8 a.m. on Jan. 29 and returned to Fairview Road about an hour later after Lank was told witness Jennifer McCabe had “more information” about the case.
He said Brian Albert Sr. answered the door when he knocked.
“Did you see anything out of place?” Brennan asked.
Paul Gallagher said “there were no civilians” at the crime scene by the time he arrived, and that no neighbors ever came out of their homes.
He said he was told at the scene that two other Canton officers had earlier gone into the Fairview Road home to speak with the residents.
Snow was quickly falling at the time, Gallagher said, and the ground was “frozen” beneath roughly four inches of snow.
Gallagher said he considered using a shovel to search the area but decided against it because he was concerned about contaminating the crime scene.
Ultimately, Gallagher said, he decided on a leaf blower, because he had previously seen one used to remove “light layers of snow,” and that the process can be controlled.
He said he used a leaf blower to whisk away some snow, revealing pink spots which appeared to be “frozen or coagulated blood” that police placed in red Solo cups.
“They were plastic, they weren’t going to leak, they weren’t going to get soggy,” Gallagher said.
He said he had a police sergeant videotape him using the leaf blower at the time.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan later played video clips of Gallagher using the leaf blower at the scene.
“It was great,” Gallagher said when asked how effective the leaf blower was.
He said authorities also discovered a cocktail glass on the lawn that was broken at the top.
Brennan asked if the side yard had any footprints or evidence suggesting anyone had been dragged through it.
Brennan asked if the front yard had any footprints to suggest someone had walked across the grass, and he said he only saw the footprints of a responding officer.
The cocktail glass, Gallagher said, was bagged and brought back to police headquarters and logged into evidence.
It was transferred to State Police custody on Feb. 1, 2022, Gallagher said.
The red plastic cups were placed in a “refrigerated unit” for temporary evidence at the Canton police station before they were also turned over to State Police.
Prosecutors next called Paul Gallagher, a former Canton police lieutenant who retired last year.
Gallagher ran through his professional background during initial questioning from prosecutor Hank Brennan.
“It can be very busy at times,” Gallagher said of the Canton police force.
Gallagher told Brennan that he was off shift in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022.
Just after 6 a.m., he said, he got a call from a Canton sergeant who informed him of the situation. Gallagher said he responded to the scene in a personal vehicle.
He said he took a personal “pop-up tent” with him to cover a body if necessary.
Gallagher said he went to Fairview Road after retrieving gear at the police station.
He said Canton police contacted State Police assigned to the district attorney’s office, according to standard protocol.
Initially, he said, State Police “were not responding.”
Gallagher said he saw police cruisers at the scene, and that they had their lights on but no sirens.
He said he “knew of” O’Keefe but had never met him.
“He had been transported to the hospital” by the time he arrived, Gallagher testified.
The weather was “terrible” and “blizzard-like” with high winds and “an icy snow,” he said.
“Typical New England blizzard basically,” Gallagher said.
He said authorities had no reason initially to launch a criminal probe.
Paramedic Katie McLaughlin told Read lawyer Alan Jackson that Read “wasn’t standing there calmly” at the scene. “She was very upset.”
“Do you see any reaction from him?” Jackson asked of the police officer standing next to Read at the moment when McLaughlin said she confessed to hitting John O’Keefe with her car.
“Do you see him handcuff my client?” he asked.
She identified herself on video writing information down at the scene as well.
Whatever Read said “was important enough” for McLaughlin to write down, Jackson said.
“I wasn’t going to write that statement down,” McLaughlin said of the “I hit him” statement she reported hearing. “I remembered that and I went back to the ambulance and told them.”
She said O’Keefe’s name, birthdate, and lack of medication or allergy history was jotted on her glove.
“I didn’t make a report about it,” McLaughlin said.
She told prosecutor Hank Brennan on redirect that she “explained” her relationship with Caitlin Albert “throughout the testimony” during the first trial last year.
She told Brennan she had testified that she didn’t recall exactly who set up her interview with the State Police but that Kevin Albert’s name didn’t sound familiar. Kevin Albert is a Canton police detective and brother to Brian Albert, who then lived at the Fairview Road home.
McLaughlin told Brennan she “felt bad” for Read at the crime scene and didn’t want to “push further” after Read said she had run into O’Keefe.
“It’s not my job, and I didn’t feel comfortable doing it,” McLaughlin said. “I won’t ever forget those statements.”
Jackson asked McLaughlin on recross if investigator Michael Proctor had told her during her interview that Kevin Albert had texted him about setting up the conversation.
“I have no knowledge of that,” McLaughlin said.
Judge Beverly Cannone called a lunch recess around 1:15 p.m.
Read lawyer Alan Jackson also presented photographs of Katie McLaughlin, a Canton paramedic who responded to the scene, and Caitlin Albert, whose parents owned the Fairview Road home. McLaughlin said they went to school together.
Jackson asked if McLaughlin had been photographed at “many” celebrations with Caitlin Albert, and she said, “yeah.”
McLaughlin said she went on one overnight trip in Maine with a group that included Caitlin Albert. The two women also attended the same baby shower, McLaughlin said.
Jackson asked if McLaughlin’s relationship with Caitlin Albert is “far more” than someone who was a high school classmate.
“I described what it is,” McLaughlin said.
Jackson asked if she was contacted by Kevin Albert, a Canton police detective and Brian Albert’s brother, after O’Keefe’s death.
McLaughlin said State Police called her to set up an interview, and that she never spoke to Kevin Albert.
“I only ever met with state troopers,” McLaughlin said.
She said she did not disclose her social connection to Caitlin Albert during the law enforcement interview.
McLaughlin told Jackson she never heard Read say “did I hit him” or “could I have hit him,” and that she didn’t write a report for the call since that wasn’t within her purview.
Katie McLaughlin told Read lawyer Alan Jackson she hadn’t told authorities last year about her relationship with Caitlin Albert, whose parents owned the Fairview Road home at the time.
That was disclosed, she said, “only when there started to be a lot of harassment” online targeting people involved in the case.
“The relationship that I had with Caitlin Albert had been out there,” McLaughlin said. “It had been published and proliferated on the Internet.”
She told Jackson that Canton Officer Steven Saraf had overheard Read tell her “I hit him” at the scene.
“She was upset, I would say hysterical, yeah,” McLaughlin said.
She identified additional footage of her standing near Read at the scene.
Though Read appears composed in the clip, “she was upset, for sure,” McLaughlin said.
“No, she had just stopped running around,” McLaughlin said.
She said Jennifer McCabe told Read at that moment that she was being “hysterical.”
”You’ll agree that Ms. Read was standing relatively quietly to your right," Jackson said.
McLaughlin said Read “seemed upset when she said that” as McCabe was trying to calm her down.
She said she saw her colleagues bring John O’Keefe into the ambulance.
McLaughlin said she told her coworkers “what was said” by Read.
She told Jackson she previously testified that she “went to high school” with someone named Caitlin Albert.
“That was not a full and accurate” statement, Jackson said.
She later added that she knows Caitlin Albert but she wouldn’t describe her as a close friend.
“It’s just group settings,” McLaughlin said, adding that such group settings included beach trips.
She said she also occasionally visited an apartment Caitlin Albert lived in with some of McLaughlin’s other friends.
McLaughlin later identified herself on the surveillance footage talking to Read at the scene while Jennifer McCabe and police were nearby.
“I think it was just prior to that,” McLaughlin said when Brennan asked for the “exact” moment when Read said “I hit him, I hit him, I hit him.”
McLaughlin told Read lawyer Alan Jackson on cross-examination that paramedics want to know how someone was injured when they ask what happened.
“You have to share the information that you got” with the caregivers, she said.
She said she had three meetings with prosecutors between January and Sunday.
One meeting was a couple weeks ago, she said, and she watched her testimony from the first trial.
Brennan told her he would ask about her relationship with Caitlin Albert, McLaughlin said.
“There was no reason that he gave,” McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin said she informed her colleagues what Read had told her.
McLaughlin said she and Caitlin Albert have been mutual friends dating back to their school years.
McLaughlin added that she does not have a “close” personal relationship with Caitlin Albert.
She said she has “never” talked with Caitlin about her role that morning at the scene.
O’Keefe was missing a sneaker at the time, McLaughlin said.
She also identified surveillance footage of herself at the scene.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan next called McLaughlin, a Canton firefighter-paramedic who responded to the Fairview Road scene.
She answered several questions about her training and professional background before recounting what she witnessed on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022.
McLaughlin said “no” when Brennan asked if she was part of law enforcement.
She said she was working an assigned shift on the morning of John O’Keefe’s death.
First responders received a call for “a man down in the snow” or “a man unresponsive” in the snow, she said.
Snow was falling heavily as emergency responders made their way to the home, McLaughlin said.
She said she saw police cruisers and a civilian vehicle at the scene when she arrived. The emergency vehicles had their lights on but the sirens weren’t activated, McLaughlin said.
