Karen Read Acquitted of Murder by the Jury Foreman – Claims FBI Must Reopen the Case
The jury foreman is speaking out and urging the FBI to investigate the case and “get justice for John O’Keefe,” only days after Karen Read was found not guilty of the two most serious murder counts she was facing.
The foreman, who has not disclosed his identity, told The Boston Herald in a recent interview that he thinks the story still has “so many holes that need to be filled” and that detectives should keep the case open.
“Now that the FBI knows Karen Read is not a suspect, something happened, and multiple jurors feel that way,” the foreman told the Herald.
Due to the victim’s connections to local law enforcement, the foreman claims he is requesting the involvement of federal investigators since “no one local should be involved in the investigation.”
Regarding the original investigation, the foreman stated that “it was lazy police work” and that “we should start some type of investigation of what went on in that house.”
According to sources, Read, 45, was found not guilty last week of the murder of her 46-year-old partner, O’Keefe, on January 29, 2022, following a lengthy and well-publicized second murder trial.
On the night that he and other Boston police officers were out at the residence of then-Boston police officer Brian Albert in Canton, Massachusetts, O’Keefe was discovered unconscious in the snow outside of Albert’s home. O’Keefe died from hypothermia and blunt force injuries, according to an autopsy.
Read was charged with abandoning the scene after allegedly backing into O’Keefe with her SUV while intoxicated. Her defense lawyers claimed that O’Keefe had been struck by someone at the party with whom he had a long-standing argument, but she insisted she was innocent and that the police were covering her up her arrest in 2022.
Intense media coverage resulted from the case’s global headlines and polarizing local communities. After five days of impassed jury deliberations, the judge declared a mistrial in July 2024, ending the first trial.
Read’s second trial concluded last week after four days of hearings. Regarding the allegations of second-degree murder, manslaughter while intoxicated, and fleeing the scene of bodily harm, Read was found not guilty. But following the judgment, she was given a year of probation after being found guilty of the lesser crime of operating under the influence of alcohol or liquor (OUI).
After the reading of the final verdicts, several jury members have expressed their opinions about the case and demanded that it be reopened in order to determine the true cause of O’Keefe’s death.
“We just need to find justice for John,” the foreman told the Herald on Tuesday. “and get his mother some peace.”
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