Who REALLY Murdered John O'Keefe? | EVERYTHING You Need to Know about MA v. Karen Read
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In this video, we're going over the background of the case against Karen Read. Did she murder her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O'Keefe, or is she the victim of a conspiracy to frame her for his death by the Canton Police Department in Massachusetts?
CONTEXT:
On the morning of January 29, 2022, John O'Keefe's body was found on a snow plow in front of the home of fellow police officer Brian Albert. The night before, he had gone to a bar with his girlfriend, Karen Read, as well as some friends and acquaintances, including Brian. Not long after, Karen was charged with John's murder, but her defense alleges that she is being framed by the group of people who met up at Brian's home after the bar closed. Trial begins Tuesday, April 16, 2024 with jury selection.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
3:12 Roadmap
6:40 What Both Sides Can (Basically) Agree On
10:53 What the Prosecution Says
17:21 What the Defense Says
33:27 What Do YOU Think?
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its all bull these people make up stories the karen read fans.
He did have internal injuries, he had a bleeding of the brain. that what cause the black eyes and bleeding of the brain and the bloody nose, you dont need the dog to get dog dna, if they had a violent fight why were there no injuries on anyone in the house?
Why didn’t they wait to go to trial until after the federal investigation into the case was finished? If she’s found guilty and the federal investigation finds that there was a cover up, would she get another trial? I love the way you used the “don’t be suspicious “ clip in this one. That was hilarious!
The judger in this case seem reaaly invested in going to trial fast, it all smells funny to me
The US Attorney has recently written a letter to the Judge in this case essentially telling her to be careful about a recent motion brought forward by the prosecution regarding leaving out Federal investigation findings that were given to both defense and prosecution. US Attorney in writing reminded judge that they have the jurisdiction to take over case if need be.
@@joeyBagAhDonuts Wow! Thanks for the reply. That is so interesting!
@@debbiefaisoncook8307 FYI - Federal attorneys/courts CANNOT take over s State case.
Not without some illegal actions anyway, like truly threatening a State judge.
I am not opiniong about anything except the working of the law, specifically how federalism works..
@@2Truth4Liberty ok. I know very little. It just seems like one is working against the other in this case. But what do I know. I’m just a nurse. Lol
They sold the house with a realtor that were friends of the family and the real estate agent would not allow pictures to be taken during open houses. Yeah that’s normal
There is so much going on here I think there is reasonable doubt.
That definitely is a possibility. One benefit with such a strong narrative by the defense is that even if someone doesn't believe she was actually framed, there could be enough to just introduce enough reasonable doubt.
@@LegalBytesMedia Agreed. I had no idea what to believe at the outset of this, but Alan Jackson had me thinking she was innocent after just a few pre-trial hearings. I live in the county and this is the first time I've wished I had jury duty.
@@LegalBytesMedia I don't know if the same police officers who were at the party were involved in the investigation, but if they were, does that alone do anything to affect what the jury instructions would be on evidence gathered during that initial investigation? Given that those police officers are being accused of the crime that they investigated? Or would they need to be legally considered murder suspects in the eyes of the law (not just the defense's accusations) in order for that to have any bearing? Like could just the fact that the same police department who investigated/gathered evidence is the one being accused be enough for the jurors to legally claim reasonable doubt on those grounds?
John O’ Keefe was employed by Boston PD NOT Canton PD.
Yep! Same place Brian Albert works!
Not only they sold the house but they made some renovations on the basement floor… 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
There was only ONE INCH of snow when John was found. They found every single piece of clear cocktail glass but not one single piece of bright red taillight pieces - come on. The clear glass was found with his body at 6 AM, the red taillight pieces were found at 6 PM after 20 inches of snow fell and during 40 mph winds
Another biased female hoping with everything in your soul that she's found not guilty even if she is.
Not to mention, the investigator said he'd noticed Karen's tail light was cracked and thats the reason he cited as being why he looked further at her vehicle. He didn't say broken, he said cracked. In the video of her leaving that morning to look for him, the tail light clearly appears intact, so where'd all the pieces come from if it wasn't broken?
Sounds totally legit
The defense has 3 people who say John was in the house. Feds interview then
John was a Boston Police officer. He lived in Canton, was found deceased in Canton but he was not a Canton PO.
He and Brian both worked with BPD.
First time listener here. You have the perfect voice for this.
I'm out
There is some mulah in canton
One contradiction I have heard is that if she had seen him walk through the door of the house why would she ask a question like ‘Did I hit him?’
That actually is a very good point, and I hadn't thought of that before I saw your comment.
@@LegalBytesMediaDidn't you repeat the 9 drink claim in this video?
@@LegalBytesMedia bring on a psychologist and ask them why would she ask that if she had seen him go in. They will tell you that people will say weirder things while in hysteria and shock after finding your partner dead. I find it more likely that her brain was doing everything it could to cope with the situation and I wouldn't see that as confessing to anything.
@@Shade_FinShe said that in the car on the way to ‘look for him’ she supposedly did not know anything was wrong with him. So your rigmarole does not apply here.