After she got out of the fire truck, McLaughlin said, she and a colleague retrieved a stretcher and brought it to O’Keefe, who was “laying supine on the side of the road up off the curb” into the lawn.
O’Keefe was lifted onto the backboard and moved to the ambulance, she said.
McLaughlin said she also recalled seeing a fire hydrant near O’Keefe’s body on the lawn.
One firefighter asked her to gather more information, so she approached Read, “who seemed to be really concerned and involved” with O’Keefe’s status, McLaughlin said.
She said Read gave her O’Keefe’s name and birthdate and said he had no allergies.
McLaughlin said she asked Read if O’Keefe had suffered any trauma, and Read said “I hit him, I hit him.”
Jennifer McCabe told Read to calm down, McLaughlin said, and a police officer who overheard her signaled to a sergeant to come over.
McLaughlin said she didn’t feel comfortable asking Read for additional information, assuming that was more in the purview of the police.
Levinson told Read lawyer Alan Jackson that State Police Trooper Michael Proctor conducted the October 2022 interview.
(Proctor was later fired for misconduct in the case).
Levinson told Jackson she spoke with Julie Nagel before the interview, and she said “somewhat” when asked if they discussed the subject matter.
She told prosecutor Hank Brennan on redirect that lights from inside the house weren’t illuminating the ground at the time.
Levinson stepped down and Brennan next called paramedic Katie McLaughlin.
Levinson told Read attorney Alan Jackson on cross-examination that she’s a longtime friend of Brian Albert Jr. and knows his family.
Asked if she had ever met the Alberts’ dog before Jan. 29, 2022, she said she wasn’t sure.
Jackson noted that Levinson had testified previously that she had never met the dog, and she said, “if that’s what it says.”
The defense alleges that John O’Keefe entered the Fairview home where he was fatally beaten and possibly attacked by Chloe, a German Shepherd who lived there at the time. Chloe was later re-homed to Vermont.
Jackson asked Levinson if she noticed anything unusual when she walked to the McCabes’ vehicle to leave, and she said she was looking down at her shoes at the time to make sure she didn’t stumble in the elements.
Levinson said she was initially contacted by law enforcement in October 2022 for an interview.
Sarah Levinson told prosecutor Hank Brennan that Brian Albert Jr.’s cousin, Colin Albert, also visited the Canton home for about a half hour.
She said there were no arguments or fighting in the house.
“Did you ever see another man or woman you didn’t know come into that house?” Brennan asked.
She said she left with Jennifer McCabe and her husband around 1:30 a.m., when snow was falling.
Levinson said she exited the front door arm-in-arm with Julie Nagel, and they walked to the McCabes’ car and entered.
Matt McCabe had to go back in briefly to retrieve his jacket, Levinson said, and they started joking with Jen McCabe about a loaf of bread she had in the vehicle.
The McCabes’ vehicle drove past the flagpole as they left, Levinson said.
She said Julie Nagel “said something” but she did not elaborate.
Following the morning recess, prosecutor Hank Brennan called not Katie McLaughlin, a Canton paramedic, but Sarah Levinson, a woman who was present at the afterparty with Julie Nagel.
Levinson said she and Nagel had gone to the Fairview home to celebrate Brian Albert Jr.’s birthday party on the night of Jan. 28, 2022.
Levinson said she had been there many times before.She said she and Julie Nagel had been driven to the Fairview home by Nagel‘s father.
Levinson said she and Nagel entered the side door when they arrived at the home.
They spent about 10 to 15 minutes in the family room with Brian Jr., his mother, and his aunt.
Brian’s mother, sister, and aunt all left the home later in the evening, while Levinson and Nagel stayed behind with Brian Jr.
Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., Levinson said, additional friends of Brian Jr.’s showed up.
“We were all friendly but not friends,” Levinson said.
She said the mood was celebratory but nothing of note happened.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan next called Canton Firefighter-Paramedic Katie McLaughlin.
McLaughlin testified at the first trial that she heard Read say at the scene that she struck John O’Keefe.
Before McLaughlin could take the stand Monday, however, Judge Beverly Cannone called a 20-minute morning recess.
The jury will hear from McLaughlin after the coffee break.
Heather Maxon told Read lawyer David Yannetti on cross-examination that it took Julie Nagel a couple minutes to come out of the house and speak to her brother.
Yannetti asked Maxon if she was checking her cell phone at all during the siblings’ conversation, and she said she didn’t recall.
“You obviously don’t know what did or didn’t happen before you, Ricky, and Ryan arrived there,” Yannetti said.
She said Julie Nagel spoke with her brother for about five minutes, and that she later saw a female alone in the SUV when its domelight came on.
She told Brennan on redirect that she never saw anyone besides Julie Nagel go in or out of the house.
Maxon told Brennan that she and Ryan Nagel were dating in January 2022. On the night in question, she said, she and Nagel met up with friends at local establishments.
Maxon said “I believe so yes” when Brennan asked if she felt impaired in any way as they were en route to Fairview.
She said she did not know where they were headed at the time.
Maxon said they let Read turn her SUV onto Fairview “before us.”
She said she saw “a male and a female” inside the SUV, with the female driving.
Before they left, Maxon said, she never saw the SUV dome light come on, and she didn’t notice anything about its taillights.
Maxon told Brennan she never saw anyone exit the SUV on Fairview, nor did she see anyone walk across the front yard toward the door.
As they left, Maxon said, she saw the female still in the driver’s seat of the SUV with its dome lights on. She saw no one else inside the SUV as they passed it, Maxon said.
Asked if she saw a man standing outside the door of the SUV or laying on the front lawn, Maxon said she did not. 
Nagel told prosecutor Hank Brennan on redirect that he left Fairview Road “roughly” between 12:30 a.m. and 12:35 a.m. after speaking with his sister.
The ground at the time, Nagel said, was presumably hard, as it was “a cold night.”
Brennan asked Nagel if he observed any missing pieces of taillight on Read’s SUV at the time, and he said he did not.
He also reiterated that he did not see O’Keefe at any time walking across the lawn toward the front door.
Brennan then called Nagel‘s former girlfriend, Heather Maxon, who was with him that night.
Nagel told Read lawyer David Yannetti he was looking to his right as he sat in his friend’s truck waiting for his sister to come outside.
Nagel said his sister walked up to him as he sat in the passenger seat.
Yannetti asked if it was “clear” that Nagel‘s sister appeared to have had a few drinks, and Nagel noted that it was after 12:30 a.m.
He told Yannetti he and his sibling spoke for a couple minutes before she went back inside.
Yannetti, noting the SUV dome light had illuminated much of Read’s vehicle, said Nagel only saw a woman inside at the time.
“You saw that the [SUV] passenger seat was empty,” Yannetti said.
He said Read was staring straight ahead with her hands on the wheel.
Nagel told Yannetti he didn’t hear any yelling or screaming as they passed the SUV.
Ryan Nagel told Read lawyer David Yannetti on cross-examination that he first saw the black SUV as it was headed in the direction of his friend’s car.
Nagel went to the Canton home early on Jan. 29 to pick up his sister, Julie, but she came outside and, after speaking with him, decided to remain at the party for a while.
“Your observations of the black SUV at that time ... that person appeared to be driving safely as well,” Yannetti said.
He told Yannetti the snow hadn’t yet begun sticking to the pavement when he arrived outside Fairview.
“You saw no tire marks in the street at all,” Yannetti said.
Ryan Nagel said he “saw a vehicle” coming in the direction of the vehicle carrying him and his friends as they approached Fairview Road.
Nagel described the other vehicle as a “black SUV,” which matches the description of Read’s Lexus SUV.
The other car remained in front of his friend’s vehicle the entire time they were at the house, Nagel said.
He said the SUV was about “a car length in front of us.”
Asked if he ever saw the SUV stop at the foot of the driveway, Nagle said, “no, but I did see the brake lights” as it moved slightly.
He said his sister came to him and his friends’ vehicle and asked if they wanted to come inside for a drink, but they declined. So his sister went back inside.
Nagel said he saw the interior lights of the SUV come on as his sister went back in.
As he and his friends left, Nagel said, the SUV was located about a car length from the flagpole.
“I saw that there was a woman in the driver’s seat of the black SUV,” Nagel said. “With her hands on the steering wheel at 10 and two.”
Nagel said he saw no one else in the SUV at the time.
“Could there have been someone standing outside the door?” prosecutor Hank Brennan asked.
He told Brennan he never saw anyone exit the SUV, nor did he see a man cross the front yard toward the front door or side door.
Prosecutors next called Ryan Nagel to the stand.
Nagel had gone to the Fairview Road house in the predawn hours of Jan. 29 to pick up his sister, Julie, but she came outside and, after speaking with him, decided to remain at the party for a while.
Nagel said he left McCarthy’s, a Canton pub, around midnight with friends. He said he received a text from his sister “to pick her up” at the Fairview home. Julie Nagel had been there to celebrate her friend Brian Albert’s Jr. birthday.
