Overview

• A Norfolk County jury cleared Read of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene yet convicted her of operating under the influence, resulting in one year of probation
• Juror No. 4 told reporters he believed significant holes in the prosecution’s case—citing video of an intact taillight—created reasonable doubt on her role in Officer John O’Keefe’s death
• Trooper Michael Proctor was fired this spring after an internal investigation found he sent crude, sexist texts about Read and mishandled evidence, triggering State Police to overhaul investigative protocols
• O’Keefe’s family has moved forward with a civil wrongful death lawsuit against Read and two bars accused of overserving her the night before his fatal collapse
• Outside Dedham Superior Court, pink-clad supporters celebrated her acquittal while friends and relatives of O’Keefe decried the verdict as a miscarriage of justice