@@justkiddin84 My apologies then, I had only read and heard of her asking that when she got to the house and found him.
This will be such an interesting trial. At this point, there's a lot of reasonable doubt. Thank you for the overview!
So glad we get to follow this trial! I first heard about it on Rekieta's channel and had been wondering what's happened. Thanks Alyte!
Thanks for covering so well ❤❤❤
Hey, Alyte! Congratulations on your pregnancy! I might be slow to the news, but that's super exciting! ❤️
Davkd Yanetti said "federal proffer," regardkng Brian Higgins. This case has soo much. Karen is being framed. The lack of investigation alone, and not following proper procedure and protocol as to evidence (chain lf custody, no warrant, didnt collect tissue samples - "lost them," lead investigator -MSP Michael Proctor - under IA investigation and admitting during the fed. Grand jury that he lked durkng the state grand jury about having a personal/close relationship with the homeowners John O'Keefe's body was found, video footage showkng Karen's tailloght intact at 5:08 am-5 hours after ssupposedly hitting John, and his knjuries(no injuries below the neck, but was struck with an SUV enough to throw him 12 ft from the road?, witness statements changkng 3 to 4 times and no recording or skgnature on statements (some statements taken were not documented until mlnths after, supposedly from "memory"), and that barely scratches the surface. We all want real justice for Officer John O'Keefe and his real killers face justice, and those involved in the cover-up held accountable. Thank you for bringkng more attention to what's happening in Massachusetts. 🩷🖤💙
Thin blue line could be thick, don't really know but wouldn't surprise me.
She was not framed. Have you heard all the evidence ? Coverup - no that was debunked
@mirahardy636 debunked? Huh? Have you read the actual documents? Both sides, not just the CW's side. And what evidence? The evidence that was tampered with or the evidence that has HUGE chain of custody issues? How did Karen back into John going 24 mph hrs on a narrow road in the snow at dark, hitting him not hard enough to cause massive injuries to his body, but hard enough enough to throw him 12 ft off the road?how did that sequence of events happen? The laws of physics say that it's impossible, as well as a 3rd party reconstructions hired by the FBI. Only one side has been caught in lies on record while in court, and it's not Karen Read or her defense team.
@@mirahardy636 Was it? When? HOW? The pigs 'lost samples', missed collecting samples from the dog? You're insane. The pigs killed John, and like the criminals they are, they know how to cover up and destroy evidence. TRAITOR!
@@mirahardy636when the feds say the injuries are not consistent with being hit by a car, that’s more than reasonable doubt.
Yay! Thank you for the video to get us up to speed before the trial. This should be an interesting trial for sure. I am ready to have a consistent 5 weeks and then feel the emptiness of being without the lives
Alot Reasonable doubt !
Great summary, thank you 😊
So excited for this one. Hadn’t heard of it until yesterday. Can’t wait for your coverage
If she did kill him, she did not do it in the way the police contend. Those injuries seem more like he was in a fight.
he had no defensive wound he would have fought back.
@@user-ii2uh1xq7bhe had boxers fractures; a fracture on the hand which is common with punching injuries, black eyes, a ton of bruising to his face, a few bruises to his torso with little significant internal damage. I’m sorry, but how are you arguing there is “no defensive wound he would have fought back” when there are numerous wounds that are compatible with defense?
I’m not even saying defense is right, just this statement is absurd. He had many injuries that could easily be consistent with defending himself. Either you haven’t seen the evidence or are just being disingenuous with this. Is it somehow because he may have been the instigator that these are not evidence of “defensive wounds”? Which would show that Karen was not responsible for his death? I’m sorry, but given the current facts, this comment makes literally no sense.
@@bradenculver7457 thanks for the essay cuz but it takes a lot of power to cause a fractured skull, the black eyes were from the internal injuries, the bleeding of the brain. If there was a boxing match the others would have visible injuries also, they had no motive to kill john but drunk Karen did, so sick of you people making theories and lies.
@@user-ii2uh1xq7b21:49 "defensive wounds in the form of bruises on the back of his hands" You can't just ignore evidence that doesn't fit your narrative and claim it doesn't exist when it clearly does.
@@Edward-W oh for gods sake you idiots just do not let up, if there were bruises on his knuckles why was there no injuries to the other parties?
Great Show! first time here. Been following this, such an interesting case. Thanks! 🙂 👍💖 👏
Crazy case, wow!!! Thanks for the recap, I’m invested now 😫🤣
I was not familiar with this case until I watched this. Thank you @LegalBytes . Looking forward to the gavel to gavel coverage. I think I need more info to make a decision. So I'll be going into the trial somewhat blind and making my decision based on what's presented.
Oh wow, this is going to be a tough case for the jury. I can see why it's gotten so much interest. Looking forward to hearing both sides, but so far it does seem like there's enough reasonable doubt. Thank you for this overview of the case!
Michael Proctor is also under investigation in a larger Federal investigation pertaining to this case.