Ryan Nagel said “no sir” when prosecutor Hank Brennan asked if he went to the Fairview address for any reason other than to pick up his sister.
Nagel said he arrived at the Fairview home around 12:30 a.m.
Read lawyer David Yannetti asked if State Police lab chemist Hannah Knowles’s range for Read’s blood alcohol level was “very wide,” and she said, “it certainly is.”
She told Yannetti that body weight and what someone had to eat can affect someone’s alcohol level.
“Different people metabolize alcohol at different rates, correct?” Yannetti asked.
“You have no personal knowledge of when Ms. Read had her last drink, correct?” Yannetti asked.
Yannetti asked if Knowles had “personal knowledge” of whether Read had anything to drink after 12:45 a.m., and she said, “no I do not.”
Read went back to O’Keefe’s house after dropping him off at the Fairview Road home.
Knowles told prosecutor Adam Lally on redirect that serum alcohol concentration is “always higher” than whole blood testing, something analysts take into account when they convert the data.
“The changing conversion factors ... who does that benefit?” Lally asked.
Knowles said the “resulting number would be smaller,” after the data’s converted, meaning the final blood alcohol tally would be more advantageous to a defendant.
State Police lab chemist Hannah Knowles told Read lawyer David Yannetti her lab did not receive any blood samples to conduct “confirmatory” testing of the hospital‘s work.
Knowles told Yannetti it was her understanding the hospital does serum or plasma testing, as opposed to the more accurate “whole blood” testing.
Knowles testified Friday that a “retrograde extrapolation” of Read’s blood draw at the hospital showed her blood alcohol level at the time of the alleged collision with O’Keefe would have been between 0.14 and 0.28.
Yannetti asked about a number of factors that he suggested could affect the amount of water in someone’s blood, leading to elevated readings.
Knowles said she was aware of one study cited by Yannetti dealing with inaccurate readings.
“The results of my report was not a single number” for Read’s blood alcohol level, Knowles said. “It is a range of numbers.”
The third week of Karen Read’s retrial got underway Monday morning in Norfolk Superior Court.
Judge Beverly Cannone called the lawyers to a sidebar shortly after 9 a.m. before the jury entered. Read was seen talking with her attorneys at the defense table.
Cannone began the day with her customary questions to jurors inquiring if they had avoided any outside coverage of the high-profile case. All of them had.
State Police lab chemist Hannah Knowles then returned to the stand to continue her testimony under cross-examination by Read attorney David Yannetti.
Knowles testified Friday that a “retrograde extrapolation” of Read’s blood drawn at the hospital showed her blood alcohol level at the time of the alleged collision with O’Keefe would have been between 0.14 and 0.28.
She told Yannetti she had no direct knowledge of how the hospital that took Read’s blood did their initial testing.
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A firefighter testified on May 5 in <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/05/karen-read-trial-live-updates-day-9/83452806007/>Karen Read's murder trial</a> that she heard the defendant say "I hit him" multiple times after a Boston police officer was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022
McCabe <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/02/karen-read-trial-day-8-live-updates/83406452007/>faced fierce questions</a> from Read's lawyers about differences in her testimony between what she said to a grand jury
Read is back in court after the trial in 2024 ended in a hung jury
Prosecutors say Read hit O’Keefe with her Lexus in a drunken rage and then fled the scene
leaving him for dead in the snow outside the Canton
Defense attorneys have long maintained that Read was framed
Read’s lawyers continued <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/24/karen-read-murder-trial-boston/83254161007/>their argument</a>
pressing McLaughlin over why she didn’t write down what Read said then
They also grilled investigating officers over unconventional methods used to collect evidence
The case has turned into a years-long whodunnit legal saga that has garnered massive intrigue from true-crime fans across the country, spurring an array of <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/04/01/karen-read-trial-john-okeefe-tv-shows-movies-podcasts-articles/82737217007/>podcasts, movies, and television shows</a>
Here’s what happened during the ninth day of the trial in Dedham
The dog did it? <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2025/05/02/dog-karen-read-murder-trial-john-okeefe-chloe-german-shepherd-canton-ma/83406541007/ rel=noreferrer target=_blank>What to know about the German Shepherd tied to the Karen Read trial</a>
the highest-ranking officer who responded to the scene
was grilled about unconventional methods used to collect evidence after O’Keefe was found unconscious
in his personal vehicle just after O’Keefe had been transported to the hospital
Gallagher said the frozen ground was rapidly being covered with snow
and crime scene tape was blowing wildly in the wind
After spotting what appeared to be blood in the snow
Gallagher used a leaf blower to clear the area
Gallagher collected the evidence in red Solo cups obtained from an officer who lived nearby
The cups were then taken to the police department in a paper grocery bag
and I wasn’t going to get a second chance at it," Gallagher said
"It was either collect it or never have it."
The leaf blower also exposed a broken cocktail glass hidden in the snow
Gallagher unsealed a box containing the glass on the stand and showed it to the jury
pressed Gallagher on the possibility that the evidence in the open Solo cups could have been contaminated
Gallagher said he didn’t wait to get proper equipment to collect evidence because of the weather
Jackson also said that while Gallagher was the "centerpiece of the recovery of evidence," he did not write a report and wasn’t interviewed by other investigators until prosecutors questioned him more than two years later
his responsibility was to ensure his subordinates write reports
Gallagher said the state police later took over the investigation
The Canton Police Department rescued itself because its "best detective," Kevin Albert
<a id=gpd-1746465764417>Another witness heard Karen Read say: 'I hit him, I hit him'</a>McLaughlin
the Canton firefighter who drove O’Keefe to the hospital in an ambulance
said she heard Read say "I hit him" at least four times at the scene
McLaughlin said Read made the remark as she tried gathering information about O’Keefe's medical history
McLaughlin told prosecutors she didn’t feel comfortable asking Read any more questions
given the "disturbing scene" and Read's demeanor
Defense attorney Alan Jackson pressed McLaughlin about why she didn't write Read's statement down or follow up with her before reporting it to her fellow first responders
Jackson also questioned her relationship with members of the Albert family in a tense exchange
showing photographs of McLaughlin and Caitlin Albert
McLaughlin said that she’s known Caitlin Albert since high school and they have spent time together
Jackson asked McLaughlin if Albert's brother
was the one who set up her interview with the Massachusetts State Police
McLaughlin said the interview was arranged by a state trooper
<a id=gpd-1746460185165>What happened at the house where O’Keefe was found?</a>Sarah Levinson testified that she and a friend went to 34 Fairview Road to celebrate Brian Albert Jr.’s birthday
Levinson said the atmosphere was “celebratory
joyful” as friends and family came and went throughout the night
Around midnight, Albert’s father, mother, sister, aunt, uncle, and a friend, Brian Higgins, arrived at the house. Albert’s aunt, Jennifer McCabe, is one of the <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/courts/2025/04/30/jen-mccabe-hos-long-to-die-in-cold-karen-read-john-okeefe-murder-trial/83363143007/>prosecution's key witnesses</a>
one of the men Read's defense team has alleged killed O'Keefe
McCabe testified that Read and O'Keefe were supposed to join the party at the Alberts' house but never arrived
Levinson said her friend left the house briefly to speak with her brother
but no one else entered the house after that
Levinson said she left 34 Fairview between 1:30-2 a.m
with the McCabes as a light dusting of snow covered the ground
A defense attorney for Read began questioning Levinson by asking why she had never met the Albert’s German Shepherd
"Is that because the dog was not really good with strangers?" Alan Jackson asked
Chief among the evidence in Read’s defense was a series of marks on O’Keefe’s arm that appeared to come from an animal attack
argued at a trial in 2024 that the dog did it
Two witnesses told jurors they spotted a black SUV while on their way to pick up a friend from the home where O’Keefe was later found unconscious in the snow
Heather Maxon said she saw a woman driving and a man in the front passenger seat of the SUV as both cars turned onto Fairview Road
Maxon said she did not recognize either person
estimated they arrived at 34 Fairview Road and saw the SUV parked nearby
Nagel said he saw a woman in the driver’s seat of the SUV
but his glimpse was too brief to identify her
Nagel and Maxon both said they never saw anyone exiting the SUV
or entering the home while they were parked outside
Nagel’s sister ultimately decided to stay at the house
Knowles returned to the stand on May 5 to briefly wrap up her testimony
Knowles previously told jurors Read’s blood alcohol level was between 0.078% and 0.092% when she was tested at the hospital after 9 a.m
she found Read's blood alcohol level at 12:45 a.m
that morning could have been between 0.14% and 0.28%
far beyond the legal limit for driving in Massachusetts
The findings were based on a blood sample taken from Read at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton
Read's attorney attempted to sow doubt about the accuracy of the calculations
questioning Knowles about the many factors that affect a person's blood alcohol level and calling her results "imprecise." Knowles explained to prosecutors that the blood alcohol level range that she produced was "intentionally wide" to account for many of the factors the defense raised
Read told the magazine she's living off of what’s left of her 401(k) retirement fund after losing her job as a Fidelity Investments equities analyst and Bentley University finance professor after being arrested and charged with O'Keefe's murder
"If I can get the entire truth of this case out in the public forum
A <a href=https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/114014 target=_blank rel="noreferrer noopener">Justice for Karen Read legal defense fund</a>
has raised over $900,000 from more than 11,000 donors
Donations have continued to flow during her second trial
Read supporters from Massachusetts and beyond have sold T-shirts and held events, including a recent <a href=https://www.eventbrite.com/o/kim-l-jodi-m-109914053021 target=_blank rel="noreferrer noopener">cocktail-style party</a>
three-bathroom home in Mansfield for $810,000
CourtTV has been covering the case against Read and the criminal investigation since early 2022
when O'Keefe's body was found outside a Canton home
You can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahgl-mIUFE" target=_blank rel="noreferrer noopener">CourtTV’s live feed</a> of the Read trial proceedings from Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham
Contributing: Karissa Waddick and Jeanine Santucci
(This story was updated to add new information.)
