Mansfield’s Karen Read is on her second trial for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, on Jan. 29, 2022. Here’s an index to all of the Herald’s coverage.

It is the second time Read is on trial. She was tried a year ago on the same charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death, but that ended in mistrial on July 1, 2024.

Get up to speed with our guides to what to know and who to know in this trial. Read coverage of the last trial at its own daily coverage index.

The new trial began on April 22 following three weeks of jury selection, which began April 1.

Follow complete daily coverage in the index below.

Witnesses are listed only in order of first appearance. If they are recalled later that is not noted unless continued testimony is the only testimony. The daily notes also make note of other events, like questioning of witnesses outside of the jury’s presence or the jury’s trip to 34 Fairview Road.

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Daily testimony notes
Commonwealth’s witness list
Defense witness list

Daily testimony

Called on Day 1, April 22:

1. Timothy Nuttall, Canton Fire Department paramedic
2. Kerry Roberts, Canton, Mass.

Called on Day 2, April 23:

3. Peggy O’Keefe, Canton, Mass.
4. Trooper Nicholas Guarino, Massachusetts State Police
5. Daniel Whitley, Canton Fire Department paramedic

Called on Day 3, April 24:

6. Jean DeMulis, general manager, C.F. McCarthy’s
7. Brigid Meehan, owner and manager, Waterfall Bar & Grille
8. Michael Camerano, Canton, Mass.

Called on Day 4, April 25:

Event: Viewing of 34 Fairview Road and Read’s Lexus LX570 SUV
9. Dr. Garrey Faller, former chief pathologist at Good Samaritan Medical Center
10. Jason Becker, Canton Fire paramedic

Called on Day 5, April 28:

11. Ian Whiffin, digital forensics analyst, Cellebrite
Event: ARCCA witnesses questioned out of jury’s presence

Called on Day 6, April 29:

12. Jennifer McCabe, Canton, Mass.

Called on Day 7, April 30:

McCabe continuing testimony

Called on Day 8, May 2:

13. Hannah Knowles, MSP crime lab

Called on Day 9, May 5:

14. Ryan Nagel, Canton, Mass.
15. Heather Maxon, Plainville, Mass.
16. Sara Levinson, Canton, Mass.
17. Katie McLaughlin, Canton Fire paramedic
18. Lt. Paul Gallagher, Canton Police Department, ret.

Called on Day 10, May 6:

19. Robert Gilman, meteorologist
20. Lt. Charles Rae, Canton PD
21. Lt. Kevin O’Hara, Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) commander, MSP

Called on Day 11, May 7:

22. Trooper Connor Keefe, MSP
23. Jessica Hyde, digital forensics expert

Called on Day 12, May 8:

24. Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik, MSP

Called on Day 13, May 9:

Bukhenik continuing testimony, full reading of Read and Brian Higgins text messages

Called on Day 14, May 12:

Bukhenik continuing testimony

Unexpected break day, May 13

Called on Day 15, May 14:

25. John O’Keefe’s niece. Minor witnesses are not to be named per court order.
26. Sgt. Zachary Clark, MSP
27. Sgt. Even Brent, MSP
28. Maureen Hartnett, MSP crime lab

Called on Day 16, May 15:

29. Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, forensic pathologist, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Massachusetts

Called on Day 17, May 16:

30. Andre Porto, MSP crime lab
31. Ash Vallier, MSP crime lab

Called on Day 18, May 19:

32. Nick Bradford, DNA analyst at BODE Technology, Virginia
33. Karl Miyasako, DNA analyst at BODE Technology, Virginia
34. Shanon Burgess, digital forensics examiner, Aperture, Dallas office

Called on Day 19, May 20:

35. Christina Hanley, MSP crime lab

Called on Day 20, May 21:

36. Dr. Aizik Wolf, neurosurgeon, director of the Miami Neuroscience Center at Larkin Community Hospital, Miami

This list will update as the trial continues.

Prosecution’s witness list

This is the Commonwealth’s updated witness list filed on March 19. It includes Read’s attorneys at the end with an accompanying note preserved here.

