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Karen Read watches jurors enter the courtroom to resume deliberations during her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunk driving in boyfriend death

By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Karen Read gestures to her supporters while departing Norfolk Superior Court during jury deliberations at her trial, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Karen Read is surrounded by media while departing with her attorney Alan Jackson as the jury deliberates at her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Defendant Karen Read, right, speaks to her defense team, including Alan Jackson, second from left, before closing arguments during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool) /// [EXTERNAL]

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Karen Read talks with her defense team after they rested their case during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend Boston police Officer John O'Keefe, in 2022, during her murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Prosecution rests in trial of Karen Read who’s charged in death of Boston police officer boyfriend

By Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey - Associated Press

Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial, Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

Supreme Court won’t hear Karen Read’s challenge to second murder trial

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Karen Read listens during opening arguments at Norfolk Superior Court on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in Dedham, Mass. (Stuart Cahill /The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Karen Read’s second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Karen Read arrives for jury selection for her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Karen Read asks Supreme Court to halt second murder trial in death of ex-boyfriend Boston cop

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Karen Read and her defense team and the prosecution file motions in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Nov. 13, 2024 (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool, file)

Massachusetts top court rules Karen Read can be retried in her boyfriend’s death

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Richard Schiffer Jr. greets supporters on the steps outside Stoughton District Court, Oct. 23, 2024 in Stoughton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Casey, file)

Judge dismisses charges against Karen Read supporter who scattered rubber ducks and fake $100 bills

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

FILE — Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

Prosecutors ask Massachusetts’ highest court to allow murder retrial for Karen Read

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Karen Read listens to her attorney, Martin Weinberg, who was making motions to dismiss two charges against her, at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Karen Read now faces civil suit as well as murder charge in police officer boyfriend’s death

Associated Press

Karen Read looks toward the jurors, as they are greeted by Judge Beverly J. Cannone at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Monday, July 1, 2024. This is their fifth day of deliberations in the murder trial for Read. Read is accused of backing her SUV into her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, and leaving him to die in a blizzard in Canton, in 2022. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Jurors in Karen Read trial again say they are deadlocked. Judge tells them to continue deliberating

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court after the judge declared a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following a two-month trial, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Judge declares mistrial in Karen Read murder case after jurors deadlock

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

All stand as the jury files out to the courtroom, to start their fifth day of deliberations in the murder trial for Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Monday, July 1, 2024. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Boston police officer boyfriend’s death

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Karen Read arrives at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is on trial, accused of killing her boyfriend Boston police Officer John O'Keefe, in 2022. The jury began deliberations in the trial Tuesday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Karen Read once ‘admired’ the Boston police boyfriend she’s accused of killing

Associated Press

Retired forensic pathologist Dr. Frank Sheridan (not shown) is questioned by defense attorney Elizabeth Little during the murder trial for Karen Read at Norfolk Superior Court, in Dedham, Mass., Monday, June 24, 2024. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Defense rests in trial of Karen Read, accused of killing her Boston officer boyfriend with SUV

By Michael Casey - Associated Press