Key Witness Jen McCabe Resumes Testimony in Karen Read Retrial

Jennifer McCabe, a key witness in the Karen Read retrial for the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe, resumed her testimony, providing critical details about the events surrounding O’Keefe’s death. McCabe recounted that she received a frantic call from Read the morning O’Keefe’s body was found, during which Read allegedly screamed and questioned whether she could have hit O’Keefe with her car. McCabe testified that although she saw Read’s SUV outside the house the night before, neither Read nor O’Keefe entered the residence, contradicting some accounts. The trial also featured testimony from a digital forensics expert who analyzed phone data, with McCabe’s controversial Google search about dying in the cold remaining a focal point for both prosecution and defense. Judge Beverly Cannone allowed defense crash reconstruction experts to testify, though she expressed frustration over deleted messages between a witness and Read’s lawyers. Read’s defense continues to argue she is being framed, while prosecutors maintain she struck O’Keefe while intoxicated and left him in the snow.