Watch Live: Expectations high in Karen Read retrial as jurors may be near verdict

Tension is high in Dedham as Karen Read murder retrial jurors continue deliberating after sending two notes Tuesday hinting they may be nearing a decision.

You can watch the trial proceedings live in the player below. Court is due to start today at 9 a.m..

“If we find not guilty on two charges but can’t agree on one charge, is it a hung jury on all three charges or just one charge?” the jury asked in the late afternoon.

Taken alongside an earlier note asking, in part, “Does guilty on a sub-charge mean guilty on the overall charge?” the question suggests jurors are weighing a lesser-included offense.

Read, who has often talked to the media during the trial, was tight-lipped when court took its lunch break following the jury’s first question. Her attorneys are barred by a gag order from talking.

But her father, Bill Read, spoke briefly:

“I just want my daughter home. And free,” he told reporters.

Read is charged with killing Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend, by striking him with her car on Jan. 29, 2022.

The 45-year-old former financial analyst and college lecturer from Mansfield is indicted on three charges: second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.

The manslaughter charge also comes with subordinate, or “lesser included,” charges jurors can consider if they determine her actions do not make her guilty of the primary offense: involuntary manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and operating under the influence of liquor, or OUI.

Jurors began deliberating after closing arguments Friday afternoon and had been at it for more than 15 hours before they were released for the day Tuesday. The jury’s work is informed by 31 days of testimony spanning more than seven weeks.

This is a developing story.

Originally Published: June 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM EDT