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"I hit him. I hit him. I hit him."
A deep dive 🧵into one of the leading pieces of evidence against
#KarenRead
.
I'm a paralegal and I treated this trial like one of my cases. The first thing I looked at is the claim Karen Read said she hit John O'Keefe.
Here is what I found:
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Full disclosure: I do not think
#KarenRead
is guilty. I don't know if I buy the defense theory 100% either. My take is more that we'll never know what happened that night because the police failed one of their own so miserably.
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A KATIE MCLAUGHLIN 🧵
Canton Firefighter Katie McLaughlin is one of many controversial figures in the
#KarenRead
case. She is one of four people who claims to have heard Read say “I hit him, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him” the morning John O’Keefe was found on the lawn of 34
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In light of recent events, I’m going to fix this tweet, cited in the latest Bederow letters:
This bald dude is Brian Tully. If you’re a resident of Norfolk County, you can rest easy, your rights are safe for the time being, as he was perp-walked out Friday and demoted and
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Yesterday, I was just a girl who waded into X for the first time to share a compilation of direct quotes on a single issue from the
#KarenReadTrial
. Today, I’m a “simp” who is terrorizing the O’Keefes. Is this how it works?
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There were 13 people who interacted with Karen the morning of 1/29/22. Four said they heard her say "I hit him." A review of the testimony & reports shows these four may have some issues that could compromise their credibility.
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1st is Firefighter Timothy Nuttall. He told Proctor on 2/8/22 that he heard this phrase. The problem is that he is as certain Karen said "I hit him" as he is that John was wearing a big puffy coat. As we know, there was no big puffy coat.
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2nd is Firefighter Anthony Flematti. The first documented place he reported this phrase was on the stand at trial. He didn't put it in his report. He didn't notify the police. He didn't tell the ER staff. That info would be important to treating doctors, no? And to cops on scene.
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3rd is Firefighter Katie McLaughlin. She says a cop heard Karen say it and said "Get Goode down here." Problem is no cop on scene heard it, no one got Goode down there and Goode didn't put it in a report or say it at trial. There's also the Albert connection and possible perjury.
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4th is Jen McCabe. Despite her claims on the stand that she told Proctor and Lank on 1/29/22, it's not documented in their reports. At the state grand jury in April 2022, she phrased it as "Did I hit him?" 12 times and never uttered "I hit him." (Jen con't...)
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In April 2023, the public learned of the "hos long to die in the cold" Google search and there was outrage in the community and she was targeted. Two months later, at the fed grand jury, is the first documented time McCabe attributed "I hit him" to Karen.
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So what did the other 9 people on scene hear?
Saraf: Is he dead? And later, it's all my fault.
Goode: Is he dead?
Mullaney: Is that my boyfriend? Is he dead?
Kelly: He's dead, he's fucking dead.
Walsh: Is he alive?
Woodbury: Is he dead?
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So what do we think here? Are the four people who heard "I hit him" credible? Why didn't the other nine people hear it? Or, even if Karen did say it, does the rest of the evidence make it true? How much weight do we give this aspect of the CW's case?
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Whitley: Could he be alive?
Becker: Could he be dead? Could I have hit him?
Roberts: Are they working on him? Is he alive? If anything happens to John, I'll kill myself.
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Canton PD officers Lank and Gallagher didn't interact with Karen that morning, but were called back to 34 Fairview by McCabe. Their report states that Jen told them Karen said "I hope I didn't hit him."
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We need to talk about Canton Police Lt. Paul Gallagher and his role in the investigation into the death of John O’Keefe…
Gallagher was the highest-ranking Canton cop at 34 Fairview the morning of January 29th, 2022. He was in charge of securing the scene and tasking the other
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McCabe was interviewed by Proctor on 1/29/22 and his report states: "Oh my God. I hope I didn't hit him." Another trooper named Prince interviewed McCabe on 2/1/22. Her report states: Karen was asking if she hit John.
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EMBEDDED TAILLIGHT 🧵
During the
#KarenReadTrial
, Prosecutor Adam Lally told the jury that John O’Keefe had microscopic pieces of taillight embedded in his clothes. On its face, it’s a damning statement. So I wanted to take a closer look…
I went through all the testimony
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A question for my fellow
#KarenReadTrial
watchers...
Remember the explosive March 12th pretrial hearing when Alan Jackson disclosed some of the evidence turned over to the parties from the federal investigation?
The biggest bombshell was, of course, the revelation that the US
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@Kara81051426116
Thank you. Something else I should have added - if all these people heard her saying this, why was she allowed to leave the scene?
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Do you have more concerns about McLaughlin's credibility after taking apart her statement? The nugget about an officer responding to Read with "you what?" seems to have been buried in the friend vs. acquaintance drama. Perhaps it will play a bigger role in a potential retrial.