Great video Alyte!
Congratulations to you and mr bytes 😊❤
Great summary 🌟🌟🌟
This means absolutely nothing but every time I see a thumbnail with this lady's face on it for a brief moment I think it's going to be a video about AOC LOL.
Very informative. Thank you.
Snowbank* like a river bank but made of snow. Snow plows are the giant metal blades that trucks are equipped with to push snow out of roads to form snow banks.
Long time real estate professional here. 5% is a VERY big deal. If you came in with an offer like that, at a time like that, I doubt you’d even get a call back. People were paying hundreds of thousands over asking in cash. (for reference my median price point is about $1.5 mil so I operate in a like market) Also there is no such thing as a 20-30% cut in price. Aaaaalso it sat on the market for 3 months, and that’s an eternity in residential real estate. You could argue that it was priced too high for the market. But then why in 3 months was the price never lowered? You could speculate that they priced it too high, to throw off the scent of desperation. Everything about the home sale transaction makes my spidey-senses itchy, it doesn’t make sense. Im unsure exactly WHAT it is, but the whole home selling thing ain’t right…. aaaalso, when they sold the home a murder “hadn’t happened yet”. A person dying on a property does not need disclosure, if it was found that he just slipped and fell, there would be no material fact to disclose. And as no murder was proven on site (as of then,) there’s nothing to legally disclose. Second to last paragraph says basically, if the seller doesn’t know about it, they are not required to disclose it.
Maybe because a high profile death occurred there? In Massachusetts, a death on the property within a number of years has to be disclosed. If you Google the address, this case comes right up. Any buyer would find out.
I have no idea if she did it but to me there’s so much reasonable doubt here that I am truly surprised the prosecution didn’t drop the charges until they had a more solid case.
We do not know all of the evidence.
Hi Alyta - did you finish this up before the final pretrial hearing on Friday?
I ask bc during the hearing Karen’s attorney David Yannetti informed the court that one of the alterate suspects from inside the house has made a proffer to the feds in related to Karen’s case.
A number of rather explosive facts came out as part of his proffer.
Yannetti had brought up the proffer as part of his argument for presenting their 3rd Party Culpability defense. The profferer is Brian Higgins, an ATF Agent assigned to Mass. He has an office in the Canton PD building (some sort of courtesy agreement). He was at the bar earlier with the Albert crowd and also in the house when Karen dropped John off.
Yannetti also informed the court of other stunning details from the feds’ investigation into Karen’s case / corruption investigation at the hearing. None are favorable to the Commonwealth’s case.
The judge was so thrown by the proffer information that she abruptly called for a break right in the middle of Yannetti’s sentence, while at the same time weirdly blaming the court reporter for needing a break. It was *wild.*
She always interrupts the defense to break the rhythm of a presentation 😮
Yannetti was AMAZING at that hearing..
That proffer was as fanciful and credible as a real boy named Harry Potter going to an actual wizarding school.
@@VintageRed411 Um ok sure.
Why did Proctor intentionally misspell all the “ witnesses “ names in his report ?
In this instance is difficult to say if she could be guilty or inocent, but there are definitely elements that can create reasonable doubt in a jury and also in the public opinion. Thanks, you did an excellent summary of the case up to now, easy to understand!
There are these pesky mounds of exculpatory evidence:
The DOJ hired an independent accident reconstruction expert who concluded John O'Keefe's injuries were NOT caused by a vehicle. They _also_ determined that the minor damage to the vehicle was not indicative of the vehicle having lethally smashed into a 6-foot-tall man.
The Feds proved Jen McCabe searched "Hos long to die in cold" at 2:27am, then deleted her search history. Why would an innocent person do that? Why would an innocent person delete their search history right before giving their device to cops???
The snow plow driver confirms there was NO body on the lawn at 2:30 and 3:30am.
The day Karen Read was charged w/ the crime, Jen McCabe texted Trooper Michael Proctor's sister to say she'd like to get him a thank you gift "when this is all over."
After Trooper Proctor had Read's vehicle in his possession for an unaccounted for *HOUR,* tail light pieces surfaced. Video shows Proctor & the tow-truck driver taking Read's car an hour earlier than what time was written in the report. The tow-truck driver noted "in-tact" tail lights.
The actual killer, Colin Albert, and the Albert/McCabe families, go way back w/ Trooper Michael Proctor, who admitted to the Federal Grand Jury that he "minimized" his relationship w/them to the State Grand Jury. He's now personally under investigation for improoriety.
We know Colin Albert had beef with John O'Keefe and was young, dumb, and wasted when John arrived at Colin's 20th birthday party on the night in question. Brian Albert has been one of BPD’s most respected officers for years. What do you think is better for the Boston Police Department - having John O’Keefe’s killer be a highly respected fellow officer who appeared on TV shows & solved the Boston Strangler mystery, or having it be a "drunken girlfriend?"
