Overview
- A Massachusetts jury on June 18 cleared Read of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene but found her guilty of operating under the influence, resulting in a one-year probation sentence.
- Jurors told NBC and ABC that gaps in evidence and conflicting witness accounts made it impossible to prove Read’s SUV struck O’Keefe.
- Lead investigator Michael Proctor was dismissed in March after text messages emerged mocking Read and revealing potential bias in the State Police inquiry.
- Read’s defense presented an alternative theory that O’Keefe was fatally attacked inside a Canton home and possibly mauled by a German Shepherd, challenging the prosecution’s collision narrative.
- O’Keefe’s family condemned the acquittals as a miscarriage of justice, have filed wrongful death suits and some jurors hope the case will be reopened to find who actually killed the officer.