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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Mansfield text and messages about being with the children

A text describing being in Mansfield can be compared with voicemails describing being with the children.

ATTRIBUTED PARAPHRASE

January 29, 2022, 1:04 a.m.

Text presented in the first trial

The text said Read was back in Mansfield and the children were home alone.

ATTRIBUTED PARAPHRASE

January 29, 2022, 12:59 and 1:10 a.m.

Voicemails presented in the retrial

The voicemails described Read as being with O'Keefe's niece and nephew.

Documented difference

The communications describe different circumstances within a short period. They are displayed as paraphrases, not reconstructed transcripts.

Limits and disputed context

The messages do not establish why she sent them, what she remembered, or a continuous record of her location.

S16: Guarino presents text messages in the first trial

Messages sent after midnight, including 1:04 a.m.

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S05: O'Hara: SERT search; Guarino: calls and voicemails

3:45 p.m. update: Kevin O'Hara; search call, arrival, first recovery, scene security, and suspension of search.

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