Sue Simpson
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370 appearances
24 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 11 Jun
Sue Simpson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Exactly. Remember, the defense alleges that John O'Keefe was beaten up at this afterparty and dragged outside and left for dead in the snow. And on cross-examination, Alan Jackson pointed out several members of law enforcement were present at the after-party the night John O'Keefe died, and their DNA was not compared to the DNA on that broken taillight.
And in this clip, the defense is basically naming two of the people they claim beat up John O'Keefe, ATF agent Brian Higgins and former Boston police officer Brian Albert.
Yes, this was a man named Shannon Burgess. He's an expert in digital forensics in vehicles and cell phones at a company called Aperture. And he was on the stand for the better part of two days. His testimony was so technical, Andrea, at times it was just laced with strings of numbers. But basically, he took a look at the data found in what's called the infotainment module from Karen Reed's SUV.
And that data includes things like when the car turned on and turned off and when and how the car moved and what time those movements happened.
Burgess said when the data was initially downloaded, an SD card was missed. He got his hands on it, and he testified that he was able to get information from it that gave him a clear idea about the timeline of what actually happened that night. So Burgess testified that the car was turned on at 12.12.36 a.m. and turned off about 30 minutes later.
So that would cover the time that Karen and John left the bar and drove to the after-party, and then when Karen returned to John's house alone. Burgess also testified about a backup maneuver.
No, it changes things. I mean, it allows them to make the case. John O'Keefe was using an app on his iPhone that night, you know, Waze, which gives you directions to places. Burgess testified that Karen put her car into reverse between—now here come the numbers—1232-04— And 12-32-12, Burgess said that John O'Keefe last used his iPhone at 12-32-09 while Karen was still backing up.
And then O'Keefe never used his phone again. So the prosecution is using Burgess' testimony to establish a timeline to say that Karen Reid did hit John O'Keefe.
That's right. The defense was on the attack from the jump. Attorney Robert Alessi, he's a new member of Karen Reid's team, hammered Burgess' credibility, accusing him of misrepresentation for saying that he had a bachelor's of science degree when he doesn't.
This is a strategy, Andrea, that we've seen the defense use before. In the first trial, they went after the credentials of another accident reconstructionist who did not have a bachelor's degree either, and they took him apart. You know, he's clearly hoping that the jury will believe that neither the witness nor his work can be trusted because of this.
You know what amazed me about that? Honestly, Andrea, if it was me, I would have crumpled. But he really stayed calm.
Well, after Alessi finished his cross-examination, the prosecutor did push back on the idea that Burgess needed a degree to be an expert in the field.
Well, Andrea, the prosecution case is so streamlined this time around, the second trial, there are many fewer witnesses.
What we have seen is a very strong emphasis on technical, on science, on data, on things like the dwindling battery power in John O'Keefe's cell phone the night he died, showing what the prosecution says that, you know, he lay out on the lawn, he was slowly dying of his injuries and hypothermia.
And, of course, we have another accident reconstructionist to come in the prosecution's case, and he's expected to lay out exactly how prosecutors believe John O'Keefe was killed. And prosecutors hope that he'll wrap up the case for them.
Hi, Andrea. It's a pleasure.
I am a winner. Yay, okay.
Yuri Buchanik is a sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police.
Buchanek and Proctor worked together to develop the theory of how John O'Keefe was killed. Now, Michael Proctor was fired earlier this year due to misconduct, in part because of demeaning and derogatory text messages he sent about Karen to his friends and even to his supervisors during the investigation. Buchanek was on one of those group text chains, and he even liked one of the messages.
The prosecution is trying to make Sergeant Buchanek the face of the investigation and minimize Proctor's role because of those demeaning text messages he sent. Andrea, you probably remember how damaging Proctor's testimony was in the first trial, so they're trying to avoid a repeat of that. And they're trying to avoid mentioning Michael Proctor's name as much as possible.
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