Karen Read Update: Details Emerge About Alleged Boyfriend Killer’s Retrial [Video]

Karen Read was back in court on Wednesday as her legal team and prosecutors asked the judge to delay her murder retrial.

Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend John O’Keefe, who worked as a Boston police officer for 16 years, with her car and leaving him to die in 2022. She is facing charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death.

Read’s first trial began on April 16. The judge declared a mistrial on July 1 after the jury stated it was deadlocked on the fifth day of deliberations.

The prosecution and defense filed a joint motion to change the start date of the retrial to April 1. It is currently scheduled to start on January 27.