Overview

• The retrial of Karen Read has reached its sixth week with crash expert Judson Welcher as the prosecution’s final witness.
• Welcher donned John O’Keefe’s exact outfit during an immersive demonstration to show how Read’s Lexus could have struck him, prompting Read to mock the simulation outside court.
• Read’s defense team pressed Welcher on Aperture LLC’s nearly $400,000 in reconstruction charges and questioned his mid-trial alterations to exhibit presentations.
• Welcher stood by his findings that low-speed taillight impact and contact with frozen ground align with O’Keefe’s injuries despite defense challenges.
• With the state expected to rest its case this week, the trial moves toward closing arguments and juror deliberations on Read’s potential life sentence.