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In Dedham, Massachusetts, the second murder trial of Karen Read, a 45-year-old financial analyst accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, is underway, with opening statements captivating a courtroom and a divided community. The trial, which began with jury selection on April 1, 2025, follows a mistrial in July 2024 when a hung jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Read faces charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, stemming from O’Keefe’s death on January 29, 2022. She has pleaded. . .
