A witness-attributed early account and Read's public description identify different last locations.
January 29, 2022; recounted at trial
McCabe's testimony about an early call
McCabe attributed an initial Waterfall drop-off account and uncertainty about Fairview to Read.
August 2023 interview reporting
Read's Nightline account
Read described driving O'Keefe to Fairview and watching him approach a side entrance.
Documented difference
The accounts identify different initial recollections. The first account reaches the reader through a witness; the second is a reported public interview.
Limits and disputed context
This is not proof of deliberate lying, recovered memory, or a particular level of intoxication. Full original context remains relevant.
S19: Whiffin phone-data cross-examination and McCabe testimony
April 29, 2025: 1 p.m. Whiffin cross-examination and redirect; 2:20 p.m. location-accuracy discussion.
Open publisher sourceS15: Read's Nightline interview: arrival and morning statements
Arrival at the house and statements after discovery
Open publisher source