The Alberts were willing to do anything to keep themselves out of prison for the next 30+ years. Who'd be better at getting a body from house to lawn w/o being noticed than a Boston PD surveillance expert? He knew he could use his family connections w/ the Canton & State Police to keep them from asking him probing questions, taking pictures of his face/hands, and from questioning his nephew, Colin. He knew police would normally search his house, which is likely why he made phone calls that night at 2am - to make sure it never happened. He could disprove these allegations by handing over his phone, but he _DESTROYED IT_ despite the evidentiary court order prohibiting it.
Witness & Firefighter/Medic, Katie McLaughlin, graduated from Canton High w/ Caitlin Albert in 2014. They're in the same friend group & hung out many times. McLaughlin was at the scene when O'Keefe's body was found. She's the _ONLY_ witness who claims to have heard Karen say she hit John, and not only is she biased, but was also potentially influenced by the call Kevin Albert made to her the day after she assisted O'Keefe on Caitlin's lawn.
*Canton PD's Kevin Albert, Brian Albert's brother, arranged Katie McLaughlin's interview* w/ MSP Trooper Proctor _AFTER_ Canton PD was expelled & Massachusetts State Police took over the investigation (due to the _conflict of interest_ between Kevin & Brian).
When the defense asked Ms. McLaughlin who arranged her interview with Trooper Proctor, DA Lally objected & _Judge Cannone sustained the objection!_. Lally also objected to the jury seeing photos of McLaughlin & Caitlin Albert together at various social events. Judge Cannone again sustained the objection!
The jury's being deprived of hearing the many ways in which the Alberts had their hands in this investigation, even after special measures were taken to prevent them from doing so. The judge is also preventing the jury from understanding the biased nature of Ms. McLaughlin's testimony. The jury must instead infer the truth solely from Jackson's unanswered questions of McLaughlin. This is a violation of Karen Read's rights & prohibitive of a fair trial.
I remind you that a man was found deceased on Brian Albert's lawn, and NOBODY in his home at the time was ever investigated. The home was never SEARCHED. Trooper Proctor actually texted friends that the Alberts wouldn't be investigated because Brian was "a Boston cop too." The corruption is *_staring you in the face!_*
I don't know anything about this case, and I actually stopped watching this video but will follow you live gavel to gavel. I am going to pretend i am a member of the jury (in the idea having no opinions or info about this case) and see what i think.
John's ghost was haunting them.😮 This case has always perplexed me. Can't wait to hear all the evidence!
How fast does someone have to be going, in reverse, to hit a person hard enough to crack a tail light?
If he then fell backwards onto a snowplow how in the world did she stop in time to avoid colliding with the plow? Did part of the plow match her tail light?
The defense would do well to key in on this and take measurements…
😂
Idk if prosecutors can have both “she was trying to throw the other women off her trail” and also “did I hit him” as an admission. They need to choose.
Not really. She was drunk. Afraid. Quite possible she would come up with all kinds of excuses.
Does not mater what she said anymore. You can't teleport a non broken taillight 3 miles to a body. Looked at it in two different videos. The police were sooooo sloppy in this.
I think there’s too much info missing here for the public to make an accurate assessment as to the guilt of Karen. When Karen’s vehicle hit John’s on the ring video at their residence is there damage to John’s car. If there is does the height of the damage on both cars align, was there paint transfer? Do the particles/fragments from the taillight align where John’s body was found .If there was ring video of the collision between John’s and Karen’s vehicle shouldn’t there also be video of the state trooper removing the glass from that accident to plant evidence at the crime scene? Was Karen’s vehicle impounded and examined ( skin particles, blood, height of his injuries versus damage to suv. trauma to John’s body that could be shown by the autopsy to correlate John’s injuries.
9 drink for a a person Karen’s size would make her very intoxicated and how accurate would her recollection of events really be.
There are these mounds of exculpatory evidence:
The DOJ hired an independent accident reconstruction expert who concluded John O'Keefe's injuries were NOT caused by a vehicle. They _also_ determined that the minor damage to the vehicle was not indicative of the vehicle having lethally smashed into a 6-foot-tall man.
The Feds proved Jen McCabe searched "Hos long to die in cold" at 2:27am, then deleted her search history. Why would an innocent person do that? Why would an innocent person delete their search history right before giving their device to cops???
The snow plow driver confirms there was NO body on the lawn at 2:30 and 3:30am.
The day Karen Read was charged w/ the crime, Jen McCabe texted Trooper Michael Proctor's sister to say she'd like to get him a thank you gift "when this is all over."
After Trooper Proctor had Read's vehicle in his possession for an unaccounted for *HOUR,* tail light pieces surfaced. Video shows Proctor & the tow-truck driver taking Read's car an hour earlier than what time was written in the report. The tow-truck driver noted "in-tact" tail lights.
The actual killer, Colin Albert, and the Albert/McCabe families, go way back w/ Trooper Michael Proctor, who admitted to the Federal Grand Jury that he "minimized" his relationship w/them to the State Grand Jury. He's now personally under investigation for improoriety.
