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

Jennifer McCabe

Witness to communications and the morning search

Witness to communications and the morning search

Inclusion in this index implies neither wrongdoing nor endorsement of an account.

  • 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

  • E08 / Disputed witness testimony

    Statements reported by first responders

    First responders attributed affirmative statements about hitting O'Keefe to Read.

    Around 6 a.m.; Witness recollection

  • 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

  • E24 / Witness testimony

    The early-morning calls to friends

    McCabe and Roberts described calls from Read before O'Keefe was found.

    Approximately 4:53-5:00 a.m.; Witness accounts and call records

  • E25 / Recorded communications and testimony

    Discovery, 911 call, and attempted aid

    The women found O'Keefe on the lawn, and the jury heard the ensuing emergency call.

    Around 6 a.m.; discovery and response; Witness estimates and reported emergency-call playback

  • E27 / Witness testimony

    Police contact with the Albert household

    Witnesses described conversations with household occupants rather than a forensic search of the home.

    Morning; Witness accounts

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