Overview

• Jennifer McCabe, a central prosecution witness, concluded her third day of testimony in Karen Read’s retrial for the 2022 death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe.
• Defense attorney Alan Jackson challenged McCabe’s credibility, highlighting discrepancies in her accounts of hearing Read confess to hitting O’Keefe and the timing of a Google search on cold exposure deaths.
• Prosecutors emphasized forensic evidence, including iPhone data showing O’Keefe’s phone remained outside the Albert residence overnight and DNA found on Read’s SUV bumper.
• The defense maintains that Read is being framed, alleging O’Keefe was killed inside the home by others and his body staged outside, possibly involving a dog attack.
• The trial continues with forensic testimony expected to focus on vehicle data and the timeline of events leading to O’Keefe’s death.