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@Sammeemcb
I caused them pain by quoting from the Commonwealth’s trial witnesses, court docs and police reports? Ok.
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So let’s look at Goode’s version of events.
Goode was on dispatch duty that morning and took the 911 call from McCabe. He decided he would respond to the scene himself and called someone in to cover dispatch. He did not say he was summoned to the scene by Saraf in any way.
He
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Working on another deep dive 🧵into the evidence in the
#KarenRead
trial but I need someone to help me make sense of something...
Maureen Harnett with the MSP crime lab did an analysis of John O'Keefe's shirts in May 2023, per her testimony and photos displayed at trial. She
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The day prior to scheduling McLaughlin’s interview, (the day O’Keefe was found) Kevin Albert had several communications with other key players in this case. Is it just checking in on friends and family or is it sharing info about the investigation?
9:40 am – Brian Albert calls
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@DoctorTurtleboy
I hope every other defense attorney with a client in front of O’Malley is gonna be asking for emails from Morrissey related to their case to see if any rulings or orders resulted from a bullying private email from the DA. The corruption abounds.
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Let’s see how Saraf described that morning.
On direct, he described Read as visibly upset and hysterical. He heard her saying “Is he dead? Is he dead?” He put her in the back of a cruiser to get warm.
On the stand, he had the following exchange with Alan Jackson:
Jackson: At
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@doctor_vix
I’m working on breaking down the forensics now. And I have a list of topics I want to look at, like the key cycles, the weirdness of the McAlberts (butt dials, destroyed phones) and the failures of the “investigation” (which will be a LONG one 😂)
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Another issue with McLaughlin’s statement is the Kevin Albert factor. Kevin Albert is the brother of the homeowner of 34 Fairview, Brian Albert, and the main reason the Canton PD was conflicted off this case.
Despite that, Kevin Albert assisted disgraced, soon-to-be former
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McLaughlin testified on direct that she was instructed to get information from Read about who the patient was, if he was on any medication, etc. She also asked this:
“So at that point, I asked her if, uh, there had been any significant trauma that happened before this.”
Lally
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@Truecrimewine
I never said they were lying. I was citing to issues in their testimony that could cause a juror to have questions.
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@countrygrllife
Sure! It helped to put the faces of the people to the testimony because there were so many and they testified so long ago.
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@DoctorTurtleboy
And DiCicco and Kotkowski, along with Tully, are the only three troopers in that unit that had access to the permanent evidence room, where the shirts and SERT taillight pieces went SIX days after they were collected.
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@DoctorTurtleboy
Appreciate that. All day yesterday I was called a low life and threatened with lawsuits … for posting actual testimony. 😂Bless their hearts.
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First, I’ll start with the end, which is the forensic testing. It’s pretty straightforward. Science is science. The clothes and pieces of taillight were delivered to the crime lab by Proctor on March 14, 2022, and they tested what they were given.
I do want to note that no
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Dear
#PaulOkeefe
,
John is not lost to me. The epic failure of this “investigation” - from Solo cups to Trooper Pirouette - and how every CW police entity let your brother down is why most of us are so outraged. He deserved better, no matter who you think “did it.”
#KarenRead
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So without any evidence logs to show exactly what was happening with the clothes and taillight, it seems we are left having to take the word of these troopers, Proctor in particular, they handled this properly and did nothing nefarious. Does their character and apparent failure
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@TheEricBland
Morgan’s story was so powerful. And hearing from the parents about what this was like - wow! I can feel the rage Connor’s dad must have felt. And Gloria’s family represented her beautifully. I loved that all the boat crash kids knew her and spoke so well of her.
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@BrandiNChurch
@Lillyin_London
Also, Kerry Roberts testified that when KR was in the car with her after finding JO, John’s mom called on speaker and was blaming Karen for leaving John at the party. (JO’s dad told his wife to leave KR alone.) I’m guessing it was a tense situation back at the house afterwards.
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@3point5H
If the police had done right by one of their own - instead of the shitshow that was Paul, Proctor and the Solo cup brigade - we may have more answers and not be here name-calling.
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The real focus will be on what happened before the items got to the lab… The wet clothes were collected by Proctor and Bukhenik from the floor of the hospital on January 29, 2022 and put in one bag in Bukhenik’s truck. They drove to Dighton and back to Canton after seizing the
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What happens next with the clothes and taillight pieces is not so clear. Proctor claims DiCicco booked the clothes into evidence the next day, but they – and the taillight pieces – were not formally logged until February 4, 2022. Bukhenik thinks they were laying out to dry for
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@DoctorTurtleboy
Seeing her interview last night made me feel like we’re not crazy people for being so upset about what’s going on in Karen’s case - because it’s not supposed to be like this. And on a day when they file a motion to say they’re not even interested in what the jury may have done…
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@MegMed0402
Someone literally said I called the EMTs liars and wished “karma” on me should I ever have a medical crisis. Bless their hearts.
