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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

The Trial Of Karen Read - Defense Opening Statements

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Trial Of Karen Read - Defense Opening Statements
Defense attorney Alan Jackson presents the opening statements for Karen Read's defense, challenging the prosecution's claims and asserting that Read is the victim of a flawed and biased investigation. Jackson argues that O'Keefe's injuries are inconsistent with being struck by a vehicle and suggests that he may have been assaulted elsewhere before being placed outside. The defense points to investigative shortcomings, including misconduct by former State Trooper Michael Proctor, and contends that the case against Read is built on reasonable doubt.
Key Topics:

  • Defense's counter-narrative to prosecution's claims

  • Allegations of investigative misconduct

  • Analysis of forensic evidence and injury patterns

  • Discussion on reasonable doubt and legal standards

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0:00.0

This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Karen Reid. May I remember.

0:23.6

The evidence in this case will establish above everything else.

0:30.6

Three points.

0:33.6

There was no collision with John O'Keefe. There was no collision. There was no collision.

0:48.3

John O'Keefe did not die from being hit by a vehicle, Period. The facts will show that. The evidence will show

0:58.7

that. The data will show that. The science will show that and the experts will tell you that.

1:08.1

You'll learn that the Commonwealth is pinned its entire case on a brazen and a flawed assertion

1:13.6

that is untethered, unconnected to the facts and to the evidence.

1:19.6

And their assertion is contrary to science.

1:23.6

Because at the end of the day, folks, there was no collision with John O'Keefe.

1:34.3

So how did we end up here? How does Karen Reid end up sitting in that chair on trial for something for an event that literally never happened?

1:43.3

Well, the evidence is going to explain it. And it

1:45.7

can be summed up in the following text message at the very beginning of this investigation.

1:52.4

A text message of a now-fired Massachusetts state police officer named Michael Proctor. He was the lead investigator on this case,

2:02.9

and he was talking about a fellow officer, a fellow cop,

2:06.2

who owned the property where John O'Keefe's body was found.

2:11.8

Text message with a buddy.

2:14.6

Question, is the homeowner going to catch any shit?

2:18.3

Answer.

2:20.3

Nope.

2:22.3

He's a Boston cop too.

2:24.3

That quote defines the lack of integrity of the Commonwealth's entire case, its entire investigation, and this prosecution.

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