DEDHAM – The high-profile one Karen Lees murder process resumes Thursday with testimony from Massachusetts State Police Lt. Brian Tully. He is a supervisor Trooper Michael Proctorthe lead investigator in the case of which derogatory messages were central to the testimonies this week.
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Read is accused of striking and killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow outside a Canton home during a blizzard after a night of drinking.
Her defense contends that O’Keefe was actually killed during a fight at the home of former Boston police officer Brian Albert at 34 Fairview Road.
What happened this week in the Karen Read trial?
Tully began his testimony Wednesday after Proctor concluded the tense cross-examination.
Proctor was questioned about what he described as “unprofessional and deplorable” text messages. In a message to his sister that he read in court, Proctor said of Read: “Hopefully she kills herself.”
“I had a long conversation with him about the content and nature of it,” Tully said Wednesday of Proctor’s text messages as he began his testimony. “I expressed my displeasure with his unprofessionalism and its content and subsequently reported it to my chain of command.”
Who is Karen Read?
Read is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of personal injury and death.
The 45-year-old woman from Mansfield, Massachusetts pleaded not guilty to beating and killing O’Keefe. Read claims she is the victim of a cover-up by people, including law enforcement.
What is the schedule for Karen Read’s murder trial this week?
To end the week, full days of testimony are planned for Thursday and Friday. There was no court on Tuesday.
Part of a day this week will likely be spent questioning potential witnesses by lawyers without the jury present.