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The other overlooked part of Gallagher’s testimony is related to the red Solo cups. Where did they come from? Did he happen to have a pack of those in his trunk too?
In the words of Proctor: Nope. Gallagher got the cups from Deputy Police Chief Tom Keleher who happened to live
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@Amanda77448
The shoddy investigation! And the fact it was for a fellow officer makes it so much worse. I don’t think I can trust any evidence because of how substandard it was, but then you add in the Proctor factor? Nothing is credible. It’s all a pathetic joke…. Leaf blowers. Solo cups.
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@TheEricBland
As a paralegal here in SC, I was super impressed with her. She was meticulous in her work and it really hurt my heart (and made me mad) to hear her say she loved doing disbursement bc she wanted to see clients get the money they deserved. And here Alex was pocketing it…gross.
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Yesterday before the Alec Baldwin trial went off the rails, I heard a piece of testimony that piqued my interest as it relates to
#KarenRead
. The Santa Fe sheriff’s office Standard Operating Procedure is that evidence must be booked within 24 hours of collection.
My “Embedded
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@chikfromthebrix
Not at all. I just summarized their testimony and a jury gets to decide whether those issues could affect credibility. I think they were doing everything they could to try to save John’s life.
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@Goatboy991994
@HowieCarrShow
Why do I think his wife is more mad about being called dumpy than Proctor being called a crook?
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@Wheresdababy
Thank you! I’m trying to go through the CW’s “evidence” and see how it measures up. Next up will be the forensics (like, does John’s DNA on the taillight mean she hit him or that he touched the car).
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@OliviaLambo_
The ME also said the injuries were not at all typical of a pedestrian strike. Why didn’t that prompt law enforcement to figure out what happened then? Oh, wait… never mind.
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@DoctorTurtleboy
@AHenry39284302
Wait! That’s too many people/entities to all have the same story, keep a secret… (insert other excuse here)
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@Truecrimewine
@Irish77Miss
Maybe. But did Lally really only ask what Karen said on the phone and n the car but not the scene? If “I hit him” had been documented, wouldn’t he elicit the most damning statement to the grand jury?
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You can see in the photo the extent of how Canton PD documented their efforts that morning. But in Gallagher’s testimony, he talks about how the leaf blower removed the snow “layer by layer” and he “started out as gently as possible” and got “a little more aggressive,” managing
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@EffDisInfo
Interesting. Maybe ARCCA was allowed because it’s an outside independent agency and the cell phone expert wasn’t because they’re an actual Fed.
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@d5bwhwsrv2
If it really were that easy to get info like that in Mass, why wasn’t the Read team able to just FAX a subpoena over to AT&T or whoever to get everyone’s phone records? I can’t believe they wasted all that time fighting over Rule 17 motions when they could have just sent a fax,
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@KerriTrueCrime
If CPS took my kids away, I would either a) crawl in a hole of shame, misery and grief or b) turn it around and fight like hell to get them back. Publicly spewing hate about Karen Read and Aidan Kearney would be the last thing on my radar. I just don’t understand.
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@OliviaLambo_
Also with the way everyone described Karen - and as we heard ourselves - she was hysterical and screaming and not making sense, almost out of her mind. I find it hard to believe she could stop in the midst of that and compose herself enough to utter “Google hypothermia, how long
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@BrandiNChurch
It blows my mind you’re getting this level of vitriol and unhinged hatred. You are literally going through the testimony and reports and evidence and sharing timelines and spreadsheets. You’re not wearing pink or calling people who disagree names or raising money for the defense.
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A 🧵ABOUT THE HAIR
Another piece of evidence the Commonwealth cites as proof
#KarenRead
hit John O’Keefe with her car is a single strand of hair on the bumper. My first thought was “So?” O’Keefe was a regular passenger in that car, including the evening of January 29, 2022. The
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@TedDanielnews
And yet Lally's own witnesses say there's no evidence of any deletions from Ring, let alone from Karen Read.
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@axre91a
Totally agree that could have happened. So much shady stuff going on that night after Karen went home and in the days and months after. We’ll never know bc the police didn’t investigate and also did shady stuff.
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@OnTheRecordSC
No. I’m basing it on the CW medical examiner’s testimony, the biomechanical engineer and the accident reconstructionist that looked at the damage to the car.
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@DoctorTurtleboy
How fucking rich is it that Mello tried to get sanctions on Bradl for misidentifying a paralegal as an attorney for jail calls at the same time he’s outright lying to the court about the phones having never been touched?
