Jury Clears Karen Read in Officer's Death, Finds Lesser Guilt

Karen Read has been found not guilty of killing her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by a jury at Norfolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts. This relief follows accusations that she ran him over with her SUV in 2022. Contrarily, Read claimed he was killed inside a party and framed against her. Despite being exonerated from severe charges, Read will serve a year’s probation for a separate charge of drunken driving. The case was complex with experts testifying no evidence of a collision existed, spotlighting possible skepticism over the initial murder accusations.