We know Colin Albert had beef with John O'Keefe and was young, dumb, and wasted when John arrived at Colin's 20th birthday party on the night in question. Brian Albert has been one of BPD’s most respected officers for years. What do you think is better for the Boston Police Department - having John O’Keefe’s killer be a highly respected fellow officer who appeared on TV shows & solved the Boston Strangler mystery, or having it be a "drunken girlfriend?"
The Alberts were willing to do anything to keep themselves out of prison for the next 30+ years. Who'd be better at getting a body from house to lawn w/o being noticed than a Boston PD surveillance expert? He knew he could use his family connections w/ the Canton & State Police to keep them from asking him probing questions, taking pictures of his face/hands, and from questioning his nephew, Colin. He knew police would normally search his house, which is likely why he made phone calls that night at 2am - to make sure it never happened. He could disprove these allegations by handing over his phone, but he _DESTROYED IT_ despite the evidentiary court order prohibiting it.
Witness & Firefighter/Medic, Katie McLaughlin, graduated from Canton High w/ Caitlin Albert in 2014. They're in the same friend group & hung out many times. McLaughlin was at the scene when O'Keefe's body was found. She's the _ONLY_ witness who claims to have heard Karen say she hit John, and not only is she biased, but was also potentially influenced by the call Kevin Albert made to her the day after she assisted O'Keefe on Caitlin's lawn.
*Canton PD's Kevin Albert, Brian Albert's brother, arranged Katie McLaughlin's interview* w/ MSP Trooper Proctor _AFTER_ Canton PD was expelled & Massachusetts State Police took over the investigation (due to the _conflict of interest_ between Kevin & Brian).
When the defense asked Ms. McLaughlin who arranged her interview with Trooper Proctor, DA Lally objected & _Judge Cannone sustained the objection!_. Lally also objected to the jury seeing photos of McLaughlin & Caitlin Albert together at various social events. Judge Cannone again sustained the objection!
The jury's being deprived of hearing the many ways in which the Alberts had their hands in this investigation, even after special measures were taken to prevent them from doing so. The judge is also preventing the jury from understanding the biased nature of Ms. McLaughlin's testimony. The jury must instead infer the truth solely from Jackson's unanswered questions of McLaughlin. This is a violation of Karen Read's rights & prohibitive of a fair trial.
I remind you that a man was found deceased on Brian Albert's lawn, and NOBODY in his home at the time was ever investigated. The home was never SEARCHED. Trooper Proctor actually texted friends that the Alberts wouldn't be investigated because Brian was "a Boston cop too." The corruption is *_staring you in the face!_*
Great video
I need to watch your trial coverage 😉
she had a breathalyzer test at the hospital and you can back track it via known values and hours since last drink estimates. Yes she is a boozer and had way too many drinks. She has a amazing tolerance to be driving well enough which suggests she drinks often and has developed a tolerance.
I keep going back and forth. I am going to keep my mind open for both sides and am going to watch the trial before i deside.
Congrats!
Well this is going to be an interesting case... Id be curious when it comes to the SUV hitting him and flinging him into a snowplow if speeds have been simulated to determine what would be needed to cause that much damage. Because thats a lot of damage to the human body... and in many many many places. In snowy conditions could she even get upto that speed to do that level of damage? Also we have all seen the cops circle the wagon when it comes to their misbehavior.. it is not far out of the realm to see them try to frame someone for their own malfeasance. Just have to look at the Paul Rutherford case in Arizona to see both cops and prosecutors going above and beyond in an attempt to get somebody, and that case is just one among thousands of misconducts committed by police and prosecutors a year.
it is and no the injuries are not consistent with a car backing into him and the taillight was not broken on two videos at two different times. It could not have magically teleported to the dead body without a ride from the police investigator.
Two black eyes, dog bites on his arm, no lower body injuries either. He was beaten to death then dumped. His girlfriend is a lush so was ez to pin it on her. At first I thought she did it but see the big picture that is not likely.
If the taillight don't fit you must acquit.
I’m a Bostonian and have been watching this case from the start. I don’t know if she’s guilty in reality, but I don’t think she’s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I don’t see how a jury can unanimously vote guilty.
From what I've seen I agree though I think she's guilty due to the key fact of the dog attack being unprovable. Furthermore she "didn't hit him at speed" but glass for her car ended up in his jacket?.
@@Denozo88 I understand completely, but if I was a juror, I wouldn’t be comfortable voting guilty for murder due to the entirety of the evidence. I don’t know why they didn’t charge involuntary manslaughter.
@@AustinThinker79 I gotcha.
@@AustinThinker79 .. the original charge was manslaughter., About a month later they up the charge to murder 2.
@@PeterMo212 right. I think they increased it to 2nd degree murder because it was a cop, which already sends a message to the public that they think their lives are more valuable.
Free Karen Read
This is going to be very interesting.
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North of Boston here, there is too much reasonable doubt, I don't see how a jury could convict, the injuries alone are inconsistant with being "backed into".
