Did a dog attack Boston Police officer John O’Keefe on the morning of his death three years ago?

It’s a question that has been at the center of testimony this week in the second Karen Read murder trial, where she stands accused of intentionally backing her SUV into O’Keefe, her boyfriend, after dropping him off at a Canton home in January 2022 following a night of heavy drinking.

Read, 45, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of personal injury and death. She remains free on bail.

Read’s lawyers say she was framed and that O’Keefe entered the home, owned at the time by a fellow Boston police officer, where they say he was fatally beaten and possibly attacked by the family’s dog, a German Shephe

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