Serialously with Annie Elise
275: Karen Read Trial Recap Week 4: Higgins Late-Night Trip, Cringe Texts, & Public Opinion is Changing
16 May 2025
A defense expert questioned how a key hair sample could survive a blizzard, casting doubt on the evidence. Officer Brian Higgins took to a late-night trip. Texts between Karen and Higgins revealed a flirty, emotional relationship, raising new questions about motive and timeline. With growing inconsistencies, public opinion appears to be shifting in Karen’s favor. We’re attending the trial in person and live streaming it daily on my YouTube channel 10 to LIFE, with full recaps every Friday. Make sure to subscribe and follow so you never miss an update. 🔎Join Our True Crime Club & Get Exclusive Content & Perks 🔎 Join The Club: https://www.patreon.com/annieelise 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to EXTRA deep dive episodes every week on Apple! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Follow Annie on Socials 📸 🩷Instagram: @ _annieelise 💜TikTok: @_annieelise 🗞️ Substack: @annieelise 💙Facebook: @10tolife Shop Annie’s Closet & Must-Haves! 👗 Poshmark: https://posh.mk/Tdbki6Ae0Rb ShopMY: https://shopmy.us/annieelise Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/10tolife?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_aipsfshop_BKN1ZMCMEZHACVFQ2R75&language=en_US Disclaimer ‣ Some links may be affiliate links, they do not cost you anything, but I make a small percentage from the sale. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. 🎙️ Follow the podcast for FREE on all podcast platforms! Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6HdheEH8WeMTHoe5da34qU All Other Platforms: https://audioboom.com/channels/5100770-serialously-with-annie-elise Get Involved or Recommend the Case 💬 About Annie: https://annieelise.com/ For Business Inquiries: [email protected] . *Sources used to collect this information include various public news sites, interviews, court documents, FB groups dedicated to the case, and various news channel segments. When quoting statements made by others, they are strictly alleged until confirmed otherwise. Please remember my videos are my independent opinion and to always do your own research. •••••••••••••••••• Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this video are personal and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the creator(s). These views are subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time and are not to be held in perpetuity. We make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, or validity of any information on this video and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify their own facts. Comments on this channel are the sole responsibility of their writers and as such the writers will take full responsibility, liability, and blame for any libel or litigation that results from something written in or as a direct result of something written in a comment. Please feel free to challenge or disagree in the comments section – but 10 to LIFE reserves the right to delete any comment for any reason– so please keep it polite and relevant.
Full Episode
Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all new episode of Serialistly. Hello, hello. Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly with me, Annie Elise. And today, I have got the Karen Reid Weekly Recap for you. As many times as I say it, it is always a mouthful. Now, this week has been very, very interesting because we have heard from a lot more witnesses.
We've heard a lot more testimony. And there was even a point in the trial where it sounded like Judge Beverly Canone whispered
asshole under her breath to one of the lawyers which I thought was very interesting but there have been a lot of very key moments that have happened this week and I made it clear on my last recap episode but I just kind of want to briefly touch on it again here really quick I'm very much I haven't moved in my positioning even after this week I still very much think
There's just too much reasonable doubt to convict whether or not Karen did it whether she's being framed and set up I don't know I'm that's not my place to judge that necessarily if I were on the jury I would just say that there is enough reasonable doubt that I cannot convict and so that's been my stance since the beginning and.
I think there are still so regardless how you look at it some questionable things questionable behavior ditching of the phones lying about butt dials weird timelines and why people are going to the police department in the middle of the night and then like lying about certain things like it's their own fault right for exuding shady behavior and putting reasonable doubt on this case so if they want her to get convicted like quit acting so shady right but anyway
The reason I bring that up is because as I've been live streaming the trial every single day for the last few weeks, I have a poll up every single day. And my poll allows the three buckets like I talked about last week. Do you think Karen Reid is guilty? Do you think that she is innocent or being framed? Or do you think that there is too much doubt to convict or no?
And I will say over the last few weeks, it has trended pretty much the same. The guilty bucket is always between 4% to 6%. And then the balance is usually split between innocent and framed or too much doubt to know and convict. However, today when I put that poll up, again, after this week's testimonies, the guilty percentage went down to 2%.
So are there certain things that happened this week that are now making those who thought that she was guilty question themselves and think, now there is a little bit of doubt. A lot of the testimony this week was from experts themselves, not necessarily friends or people like that. The medical examiner testified too, so... It is interesting.
It is interesting to see how steady these results from this poll were and now how much they're shifting. And even though it's only shifting a few percent, that is shifting a lot because if you take those numbers – and not that it, of course, is going to be indicative of what a jury is thinking, but it's the mass population. And if you take those numbers and then drill it down to the jury pool –
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