Karen Read murder trial livestream video: Monday, May 6

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The Karen Read murder trial enters its second week Monday, with more witnesses expected to take the stand. 

Last week, jurors heard from several first responders who were at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022, some of whom either tended to Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe or spoke to Read, O’Keefe’s “visibly distraught” girlfriend.

Read, 44, is accused of backing her SUV into O’Keefe while dropping him off at an afterparty following a night of drinking. Prosecutors allege she left her boyfriend of two years to die in the snow outside a fellow Boston police officer’s home following the collision. However, lawyers for the Mansfield woman say she was framed, that O’Keefe was actually beaten inside the home and possibly attacked by the family’s dog, and that witnesses and law enforcement engaged in a coverup.

Read has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter while driving under the influence, and leaving the scene of a collision causing injury and death.

Much of the testimony last week focused on her demeanor and alleged statements after O’Keefe was found cold and lifeless outside 34 Fairview Road.

Read was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton for a mental health evaluation after allegedly making suicidal statements, and Canton firefighters Jason Becker and Daniel Whitley both testified Friday that her mood appeared to fluctuate on the trip to the hospital. 

“She would have periods of calmness, and then other periods she would appear agitated because she didn’t want to go to the hospital,” Becker said. “But all in all, she was cooperative with us.”

Read’s lawyers also grilled Canton firefighter and paramedic Katie McLaughlin on her relationship with Caitlin Albert, whose family owned the home where O’Keefe’s body was found. McLaughlin testified that she and Albert are “acquaintances” who went to high school together, but defense attorney Alan Jackson tried unsuccessfully to show the jury multiple photos of the two women socializing among a group of people.

Jackson argued the photos showed McLaughlin’s alleged “bastardization of the truth” regarding the nature of her friendship with Albert and should therefore be admissible.