Karen Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe. Her first trial ended in a hung jury.

The prosecution is resting in the second trial of Karen Read after attorneys for the state of Massachusetts took a more streamlined approach to try to prove Read’s guilt in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

As Karen Read’s second murder trial approaches its sixth week, an accident reconstruction expert took the stand at the Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts. According to The Boston Globe, Judge Beverly Cannone told jurors last week that the trial remains ahead of schedule,

After seven days and 12 witnesses, it is clear Karen Read's second trial is very different from the first. "I think it's vastly different really," said WBZ Legal Analyst Katherine Loftus.

Karen Read, center, speaks with defense team during her trial, Friday, April 25, 2025, at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass. (Josh Reynolds /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Jury selection for Karen Read’s retrial ... of 16 jurors for the murder trial, including four alternates. So far, the jury box comprises five men and five women. Read, 45, is accused of backing ...

Jury selection began Tuesday for the second murder trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of running over her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, after a night of drinking. Read was ...

A high-profile retrial: Attorneys delivered opening statements in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The first ...