CIVILIAN WITNESSES

1. Albert, Brian

2. Albert, Brian Jr.

3. Albert, Caitlin

4. Albert, Chris

5. Albert, Colin

6. Albert, Julie

7. Albert, Nicole

8. Bernstein, Steven (Keeper of Record)

9. Boudreau, Kaitlin

10. Camerano, Michael

11. Camerano, Katie

12. D’Antuono, Richard

13. DeMulis, Jean (Keeper of Record)

14. Higgins, Brian

15. Jutras, Louis

16. Juvenile K.F.

17. Juvenile P.F.

18. Kearney, Aidan

19. Levinson, Sara

20. Maxon, Heather

21. McCabe, Jennifer

22. McCabe, Matthew

23. Meehan, Brigid (Keeper of Record)

24. Nagel, Julie

25. Nagel, Ryan

26. O’Keefe, Erin

27. O’Keefe, Margaret

28. O’Keefe, Paul

29. Read, Nathan

30. Read, William

31. Roberts, Curt

32. Roberts, Kerry

33. Scanlon, Steven

34. Sullivan, Laura

35. Sullivan, Marietta

36. Trayers, Rebecca

37. Trotta, Michael

38. Voss, Gretchen

39. Wiweke-Bershneider, Natalie

CANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

40. Becker, Jason

41. Flematti, Anthony

42. Kelly, Matthew

43. McLaughlin, Katie

44. Nuttall, Timothy

45. Walsh, Francis

46. Whitley, Daniel

47. Woodbury, Gregory

LAW ENFORCEMENT WITNESSES

Canton Police Department

48. DiGiampietro, Paul – Sergeant (Ret.)

49. Gallagher, Paul — Lieutenant (Ret.)

50. Goode, Sean — Sergeant

51. Lank, Michael — Lieutenant

52. Mullaney, Stephen

53. Rafferty, Helena — Chief

54. Ray, Charles — Lieutenant

55. Saraf, Steven

56. Wanless, Brian (Ret.)

Needham Police Department

57. Gallerani, Brian – Sergeant

Massachusetts State Police

58. Brent, Evan

59. Bukhenik, Yuriy — Sergeant

60. Clark, Zachary — Sergeant

61. Guarino, Nicholas

62. O’Hara, Kevin

63. Paul, Joseph

64. Proctor, Michael

65. Tully, Brian — Lieutenant

FORENSIC LABORATORY WITNESSES

BODE

66. Bradford, Nicholas

67. Chart, Tess

U.C. Davis – Veterinary Genetic Laboratory

68. Kun, Teri

Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory

69. Hanley, Christina

70. Hartnett, Maureen

71. Hryzan, Sophie

72. Knowles, Hannah

73. Porto, Andre

74. Vaillier, Ashley

EXPERT WITNESSES

75. Burgess, Shanon, Aperture, LLC

76. Crawford, Coleen, Norfolk District Attorney’s Office

77. Crosby, James W, MS. Ph.D, Canine Aggression Consulting, LLC.

78. Gilman, Robert, New England Weather Science

79. Hyde, Jessica, Hexordia LLC.

80. Faller, Garrey, MD., Good Samaritan Hospital

81. Klane, Andrew, Aperture, LLC.

82. Merolli, Mike, Aperture, LLC.

83. Rice, Justin, M.D., South Shore Hospital

84. Scordi-Bello, Irini, M.D., Office of Chief Medical Examiner

85. Stonebridge, Renee, M.D, Office of Chief Medical Examiner

86. Welcher, Judson, Ph.D, Aperture LLC.

87. Whiffin, Ian, Cellebrite

88. Wolf, Aizik L., M.D., Miami Neuroscience Center

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT*

89. Jackson, Alan

90. Little, Elizabeth

91. Yannetti, David

*The Commonwealth notices that it may be necessary to call defense counsels to authenticate the defendant’s numerous public statements.

Defense’s list

This the defense’s list filed on March 18. It notes that “Ms. Read also reserves the right to call any of the witnesses included on the Commonwealth’s witness list or any witnesses necessary for rebuttal.”

1. Brian Albert

2. Caitlin Albert

3. Christopher Albert

4. Colin Albert

5. Julie Albert

6. Kevin Albert

7. Nicole Albert

8. Michael Wagner

9. Sheryl Waugh

10. Paul Mackowski

11. Leslie Bernstein

12. Rebecca Baizen

13. Officer Nicholas Barros

14. Trooper Evan Brent

15. Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik

16. Laurie Cahill

17. Trooper Zachary Clark

18. Christopher Curran

19. Kerri Curran

20. Nicholas Curran

21. Richard D’Antuono

22. Officer Kelly Dever

23. Stephanie Devlin

24. Trooper David Dicicco

25. Patrick Haggerty

26, Maureen Hartnett

27. Brian Albert, Jr.

28. Brian Higgins

29. Louis Jutrus

30. Trooper Connor Keefe

31. Matthew Kelly

32. Karina Kolokithas

33. Nicholas Kolokithas

34. Teri Kun

35. Sergeant Michael Lank

36. Brian Loughran

37. Heather Maxon

38. Allison McCabe

39. Jennifer McCabe

40. Matthew McCabe

41. Lance Mello

42. Ryan Nagel

43. Steve Nelson

44. Andre Porto

45. Hollie Price

46. Trooper Kathleen Prince

47. Elizabeth Proctor

48. Trooper. Michael Proctor

49. Kerry Roberts

50. Wendell Robery

51. Steven Ridge

52. Heriberto Hernandez

53. Marc Lopilato

54. Alfredo Lopilato

55. Angela Malvone

56. Lt. Brian Tully

57. Courtney Proctor

58. Tristan Morris

59. Jean DeMulis

60. Mary Souza

61. Ashley Bell

62. Mike Rushworth

63. Matthew Amory

64. Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey

65. Thomas Beatty

66. Erin Beatty

67. Meghan Mariani

68. Thomas Martin

69. John O’Keefe, Sr.

70. Lt. John Fanning

71. Matthew Kelsch

72. Thomas Keleher

73. Annie Cheung

74. Helena Rafferty

75. Irini Scordi-Bello

76. Trooper Jeffrey Kostkowski

77. Trooper Joseph Paul

78. Sgt. Paul J DiGiampietro

79. Sgt. Paul Gallagher

80. Chris Van Ee, PhD.

81. Richard Green

82. Daniel Wolfe, Ph.D.

83. Andrew Rentschler, PhD.

84. Maggie Gaffney

85. Derek Ellington

86. Michael Easter

87. Matthew Erickson

88. Matthew DiSogra, MS, PE

89. Elizabeth Laposata, MD, FCAP, FASCP

90. Dr. Marie Russell, MD, CCHP-P

91. Garrett Wing