COMMONWEALTH v. KAREN READ INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE / RESEARCH EDITION
COURT OUTCOME 18 JUN 2025

Acquitted of the death-related charges. Convicted of operating under the influence.

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THE READ RECORD / SOURCE-LINKED RESEARCH

The electronic timeline

Device records, clock alignment, and reported communications.

Device records, clock alignment, and reported communications.

Keep the recorded artifact, the proposed clock alignment, and the interpretation separate. These entries do not produce an automatic collision timeline.

  • E22 / Witness testimony

    Directions and arrival at Fairview

    McCabe described giving O'Keefe directions and expecting him to join the gathering.

    Trip to Fairview; phone arrival around 12:24 a.m. (Whiffin); Witness account; exact interval not verified here

  • E04 / Witness testimony

    McCabe's arrival messages

    McCabe described sending arrival and parking messages while seeing a dark SUV outside the house.

    After midnight; arrival and parking; Witness testimony; exact message times not verified here

  • E01 / Expert interpretation

    The recorded reverse maneuver

    Welcher described reverse travel at about 23 mph when the recorded interval ended.

    Around 12:32 a.m.; Disputed expert clock alignment

  • E02 / Expert interpretation

    O'Keefe's final overnight Apple Health activity

    Whiffin placed the last recorded overnight Apple Health activity at approximately 12:32 a.m.

    Around 12:32 a.m.; Device data interpreted by expert

  • E03 / Expert interpretation

    The phone battery-temperature record

    Whiffin described the battery cooling from about 72 F at 12:37 a.m. to 37 F at 6:14 a.m.

    12:37 a.m. to 6:14 a.m.; Device-sensor timestamps

  • E05 / Recorded communications

    Read's phone reconnects to home Wi-Fi

    Trial reporting places a connection to O'Keefe's home Wi-Fi at approximately 12:36 a.m.

    Around 12:36 a.m.; Network time described in trial reporting

  • E06 / Recorded communications

    Overnight calls, texts, and voicemails

    Jurors heard voicemails and were shown messages sent after O'Keefe stopped responding.

    12:33 a.m. onward; Phone records

  • E17 / Disputed expert interpretation

    The disputed Safari search timestamp

    Experts disagreed over the meaning of a 2:27 a.m. artifact associated with a later cold-survival search.

    Testimony date; Artifact time is disputed

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