Police-interview testimony and Read's later interview differ in the explanation given for the light.
January 29, 2022; recounted at trial
Bukhenik's account of the Dighton interview
Bukhenik attributed uncertainty about how the taillight was damaged to Read.
September 2024 ABC interview
Read's account of the morning search
Read described telling McCabe and Roberts that she had cracked the light and had just hit her car.
Documented difference
One account attributes uncertainty about the cause; the later interview describes a contact connected with the morning search.
Limits and disputed context
This comparison concerns what was said. Whether driveway contact could cause the upper-light damage is a separate expert dispute, not resolved by an interview.
S06: Bukhenik: Dighton interview, vehicle custody, and bar footage
May 8, 2025, 1:30 p.m. update: opening Dighton observations and vehicle-custody discussion.
Open publisher sourceS14: Read's account in an ABC News interview
Interview account: morning search and cracked taillight
Open publisher source