Karen Read murder trial begins, woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend

A murder trial starts Tuesday for Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her boyfriend, who was a police officer, in 2022. Her lawyers say Read is being framed as part of a cover up involving multiple law enforcement agencies, and that someone else is responsible.
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[@Donatello40973]

I just got dismissed as a juror in this case , thank God.

[@donnagelina8548]

I wouldn't be able to trust any of the evidence in this case.

[@ssgemactv1775]

​@@donnagelina8548 100%

[@ssgemactv1775]

​@@donnagelina8548 That evidence better be real strong and I better be able to understand it completely...

[@BoltRM]

If anyone could fake evidence, it would be a group of cops... Btw "over 160 witnesses"! 😮

[@supertrucker99]

Whew😮

[@user-uz5ko8sv2f]

She always appears arrogant and is always smiling like a cheerleader… something isn’t right here…

[@korbendallas7181]

She thinks she's a celeb role model now

[@korbendallas7181]

expect the book release

[@casey5683]

Absolutely not true. If you follow the case for real you’d know what’s really going on.

[@iggydc8034]

@@casey5683 What is really going on? Me personally I do not care how people appear, it is all about evidence. This is why we have courts, and not dummies like the above our comments, otherwise we would have lots of innocent people locked up. So what is going on with this case?

[@turtletruth]

American taxpayers, families, spouses, teachers and school children despise the police more than War, Hitler, Satan, Sin, and Child Molesters..! POLICE contact never benefits the taxpayer! - USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)

[@yesimemoin0935]

Wouldn't injuries from a beating vs being run over by a car look completely different?

[@johnassal5838]

Assuming there's a competent and impartial ME, yeah ptobably.

[@HostileTakeover555]

True - that’s exactly why the autopsy photos align with a beating and not being hit by a car…they’re available to take a look for yourself…

[@rebeccaswift7588]

Yes and the medical examiner said his injuries are NOT consistent with being hit by a car..

[@sunshine22723]

Okeefe had lacerations on arm that could be from the broken cocktail glass embedded on Reads SUV bumper lab determined no canine DNA

[@sunshine22723]

​@@rebeccaswift7588wrong the medical Examiner did not say that

[@jpaul8419]

Lifetime Network will make this story into a TV film

[@shondraclemons8358]

You better know it

[@ruthieworldonewomanshow]

Not before being a segment on "DatelineNBC!"

[@BrianM-44041]

Shes got those crazy eyes 👀

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

@LuCey1 Cry more.

[@acornsucks2111]

@LuCey1 LOL, Trump supporters are the only sane looking people in the nation.

[@mylittlebronxify]

If your boyfriend was murdered and you’re being accused, why would you go around smiling like a hero?

[@vintage1908]

She's going to jail .. tail light debris found on his clothing

[@YukYuk12]

@@vintage1908🤣 cops planted that

[@vintage1908]

@@YukYuk12 how her tail light break? They did that too?

[@texasrefugee7888]

If you know you're innocent and can prove it

[@JasonMarion-qd2pw]

@@vintage1908Actually truth be told she is being framed locals know it. He and another Statie got in a fist fight and they left him outside to die. The officers in the house searched on the computer how long does it take for a person to die in the snow. Dont believe everything you hear

[@grossguy9570]

I'm confused how anyone has the time to be a supporter of this woman.

[@rico5393]

People have time to support trump so I guess anything is possible

[@latetotheparty184]

@@rico5393 Or Biden for that matter!

[@latetotheparty184]

The ACLU is involved. Also no doubt a feminist contingent was out there because she says she is a victim and you know, believe all women.

[@rico5393]

@@latetotheparty184 aww you thought you did something

[@shondraclemons8358]

​@@rico5393Facts 😅😅😅

[@jaystoner9475]

She did an internal investigation and found no wrong doing.

[@shindrithargriethrat8408]

Too bad for her it's up to a jury.

[@skankhunt3624]

​@@shindrithargriethrat8408Pure political persecution.

[@KeithCarterEOG]

@@shindrithargriethrat8408 I think you missed the joke. Police investigate themselves and find they "did nothing wrong" and then face no changes very often

[@keimo2007]

Doesn't look like a grieving widow.

[@jenromano19]

What does that look like? Asking as a 40 year old widow who lost her husband two years ago (around the same time Karen Read's bf was killed)... what should I look like? You would never know by looking at someone that they're a widow... you can't see what's going on inside.

[@keimo2007]

@@jenromano19 A grieving widow doesn't smirk constantly when appearing in a court hearing where she's charged with murdering her BF.

