Overview

• Jennifer McCabe, a central witness in Karen Read's retrial, testified that Read confessed to hitting her boyfriend, Officer John O’Keefe, on the night of his death in January 2022.
• Defense attorney Alan Jackson scrutinized McCabe's account, highlighting discrepancies between her statements to the grand jury, during the first trial, and in the ongoing retrial.
• McCabe's testimony has been pivotal, with prosecutors emphasizing her account and the defense alleging she may have aided in framing Read for O’Keefe's death.
• Judge Beverly Cannone recently denied a motion to dismiss witnesses accused of deleting over 100 text messages related to the case.
• Upcoming testimony from crash reconstruction experts is expected to challenge the prosecution’s claim that O’Keefe's injuries were caused by being struck by Read’s SUV.