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@OliviaLambo_
I relistened to Jen's 911 call that was recorded on John O'Keefe's voicemail. Karen is hysterical and screaming Kerry's name and Jen's name. You can hear Jen almost trying to calm her, saying "I know, I know, I'm on the phone with 911 right now." Then there's a confab inside the
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@KerriTrueCrime
@DoctorTurtleboy
@TurtleboyTweets
And Tully was in charge of collecting and securing the evidence from the SERT search. He noted three pieces of taillight were found. Then Tully gave the evidence bag to Proctor at the trooper “debrief” meeting back at Canton PD that night. Proctor took the taillight bag and the
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@DoctorTurtleboy
I dug into the ‘embedded” taillight after you posted about the jury foreman:
EMBEDDED TAILLIGHT 🧵
During the
#KarenReadTrial
, Prosecutor Adam Lally told the jury that John O’Keefe had microscopic pieces of taillight embedded in his clothes. On its face, it’s a damning statement. So I wanted to take a closer look…
I went through all the testimony
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A 🧵ABOUT THE DNA ON THE TAILLIGHT
Last week, I looked at the hair on the bumper of the Lexus in the
#KarenRead
trial. Now I’m looking at the DNA on the taillight, which was another piece of evidence used by the Commonwealth to try to show that Karen Read hit and killed John
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@Joe04j
I just noted if they heard it directly rather than from someone else. There were a couple that said that heard it from Katie.
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@DoctorTurtleboy
Isn’t it widely known and documented throughout the courts and general public that KP is a danger to children? And the police let her creep around and spy on your kids? Oh hell no. The MSP and Morrissey have fired up the mama bears with this one. This is how the police do
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@bce4au
I hope if there’s a retrial they can explore this more. I have a journalism degree so science and math aren’t my thing. But I’d love to know more about the force it would take to break the taillight into those tiny pieces.
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RUBBER DUCKIES vs. DEAD COPS 🧵
The Canton Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police have been involved in two recent major investigations related to
#KarenRead
. One is the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found dead on the lawn of another Boston
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@MamaLama43
1. Hysterical? Drunk? 2. Video from earlier shows small crack. Kerry saw crack. Dighton cop saw small crack. 3. Serious ?s about chain of custody for clothes. Not logged for 6 days? Bagged together? Dirty Proctor had control. 4. I heard version of data w/ 3 flights of stairs.
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@countrygrllife
I will keep my eye out for it. I’m working on one now breaking down the forensics. There’s so much to work with on this case.
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@MarcoPo33093848
That was just his friend. Jackson was talking about an FBI agent who reviewed McCabe’s phone as part of the federal investigation.
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@defense_diaries
The only thing I wish is that he told the jury they didn't have to believe his story (about JO going in the house) bc it's not his burden. They can believe he threw a glass and fell. Or Chloe attacked him. Many things. But they have to believe 100 % the CW version to convict.
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I feel like I finally made it in the Twitterverse… 😂
As a former editor, I do appreciate the proper use of “too” and “you’re.”
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@DoctorTurtleboy
Did I spy a "following formal introductions" in that report? Paragraph 11. Bless their hearts.
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WAS KAREN READ DRUNK (legally speaking)? A 🧵
Karen Read’s level of intoxication is a major issue in both the civil action brought by the O’Keefe family against Read, CF McCarthy’s and the Waterfall and the criminal case for the death of John O’Keefe.
In the civil complaint,
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@DoctorTurtleboy
Glad to see the acknowledgement in print that Proctor was the lead investigator and not the "case manager" bullshit the commonwealth tried to spin.
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Anyway, what does it mean that O’Keefe’s DNA is on the car? Does it prove that Karen Read hit him with the Lexus? Or does it just mean that O’Keefe touched the bumper at some point? Is there a way to know for sure that the DNA is from the taillight hitting O’Keefe in the arm,
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@GayleWysock
You would think these Ring cams might have captured what happened to John O’Keefe. Find it hard to believe no one on that street had one.
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The extract of the DNA sample from the taillight was then sent to Bode Laboratory. Nicholas Bradford did STR (short tandem repeats) testing on the samples. He also confirmed that there was a mixture of three contributors, at least one of whom was male, and that there is a match
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@VeritasFidelity
Yes. Which begs the question - how did the taillight get there? I have a few ideas.
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On February 1, 2022, Maureen Hartnett went to the Canton PD sally port to examine the Lexus. She found a single apparent hair, measuring 7/8 of an inch on the rear quarter panel. The Lexus had driven from 34 Fairview the night before at the start of a blizzard, around Canton
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@MamaLama43
What do you make of the CW’s own ME saying the injuries don’t look like a car strike and that being punched is as likely an option? Or the two PhDs who say it scientifically couldn’t happen from a car strike? I’m not being an ass. I’m legit asking. I’ll answer your ?s below…
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