Karen Read ’s lead criminal defense lawyer is calling for an investigation into Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox after a document revealed Cox knew of his department’s connection to the Read case, despite remarks to the contrary.

The document was obtained by Corri Hopkins, a lawyer in North Carolina who supported Read’s innocence online. Hopkins obtained an email to Cox from Stephen J. Kelleher, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Field Office, sent on Feb. 22, 2024.

In the email, Kelleher informs Cox that the federal government released documents from its investigation in the Read case to the district attorney’s office. Kelly Dever , a police officer who worked in Boston at the time, is mentioned in those documents because she worked in Canton the night Read

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