[@jenromano19]

@@keimo2007 I'd be making the same faces listening to that nonsense if I was wrongfully accused and being framed by the police. But what you're talking about has nothing to do with being a grieving widow... if she was wrongfully accused of killing a complete stranger, you still wouldn't like her facial expressions.

[@momintim]

@@keimo2007 How can she be a widow if they were only dating

[@keimo2007]

@@momintim "widow-ish"

[@ragnarrock2478]

Followed this from the start.. too many questions.. planted evidence, chain of custody problems. According to FBI his Injuries don't line up with being backed into by a car, and the car damage does not line up with hitting a person. Investigators close relationships with the occupants of the house, two of which including an ATF agent destroyed their phones when they were ordered to turn them over by the court.

[@insaneyogurt4993]

Suspicious for the last part, but where’s the “Planted evidence” proof lol, are you talking about how glass was found around the body instead of directly on him? That would imply they broke her tail light to plant it themselves, yeah I doubt that, the evidence is still stacked against her even though there are sus things in the government, if the gov can be suspicious they will. The FBI statement is more promising though, I’d need a citation of your source for it though, just name the article and I’ll find it since you can’t send links

[@yourewrongabouteverything]

@@southstar9931 what evidence?

[@lucas_knight]

@ragnarrock2478 not forgetting the deletion of mobile phone data and destruction of mobile phones which was an attempt to get rid of any evidence, re-flooring of the Albert's basement (due to an alleged water leak), the re-housing of the ex-police canine Chloe, and the totally inaccurate statements over the timing of recovering Karen Read's vehicle along with the missing +40 minutes of video footage from the police garage while they examined it. Among many other suspiciously questionable events in this case.

[@L_Dawg_614]

@@southstar9931which could be from falling down the basement stairs. How does one get hit by a car and have no injuries below the waist? The police never searched the home. If a person I knew was found dead on my lawn, there is no question the police would be all over the inside and outside of my home.

[@Legacybyt]

Oh wow

[@edenlopez1221]

After she investigated herself she was able to determine she commited no crime and is determined to uphold her standing as a citizen.

[@richardpatrizio1658]

She just happened to find him. Very convenient

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

Why wouldn’t she. She dropped him off at that house.

[@texasrefugee7888]

Why didn't any of them find him when they left the party? Why didn't the snowplow driver find him? His body temperature sure was warm for being out there all night long.

[@lindsay33333]

Why did someone in the house Google "How long does it take for a person to die from from freezing weather?" This was in the early hours of that morning before John was found. Do some digging and see what u find.

[@lindsay33333]

​@@texasrefugee7888maybe no one left the house that night..just a thought

[@HostileTakeover555]

You’ve just shown you know nothing of the details of the case 😂

[@bettyboop1568]

Charles Stuart Defense, someone else did it.🙄

[@yesimemoin0935]

They did arrest two other people for Stuart's crimes

[@bettyboop1568]

Stop lying, his brother told it all. He lied and said a BM did it, after his brother told the truth, he unalived himself, like the coward he was!

[@firstladyofyoutube2249]

Susan Smith told the same lie when she removed her offsprings!

[@lindsay33333]

"Mark me " 😂

[@jaimhaas5170]

She has quite the arrogant appearance when they show her.

[@dirtabd]

We call that judgments from the delusional mind who’s susceptible to propaganda. Stick to the evidence councillor, its the only thing left in America that is still Constitutional.

[@King-IbnDragon]

Arrogance isn't a crime.

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@King-IbnDragon R U sure?? Why is Trump being prosecuted?

[@HostileTakeover555]

You would be too if you had been treated the way she has and now finally has a chance to expose the commonwealth

[@rico5393]

​@@jaimhaas5170falsifying documents, tax fraud, mishandling sensitive documents and trying to overturn an election

[@reedrichards1820]

she investigated herself, and found no wrong doing. pretty standard stuff. what's the big hubub.

[@jaystoner9475]

Wow. I posted the same thing. The corrupt cop defense.

[@turtletruth]

You're either an American-loving Christian Patriot or a Policeman, you can't be both! - USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)

[@patrickmiller1834]

Here’s a real Karen

[@JohnnyOFarrell]

You drank all day, then went to an after party??? WTF, your a police officer not a jr. In college.

[@nachc6459]

So police officers can't have fun? Lol what's your point here?

[@thekn0wing]

@@nachc6459No

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

@@nachc6459 The police are to be held to a higher standard than a regular civilian.

[@misomanic3615]

@@Patrick-kt5mcin uniform sure. But just like once you clock out you don’t represent your work nor would you want to, same goes for cops you 🤡

[@ashleysanford8645]

​@@misomanic3615drunk driving school as long as you're a cop or a cop Affiliated I guess....

