Karen Read, implicated of eliminating her Boston Police police officer partner, is anxious for the day when she will not need to check out a court room or put on a match.
The Massachusetts lady is speaking up in an Investigation Discovery (ID) docuseries, “A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read.” It’s a behind the curtain take a look at Read and her lawful group as they try to show her virtue in her 2024 test. It includes a prolonged sit-down with Read and various other vital voices.
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Karen Read is the topic of a brand-new Investigation Discovery true-crime docuseries, “A Body in the Snow.” (Unsolved Productions Inc)
Terry Dunn Meurer, the co-creator of “Unsolved Mysteries” and supervisor of the collection, informed Fox News Digital there was one vital minute throughout shooting that stood apart to her.
“I remember Karen was looking at her computer,” Meurer remembered. “She’s looking at the video of the last evening before John O’Keefe died. She goes, ‘Oh, poor John. He’s not with us anymore. I used to feel sad when I would look at this. But now … I’ve got to save myself.’
Karen Read and her supporters wait for a verdict in her murder trial on day four of deliberations at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham June 27, 2024. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger/IMAGN)
“Karen is a really extreme [person],” Meurer added. “She was extremely extreme and included with her protection. … We really did not see a great deal of feeling out of Karen up until it came to be time for the considerations. Then we began to see some feeling and some uneasiness, some anxiety concerning what the decision could be.”
Karen Read reconnected with John O’Keefe during the pandemic. (Courtesy of Karen Read)
Before Read was charged with murder, she had a successful career as a financial analyst and adjunct professor at Bentley College. She dated O’Keefe briefly in her 20s before they reconnected during the pandemic.
O’Keefe had moved to suburban Canton to take care of his niece and nephew after their parents died. Read said she admired her beau for stepping up for his family. She helped with the kids, staying over frequently.
Karen Read (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger/IMAGN)
“By all accounts, in talking to Karen’s loved ones, everyone truly liked them as a pair,” said Meurer. “They believed that they were a solid pair. … But some disputes had actually arised that they may’ve been experiencing at the time, leading up to John’s fatality.”
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Karen Read said she admired John O’Keefe, who stepped up to care for his niece and nephew after their parents died. (Courtesy of Karen Read)
“Karen didn’t talk much about her relationship with John,” Meurer clarified. “She said that there were conflicts because of their different parenting styles in terms of the kids that John was raising. And she gave me the impression that the relationship had run its course.”
What should have been a fun-filled trip to Aruba for the couple in December 2021 was marred by animosity with angry words and an accusation of cheating. O’Keefe’s niece and nephew testified about the couple’s arguments.
Dashcam video of Karen Read, right, after finding John O’Keefe in the snow. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger/IMAGN)
On their last night together in 2022, the pair went barhopping with pals. O’Keefe had planned to go to his friend and fellow Boston Police Officer Brian Albert’s home, Boston Magazine reported. A storm had rolled into town.
Signs of friction between Karen Read and John O’Keefe began to emerge as the relationship began to sour. (Karen Read)
According to the outlet, O’Keefe was eager to keep the party going, but Read was tired, buzzed and hungry. She agreed to give him a ride. Read dropped O’Keefe off and then went home.
In the early hours of Jan. 29, Read said she woke up alone wearing the same clothes from the night before at O’Keefe’s house, the outlet reported. Worried, Read called several friends, trying to find out where O’Keefe was.
State Police Lt. Brian Tully testifies while holding a sneaker found on Fairview Road. It matches one taken from John O’Keefe at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger)
The 46-year-old was near the home where Read last saw him. His body was on the ground covered in snow. He had multiple injuries and blood around his nose and mouth. Read and two mutual friends discovered O’Keefe unconscious in Albert’s front yard during their search for him.
O’Keefe was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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John O’Keefe was a 16-year veteran of the Boston Police Department when he was found dead Jan. 29, 2022. He was 46. (Brendan Kane)
Read was accused of ramming into O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV and leaving him to die in the snowstorm after a drunken argument. She was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crime. She pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors suggested O’Keefe was looking for a way out before their last night together. They pointed out that moments after Read allegedly reversed her car into O’Keefe, she left him a voicemail, one that was replayed for the jurors, saying, “JohnI was intrigued by the fact that there were two really strong sides to this story,
Karen Read and John O’Keefe supporters stand outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 25, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger/IMAGN)
Read’s attorneys argued she was framed as ” having produced ” to protect other law enforcement officers involved in O’Keefe’s death. Read said she believed the real killers were other members of law enforcement O’Keefe got into a fight with after she dropped him off.
Prosecutors said Karen Read and John O’Keefe had been drinking heavily before she dropped him off at a party at the home of Brian Albert, a fellow officer. They alleged she hit him with her SUV before driving away. Read denied this claim. (Courtesy of Karen Read)
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“As the documentary presents, Karen, at first, talked about how she was confused for the first three days. She didn’t know what had happened. … But then, a few days later, her Boston attorney got a phone call from an informant who said, ‘Take a look at the people who were in that house.’ I think that was the turning point. One of the reporters we interviewed said we wouldn’t even be here if that guy hadn’t called.”
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“At first, Karen said she didn’t even remember dropping John off at the house. Now, in our film, she said, ‘I saw him go into the house.’ So, there have been several versions of what happened. [But] the other thing that plays a huge part in this case is alcohol and how inebriated everyone was — Karen, John, the witnesses — everyone.”
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“I wish I was more hopeful that there would be a clear-cut answer to what happened. I [also] think there’s a certain part of the community in Boston and around Boston … there have been a number of corruption cases and scandals. … I think people believe there’s a chance that corruption was involved and that Karen was framed. There’s this feeling of ‘We’re not going to take this anymore.’”
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