Karen Reed appeared visibly shaken, wide-eyed, moments after jurors heard emotional testimony from witnesses during the high-profile murder trial of her Boston police officer boyfriend. and turned his head back toward the defense team.
Reed, 44, entered her 12th day of trial Wednesday in Dedham Superior Court in Massachusetts on charges of second-degree murder for allegedly driving the wrong way into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, leaving him for dead. accused of a crime. .
Reed denied murdering O’Keefe and claimed she was a scapegoat in a conspiracy involving various branches of Massachusetts law enforcement.
Her defense argued that Ms. O’Keefe died in a fight at her friend Brian Albert’s home and that evidence was fabricated or tampered with to make her look guilty.
But it was after the court hearing that drew a sour reaction from the once smiling and cheerful murder suspect. testimony From Alison McCabe.
McCabe is the daughter of Jennifer McCabe, who was with Reed and another woman when they found O’Keefe’s body in the snow around 6 a.m. on January 29, 2022.
Reed’s lawyers argued that Jennifer McCabe played a key role in the alleged cover-up.
Alison McCabe tearfully defended Colin Albert in court. One of the men, Reed’s attorneys allege, was involved in the fight at Brian Albert’s home that led to O’Keefe’s death.
She told the court that she picked up Colin Albert for a ride home the night O’Keeffe died and that he was not at Brian Albert’s house during the alleged fight. Ta.
The university student broke down in tears on stage as Colin Albert explained that he has been subjected to relentless “harassment” from “bloggers and people online” over the accusations.
“Colin wasn’t home. He’s being harassed… He wasn’t home when John was. [O’Keefe] was there. I drove him home. People are harassing him saying he was at home when that’s not true. …I keep getting phone calls. Email. It’s a terrible message,” Ally McCabe said on the show. stand.
When the court adjourned after Alison McCabe’s testimony, Reed spoke with Console.
Ms. Reed then rolled her eyes, threw her head back, and muttered something aggressively at her attorney.
After a break, the court was shown text messages between Colin Albert and Alison McCabe between the night of January 28 and January 29, 2022, in which Albert asked her to pick him up. I asked.
At 11:45 p.m., he texted her. If it’s a little easier,” I replied. After a few minutes, she said, “Okay, I’m going to drive you home now.”
Colin Albert replied, “Words,” followed by “Catch me.”
At 12:10 a.m. on January 29, 2022, Alison McCabe sent a message saying, “Here,” and Colin Albert replied, “Okay.”
After receiving the text, Colin Albert took the stand and testified in court that he left Brian Albert’s house about 30 seconds after receiving the text message from Alison McCabe.
Colin Albert said he never saw O’Keeffe the night he died.
O’Keefe, 46, was found unconscious in a snowbank with a skull fracture, a swollen eye and hypothermia outside her home in suburban Canton, 14 miles south of Boston.
He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, where a subsequent autopsy determined he died of hypothermia and head trauma.