She appears to have a newer SUV. MY GMC IS a couple years old and it lets me know if any diagnostic issues immediately. Like it will let me know everything, including if someone farts on it. I wonder if her SUV’s/black box/ AI/computer system recorded time of any issues/time of issue. I cannot believe this trial moved forward while an IA/Feds investigation is pending?! You’d think there would have to be some type of evidence/dna on her bumper.
There’s just no way I could find her guilty at this stage. I actually can’t believe this trial/DA even moved forward with this case, other than “SOMEONE NEEDED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE ASAP, secondary to the fishy involvement/local law enforcement’s relationship with this incident
@12:23 your evidence shows absolutely no tail light glass/plastic. @20:11 as Karen drove away there is still red glass/ plastic from the tail light visible from the security camera.
My interest was sparked from the pictures of John's right arm of dog bites /scratches.
My brother was a cop and police dog trainer. The injuries on John's arm looked very familiar and simular to what I have seen.
Wow this is early!
Btw when you said "suspicious" I immediately started singing and the clip popped up! Are you reading my brain?
At the minute I have doubts to her being guilty but have an open mind until I see the trial but some of the details you’ve highlighted are really sketchy
Never seen this story before. Looking at the footage of her backing out of her garage. The red light shining from the back of her car is a consistent shade. Right up until she 'hits' the car. Then it looks different, like a line of light and then less light around it. As she drives off that line seems to move. This to me seems to fit the story that this is where the cover was cracked. She's backing up, list is clear. Hits the car, cracks the cover and the light changes to this line shining through the crack. Then as she drives off the line of light moves with the car.
The statements are coming from a woman who googled how long to die in cold. And her sister is married and in the home where John was killed.
On the snow plow??
The don't be suspicious clip....everything
Her tail light may have been cracked but still intact. Clearly visible in the footage. So how did they find so many pieces of it at the scene?🤔🤨🙄
Nobody in Hollywood could have come up with this script Even the Dog was sent away. They are afraid he will, snitch
At the very least LB, there is reasonable doubt. That is putting it mildly. I don't think the defence needs an alternate theory does it. I thought the butt-dialing issue was fun. Lots of that going on between police officers who were present.
Wow! This is most definitely an intriguing case. Curious to hear/see evidence. Won't be surprised either way, you never know what can and will happen. Unless of course something so blatantly shows A and it goes Q.
If it wasn't for Turtleboy who made this case public Karen Read would be in prison, it's all a big cover up
Also a couple other defense points - the carpet being torn out of the basement and none of the home residents coming out to the accident scene during the discovery and recovery.
No one in the neighborhood came out.
MOST IMPORTANTLY- a dead body (a police officer nonetheless) found on the lawn AND THE HOUSE WAS NEVER SEARCHED- NEVER. NOT ONCE
How did they use the neighbours leaf blower to look for evidence if the neighbours didn't come out? The owner at 34 Fairfield is a first responder and his sister in law was with Karen she didn't go and wake them up even though a fellow police officer was on his front lawn and the party was at his house??
@@kathymccarthy5264they are talking about the ones in the house he was supposed to to visiting
@EricKeen-ff5mw nobody in the neighborhood came out. It was storming out and the first responders didn't use sirens. No one heard them apparently.
Also that he tore up the floor in the basement , and sold the home quickly for a loss
That is kinda sus for the greater Boston area.
John & Karen both took glasses from a bar
I can't make my mind
I didn't know about any of this. The information definitely puts me squarely on a seat on the fence. I would need to watch the trial, and see the federal investigation information to make any kind of determination.
Problem of the house sell isnt the price, but the timing. That amount of 'coincidence' is very very weird.
Dog missing, google search, sell house, weird wounds.
Google search is by far the worst. Sombody can think about search it due a random conversation? Its possible but the timing make it not plausible. Right at the time sombody die this way around you is the time you 'randomly' have a conversation about it. Very, Very Very unlikely
Her alcohol level was tested. A forensic toxicologist said her blood alcohol content was .07% - .08% and opined that around the time of 12:45 a.m., her BAC would have been between .13% and .29%
I thought so! And she was driving very drunk in a snow storm. It is really lucky she didn’t crash into a family car full of kids.
Both of them over forty and he was LE and she a professor. Tch.
I think she is a functioning alcoholic. They have higher tolerances and somehow can function wasted. Most people at .20 ++ like she was would not be able to drive. She must weight like 120 pounds and had 11+ drinks in a short period of time. That is not normal for a 43 YO. Maybe a college student at a party yes.
She was so drunk that she blacked out…couldn’t remember if she backed into him or not. I don’t believe her conspiracy theories.
@@Brooke2000 You do realize that conspiracies are the norm and very common. It just means two or more people conspire to do some unlawful act. Look at the news when you see 20 people robbing a store its likely they conspired to rob it.
In this case there is a reason the conspiracy defense has some legs. Its not totally without merit yet. Have to wait for more evidence is all. Its not a blind belief at all.
