Retrial Begins for Karen Read in Death of Boston Police Officer Boyfriend

Jury selection is underway in the high-profile case after last year’s mistrial left jurors deadlocked over charges that Read ran over John O’Keefe.

Karen Read and her defense team and the prosecution file motions in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Nov. 13, 2024. Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger via AP

Jury selection began on April 1 in the retrial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of striking and killing her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022.

The retrial comes less than a year after a Norfolk County jury was unable to reach a verdict following a four-month trial that drew national attention and fierce public debate.