“If I can get the entire truth of this case out in the public forum
is priceless,” the accused murderer told Vanity Fair
Read told Vanity Fair she's living off of what’s left of her 401(k) retirement fund after losing her jobs as a Fidelity Investments equities analyst and Bentley University finance professor after being arrested and charged with the murder of her boyfriend
She told the magazine she owed he defense team more than $5 million as of last fall
The defense has also added two attorneys since the first trial: Robert Alessi and Victoria George
who is a former alternate juror from Read's first trial
Alan Jackson and Elizabeth Little also remain on Read's team
The background of the Karen Read murder trialsProsecutors say Read and O’Keefe had been drinking at a Canton bar with friends and acquaintances before they got into an argument
They say she hit him with her SUV outside the home of Brian Albert
But Read's lawyers say Read dropped O'Keefe off at Albert's home
and that O'Keefe was fatally beaten inside before his body was planted on the front lawn
They say she was then framed for his death
manslaughter while driving drunk and leaving the scene of personal injury and death
A <a href=https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/114014 target=_blank rel="noreferrer noopener">Justice for Karen Read legal defense fund</a>
has raised more than $900,000 from more than 11,000 donors
"Looking forward to the day the weight of the world is finally removed from your back," Carrico wrote on the donation
three-bathroom home was listed for $849,000 in July
Read supporters from across the state and beyond have held events to raise funds for her defense
For example, two Read supporters recently held a <a href=https://www.eventbrite.com/o/kim-l-jodi-m-109914053021 target=_blank rel="noreferrer noopener">cocktail-style party</a> at Toscana Forno in Peabody
Tickets were $100 with all proceeds going to Read's defense fund
Members of the Free Karen Read movement have also sold T-shirts and other gear and held various events and auctions to raise money for her cause
DEDHAM, Mass. (Court TV) — <a href="https://www.courttv.com/tag/karen-read/">Karen Read</a> is standing trial for a second time on charges of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend
and Robert Alessi introduce themselves to potential jurors as jury selection continues for the murder retrial of Read
Read&#8217;s <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/ma-v-karen-read-killer-or-cover-up-murder-trial/">first trial, in 2024</a>
ended in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict
motor vehicle manslaughter while driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a collision causing injury or death after O&#8217;Keefe was found dead outside of a friend&#8217;s house after a night out drinking in January 2022
MORE | <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/karen-read-murder-case-a-timeline-of-events/">Karen Read murder case: A timeline of events</a>
angry with O&#8217;Keefe because he was planning to break up with her
intentionally hit and killed him with her Lexus SUV in the driveway of a friend&#8217;s home after a night out drinking
But Read&#8217;s defense says she simply dropped O&#8217;Keefe off at the home and that someone inside the home attacked and killed him before leaving him in the snow
MORE | <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/key-players-in-the-karen-read-murder-case/">Key players in the Karen Read murder case</a>
While many of the facts and witnesses from Read&#8217;s first trial remain the same, there are some notable differences. <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/michael-proctor-fired-from-ma-state-police-after-karen-read-trial/">Michael Proctor</a>
who was the lead investigator on the case for the Massachusetts State Police
was fired after the first trial revealed that he had been sending inappropriate text messages about Read to colleagues
Both sides have also expanded their witness lists to include more experts on a variety of subjects
ranging from dog bites and accident reconstruction to the weather
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whose body was found in a snowbank on a fellow cop&apos;s front lawn
<a></a>Boston Police Officer John O&apos;Keefe was found dead in a snowbank on Jan.29
His girlfriend Karen Read&apos;s retrial is underway in connection with his death in Massachusetts
O&apos;Keefe and others had gone to the Albert&apos;s home after a night of drinking at two bars in Canton
and her lawyers insist that O&apos;Keefe died somewhere &quot;warm&quot; and was brought outside to die in the cold
Among the controversial evidence is a Google search made by McCabe &quot;hos long to die in the cold,&quot; which a defense expert said was made at 2:27 am and prosecutors maintain was made at Read&apos;s insistence in the chaotic aftermath of O&apos;Keefe&apos;s body being found.&#xA0;McCabe also testified about the Albert family&apos;s German Shepherd
who was rehomed after O&apos;Keefe was found dead
Read&apos;s lawyers plan to present evidence that O&apos;Keefe suffered injuries consistent with a dog attack
which prosecutors have countered in what became a duel between experts in Read&apos;s first trial
which ended in a hung jury last year.&#xA0;When O&apos;Keefe&apos;s body was found
she didn&apos;t wake her first responder brother-in-law
she later went into the unlocked home and into her sister&apos;s bedroom
was not good with strangers.&#xA0;Chloe&#x2019;s former owner
testified at Karen Read&#x2019;s trial in 2024 that the German Shepherd now lives on a farm in Vermont.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;
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DEDHAM, Mass. (WJAR) — A whirlwind of witnesses took the stand Monday in <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/karen-read-murder-trial" target="_blank" title="https://turnto10.com/news/karen-read-murder-trial" class="themeColorForLinks">Karen Read&#x27;s retrial on a second-degree murder charge</a> in Norfolk Superior Court
Some testified that they were at the Canton home just hours before John O&#x27;Keefe was found unresponsive outside
the jury heard from a Canton police officer who was at the scene and processed evidence
Canton firefighter-paramedic Katie McLaughlin shared what she said Read said as first responders were trying to save O&#x27;Keefe in 2022
I hit him.&#x27; There was a woman next to us who told her to calm down,&quot; McLaughlin testified
A line of questioning about the Canton firefighter&#x27;s connection to Caitlin Albert turned contentious
Albert&#x27;s parents owned the house where O&#x27;Keefe was found outside
I don’t have a personal relationship with her,&quot; McLaughlin said
The commonwealth <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/mansfield-woman-charged-in-death-of-boston-police-officer#" target="_blank" title="https://turnto10.com/news/local/mansfield-woman-charged-in-death-of-boston-police-officer#" class="themeColorForLinks">alleges that Read hit her boyfriend with her SUV.</a> The defendant&#x27;s lawyers claim she was framed in police coverup
A retired Canton police officer took the stand to explain how a leaf blower was used to process the snowy scene
The method uncovered blood and a broken cocktail glass
&quot;I wasn&#x27;t going to get a second chance at it
It was either collect it or never have it,&quot; retired Lt
The defense had questions about initial evidence collected in red Solo cups
One homeowner&#x27;s brother is a Canton police officer
The department was later recused from the investigation
&quot;You&#x27;ve never seen an evidence log determining where that blood went and who&#x27;s handling it between Jan
1,&quot; defense attorney Alan Jackson said
&quot;I have never seen an evidence log,&quot; Gallagher said
A handful of witnesses who had been at 34 Fairview after midnight testified too
Ryan Nagel testified that he saw Read&#x27;s SUV close to the flagpole where O&#x27;Keefe was later found
&quot;There was woman in the driver&#x27;s seat of the black SUV in front of me,&quot; Nagel said
&quot;You didn’t see anybody else in the SUV?&quot; defense attorney David Yannetti asked
Three witnesses testified they didn’t see O’Keefe enter the house
Gallagher will be back on the stand Tuesday to answer more questions
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The husband of a British woman <a href="/news/world/europe/british-woman-stabbing-death-dordogne-france-b2743005.html">stabbed to death in a French village</a> has described his shock after police said an affair with a local man could have been a motive
said the police investigation into the death of his wife of 30 years
alleged a “relationship I did not want to believe”
Ms Carter was found dying in her driveway with stab wounds on 29 April after she had been at a wine-tasting event in Trémolat
A statement by French investigators said: “The investigation is focusing on the people who were likely after the victim or the couple she formed with her friend
both of whom were very active in the local social and community fabric.”
Mr Carter, who lives in <a href="/topic/south-africa">South Africa</a> and spent some of his time in <a href="/topic/france">France</a>, told The Times that the police statement had compounded his grief and that of their children.
