Read is accused of striking John O’Keefe with her SUV in 2022 and leaving him to die alone in the snow outside of a house party in the town of Canton, a suburb about 20 miles south of Boston. She has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene.

Karen Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, and leaving him for dead in 2022. Defense attorneys say she was framed.