MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #3

[arielilane]

@SueNBCBoston

Jurors are about to enter the courtroom. We expect Juliana Nagel back on the stand this AM for cross.
She is the friend of Brian Albert Jr, who was at Fairview for about 8 hours on 1/28-29, and interacted with everyone in the house.


9:21 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[Knitty]

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[arielilane]

@JHall7news

Good morning from Norfolk Superior Court - second degree murder defendant Karen Read has arrived for her defense team. It’s day 12 of testimony. Julie Nagel will be back on the stand.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790726072029311382

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790487286741709080

 

[arielilane]

ADA Lally is back questioning Juliana Nagel. He is asking about the lighting outside of Fairview.Asking about the “black object/blob” she says she on the lawn near the flagpole.If you thought it was an actual body, what would you have done?-called 911

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790735243508334676

Yannetti is up.Seizes the moment.So if you thought it was a body, you would have called 911. When you woke up the next morning, you said you put “2 and 2” together, but did you call 911, the police, or the business line?-no

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790735760343048445

 

[nodamselindistress]

Thus far, I do not find JN credible. She was at 34 Fairview drinking for 8 hours. Her brother's testimony differs from hers. Never before mentioned what she "saw" was 5-6 ft long.

She looks to me like someone seeking their 15 minutes. JMHO.

 

[arielilane]

@TedDanielnews

DY: The first time you mentioned to anybody that the object was 5 to 6 feet long was to this jury 2.5 years after you saw it.

JN: Yes


9:28 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

Next witness: Teri Kun, forensic scientist from the University of California at Davis.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790736867039514718

 

[arielilane]

@SueNBCBoston

Kun is explaining DNA.Most jurors are taking notes.The others are paying attention.


9:35 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@TedDanielnews

Julie Nagel is excused. ADA Lally calls Teri Kun, a veterinary scientist at UC Davis. Forensic evidence was sent to the lab to look for dog DNA


9:32 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JHall7news

Kun says she has tested thousands of samples. The lab has done a lot of work for police agencies. The lab has a national accreditation. She says DNA is the "blueprint of your life."


9:33 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

KAREN READ​

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[arielilane]

@SueNBCBoston

Kun is explaining in detail about how samples are collected, safely stored, managed, and manipulated.
She has not mentioned using red Solo cups or a Stop & Shop paper grocery bag.


9:39 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JHall7news

Kun discusses how DNA samples are preserved. This testimony could be about Chloe the dog as Kun's bio describes her UC Davis lab as a veterinary genetics facility.


9:39 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@SueNBCBoston

Kun is reviewing photos of samples she received. Authenticating them, noting the labels on the samples, which she calls “evidence”.


9:41 AM · May 15, 2024

 

[jepop]

Thus far, I do not find JN credible. She was at 34 Fairview drinking for 8 hours. Her brother's testimony differs from hers. Never before mentioned what she "saw" was 5-6 ft long.

She looks to me like someone seeking their 15 minutes. JMHO.

RBBM: or possibly a groomed prosecution witness.jmo

 

[arielilane]

@JHall7news




Kun testifies the lab received two swabs from a dog for testing.

 

[themonk]

The defense's sole stance is that Karen Read never hit the victim. Pre-trial they offered up three possible perps. Brian Higgins, Brian Albert, and Colin Albert. They do not have to prove any of them killed him, only that it's possible, more possible than Read killing him with her car. But the judge isn't allowing a full third party defense, which is why the defense cannot directly reference the FBI or the FBI's investigation. "During the hearing in which Mr. Lally was not present..." is as far as they can go.

"But the judge isn't allowing a full third party defense"

I cannot understand this. One could suggest the fix is in.

 

[arielilane]

ADA Lally putting pictures on screen.
Kun is derailing the chain of evidence procedure.
Jurors see a paper package with red tape marked “evidence”.


She is checking reports, detailing who sent the sample.
Confirming she has worked on prior cases with the contact at State Police lab.
Jurors see pictures of swabs.
Labels indicate it is canine, and it was swabbed from a shirt.


Lally asks permission for Kun to refer to her written report.
Judge grants it.
Kun confirms samples arrived sealed.
Kun is explained what the request was: Identify species DNA, compare.
Kun says they did not find canine DNA.


https://twitter.com/SueNBCBoston/status/1790741209876496402

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790741532628127992

 

[arielilane]

@BienickWCVB

"We did not see any canine DNA," Kun says. So she then tested for other species.


9:50 AM · May 15, 2024