My opinion is she didn’t do it
I don’t know
Hi great video. Love the way you cover cases so thoroughly and in an objective unbiased way! I’m leaning toward her hitting him - maybe he was sitting on the ground when she hit him and he staggered and collapsed? If he had a drink and it broke could’ve cut him? I’m keeping an open mind though since there is some conflicting info. Trial will be quite interesting I’m sure! Look forward to your analysis throughout. Also LOVE the adorable pets in the background
Do you mean he was sitting, got hit, stood up, staggered around, and then fell back down for good? Sorry, just trying to picture the scenario you're suggesting.
And a broken glass could explain that ‘bite mark’ that is only one side.
And yet, there are these pesky mounds of exculpatory evidence:
The DOJ hired an independent accident reconstruction expert who concluded John O'Keefe's injuries were NOT caused by a vehicle. They _also_ determined that the minor damage to the vehicle was not indicative of the vehicle having lethally smashed into a 6-foot-tall man.
The Feds proved Jen McCabe searched "Hos long to die in cold" at 2:27am, then deleted her search history. Why would an innocent person do that? Why would an innocent person delete their search history right before giving their device to cops???
The snow plow driver confirms there was NO body on the lawn at 2:30 and 3:30am.
The day Karen Read was charged w/ the crime, Jen McCabe texted Trooper Michael Proctor's sister to say she'd like to get him a thank you gift "when this is all over."
After Trooper Proctor had Read's vehicle in his possession for an unaccounted for *HOUR,* tail light pieces surfaced. Video shows Proctor & the tow-truck driver taking Read's car an hour earlier than what time was written in the report. The tow-truck driver noted "in-tact" tail lights.
The actual killer, Colin Albert, and the Albert/McCabe families, go way back w/ Trooper Michael Proctor, who admitted to the Federal Grand Jury that he "minimized" his relationship w/them to the State Grand Jury. He's now personally under investigation for improoriety.
We know Colin Albert had beef with John O'Keefe and was young, dumb, and wasted when John arrived at Colin's 20th birthday party on the night in question. Brian Albert has been one of BPD’s most respected officers for years. What do you think is better for the Boston Police Department - having John O’Keefe’s killer be a highly respected fellow officer who appeared on TV shows & solved the Boston Strangler mystery, or having it be a "drunken girlfriend?"
The Alberts were willing to do anything to keep themselves out of prison for the next 30+ years. Who'd be better at getting a body from house to lawn w/o being noticed than a Boston PD surveillance expert? He knew he could use his family connections w/ the Canton & State Police to keep them from asking him probing questions, taking pictures of his face/hands, and from questioning his nephew, Colin. He knew police would normally search his house, which is likely why he made phone calls that night at 2am - to make sure it never happened. He could disprove these allegations by handing over his phone, but he _DESTROYED IT_ despite the evidentiary court order prohibiting it.
Witness & Firefighter/Medic, Katie McLaughlin, graduated from Canton High w/ Caitlin Albert in 2014. They're in the same friend group & hung out many times. McLaughlin was at the scene when O'Keefe's body was found. She's the _ONLY_ witness who claims to have heard Karen say she hit John, and not only is she biased, but was also potentially influenced by the call Kevin Albert made to her the day after she assisted O'Keefe on Caitlin's lawn.
*Canton PD's Kevin Albert, Brian Albert's brother, arranged Katie McLaughlin's interview* w/ MSP Trooper Proctor _AFTER_ Canton PD was expelled & Massachusetts State Police took over the investigation (due to the _conflict of interest_ between Kevin & Brian).
When the defense asked Ms. McLaughlin who arranged her interview with Trooper Proctor, DA Lally objected & _Judge Cannone sustained the objection!_. Lally also objected to the jury seeing photos of McLaughlin & Caitlin Albert together at various social events. Judge Cannone again sustained the objection!
The jury's being deprived of hearing the many ways in which the Alberts had their hands in this investigation, even after special measures were taken to prevent them from doing so. The judge is also preventing the jury from understanding the biased nature of Ms. McLaughlin's testimony. The jury must instead infer the truth solely from Jackson's unanswered questions of McLaughlin. This is a violation of Karen Read's rights & prohibitive of a fair trial.
I remind you that a man was found deceased on Brian Albert's lawn, and NOBODY in his home at the time was ever investigated. The home was never SEARCHED. Trooper Proctor actually texted friends that the Alberts wouldn't be investigated because Brian was "a Boston cop too." The corruption is *_staring you in the face!_*
The suspecting thing is not selling the house. Why. ? And they changed the floor in the Basement
Are you considering Real Estate Law? It's less about the 50K and more about the aggregate of the sale and the missing dog and the torn up floor, the filled in pool, the dead cop on the lawn with nobody coming out and police not going in...I guarantee if anyone reading this had a dead police officer on their front lawn the police will be coming inside, promptly. The absence of uniformed brotherhood, however, to me - is the most glaring sign that something is incredibly SNAFU-ed. None of these guys except for the one dirty family stand behind this DA, crap nearly non-existent investigation and frame job prosecution. Boston is full of salt of the earth hard workers and they are sick of the corruption. May this be the precipice for substantial change a long time coming for Massachusetts.
