(3 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 3 June 2025
1. Karen Read and her attorneys Alan Jackson, Elizabeth Little, David Yannetti and Robert Alessi leaving the courthouse
2. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"Do you want to testify Karen?"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"I’m ambivalent and by ambivalent I could get on board with either one. I feel strongly either way."
4. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"How did Doctor Russell do?"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"Fantastic. She’s just honest and speaks from her experience."
6. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"How about the testimony today, what really stood out?"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"That the tail end was not completely smashed. I think the word the independent cop is a prosecutor himself called it was it was not completely smashed in or busted in at 3 p.m. as it went into state police (inaudible). That’s all that matters."
8. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"Does it matter that it looked the same earlier in the day (inaudible)"
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"Yes, it was – it was after 5:07. Earlier in the day, it was 8:23. Brendan’s last question was ‘did it look like the photo in the driveway at 823?’ Yes, it was broken already.
10. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"So when do you allege that your tail light tampered with?"
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"It’s on video. We all know when it was tempered with. (inaudible). Yes"
12. UPSOUND (English) reporter:
"How do you feel about the defense case so far?"
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Read, defendant:
"I feel – I feel strong."
14. Karen Read putting her bags in a car’s trunk and interacting with her supporters
STORYLINE:
A doctor testifying as a dog bite expert was cross-examined by prosecutors Tuesday in Karen Read ‘s second murder trial, as the defense argues she was framed for killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, and that wounds on his arms came from an animal.
Prosecutors challenged an assessment by Dr. Marie Russell, a retired emergency medicine physician, who said the wounds on O’Keefe’s arms were the result of a dog attack.
Asked by reporters about Russell’s testimony, Karen Read said it was "fantastic."
"She’s just honest and speaks from her experience," Read added as she was leaving the court.
Russell testified Monday she has treated hundreds of dog attacks and bites over nearly 30 years and became interested in the Read case after seeing a news report about questions over whether O’Keefe was attacked by a dog before he died.
The prosecution had earlier sought to block Russell from testifying, questioning her credibility. Although the judge allowed her to take the stand, the prosecution renewed their scrutiny and noted Russell never testified before as a dog bite expert and hasn’t taken a dog bite forensics course — however she said she was unsure any such certification or training existed.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan asked Russell on Tuesday if there was any universally accepted standard for identifying dog bites. Russell said there was not.
Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow outside another officer’s home when she dropped him off at a party in January 2022 after the two had been drinking. She’s charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene outside Boston.
A mistrial was declared last year and so far, Read’s second trial has followed similar contours to the first.
(AP Video: Rodrique Ngowi)
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