“I could not have imagined that Karen got caught up in what is being talked about as some sort of love triangle that resulted in her being murdered in France,” he said.
Ms Carter reportedly ran a cafe in the village with Jean-François Guerrier, a 74-year-old retired businessman, who worked as a volunteer. She lived in France and managed two holiday homes since visiting the country in 2009.
At one stage, she ran a lifestyle blog for women over 50 called La Vie est Belle (Life is Beautiful). She was also a leading player in the Queens of Football (Reines du Foot) team, which in early April completed a tour of South Africa.
Last week, a Trémolat resident said: “Everyone is in total shock. Ms Carter was a delightful, energetic person who got on with everybody.
“We saw emergency vehicles in the village, and then lots of police cars, and then the area around her house was cordoned off,” said the resident, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons.
“Nobody can understand how this could have happened in a peaceful place like this. We are all keeping our doors locked. It is deeply worrying.”
The Dordogne is an area of France hugely popular with British tourists, second home owners and expat pensioners.
In February, British couple Andrew and Dawn Searle, who previously lived in East Lothian in Scotland, were found dead at their home in the southwest village of Les Peques, north of Toulouse.
died peacefully with her daughter by her side on Saturday
2025 at Sunshine Terrace Nursing Home in Logan
1942 to Clifford and Ida Plumb in Salt Lake City
Her father was a creator and Karen was able to enjoy the things that he made
she drove a quarter size manual jeep that her father built for her
She used to take her little neighbor friends and sisters for rides in it
her dad built a motorcycle that she loved to ride
She also enjoyed shooting guns and bow and arrows
Karen loved animals and had several dogs throughout her childhood; however
in the home that her dad built in Ogden Canyon
It was there that her dad entrusted her to set out on their horse
She enjoyed being raised in Ogden Canyon and told of stories that would include anything from mountain lions to rattle snakes
In Ogden Canyon they lived on the banks of the river and she spent a great portion of her childhood floating and playing in it
She fondly remembers the years spent going to school and time spent with her friends in Huntsville
there were times when much was expected of her
She spoke of hard times as a teenager where she spent time at home cleaning while her friends were dating and have a good time
The time alone allowed her to discover her love for piano and music
She attended Weber High School and it was during her senior year that she met the love of her life
Karen had just been to an LDS youth social when they stopped at Mason&rsquo;s Drive-Inn to get something to eat
A car of young men pulled up next to her car and they exchanged words
It was then that he told them to stop teasing him because that was the woman he was going to marry
She was still in High School when she was engaged and loved when he would come and pick her up
1960 and married on the 8th of July that same year in the Logan Temple
For the first several years of their marriage
they lived in a trailer in Hooper where they had their first two children
Ken was a Utah Highway Patrolman and was then transferred to Wendover for a time
they built a home in Hooper next to Ken&rsquo;s parents
In 1976 Ken decided to retire from the Highway Patrol and move to Idaho where he could start to farm and do what he loved doing
They packed up the family and first moved to Rockford
were electrocuted and killed in a farming accident
This was the greatest hardship that she would ever endure
Utah where she could be near her and Ken&rsquo;s families
her children had the great privilege of Karen being their librarian at Green Acres Elementary
It was then that she decided to broaden her horizons and work towards learning other trades
she finally landed and enjoyed working as a secretary for the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind
From 1990-1992 she was briefly married and lived in Rexburg
she returned back to Ogden having learned how to drive a semi
she drove semi-trucks and worked for different companies
She loved her designated run that she drove to Nebraska and recalled many times when she was protected on the road
Being a woman semi-truck driver was always one of her proudest accomplishments
Utah and then bought the home that she adored in Brigham City
After retiring from trucking in approximately 2008
she worked for about five more years for Icon Fitness until she was 71
she fell and almost ruptured her aorta and was life-flighted to the University of Utah
It was there that she had another stroke and spent 6 weeks recovering
Karen was never quite the same and spent the remainder of her 8 years living with Shane or Angie
We are so grateful for the love and compassion that they gave to her
We are especially grateful for Sunshine Home Health and Hospice
Karen was preceded in death by her parents Clifford and Ida Plumb
her husband Ken and three of her sons: Scott
She is survived by her oldest son Shane (Melanie)
her daughter Angie (Brandon) and her two daughters&rsquo; in law Cindy (Joey)
Karen was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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She was very creative and enjoyed crafting and making jewelry
She could transform the simplest materials into something special &mdash;a necklace
Her spirit will forever remain in our hearts
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Editor’s note: Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, the editors of Where Peter Is received many tributes to his life and reflections on his influence from past and current contributors, as well as podcast guests and friends of the site from all over the world. We will publish a few of <a href="https://wherepeteris.com/category/reflection/in-memoriam-pope-francis/">these reflections</a> every day leading up to the conclave
In May of 2022 my family &#8211; my husband
our daughter and I &#8211; began the process of discerning our call home to the Catholic Church
and I can say we are here because of Pope Francis
Like many of us who venture on this journey
my background and life as well as my husband’s is wrought with brokenness and trauma
He left the church in 1962 during the Vatican II Councils to marry my mother who was a devout United Methodist
and like the Catholic Church have many traditions like the Stations at the Cross
John Wesley our founder was a devout man of faith from England and so in Methodism we feel the influence of the Church of England
Wesley preached the Gospel to the poor and went out on mission to care for those on the margins
But where Catholics teach infused righteousness
as exemplified through the Saints and the incarnational reality of the Eucharist
Methodists teach an ‘imputed’ righteousness
My husband and I were both baptized as infants and confirmed in the United Methodist Church
 We were also both left by our fathers in our youth
Where the Catholic Church is clear on the teaching of marriage
as exemplified by our Protestant ancestors
I have found in Pope Francis an earthly father that exemplifies our heavenly father
and an unconditional welcome born from an agape love
But this welcome at the same time called us to be transformed in the love of God
The path of following Christ and daily metanoia
daily dying to self – seeking the Lord’s ways and not our own was always the way of our Holy Father Francis
Where the Protestant world is wrought with denominations and divisions from the political left to right
I saw in Pope Francis a fullness of faith that I had been longing for
but sought to find new ways to faithfully respond to church teaching in approaching the difficult and complicated realities of people&#8217;s lives
New ways that could open-up the Eucharist and the Gospel to all people striving to honor the Lord’s call home
His message on human dignity in particular resonated strongly: a clear consistent social ethic from conception to death
And he refused to be tempted by power and status
He sought to be present and see people in all walks of life as worthy of attention and kindness
seeing the face of Christ in the world amongst us all
2005 – the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord
All went from darkness to light in a single moment – at the same time it was a profound moment of reckoning which has taken years to travel through
It has indeed been a pilgrim’s journey of striving and searching to do my part to ‘make things right’ according to God’s will
mercy and grace – all I wanted at the time was church
I longed for the oldest most established church that I could find
and being Methodist at that time &#8211; I found the oldest Methodist church in town
and threw myself into choir and serving while attending A.A
and what God had mapped out on my heart was to eventually come home to the Catholic Church
the truly oldest and most established of all
 Out of Chaos the Lord has brought order to our lives (Genesis 1-2:4
John 1:1-5) but slowly and gradually for a bruised reed he will not break:
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.&#8221;
My journey to seminary beginning in December of 2013
serving in long term care facility ministry
and in prison ministry paralleled the papacy of Pope Francis
I looked to him for encouragement and I found hope in his words and his example
My family was received into full communion with the Catholic Church in 2023
 Our lives have and will never be the same
 Our lives in Christ in the Catholic Church have brought a much needed healing through the Eucharist and finally being home on solid ground
or the hurt of church – still – we are home on solid ground
filled with expectancy and eternal purpose
the ever-living and present hope of Christ
our lives enter into a new phase in the life of the church
example and encouragement will be deeply grieved
Pope Francis has been my earthly Father during a time in my life and my husband’s life where there was great void
From a heart overflowing with deep and abiding gratitude
Karen Dear is a reader of WPI who offered this contribution in memory of Pope Francis
 He had me as his own when in an interview &#8211; in America I think &#8211; the journo asked him
&#8220;Who is Pope Francis?&#8221; and he answered “a sinner”
 And then he was asked what should the Church be about in today’s world and without thinking he immediately replied:  &#8220;A Field Hospital …
vulnera sanare et corda fovere … this has become one of my favourite insights/ mottos of sorts
 When he told the gay Musician from the UK that he believed we should treat others as nouns and not adjectives…
 Was this how people found the Nazarene when he was on the job back then
faith filled devotion at Holy Mass and at the Narrative of Institution
 His brilliant homilies so grounded and incarnational
I felt pained by the way so many abused Pope Francis
and twisted virtually everything he did and said… Baptized
even Ordained they should have passed under grace from ultra religiosity to missionary disciples in communion
 And those toxic Bishops simply disgusted me
This Pharisaic opposition has convinced me all the more that this man Francis was as we say in Australia ….