Plow came by later with more snow
And saw the yard with no body on the lawn.
As a local- PLEASE research this whole case before speaking on it. I am not, will never be, a conspiracy theorist. But she is INNOCENT and I’m horrified this is happening in my own state, specifically with our history with the constitution. FREE KAREN READ and most importantly- JUSTICE FOR OFFICER O’KEEFE- a Boston native and currently living
I thought she was guilty when it was first bring reported.
She is 100% NOT GUILTY.
100% innocent.
Supes sus, excited for more details at trial. You're not paranoid when they're actually out to get you
I can't see how they can find her guilty way to much reasonable doubt in this case.
Oohh this sounds 🐟 🐠 🎣 🐡 fishy.
Absolutely there is reasonable doubt here. There are so many unanswered questions and the most compelling piece of evidence are the injuries. There does not seem to be any way that you can prove that a vehicle caused those injuries that were pictured. It is much more consistent with a fight.
He was seen on video leaving the bar with the cocktail glass, and there was more snow, not less, when the pieces of tail light were discovered.
Based on this video alone, i feel like there's to much reasonable doubt to convict anyone
There was not winter blizzard when she dropped him off. Not even close to a blizzard or even a storm. Less than 1 " in 6 hours.
The Blizzard did occur but the next day the middle of the blizzard was around 1PM over 12 hours later.
If I drop someone off on a sunny day and it rains 12 hours later is it accurate to say I dropped them off at night in the rain?
If details don't matter I guess you could. If you can't even get the storm data correct why should anyone trust what you say?
I haven’t heard anything about this case so I am coming at it completely unbiased.
I don't know yet whether I believe she's guilty or not, but I absolutely think there's enough evidence for the jury to find reasonable doubt. I think her defence have been doing a great job. The police seem super sketchy to me.
I'm more interested in the alleged witness tampering and secondary cases coming out concerning the defense including the lawyer. I seriously don't know how they are going seat an untainted jury. I have a feeling there will be considerable amounts of motions for a mistrial. 💜💜💜
It will be very interesting to see what the evidence shows. But agree with the others that say the wounds do not look like I would expect based on the prosecutions version of events.
That said, I can understand going out looking for him at night, but did she go back to the house where she dropped him off and ask them if he was still there? If not that is quite sus…
I agree. Though her version is even worse as theirs even less to prove her version.
Karen didn’t immediately go back to the “afterparty” house bc she wasn’t sure how to get there. She did do the next best thing.
The previous night was the 1st time she had been to the Alberts house. It had started to snow. John didn’t know how to get there either so he looked the address up (had been texted to him rarlier) on Waze and just told Karen where to drive. They missed the correct turn & had to up and around to get back.
Early (430am-ish) when John hadn’t come home, Karen got anxious. She really didn’t know any of these folks and didn’t have any of their numbers. But she knew John’s niece had the number of one of the women who was at the afterparty, Jen McCabe. McCabe is sister-in-law to the homeowner Brian Albert. McCabe collected another friend & Karen. They detoured to John’s house at McCabe’s insistence to make sure he hadn’t returned, then drove to the party house where they found John dying or dead on the lawn.
Sorry for the extensive detail! But Karen did go back to the party house to look for him as soon as she could manage.
In addition to Legal Bytes, an *excellent* resource for catching up is Brandi Churchwell’s YT channel, the 13th Juror. Brandi’s research is top notch & she presents both sides arguments fairly. She’s also done some deep dives on key evidence, like McCabe’s google search of “hos long to die in cold” at 2:27am, 5 hours before John’s body was found.
I thought the dog bites looked suspicious then I googled images of dog bites. They look like his arm in 90% of the pictures.
@@ThomasJones-ij6hv interesting! Looking forward to seeing what comes up during the trial!
@@valhallaw that does make a lot of sense
I think the prosecution has a mountain of reasonable doubt to climb to prove their case. There's too much exculpatory evidence, the mountain is just too high to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Brian thought that John was making a move on his wife probably and then it got heated and he pieced John up and the dog also attacked him
The defense’s case sounds more plausible, but ‘reality is stranger than fiction’ sometimes too. Lol I feel like I need to see some experts on this 🤷♀️
Free, Karen Read💙💜💙💜
Framed
I never heard of this story until today and thank you for posting this because I searched long and hard just to get the story everyone is covering a trial but nobody is really telling the story of what happened My opinion if I was on the jury it would be reasonable doubt any one of those scenarios can be true. It could have been accidental by her or intentional by her It could have been someone in the house and a cover-up.
O'Keefe's injuries are more in line with a beating...and, lo and behold, the owner of the house, Brian Albert, is a boxer! What are the odds??? This is not just a cover-up; this is a frame-up. It's not as if the bad actors are merely shielding one of their own; they're trying to pin it on an innocent--albeit drunk--person.
Don’t be suspicious, don’t be don’t be suspicious 😅
It's certainly an interesting case.
Time will tell…