GOOD MORNING DOUG. GOOD MORNING ANTOINETTE. AND AS YOU POINT OUT, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE NEITHER OF JOHN O’KEEFE’S PARENTS TESTIFIED DURING KAREN READ FIRST TRIAL LAST YEAR. PEGGY O’KEEFE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL AS SHE TOOK THE WITNESS STAND YESTERDAY AND TOLD THE JURY ABOUT THE MORNING THAT HER SON DIED. PROSECUTORS PROJECTED A PHOTO OF THE BOSTON POLICE OFFICER IN THE COURTROOM. AS PEGGY O’KEEFE WAS TALKING ABOUT. JANUARY 29TH, 2022. SHE DESCRIBED SEEING HER SON’S BODY AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CROSSING PATHS WITH KAREN READ. AS I’M WALKING DOWN, I HEAR KAREN READ YELL, PEG, IS HE DEAD? IS HE DEAD, PEG. PEG. IS HE DEAD? AND I JUST KEPT WALKING. AND THEN I ASKED, I DON’T KNOW WHO IT WAS, A NURSE OR A A WORKER AT THE HOSPITAL. AND I SAID, WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE? AND SHE SAID, OH, SHE’S BEING PSYCH EVALUATED. SO THEN THEY BROUGHT US DOWN TO THE ROOM WHERE MY SON WAS. HE WAS BRUISED UP. HIS EYES WERE CLOSED. I WAS JUST NOT A GOOD SCENE. AGAIN, VERY EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY THERE YESTERDAY. JOHN O’KEEFE’S FRIEND KERRY ROBERTS, TESTIFIED THAT SHE GOT A CALL FROM READ SAYING, QUOTE, HE’S DEAD BEFORE JOHN O’KEEFE WAS EVEN FOUND. ROBERTS THEN WENT TO THE SCENE WITH THE DEFENDANT. NOW, IN PREVIOUS TESTIMONY, ROBERTS CLAIMED THAT SHE HAD HEARD READ ASK SOMEONE THAT MORNING TO GOOGLE HYPOTHERMIA, BUT UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION YESTERDAY, ROBERTS NOW SAYS THAT’S WRONG AND THAT SHE MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION. TESTIMONY CONTINUES LATER THIS MORNING. REPORTING LIVE AT NORFOLK SUPERI

A paramedic who took Karen Read to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after her boyfriend was found in the snow outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home in 2022, will return to the stand Thursday as her retrial in his death enters its third day. On Wednesday, John O’Keefe’s mother, Peggy, gave emotional testimony about the morning her son died.Prosecutors projected a photo of the Boston police officer in the courtroom as Peggy O’Keefe talked about Jan. 29, 2022. She described seeing her son’s body at the hospital. She also talked about crossing paths with Read.”As I’m walking down, I hear Karen Read yell, ‘Peg, is he dead? Is he dead, Peg? Peg, is he dead?’ And I just kept walking and I asked, ‘What is she doing here?’ and she says, ‘Oh, she’s being psych evaluated.’ So then they brought us down to the room where my son was. He’s bruised up, his eyes were closed. It was just not a good scene,” Peggy O’Keefe said.Neither of John O’Keefe’s parents testified last year during Read’s first trial.John O’Keefe’s friend, Kerry Roberts, testified she got a call from Read saying “he’s dead” before he was found. Roberts then went to the scene with the defendant. In previous testimony, Roberts claimed she’d heard Read ask someone that morning to Google hypothermia. But under cross-examination, Roberts now says that’s wrong, and she misunderstood the question.Testimony continues Thursday morning. Read, 45, of Mansfield, a former adjunct professor at Bentley University, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her Lexus SUV outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Read’s attorneys again plan to pursue a third-party culprit defense strategy, arguing that someone else was responsible for killing O’Keefe and that Read is the victim of a law enforcement cover-up.Video: John O’Keefe’s mother testifies in second day of Read murder trialWhat to know about the case:Karen Read, 45, of Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Read’s defense team argues that someone else was responsible for killing O’Keefe.The defense centered on allegations of a cover-up involving members of several law enforcement agencies. They say O’Keefe was beaten inside the home, bitten by a dog and then left outside.Testimony in Read’s first trial began on April 29, 2024, following opening statements. It ended on July 1, when jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared.Read’s team vowed to keep fighting, and her defense has waged a considerable battle across multiple courts, attempting to get charges dropped or have the case thrown out entirely. Meanwhile, a federal investigation into the case concluded without any charges being filed against police.Ultimately, jury selection for Read’s retrial began on April 1 and continued through April 15. Eighteen jurors were selected, and 12 of them will deliberate on the verdicts. Alternates will be selected and separated from the deliberating jurors before deliberations begin. Video below: Prosecution’s opening statementVideo below: Defense’s opening statement

A paramedic who took Karen Read to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after her boyfriend was found in the snow outside a Canton, Massachusetts, home in 2022, will return to the stand Thursday as her retrial in his death enters its third day.

On Wednesday, John O’Keefe’s mother, Peggy, gave emotional testimony about the morning her son died.

Prosecutors projected a photo of the Boston police officer in the courtroom as Peggy O’Keefe talked about Jan. 29, 2022. She described seeing her son’s body at the hospital. She also talked about crossing paths with Read.

“As I’m walking down, I hear Karen Read yell, ‘Peg, is he dead? Is he dead, Peg? Peg, is he dead?’ And I just kept walking and I asked, ‘What is she doing here?’ and she says, ‘Oh, she’s being psych evaluated.’ So then they brought us down to the room where my son was. He’s bruised up, his eyes were closed. It was just not a good scene,” Peggy O’Keefe said.

Neither of John O’Keefe’s parents testified last year during Read’s first trial.

John O’Keefe’s friend, Kerry Roberts, testified she got a call from Read saying “he’s dead” before he was found. Roberts then went to the scene with the defendant.

In previous testimony, Roberts claimed she’d heard Read ask someone that morning to Google hypothermia. But under cross-examination, Roberts now says that’s wrong, and she misunderstood the question.

Testimony continues Thursday morning.

Read, 45, of Mansfield, a former adjunct professor at Bentley University, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.

The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her Lexus SUV outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Read’s attorneys again plan to pursue a third-party culprit defense strategy, arguing that someone else was responsible for killing O’Keefe and that Read is the victim of a law enforcement cover-up.

Video: John O’Keefe’s mother testifies in second day of Read murder trial

What to know about the case:

Karen Read, 45, of Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking.

Read’s defense team argues that someone else was responsible for killing O’Keefe.

The defense centered on allegations of a cover-up involving members of several law enforcement agencies. They say O’Keefe was beaten inside the home, bitten by a dog and then left outside.

Testimony in Read’s first trial began on April 29, 2024, following opening statements. It ended on July 1, when jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared.

Read’s team vowed to keep fighting, and her defense has waged a considerable battle across multiple courts, attempting to get charges dropped or have the case thrown out entirely. Meanwhile, a federal investigation into the case concluded without any charges being filed against police.

Ultimately, jury selection for Read’s retrial began on April 1 and continued through April 15. Eighteen jurors were selected, and 12 of them will deliberate on the verdicts. Alternates will be selected and separated from the deliberating jurors before deliberations begin.

Video below: Prosecution’s opening statement

Video below: Defense’s opening statement