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By all accounts, Richard Carno had no enemies; so when he was found dead in his car with a bag taped over his head, investigators wondered who could have done it; a trail of evidence would point to those closest to him: his wife and brother-in-law.
When Kathryn Hauser was found brutally murdered in her Albuquerque home, friends and family immediately thought it was her estranged husband; but the DNA points elsewhere.
John Harper terrorized his neighbors on Dictionary Hill; he hurled curses, threw stones and drove cars off the road; when local police failed to stop him, one resident took matters, and a pistol, into his own hands.
Aissa Wayne, daughter of John Wayne, was in the middle of a messy divorce and bitter custody battle when she and her new boyfriend were assaulted by a pair of gunmen.
Defense attorney Alan Jackson alleged that police manipulated video involving Karen Read's car. He was trying to raise doubts about law enforcement's handling of key evidence in this case. Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik admitted to jurors that the video was, in fact, inverted. But during redirect examination, he tried to clear things up dismissing the allegation that the video was intentionally manipulated and altered. Next to the stand was Trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator on the case.
The lead investigator in the murder investigation of a 16-year Boston police officer took the stand. Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor told jurors how he initially got involved and took over this case. Jurors learned how Massachusetts State Police began its investigation into John O'Keefe's death. Just hours after he was killed, police interviewed Karen Read at her parents' home and seized her cell phone and car.
Michael Proctor was a key witness in this trial for both sides. For the State, he was in charge of the entire murder investigation. But according to the Defense, he was part of a massive cover-up which led to Karen Read on trial for murder. After getting initial statements from the defendant and the victim's friends, Trooper Proctor recalled that he and his team used search warrants to seize surveillance video and Karen Read's SUV.
Prosecutors brought up the family members of State Trooper Michael Proctor. Why? Because the Defense had tried to raise doubts on how sensitive information about John O'Keefe's death had been shared among family members, friends, and neighbors involved in this investigation. This case focused on more than just the physical evidence in the death of John O'Keefe. At issue was how police handled that evidence as well as the very conduct of the investigators was key.