Overview
- Judge Diane C. Freniere told prospective jurors they must avoid news and social media during the trial because of the case’s publicity.
- The court plans to question roughly 70 people per day to seat 12 jurors and four alternates before Thanksgiving, with openings targeted around Dec. 1 if a panel is sworn.
- Pretrial arguments narrowed what jurors may hear, including limits on alleged pornography searches, a friend’s account of a pre‑holiday fight, and evidence tied to a private investigator hired by Walshe’s mother.
- An updated witness list includes several Massachusetts State Police figures connected to the Karen Read case, such as former trooper Michael Proctor.
- Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder, misleading police, and improper conveyance of a human body, and prosecutors say they will rely on digital searches, surveillance purchases, and other circumstantial evidence.