I pray for the Happy Repose of the Soul of Pope Francis the GREAT
Father Richard Gleeson is a retired priest from New South Wales
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<a href="https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/smilowitz-karen.html">Karen Smilowitz</a> has been named Northwestern’s associate provost for undergraduate education
In this role, Smilowitz — a member of Northwestern’s faculty for more than two decades — will lead the <a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/provost/initiatives/undergraduate-education.html">Office of Undergraduate Education</a>
which supports students’ academic excellence and personal growth
“I am thrilled Karen will serve in this important role dedicated to supporting and enhancing the Northwestern undergraduate academic experience,” Hagerty said
“She brings a distinctive combination of deep knowledge of Northwestern
a strong track record of working effectively across the institution and scholarly expertise in operations
I look forward to all she will accomplish in this new capacity.”
who will return to her full-time role as the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy after two successful terms in the role
“I joined Northwestern in 2001 because I was drawn to the exceptional combination of undergraduate focus and research excellence,” Smilowitz said
I have had wonderful experiences teaching undergraduates and engaging them in my research
and I’m excited to continue working with students in this new role.”
Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management Science at the McCormick School of Engineering and a professor of operations in the Kellogg School of Management.&nbsp;
she taught an undergraduate course bringing together students from across campus to work together using their quantitative and qualitative skills on problems of societal impact
She also has led institution-wide initiatives as co-chair of the Faculty Pandemic Impact Response Workgroup
which aimed to understand faculty experiences and recommend strategies for mitigating disruptions caused by COVID-19
and as co-chair of the Provost’s Academic Calendar Advisory Group
which advised on implementation of changes to the academic calendar
“I’m looking forward to envisioning new ways to engage Northwestern students from all schools and departments to work together to face the challenges ahead,” she said
The associate provost for undergraduate education facilitates enhancement of undergraduate academics through participation in a variety of initiatives that span the University
This includes leading Northwestern’s Undergraduate Council
which works to identify opportunities for University-wide collaboration and provide creative and pragmatic solutions to systemic University-wide challenges
The Office for Undergraduate Education provides leadership for advising at Northwestern
supporting the work and collaboration of academic school-based advising and coordination of offices that offer advising on special opportunities and navigation of challenges for all undergraduates
“My motivation in pursuing this role is also personal,” Smilowitz said
“My son will be starting college in the fall
and I think of the uncertainty that will surround his experience
I see him in all our Northwestern students
and this has motivated me further to pursue the role to ensure that all students have what they need to thrive even in these challenging times.”
Smilowitz is an expert in modeling and solution approaches for logistics and transportation systems in both commercial and nonprofit applications
She has been instrumental in promoting the use of operations research within the humanitarian and nonprofit sectors through the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Engineering
She currently is editor-in-chief of Transportation Science and a Fellow of the INFORMS society
in civil engineering and operations research from Princeton University and an M.S
in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alana Karen
By the end of my 23-year <a target="_self" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-jobs-careers-hiring" data-track-click="{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}" rel="">career at Google</a>
The one who didn't give me everything I needed
I still feel very fortunate to have worked at Google for as long as I did
I watched it transform from scrappy startup to global power
four questions helped me decide it was time to quit
My job was manually reviewing and approving ads that people submitted to run on Google
but we were constantly changing buildings and shifting desks to accommodate more people
I enjoyed the rapid pace of development because I faced a new challenge every day and never stopped learning
There's all this talk in tech about the perks like table tennis or bouncy balls
I do think other people took better advantage and took better breaks
but I remember it being rare to have a break
Though this wasn't necessarily a negative. I never burned out because I felt <a target="_self" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-vision-sounds-like-microsofts-2016-4" data-track-click="{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}" rel="">connected to Google's vision</a>
and I felt like I was doing good for the world
I felt the company shifting away from its scrappy
and I found myself sitting in lots of long meetings with charts and graphs and people myopically arguing about numbers
I hit my 10-year mark while on my second maternity leave in 2011, and I considered leaving. Instead, I found a new role within <a target="_self" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-is-google-fiber" data-track-click="{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}" rel="">Google Fiber</a>
a fledgling startup creating high-speed internet access
which had me hopping into another fast-paced role that reignited my passion for my work
and I didn't question my career again until 2017 when Google Fiber reversed directions
had to find other roles in Google or get fired
I worked full-time as director of the access transition team
I helped coworkers find other roles at Google before deciding where I wanted to land next
I started to feel the stress in my body and had to question if I was truly OK to stay
I wanted to work somewhere I knew Google was concretely invested
but I came up with four questions to ask myself at the start of every year
I felt pressure to work around the clock and crank it out
I noticed people sending emails in the evening or on weekends more
as a line item they could no longer afford
I wanted to stay because I still loved many of my coworkers
I felt responsible for helping my team through this major adaptation
and because I was the main breadwinner for my family
In 2024, I applied for the next progression of my program manager job in hopes it would <a target="_self" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/learn-work-naturally-good-enjoy-career-2024-3" data-track-click="{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}" rel="">spark some new learning</a>
and I immediately went to my HR person to quit
and I was happy to have left based on my own decision
The biggest thing I've learned since leaving is that I'm a whole person without Google
It's been nice to give myself the space to explore new avenues
If you have worked in Big Tech for over 20 years and would like to share your story
(WJAR) — A now-retired police lieutenant from the Canton Police Department testified Monday at Karen Read&#x27;s murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court
Paul Gallagher testified that he arrived at 34 Fairview Road after John O&#x27;Keefe&#x27;s body had been removed
Gallagher said he saw blood and decided to process the scene because the state police were not coming
He described how he used a leaf blower and plastic Solo cups to collect evidence after he saw blood at the scene
He also testified that a broken cocktail glass was recovered
a Canton paramedic testified that Read said &quot;I hit him
I hit him,&quot; at the scene where Read&#x27;s boyfriend was found unresponsive in the snow
Katie McLaughlin testified that she didn&#x27;t ask any more questions after the statement
&quot;I didn’t feel comfortable asking for more,&quot; McLaughlin testified
The first witness on the stand Monday was Hannah Knowles
a state crime lab expert who testified about blood alcohol testing
who testified about a friend taking him to pick up his sister at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on the same night Read says she dropped off her boyfriend at a party
Nagel testified that he saw an SUV with the dome light on
He said it was a car length away from the flagpole when he drove by
He testified that he saw a woman inside with her hands on the wheel
Nagel testified that he never saw a man go inside the house
testified that she saw a man and a woman in an SUV turning onto Fairview
Read, of Bristol County, is <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/mansfield-woman-charged-in-death-of-boston-police-officer#" target="_blank" title="https://turnto10.com/news/local/mansfield-woman-charged-in-death-of-boston-police-officer#" class="themeColorForLinks">accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend</a>
Prosecutors allege she backed her SUV into O&#x27;Keefe and left him to die during a snowstorm in 2022
The defense has floated the idea that someone else in the home led to O’Keefe’s death
the victim&#x27;s friend Jennifer McCabe took the stand for a third day
The judge says the jury will also be present every day this week for full days of testimony
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Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Friday, May 2. For the latest updates on the <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/05/karen-read-trial-live-updates-day-9/83452806007/>Karen Read retrial</a>, visit <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/05/karen-read-trial-live-updates-day-9/83452806007/>USA TODAY's coverage for Monday, May 5</a>
A key witness in the <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/06/25/karen-read-john-okeefe-michael-proctor-state-police-murder-massachusetts-boston/74202592007/>Karen Read</a> trial who says the Massachusetts woman admitted hitting her cop boyfriend with her SUV was grilled about cryptic text messages she sent in the aftermath of the death of <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2022/02/06/boston-police-officers-funeral-set-braintree-next-week/6676233001/>John O’Keefe</a>
<a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/courts/2025/04/30/jen-mccabe-hos-long-to-die-in-cold-karen-read-john-okeefe-murder-trial/83363143007/>Jennifer McCabe</a>
a friend of the couple who went out drinking with them the night before O’Keefe died
is perhaps the central witness in the case against Read
McCabe testified earlier in the week that the former finance professor confessed to hitting the Boston police officer with her Lexus
she sparred with lawyers about text messages she sent after O’Keefe's death in January 2022
Defense attorneys have long maintained that Read was framed and they say McCabe’s messages show she organized a cover-up around how the 46-year-old officer wound up unconscious in the snow outside a Canton
“Kerry talked to the cops and kept simple” McCabe said in a text at about 8 p.m
the day O’Keefe’s body was found outside her sister Nicole Albert’s home
Her sister responded: “We’ll get more info tomm
More <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/02/karen-read-case-timeline/74278731007/ rel=noreferrer target=_blank>What happened in Karen Read's first trial? Timeline of key moments, evidence</a>
The star witness’ testimony has marked a highpoint in the ongoing trial. Read, 45, is back in court after a trial in 2024 ended in a hung jury. The years-long whodunnit legal saga has garnered massive intrigue from true-crime fans across the country, spurring an array of <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/04/01/karen-read-trial-john-okeefe-tv-shows-movies-podcasts-articles/82737217007/>podcasts, movies and television shows</a>
In a heated cross-examination on Friday, Read’s lawyers continued <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/25/karen-read-murder-takeaways-trial/83278811007/>their strategy</a> of sowing doubt in witnesses called by prosecutors
Read has long argued that she was framed for O'Keefe's murder by law enforcement officers who she alleges killed O’Keefe during an altercation
McCabe’s three-day-long testimony delivered a slew of bombshell admissions that are expected to play a crucial role as the trial continues
 It’s expected to last at least six more weeks
Here’s what else happened at the trial out of Dedham
The dog did it? <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/01/dog-at-the-heart-of-the-karen-read-trial/83398213007/ rel=noreferrer target=_blank>What to know about the German Shepherd tied to the Karen Read trial</a>
a forensic scientist at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab to the stand
She began by talking about the definition of toxicology
Knowles told jurors Read’s blood alcohol level was between 0.078% and 0.092% when she was tested at the hospital after 9 a.m
The legal limit for driving in Massachusetts is 0.08%
<a id=gpd-1746214040716>McCabe's finishes testimony</a>After almost three days on the stand
McCabe’s testimony ended a little before 3 p.m
Prosecutors entered into evidence more of McCabe’s text messages from the morning she found O’Keefe’s body
she called O’Keefe and sent a message saying “please answer so I know you’re OK.” 
