Jurors in the Karen Read murder trial visit scene of Boston cop’s death — where prosecutors say he was hit by SUV

Jurors successful nan Karen Read execution lawsuit went connected a section travel Friday — to nan Massachusetts crime segment wherever she allegedly backed up into her bull fellow pinch her SUV and near him to dice successful nan snow.

The sheet of 18 jurors was brought by autobus to nan Canton location wherever Read allegedly dropped disconnected her Boston Police Officer fellow John O’Keefe earlier drunkenly backing into him pinch her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dormant arsenic a snowstorm was rolling in.

The assemblage was besides shown Read’s Lexus SUV, allegedly utilized to deed him, parked extracurricular nan 34 Fairview Road location — wherever O’Keefe’s bull buddy Brian Albert lived and wherever Read allegedly dropped him disconnected aft a nighttime of drinking connected Jan. 29, 2022.

Prosecutors asked jurors to salary attraction to nan beforehand gait — particularly adjacent nan occurrence hydrant and emblem rod — while nan defense told jurors to attraction connected nan region betwixt nan section and nan home’s beforehand doors, windows and driveway, according to Boston.com.

Read’s lawyers wanted jurors to sojourn nan crime segment — pinch Read’s Lexus parked — to measure for themselves whether O’Keefe’s injuries were accordant pinch having been deed by nan SUV.

The bull suffered aggregate skull fractures, 2 achromatic eyes and a trim to nan backmost of his head. He besides had scratches connected his arms. His origin of decease was ruled arsenic blunt effect injuries to nan caput and hypothermia.

The sojourn lasted astir 10 minutes earlier nan sheet members were brought backmost to nan courthouse to perceive grounds from a expert and a paramedic.

Dr. Garrey Faller took nan witnesser guidelines explaining he worked arsenic a pathologist and erstwhile laboratory aesculapian head astatine Good Samaritan Medical Center wherever Read’s humor intoxicant level was tested, according to a study by Boston.com.

He said her humor was drawn astatine 9 a.m., hours aft nan alleged crime, and it registered astatine 93 mg/dL — successful a trial that is “very very accurate.” The ineligible limit is .08% aliases 80mg/dL.

The past witnesser Friday was from firefighter and paramedic Jason Becker who testified Read told him wrong nan ambulance connected nan measurement to nan infirmary that she was upset complete her last speech pinch O’Keefe because they fought.

Read is connected proceedings for nan 2nd clip aft a assemblage past year was deadlocked, resulting successful a mistrial. Jurors successful nan first proceedings besides visited nan location wherever O’Keefe died.

She has maintained her innocence, claiming she is simply a scapegoat successful a rule enforcement cover-up and that O’Keefe was really killed aft getting into a conflict pinch his bull friends astatine Albert’s location that night.