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The Grand Illuminist

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:14 PM Jun 2025

Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Second Trial, Guilty of OUI

Source: Vanity Fair

Karen Read was found not guilty on Wednesday of second-degree murder and manslaughter, charges stemming from the mysterious 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.

After 21 hours of deliberation, jurors found Read guilty of operating under the influence of liquor, a lesser charge that was added as an option on the verdict slip for the second trial. She was sentenced to one year of probation.

Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/karen-read-murder-trial-verdict

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Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Second Trial, Guilty of OUI (Original Post) The Grand Illuminist Jun 2025 OP
I wonder BigMin28 Jun 2025 #1
Everyone lost a friend or relative or part of their lives. Mood not good. I do wonder if they really think wiggs Jun 2025 #2
Something about her has never seemed right to me. nt moniss Jun 2025 #3

wiggs

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2. Everyone lost a friend or relative or part of their lives. Mood not good. I do wonder if they really think
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jun 2025

Read caused his death or not. The defense case had to have left that an open question, lots of reasonable doubt seems to me...unless the Alberts and McCabes have other knowledge and evidence.

Much sadness all around

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