I have that awful feeling in my gut like I am about to puke
trying to wrap my mind around what happened to him.” 
Brennan also read a message McCabe’s sister sent her the day O'Keefe was found
Brennan asked McCabe if she remembered hearing sirens when first responders arrived at the scene of O’Keefe’s body on January 29
He also asked if anyone came out of their homes in the densely packed neighborhood that morning to help
The line of questions appeared aimed at countering doubts raised by Read's defense about why McCabe's sister and brother-in-law
who lived in the home near where O'Keefe's body was found
did not immediately awake when first responders arrived
When Read’s defense team later pressed McCabe again on whether there was a “cacophony” of lights and other sounds
Read's defense attorney pressed McCabe on her actions upon arriving at the address where O'Keefe was found
She testified that she called 911 before making two unanswered calls to her sister
Jackson asked McCabe why she didn't ask her brother-in-law
for help given that he would have had first responder training and lived at the house
McCabe said she didn't think to go inside to get Brian Albert
find warm blankets or to check whether the Alberts were also in peril
and she was entirely focused on helping O'Keefe
"The reason you didn’t go inside the house is because you knew better," Jackson exclaimed
I didn't know that (O'Keefe) was hit by a vehicle and there was tail light found next to him," McCabe responded
Jackson asked McCabe what time she made searches on Google upon returning home the early morning hours the day O’Keefe was found dead
She said once she got home after about 2 a.m.
Jackson presented records showing McCabe’s phone made a browser search for “hos (sic) long to die in cold” made at 2:27 a.m
Questioning appeared combative at times as Jackson pressed McCabe on the timing of the search
McCabe denied making the search at that time
but said later that day after O’Keefe’s body was found
she made a similar search because Read asked her to
“I never did that search at 2:27,” McCabe said
Jackson asked her about data showing the search was later deleted while others were not
“I never deleted a Google search off my phone,” McCabe said
IIan Whiffin, a digital intelligence expert with the company Cellebrite, previously testified that forensic data showed <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/29/karen-read-trial-updates/83341983007/ data-type=link data-id=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/29/karen-read-trial-updates/83341983007/>McCabe's Google search</a> occurred at about 6:23 a.m.
according to his analysis of the phone records
Jackson questioned McCabe about her call history the night before O’Keefe died
Phone records show McCabe made at least seven calls to O’Keefe starting at about 12:41 a.m.
in addition to the multiple calls she testified that she made earlier that night
McCabe said she believes they were accidental “butt dials” made while she was texting O’Keefe
Jackson presented McCabe with a series of messages she sent to her husband
sister Nicole Albert and brother-in-law Brian Albert
He alleged that the texts showed she was “colluding with other witnesses” in the case
In the first string of texts entered into evidence
“Kerry talked to the cops and kept simple” at about 8 p.m
between the Alberts and McCabes appeared to show Jennifer McCabe and her husband listening to O’Keefe’s friend Kerry Roberts’ conversation with Michael Proctor
the lead investigator in Read’s case at the time 
“You listening?” Jennifer McCabe wrote in the group text
Her husband later responded: “This girl could write a book
<a id=gpd-1746192959095>Highlights from McCabe’s April 29 testimony </a>McCabe shared vivid details about discovering the body of “one of her closest friends” and Read’s “crazy” and “erratic” behavior that morning following a night of drinking with the couple
Prosecutors also played McCabe’s eerie 911 call the morning she
found him lying in the snow outside the home of 34 Fairview Road in Canton
“There’s a man passed out in the snow,” she could be heard telling a first responder
the defense continued challenging the memory of witnesses against Read by pointing out inconsistencies between testimony given to the grand jury
in the first trial and on the stand at the ongoing trial
Jackson pressed McCabe on why she didn’t tell the first grand jury that she heard Read say
I hit him,” if the memory was as ingrained in her memory as she said
<a id=gpd-1746192955294>Who is Jennifer McCabe?</a>McCabe is one of the <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/courts/2025/04/30/jen-mccabe-hos-long-to-die-in-cold-karen-read-john-okeefe-murder-trial/83363143007/>prosecution's key witnesses</a>
McCabe and the Alberts were out drinking with Read and O'Keefe the night before the Boston police officer was found dead
McCabe testified that the couple was supposed to join an afterparty at the Alberts' house
She alleges that she saw Read's car in front of the house in multiple spots that night
Read's defense team suggested that McCabe knew something happened to O'Keefe and later helped frame Read
<a id=gpd-1746191625058>How to watch Karen Read trial   </a>CourtTV has been covering the case against Read and the criminal investigation since early 2022
Kelsey Grammer detailed his sister Karen Grammer’s final moments before her tragic death
nearly 50 years after the 18-year-old was raped and stabbed to death in Colorado
Content warning: This story contains graphic details
<a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/kelsey_grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a> is still processing his sister Karen Grammer’s gruesome death 50 years later
answered a knock at the door only to be told the devastating news that his 18-year-old sister had been raped and fatally stabbed a week prior in Colorado Springs
“For a long time, the grief was so dominant that I couldn’t access happiness,” Kelsey told <a href="https://people.com/kelsey-grammer-sister-karen-chilling-final-moments-exclusive-11724525">People</a> in an interview published May 2
ahead of the release of his book Karen: A Brother Remembers
&quot;The book helped me get to a new place with that.”
also sentenced to life in prison for the three murders
the man who found Karen at his doorstep was a ‘good Samaritan’ of sorts,” Kelsey wrote in an excerpt of his book shared to People
“I stand corrected and disappointed that that man did not attempt to help her but simply called the police after leaving her body as it lay...eyes vacant
her head on the ground and a clenched fist above her head with a single finger pointing—somewhere or nowhere—just pointing.”
Kelsey went on to detail that in the moments following the stabbing
Karen knocked on a trailer door in a desperate attempt to find help
she fell backward and crawled 400 feet from where she had been stabbed
documenting the tragedy in the bloody fingerprints and knee imprints she left behind
“The coroner noted that through a gaping wound in her neck
he could see all the way into Karen’s lung,” Kelsey continued
“I had been right in saying he almost decapitated her
Freddie Glenn punched holes in my sister’s body with unimaginable brutality
There were defensive wounds on her hands.”
