Read Karen trial: Jurors begin deliberations
Karen Reed’s fate was left up to jurors Tuesday who must decide whether she ended a rocky romance by hitting her boyfriend with her SUV in a rage and fatally injuring him in the snow, or whether she was the victim of police corruption, designed to cover up the fight. at the home of his fellow Boston officer.
Proponents and critics of Karen Reid, The trial for the murder of her one-time Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe clashed outside a Massachusetts courthouse on Friday where jurors failed to reach a verdict in the case.
“Read Free Karen!” Supporters shouted as protesters held signs reading “Rot in Jail” and “Guilty”.
“You look at the evidence, the fact that the laws of physics dictate that he was not touched by the car,” a supporter of Reid, 44, told Fox News Digital on Friday.
“You have both state (medical examiners) saying the injuries were not caused by a car accident, and then you have two forensic pathologists who are for the defense saying the same thing. The fact that this was brought up at trial is ridiculous. “
FILE – Karen Reed supporters wave goodbye as Reed’s car leaves at the end of the third full day of jury deliberations in her murder trial. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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One of her critics, holding a sign that read “Karen Reed Killed a Man,” told Fox News Digital, “I think there’s never a smoking gun in the criminal justice system. There shouldn’t be. It’s the totality of the evidence. Which either convicts someone or not. Prove or convict, and the entirety of the evidence points to Karen Reed and no one else, from the victim’s GPS data, to the taillight near the scene, to her DNA results. Everything points to Karen.”
Reid’s critics claim that some of his supporters have harassed O’Keeffe’s family.
“Every day, these witnesses are getting death threats. It’s an abomination to John’s memory,” Julie Guinto told reporters outside the courthouse.
His supporters are accusing the police of “corruption”.
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“This is unbelievable. The poor woman has has been formulated“Michael Ward told reporters. “Not only has this been proven, but what has been proven is that he is innocent.”
Reed is accused of driving O’Keefe, 46, with his SUV in a rage in January 2022 while drunk and leaving her to die in the snow.
Jurors in the two-month trial – six men and six women – are expected to return on the fifth day of deliberations. Dedham Courtroom The case has gained national attention after failing to reach a verdict Monday outside Boston.
Reed’s defense team has argued that she was set up by O’Keefe’s colleagues who killed her and dumped her body.
Many of Reid’s supporters have shown up each day of her trial, but Friday was the first day that those who believe she is guilty were confronted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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