[@thepointsnorth]

When I was living in Boston I had a state police officer falsely accuse me of a crime I did not commit that I suspect had some ties to dirty law enforcement activity. Not the same agency as BPD or Canton PD but I know firsthand that false accusations to cover up for one of their own is not unheard in this neck of the woods, it’s deep in Boston law enforcement culture. I’ve learned all the details and from what I’ve heard I wouldn’t rule out anything the defense is positing. I’m pro law enforcement btw this is not meant to slander the institution just shed some light on this case.

[@gghstlr]

💯

[@gghstlr]

It’s a Boston thing. Everyone from Boston knows it, which is why she has so much support and will never get convicted.

[@turtletruth]

You're either an American-loving Christian Patriot or a Policeman, you can't be both! - USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)

[@starrychloe]

When good cops cover for bad cops, there are no good cops.

[@SuperMogul]

I've never heard of her case before. The media has been focused on OJ Simpson.

[@Bringthewinter]

Suspect named Karen + New England + possible cop coverup versus OJ Simpson. Yeah, I can understand why.

[@user-nireanic-0]

her name for me is incredibly hard to take seriously.

[@usucdik]

So the trial is to determine what kind of medal she will be awarded?

[@dirtabd]

Too soon?

[@democratsarepedos]

Ashley Biden's diary is real.

[@jlp0174]

Her smile and arrogance has Lori Vallow vibes.

[@lucas_knight]

First time I've heard that tail light fragments were found within the victim's clothing. The actual evidence submitted to court states it was found during a 05:44pm search by police later that day where the body was found.

[@jjthomas3241]

Yep, there a lot of rumors and misinformation that was put out there and a lot of people who believe it. Rather than wait for the trial they have grown in number and declare her innocent. Someone involved is now facing 16 felony counts of intimidating witness'.

[@grandmaweeb3214]

​@@jjthomas3241🙋‍♂️🐢🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #KAW

[@bjvu9460]

The big question is, was her taillight broken and when have anyone been hit by a car and the tail light broke

[@jillgott6567]

Exactly what was said in other reports. Folks keep twisting facts

[@user-lv1wn3ff1u]

The evidence actually showed there was no way the body was hit by a car at all. The clothes themselves weren't submitted into evidence for days after the event and were videoed on the floor of the hospital with no shards on them. And the actual supposed broken pieces of the tail light wasn't found until many days after he had died as well. While one of the officers who is close to the officers who were in the home just so happened to be passing by days later. The home was never searched or inspected even though it was the crime scene . And later was sold off and key parts of evidence were removed from the home like carpeting etc. witnesses have been caught destroying evidence like phones etc . One of the boys who's birthday it was and reason for the event had been photographed with busted knuckles and a boxer fracture just days after the death. His car was spotted were the victim was found . The victims phone pinged in the home on the third floor that night so he was in the home. One of the people in the home also googled how long to die from cold hours before body was found . And who was there to make sure she lead Karen to the body etc . There's so much evidence to prove this is a cover up it's scary . And the fact it's still even in trial should be enough to make any one question ⁉️ wtf! And want to go raise arms against this tyranny

[@MarieAntoinette1938_tmc]

Why are people fascinated ??? Really is there nothing else to focus on ???

[@meandu1512]

She's too smug, she was NOT FRAMED

[@viking956]

The million dollar question: If as the defense alleges there were police officers and family members in that house who had "bad blood" with the victim, then that begs the question of why did the victim go to that house in the first place? If the defense can't come up with an answer to that question which the jury will buy, they have no hope of selling this conspiracy theory.

[@yvettetorres7829]

That’s speculation. We can’t know what motivated the deceased to go to that party so there’s that.

[@81DaddyMac]

Look at this woman. Ice wouldn't melt in her mouth.

[@LiLHarOak]

Nope, it would melt on her tongue. 🙄… Anyways, you’d probably be *”cold as ice”* if you were accused of this is well…

[@vintage1908]

Lol

[@81DaddyMac]

@@LiLHarOak I'd be crapping my pants, not smiling for the cameras. She did it, and has no remorse. How did her taillight end up in his clothes? That's pretty definitive evidence.

[@LiLHarOak]

@@81DaddyMac it’s also pretty damning that 42 minutes worth of video footage from when Karen’s car was taken into *EVIDENCE… WENT… MISSING.* And… that’s *when* the pieces of her car showed up at the crime scene, not immediately… it was AFTER a period of time.

