Impasse: S1-E8
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What happens in the final days of Karen Read's trial?
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Can't believe it's not a good...
John O'Keefe? No. And where does he live? Right at the present.
Okay, and the wife home, you said his girlfriend?
It's his girlfriend, yeah. They were out having drinks, and then she left and expected him to come home at some point, and he never did.
911, what's the emergency?
I need someone to come immediately to 34 Fairview Road, Canton, Mass. What's going on? There's a guy, unresponsive, in the snow. In the snow at 34? He passed out, yes, 34, the Albert resident, yes. I just pulled up and found him. Did he do it all? Yeah, you've got to get here, okay?
Okay, what's going on? Is he face down?
We just flipped him over.
Okay. And who's that in the background? Is that someone related to you?
Okay, that's his girlfriend. His name is John. Okay, how old is he?
46?
How long has he been outside? I don't know. I don't know. He got out of the car and... Is he breathing? A couple of hours. Is he carrying? I don't... I don't know if he's breathing. There are two women trying to do his body heat and they're hysterical.
Okay, can you just try to ask him? I know it's tough, but we already have the fire department going. I just got to know if he's breathing.
Is he breathing, you guys? No.
From Law and Crime, I'm Paula Borrows, and this is Karen.
Trooper Proctor's shocking two days on the witness stand catalyzed a renewed interest in the case of the Commonwealth versus Karen Reid. If folks hadn't yet heard of the mysterious death of John O'Keefe, by mid-June of 2024, their social media feeds were likely dominated by highlight reels of the trial's most bizarre moments and armchair takes on whodunit. So when the trial reached day 24, spectators hadn't lost their steam. In fact, their eyes were arguably the most peeled they'd ever been. Next in the queue was the prosecution's 58th witness, commander of the Norfolk County District Attorney State Police Detective Unit, Lieutenant Brian Tully. Tully wore a black suit and red tie on the stand as Adam Lally directly examined him regarding the decision to forego entering Nicole and Brian Albert's home.
What, if any, information did you have related to specific evidence of a crime in relation to interior of the residence of 34 Fairview Road?
I didn't have any. When thinking about residents and search warrants and evidence, I need to put the evidence inside the house. And so I don't believe that Mr. O'Keefe entered the home. So I had no nexus to the house.
And what, if any, evidence did you have that Mr. O'Keefe had ever entered the home of 34 Fairview Road on January 29th or on any other day?
I don't. On the contrary, I have evidence that he was outside, but I don't have anything putting him inside the residence.
But Lieutenant Tully's judgment that there wasn't sufficient evidence placing John O'Keefe inside the house differed from the opinions of Karen's defense. In cross-examination, Alan Jackson highlighted evidence that they felt strongly warranted searching inside the home.
In the initial moments of the beginning of the investigation, you were aware that John O'Keefe had been invited to a party inside a home.
Yes.
You knew that that home was located at 34 Fairview.
Yes.
You also knew that John O'Keefe arrived at 3430, correct?
We believe so, yes.
You also knew at the time that he had been, for want of a better phrase, partying with the individuals who were inside the home, correct? Expected to meet at the house.
They were at a bar previous to that, yes.
You're aware that a drinking glass was found in the yard, attendant to or close to, adjacent to where Mr. O'Keefe's body was found.
Yes.
That drinking glass had been broken, correct?
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Chapters
3 chaptersSpeakers
17 identified
Defense Attorney 22 min
Narrator 19 min
Expert Witness 6 min
Prosecution Attorney 5 min
Trial Spectator 5 min
Judge Beverly Canone 4 min
Lieutenant Tully 3 min
Trooper Paul 3 min
Journalist 3 min
Legal Analyst 1 min
Trooper Guarino 1 min
Expert Commentary 1 min
Witness
Family Supporter
John Smith
Announcer
Family Member