Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
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What is the overview of this week's true crime cases?
Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Andrea Canning. It's April 24th, and here's what's on our docket. There is a verdict in the Arizona murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, a.k.a. Mommy Doomsday. Did her high-risk gamble to represent herself backfire?
Lori Vallow had no reaction. She stood up, walked out of the courtroom, and that was that.
Other stories we've got our eyes on this week, a bombshell filing in Scott Peterson's case. His defense team says they have evidence that proves his innocence and testimony begins at the retrial of disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
The big difference is Weinstein is facing a new charge, an additional charge of first-degree criminal sexual act against a new accuser.
Plus, we'll be talking to juror number 11, or Sarah Reed, as she's known in her daily life. She'll tell us about her experience as a juror on the Jasmine Pace murder trial and her hit podcast, Sequestered.
What are the key details in Karen Reid's retrial for murder?
All of the questions and emotions and details, you just carry them around in silence. It's almost like an emotional pressure cooker.
But before all that, we're heading to Dedham, Massachusetts, where Karen Reid's retrial has finally begun. On Tuesday morning, more than nine months after her last trial ended with a hung jury, Karen Reid's case made its way back to court for opening statements.
For the Honorable Beverly Canone, the Justice of the Superior Court, this court is in session. Please be seated.
Karen Reid is accused of the murder of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe. Prosecutors say Reid hit him with her SUV outside a party hosted by another Boston officer and left him to die in the snow. The charges Reid is facing in her second trial may sound familiar. They're the same as last time. Second-degree homicide, manslaughter while under the influence, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death. Reid has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and her defense has argued she's being framed for O'Keefe's death. Now, with a new prosecutor, new witnesses, and months of media coverage, all eyes are on this second trial. Dateline producer Sue Simpson is back to take us inside opening statements. Sue, thank you so much for joining us again. Thank you, Andrea. It's great to be back. And I will tell you, it's great to get this trial underway. Yeah. So up first, we had the prosecution's opening statement.
Good morning, Your Honor. Hank, run in for the Commonwealth.
Hank Brennan was hired by the Norfolk County DA's office as a special prosecutor to try the case. He is well-known in Massachusetts because he represented notorious Boston crime boss James Whitey Bulger during his 2013 trial. You probably remember that, Andrea.
Oh, yes. Yeah.
He was very calm, almost soft-spoken, but he's also crisp. He goes through things very matter-of-factly, very straightforwardly.
Who are the main legal players in Karen Reid's trial and what are their arguments?
He really started to get detailed. with his opening statement for the jury.
At 6.04 a.m. on January 29, 2022, the alarm bell sounded in the Canton Fire Department. Firefighter, paramedic Timothy Nuttall knew what that meant. His heart skipped a beat. He raced to his equipment and he picked up his bag, which was meticulous.
He approached his opening remarks as if he were telling a story to the jury. You know, the time, the morning, the alarm bell. We're living in a certain POV, a perspective of a firefighter, paramedic Timothy Nuttall, one of the first responders who came to the scene.
And he looked up. I misread and he said, what happened? And you'll hear her words to a firefighter, not all. She said, I hit him. I hit him. I hit him.
He is important because he heard Karen say, I hit him, meaning I hit John. And the prosecution says, Karen confessed at the scene by saying these words, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the overview of this week's true crime cases?
0:22–1:20
2
What are the key details in Karen Reid's retrial for murder?
1:20–3:17
3
Who are the main legal players in Karen Reid's trial and what are their arguments?
3:17–4:25
4
What evidence and testimonies were presented in Karen Reid's retrial opening statements?
4:25–8:34
5
What are the defense's claims and strategy in Karen Reid's retrial?
8:34–11:50
6
What was the verdict in Lori Vallow Daybell's Arizona murder trial?
11:50–12:43
7
How did Lori Vallow Daybell represent herself and what were the closing arguments?
12:43–16:33
8
What reactions followed the Lori Vallow Daybell verdict and what is the case background?
16:33–30:14