[@81DaddyMac]

@@LiLHarOak Interesting...I'm gonna have to do a little more research. But, you gotta admit, she looks pretty smug to be in the position she's in. And, she found him? They were obviously both hammered. En Vino Veritas.

[@glenclifton4563]

There have been lots of crooked cops lately. Makes you wonder!

[@NicoleBavis]

Guilty af

[@jaimhaas5170]

More than one cop BF?

[@Aaron-og2wx]

Reporter: what has made this so captivating? Lady: It's on the TV, radio & in the newspapers! 😂

[@chrischoir3594]

the "bite marks" is the key to the trial

[@acornsucks2111]

Multiple law enforcement agencies are allegedly risking everything for what?

[@PickleRick65]

Too many things don't add up. I think BPD had some internal problems that got out of hand

[@grossguy9570]

Interesting how she was somehow able to find his body without any help after a night of snowfall.

[@casey5683]

She knew where he went???

[@justme8340]

It’s hardly divisive. There’s a few people with a few lawn signs and everyone else such as myself goes “Meh!”

[@kzhemh]

Why would she panic if he didn't come home after a heavy night of drinking? I would have assumed that he stayed over to sleep it off.

[@karenparker2405]

If it was your 40+ year old boyfriend with his adopted daughter at home and it wasn’t his habit to do so? I’d be worried as hell if my partner randomly stayed over somewhere without even a text to let me know!??

[@pdbess2011]

Then how did her tail light get in his clothes? Really

[@edwright4745]

A house full of crooked cops

[@bold58]

Might have been in a fight and knocked out but not killed . He was then left out in the snow where the cold temp combined with the high blood alcohol level caused a deadly hypothermia .

[@user-bh6zu9mz8m]

100% guilty

[@jamesgill6213]

why the fascination........the way she looks !

[@sageoldmann5157]

I live about an hour from Boston and this is the first time I hear anything about this case.

[@bjvu9460]

Its called sensationalizing

[@ruthieworldonewomanshow]

She's probably telling the truth!

[@jenninscho1980]

She was framed!

[@rahl169]

I love how everyone just automatically "knows" that she is guilty or innocent while having no access to forensic evidence, and formulating their opinions based solely on three minute you tube clips.

[@kartiersupremewhite330]

Extremely interesting and informative.

[@uberrox452]

Her defense sounds like a 'Run Bambi Run ' defense.😂

[@jillgott6567]

Does the house not have a Ring Camera ? Did his body have injuries similar to a car hitting him or those of a beating ?

[@freezerbbq-barnes2361]

This is disgusting

[@louislepage5111]

This is wild 😮

[@johndoee3850]

Framed??I DON'T THINK SO...

[@panopeds]

Guilty

[@mojoe6396]

what kind of medal she will be awarded?

[@howardstork3054]

She killed him . True

[@WigFliper-xx3ol]

GUILTY

[@johndoee3850]

Framed???"I DOUBT IT"....

[@gghstlr]

This lady has no idea what she’s talking about. She clearly hasn’t done the most basic research CBS, it’s embarrassing.

[@DrNo-ny5py]

Her face...so arrogant, if she is free, she will be above the law.

[@LeafsAndCars]

Belated condolences to the boyfriends family.

[@tobyrose6906]

It shouldn't take another level because he was a police officer. Every one treated same

[@brunalop2000]

Did she drop him off at the party and leave after hitting him? If so, why didn't anyone at the party call the police when they were going? Was he lying there, and nobody saw him? Strange story!!!! But she doesn't look like somebody who is being accused unjustly

[@amathis7292]

You had me at KAREN....

[@deniseb4426]

Why did she go around trying to find him when I bet he has a cell phone? I would stay home and wait for a reply. Wouldn't you do the same? And she found him! What a coincidence...

[@namenome3680]

ngl she kinda looks guilty lol

[@hadinterest]

like to see how people set their bias in stone by saying what ever to demonize someone.

[@user-ef9zt9py5h]

Guess what her tail light wasn’t even broken! Stop telling lies!

[@larrywhite9590]

Damn Karen took it to another level 😂

[@thebutterfly6975]

Wow

[@alexh8613]

Way too many red flags in this case. This seems like a coverup. He had injuries that one would have if they were beaten up. Not struck by a car Another person inside the house googled How long can a person survive in the cold. Literally hours before they found his body.

[@insaneyogurt4993]

I keep hearing multiple stories that would make her seem innocent but nobody provides proof, where did you learn they looked that up? I really don’t want to do manual research atm when people are already having this much of a hard time

[@lindsay33333]

Exactly!! And, with his injuries, Karen would have been going very fast as she backed out and left that house. Which isn't possible. Also, the homeowner got rid of his dog shortly after John was killed. Way too many red flags here.

