— A Massachusetts judge has declined to dismiss two charges, including murder, in the case of Karen Read, who is blamed in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm.
Her two-month trial ended in July when jurors declared they were hopelessly deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial on the fifth day of deliberations.
Judge Beverly Cannone’s decision, released on Friday, means the case can move forward to a new trial set to begin Jan. 27.
She could poll the jury, Weinberg said, on whether they reached a verdict on the three counts or bring in the four jurors to be questioned anonymously.
Persons:
—, Karen Read, Read, John O’Keefe, Beverly Cannone’s, Marty Weinberg, Cannone, Weinberg, Adam Lally, Lally
Organizations:
” Prosecutors
Locations:
DEDHAM, Mass, Massachusetts