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(NewsNation) — The retrial of Karen Read continues Thursday, with more witnesses expected to take the stand on the trial’s third day.
Read is accused of striking her police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in 2022. Last year, her first trial ended in a hung jury, and a mistrial was declared.
The Massachusetts woman has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene in the death of John O’Keefe.
Prosecutors have so far relied on witnesses from the scene. The jury, which took 10 days to select, has heard testimony from police officers and firefighters, as well as friends and family of O’Keefe.
Read’s defense attorneys have pushed the narrative that several other officers are behind O’Keefe’s death and have colluded with other officers to cover up his death.