DEDHAM − Prosecutors say Karen Read was drunk and angry when she purposely hit her Boston police officer boyfriend, 46-year-old Braintree native John O'Keefe, with her SUV outside a Canton home in January 2022.
But defense attorneys for Read say she was framed for O'Keefe's death.
The two sides are scheduled to make their closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Read, who was charged with second-degree murder after O'Keefe's body was found in the driveway outside the Canton home of a fellow Boston police officer on Jan. 29, 2022.
The case has drawn national attention as her defense claims it was a cover-up by law enforcement and that others involved framed Read for O'Keefe's death.
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