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Karen Read was charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, in June 2022.

The murder trial became a national news story as Read professed her innocence and doubts about the investigation into O’Keefe’s January 2022 death were raised.

After her 2024 case ended in a mistrial, Read was found not guilty of most charges in June 2025. She now faces a wrongful death lawsuit.

On January 29, 2022, the body of Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, was found in the snow in a fellow police officer’s yard. Authorities quickly concluded that O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read, a 41-year-old financial analyst and adjunct professor, had killed him by striking him with her car. Three days later, she was arrested on charges of manslaughter, motor v

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