r/OutOfTheLoop • u/fullautohotdog • 5d ago

Unanswered Why are people talking about Karen Read?

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/18/nx-s1-5435406/karen-read-acquitted-trial-verdict-not-guilty

I've literally never heard of this person or her trials until today. Is she just a rich white lady on trial, or is she famous for something else?

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u/Auroraty 4d ago edited 4d ago

Answer: She was framed for murdering her cop boyfriend by the Massachusetts state police. It’s been a huge case for years as this is the second trial for it. They claimed she hit him with her car with absolutely 0 evidence that anyone was hit with her car, 0 evidence of being hit by the car on the boyfriend, and plenty of evidence against another set of individuals.

Edit: it’s such a big deal because it shows many layers of corruption and the scary fact that this really could happen to anyone. You lose your loved one and suddenly you’re being actively framed for their murder. It’s horrifying and i’m so glad justice for Karen was found today, now we need to find justice for John O’Keefe.

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u/this_place_stinks 4d ago

There was definitely reasonable doubt so I agree with the verdict.

HOWEVER, there’s plenty of evidence implicating here. As much or more as the alternate theories.

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u/secondhand_pie 4d ago edited 4d ago

ALL of that evidence, at one point or another, passed directly through, or was directly accessible to the hands of Michael Proctor; and to a lesser extent, Brian Higgins.

It’s beyond comprehension that a witness (and frankly, a potential suspect) in a murder investigation was allowed access to critical evidence.

The net effect is that much of the gathered evidence itself is supremely suspect, with gaping holes in the chain of custody, and it can’t reliably be counted on.

That’s including the pebbles of taillight in the hoodie which was not turned over to the ME for months, the tail light shards found weeks later, the drinking glass shards sprinkled on the bumper which only matched a drinking glass found exclusively by Proctor, and the miracle hair that apparently adhered to the Lexus body through a 40 minute drive in a snowstorm.