[@JasonMarion-qd2pw]

Also iphone location has proven that the officer miss reed dropped off was moving after being dropped off HELLO. Aaand also it proves that the two officers were together after

[@sethtaut7498]

I just found this case and just now listening: she found her boyfriend in the snow Dead with blunt force trauma to the head and tail light remnants in the victims clothing...ok... For the prosecution: 1 did you ever find any tail light remnants in the head of the victim and 2 what was the cause of the blunt force trauma? ... because all of this sounds just plain crazy

[@alexanderflores503]

"DAAAANG! . . Talk about 'J U M P A R O U N D ! . . . ''THE DEPARTED'' . . .'BAD-LUCK' O THE IRISH! . . . etc . . . etc . . ."" I sense an ''Irish Mob'' Cover-up!!"

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

Sounds like another liquor and cheeseburger party gone wrong...

[@Peasant_in_a_tree]

Very honestly, i don't know if she did do it. At the very least, she did not know she did it. Very Very sad.

[@Angel-uz8qk]

The media has made this into a clown show !!! they need to stop she's acting like a famous movie star like OJ Simpson !!!

[@phoenixrising5062]

The name tells me everything I need to know.

[@tinavifquain6958]

' ! ❤️ ! " Responsibility Matters for ALL Lives " ! USA ! '

[@zt5547]

Cops framing somebody? Nah, that would never happen ...

[@SageLittleHawk]

How is the CBDC coming along?

[@shondraclemons8358]

Karen the name says it all

[@TheShahofBaltimore]

Just look at the Autopsy Pictures! It’s Seriously %100 a Coverup 😮😬🤯😬🤯

[@pattil7947]

Part of her tail light is found in his clothing… she’s saying police planted it? Hmm that seems a stretch….defense though blaming the police is a popular choice these days…what other defense could she use?

[@OMRPines]

It’s called a SODDI defense: Some Other Dude Did It.

[@eclipsez0r]

Yeah she sounds guilty

[@uberrox452]

Ok, so he went inside, he got beat by his law enforcement buddies, and ended up with tailights in his clothes. Seriously 😳.

[@HostileTakeover555]

They weren’t his buddies - he had serious issues with two people in the house and was lured there…the taillight was planted -watch the case, when you see all the evidence the defense provides, you’ll be horrified

[@dylanlong4052]

Not guilty

[@madfisch473]

this is insane. i’ve seen free karen read signs around and i looked into the story but the more i hear the crazier it gets. if she’s innocent then it’s insane they’ve held her this long.

[@texasrefugee7888]

It's important to remember what my SO Sgt screamed at me, "🤬COPS DON'T BURN EACH OTHER"

[@themars5452]

She is happy.OMG.

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

If the jury comes back and convicts Karen, I’ve officially lost my faith in the justice system! But, if she’s innocent, I still wouldn’t believe it

[@TruckeeDwaynee]

My kinda crazy woman!!! " not guilty " stay away from people rhat dont have high-school education and are carrying firearms!! The cops

[@starrychloe]

So... never date a cop?

[@P_E_P_1966]

Blue on blue drama Karma ?! A case of good cop vs bad cop ?? What's that smell ? Cover-up ? Crap ?

[@SeeYouMay]

Karen privilege vs Qualified Immunity

[@mopthermopther]

Trial will televised. CBS 8PM EST on Thursdays

[@karlk9316]

A cautionary tale for men.

[@kenarthur6253]

Don't you know, we're all innocent in here! 😂

[@xrpuertorican4472]

Corrupt boston police? Say it's not so.

[@lydias2012]

Reminds me about a song refrain...."wasn't me". Something about bangin' on a bathroom floor.

[@Scorp308]

Guilty.

[@jaylm4112]

How long until she said she killed him but it was cause some sort of abuse

[@bettyboop1568]

Where's the 🏃🏽‍♂️i s t saying usual suspects at? 🤔

[@titandagodd9007]

Well just saying ..

[@phillipmartinez9232]

What about corrupt Boston cops to guy was found dead outside a cops house and investigator was his buddy and alot of suspicious smoke, look into to it.

[@Fantasygod19999]

She’s unusual. The dark folk are the usual suspects. So wouldn’t apply here

[@sean2015]

Question - why do you keep mentioning Charles Stuart’s name? Should I mention Thomas Mosley, the man who killed his 2 year-old boy and fed the body to an alligator? Should I talk about Marvin Gaye Senior shooting his own son?

[@Ryan-kc5pl]

1 out of 100 lol