Overview

• Defense reconstructionist Daniel Wolfe testified that simulated impact tests produced taillight damage patterns inconsistent with the marks on Read’s SUV
• Judge Beverly Cannone scheduled an evidentiary hearing to determine how much Dr. Elizabeth Laposata can testify about O’Keefe’s injuries
• Read’s defense attorneys allege Boston police officers at a Canton party beat O’Keefe and let a German Shepherd maul him before placing him on Fairview Road
• The April retrial, which follows a July 2024 hung jury, is set to wrap defense testimony by June 10 ahead of jury deliberations
• Read faces charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of a fatal collision; her lawyers signaled she likely won’t testify