Karen Read, a 45-year-old finance professional, and her boyfriend, 46-year-old Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, were out drinking in Canton, Massachusetts. Around midnight, Read dropped O’Keefe off at the home of retired officer Brian Albert, where a small gathering was happening. She later said she saw O’Keefe head toward the house before she drove away.
In the early morning hours of January 29, O’Keefe’s body was discovered in the snow outside Albert’s home. The medical examiner later determined he died from blunt-force trauma to the head and hypothermia. Prosecutors argued that Read struck him with her SUV during a snowstorm, then left him in the snow. Evidence included broken taillight fragments and traces of his DNA on her car’s rear light.