And upon learning that “What I had hoped were a final
few moments of kindness from some stranger
were nothing of the sort,” Kelsey was determined to tell the story of his free-spirited and loving sister
“I wanted to breathe life into her and welcome her into the world,” the Cheers alum told People
May 5, 2025Kelsey Grammer is opening up about some of the darkest days of his life in his new memoir, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Brother-Remembers-Kelsey-Grammer/dp/1400252814?tag=parade03-20" rel="nofollow noopener" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" target="_blank" class="noskim">Karen: A Brother Remembers</a>
In the new book, out Tuesday, May 6, the 70-year-old Frasier star looks back on the brutal murder of his beloved sister Karen Grammer, who was kidnapped, raped and stabbed to death in 1975. Grammer opens up about the tragedy in detail in <a href="https://parade.com/celebrities/kelsey-grammer-savage-murder-sister-karen-cover-exclusive">Parade&#x2019;s recent cover story</a>
I want them to meet my sister,&quot; he exclusively told Parade
And that&apos;s the consensus with all the old friends that I&apos;ve been able to speak to &#x2014; how lovely she was and how fond people were of her
That&apos;s been a great discovery.&quot;&#xA0;
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Grammer recalls one of the first heartbreaks of his life: The death of his maternal grandfather
he speaks of his close bond with Gordon as well as his deep love for his sister Karen years before she was killed
Related: <a href="https://parade.com/celebrities/kelsey-grammer-savage-murder-sister-karen-cover-exclusive">Kelsey Grammer Looks Back on the Savage Murder of His Sister Karen 50 Years Later (Exclusive)</a>
Read the exclusive excerpt from Karen: A Brother Remembers below:
Karen was almost eleven years old when Gordon died
but what I knew of her heart and her soul at the time was very limited
I knew nothing of anyone&#x2019;s feelings but my own
I was also uncertain if anything I was feeling was appropriate
The future was over except I kept waking up each morning
enduring another day that ended as the one before
I gazed at my beautiful sister on the hammock with me
I have never been closer to anyone than Karen
and never closer to Karen than on that night
Karen and I embraced and buried our grandfather
It was a night of gentle breeze and starlight and we spoke of how we loved him
because Gam hoped to spare us the devastation of seeing him
to spare herself the sight of us in more distress than she could bear
The rhythm of the night sky and the wind in the trees echoed our farewell to him
after a night of mourning and gentle remembrance
Taken from Karen: A Brother Remembers by Kelsey Grammer. Copyright&#xA9; 2025 by Kelsey Grammer. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" target="_blank">Harper Select</a>, a division of HarperCollins Focus, LLC.
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Among potential witnesses in the trial of <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2024/06/25/karen-read-john-okeefe-michael-proctor-state-police-murder-massachusetts-boston/74202592007/>Karen Read</a>, a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her cop boyfriend <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2022/02/06/boston-police-officers-funeral-set-braintree-next-week/6676233001/>John O’Keefe</a>
there’s one witness who won’t be called to the stand
<a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2025/03/04/karen-read-murder-john-okeefe-canton-ma-video-evidence-jury-tamperhing/80759731007/>Chloe</a>, a German Shepherd who lived at the property where O’Keefe, 46, was found unconscious lying in the snow back in January 2022, is a wildcard in the whodunnit case <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/30/karen-read-trial-testimony-live-updates-day-7/83363126007/>heating up</a> in New England
deliberately hit the Boston police officer with her SUV and left him for dead in the snow
Read’s lawyers have long argued that the former finance professor was framed by cops who beat O’Keefe to death
Chief among evidence in Read’s defense was a series of marks on O’Keefe’s arm that appeared to come from an animal attack
The 2024 Karen Read trial ended in a hung jury
“It’s obviously important to the defense because if a juror believes a dog played a part in killing Mr. O’Keefe, then that runs completely counter to the narrative from prosecutors,” <a href=https://www.paulhastings.com/professionals/renatomariotti>Renato Mariotti</a>
a former federal prosecutor and longtime criminal defense lawyer
“It provides an entirely different narrative that’s contrary to the picture prosecutors are trying to paint
The question of Chloe’s potential role in the trial comes as prosecutors recently put a star witness on the stand who testified that she heard a <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/30/karen-read-trial-testimony-live-updates-day-7/83363126007/>bombshell admission</a> from Read: “I hit him
Read’s lawyers continued <a href=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/25/karen-read-murder-takeaways-trial/83278811007/>their strategy</a> of pointing out inconsistencies between testimony given by the prosecutors’ witnesses with an aim of sowing doubt about their testimony overall
Read’s lawyers handed McCabe a transcript of her words to the grand jury to show that previously – according to McCabe – Read said
The dog is part of the same strategy of sewing doubt among jurors
and could take enough of a bite out of prosecutors’ attempts to prove Read’s guilt for the case to end in another mistrial
“All you need is <a href="https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2025/04/15/karen-read-murder-retrial-john-okeefe-canton-jury-selection/83025771007/#:~:text=Nine%20women%20and%20nine%20men,six%20will%20serve%20as%20alternates.">one juror</a> to conclude that there’s enough reason to doubt and then that means there’s no conviction,” said the Chicago-based attorney
“The defense's job is not to put forth its own theory
it’s to punch holes and the defense has done a good job of raising all kinds of questions.”
Chloe can’t speak but experts can weigh in on what the evidence shows about whether the German Shepherd was involved in O’Keefe’s death
Read’s lawyers and prosecutors will call on their own <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2025/03/04/karen-read-murder-john-okeefe-canton-ma-video-evidence-jury-tamperhing/80759731007/>dog experts</a> to take the stand in the courtroom in Dedham
Prosecutors were aiming to bring their own expert: Dr
a retired sheriff’s lieutenant and canine behavior consultant
Massachusetts prosecutors <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2025/03/04/karen-read-murder-john-okeefe-canton-ma-video-evidence-jury-tamperhing/80759731007/>hoped to have Crosby testify</a> that based on an analysis he did
measurements taken from Chloe's jaw compared to the wounds on O'Keefe's arm demonstrate they weren't from a bite
But Cannone ruled he can only testify generally about the “anatomy of a canine mouth or of Chloe in particular.”
Cannone also rejected prosecutors’ attempt to have an expert witness in Read’s defense barred: Lieutenant Garret Wing. The <a href=https://k9copmagazine.com/instructor/garret-wing-2/>longtime K-9</a> unit officer is <a href=https://www.foxnews.com/us/karen-read-judge-grants-defense-video-access-allows-dog-bite-experts-limits>expected to testify</a> about injuries on O’Keefe’s arm
Where is Chloe?After O’Keefe was found dead in January 2022
testified at Karen Read’s trial in 2024 that the German Shepherd lives on a farm in Vermont
the dog belonged to Nicole and former Boston police officer Brian Albert
O’Keefe was found dead outside their house in Canton
Among injuries found on him were what appeared to be marks from an animal attack on his arm
Chloe had lived with the Albert family for about seven years then and was described as a <a href=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2024/04/29/karen-read-murder-trial-opening-arguments-dedham-superior-court-john-okeefe-beverly-cannone/73468358007/>beloved family pet</a>
according to Read’s attorneys at trial in 2024
who knew Chloe and testified briefly about her on Wednesday
didn’t argue with Read’s lawyers who described the German Shepherd as a “big dog.” Read’s lawyers said the dog was 70 pounds
Read’s lawyer also argued the dog “wasn’t good with strangers.”
“It wasn't good with other dogs is what I knew
so I could never bring my dog over there.” 
McCabe testified that she entered the unlocked door of the house to wake up the Alberts to alert them to their friend’s body in the front yard
She said she didn’t notice the dog in the house
“Doesn’t mean it wasn’t there or it was there
I just don’t remember seeing it,” McCabe said
Judge Cannone dismissed the jury until Friday when McCabe is expected to take the stand again
Read's attorneys told the court that he expects to cross-examine McCabe for roughly two more hours
Prosecutors said their questioning would take 20 minutes or less
the state of the library says much about its priorities: how it values preserving and sharing knowledge
its welcoming of a variety of people and perspectives
how much it fosters conversation and education
They are a source of entertainment (movies
They have provided social connections and part-time employment for our grandchildren
in addition to being a beautifully situated
features two community room spaces that are used regularly for a wide range of gatherings and programs
The interlibrary loan program makes it possible to access almost limitless materials free on request
It provides museum passes and computer enhancements with the scan of a library card
I can think of few if any services that serve so many so well
and that are so important to maintaining and sharing a common knowledge base for everyone
With the recent defunding of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) all of this is under threat
Please stand up for preserving library funding by calling your legislators now and urge them to restore funding to this democracy bedrock post haste
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother
Karen Kristine McCulloch at the age of 79 years
She grew up on a farm northwest of Olds and worked for a short time as an LPN
Karen was married to Don McCulloch for twenty-seven years and raised their four children east of Innisfail
gardening and countless music and dance jams across Central Alberta
To Karen&rsquo;s grandchildren &ldquo;Nana Jack&rdquo; will always be remembered for her kind and vibrant manner
Karen is survived by her loving children: Rhonda (Hal) Gillrie; Coreen (Derald) Baumgardt; Michelle and Garnet (Erica) along with her five grandchildren: Hailey
She is also lovingly remembered by her sisters
Saskatchewan and her brother James Elliott (Serge Lussier) Calgary
nephews and cousins and bountiful friends she made throughout the years
Karen&rsquo;s family would like to thank the Innisfail and Red Deer Regional Hospital for their attentive care
A Memorial Service will be held at the Innisfail United Church on July 25
family and friends are invited to the Royal Canadian Legion
Alberta for a jam session in true Karen style
Memorial Donations may be made in Karen&rsquo;s honor to the Innisfail Drop-In Centre at P.O Box 6067
memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.heartlandfuneralservices.com
Arrangements in care of: Heartland Funeral Services Ltd.
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"It is an honor to be recognized in this way and to be part of a global network of leaders focused on service and community improvement," said Johnson
Register Johnson's ongoing dedication to professional development and community service reflects her commitment to excellence in public office and civic leadership
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