Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial

Associated Press

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the crime scene in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. The ruling released Friday dismisses defense arguments that jurors came forward after her mistrial saying they had agreed she wasn’t guilty on those counts. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm. The judge declared a mistrial in July after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked. Judge Beverly Cannone’s decision means the case can move forward to a new trial set to begin Jan. 27.