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Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP107 "Maureen Hartnett"Jurors learned of key evidence that investigators uncovered in their investigation into what happened to John O'Keefe. Besides the pieces of broken taillight, they say they found hair on the outside of the defendant's car. The state police seized her Lexus SUV just after John O'Keefe was found in the snow and rushed to the hospital.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP108 "Details Into The Broken Taillight"Prosecutors went into details about the alleged murder weapon in this case. It wasn't a knife or gun as you see in most Court TV Trials. But, this time an SUV. The State claimed Karen Read Killed John O'Keefe in a hit-and-run incident. Jurors saw photos of the sweatshirt and sneakers belonging to the victim, John O'Keefe. They also saw Pictures of debris that prosecutors said came from the defendant's black Lexus.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP109 "Crime Scene Analyst Explains"A forensic scientist on the stand had more to tell the jury about crime scene evidence. One part of that was the clothing John O'Keefe had been wearing. Maureen Hartnett examined it as thoroughly as the hair and dents found on the outside of the defendant's car. The cross-examination began on Hartnett. She was among the team who examined, collected, and processed crime scene evidence.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP110 "Explaining The Glass, Plastic, And Hair Found"Maureen Hartnett, the crime scene analyst working this case, got grilled by Karen Read's defense under cross-examination. Hartnett testified that she did not know when the pieces of glass or the hair got on the defendant's SUV. Her lawyers maintained throughout this trial that she was framed by someone who fatally beat John O'Keefe inside a home and that the homeowner's relationship with local and state police tainted this investigation.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP111 "Physical Matches On Key Evidence"Prosecutors brought in another analyst who did physical matches on crime scene evidence. It included the defendant's SUV as well as clothing belonging to her boyfriend, the victim-John O'Keefe. Jurors learned more about this key crime scene evidence that seemed to implicate Karen Read in the death of O'Keefe, her boyfriend. Prosecutors alleged that their relationship was in so much trouble that she resorted to killing him in a hit-and-run in a middle of a snowstorm.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP112 "Everything Is Documented"For prosecutors, the broken taillight pieces served as proof that Karen Read hit her boyfriend with her SUV and then drove off all while under the influence. State forensic scientist Ashley Vallier went into detail about how she collected and processed a damaged taillight. She testified on the stand: Everything is documented. Days after John O'Keefe died, police had her black Lexus SUV in their custody examining every inch.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP113 "Forensic Scientist Under Cross-Examination"The jury listened to detailed testimony about evidence recovered from the snowy crime scene were John O'Keefe was found. Prosecutors wanted to deliver enough clues for jurors to prove the allegation that the defendant used her SUV to kill her boyfriend. The cross-examination began on forensic scientist, Ashley Vallier, who examined key pieces of evidence in her crime lab. The Defense wanted to show the jury that the crime scene was manipulated hours before evidence was collected.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP114 "Trace Evidence"Trace evidence was key for the prosecution as it tried to link Karen Read to the murder of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe. So, the State brought in yet another forensic scientist. This portion of the trial was all about the physical evidence inspected by forensic analysts. What was retrieved from the snowy crime scene after O'Keefe died, was then brought back to the State's lab and examined.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP112 "Ranting From Another Courtroom"Darrell Brooks seemed to get more disruptive and argumentative with the judge as the trial got closer to the end; the prosecutors believed he was simply trying to delay things because a conviction was inevitable.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP109 "Careful Judge Plays by the Book"The judge tries to keep the trial moving despite the many interruptions from the defendant; the Honorable Jennifer Dorow describes for the record as to why Darrell Brooks was kicked out of the courtroom.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP110 "Handling The Defiant Defendant"Judge Dorow goes over all 76 charges on the verdict forms for Darrell Brooks, who was accused of intentionally killing six people and injuring more than 60 by driving into a crowd at a Christmas parade.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP111 "Judge Pushes Trial Forward"Darrell Brooks kept critiquing the judge in front of jurors; when he wouldn't stop, she excused the jury again and kicked him out; all eyes were on how the Honorable Jennifer Dorow handled this belligerent defendant who was representing himself.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP116 "State Delivers Closing Arguments"Darrell Brooks was allowed back into the courtroom after the judge read the lengthy instructions to the jury; he faced up to six consecutive life sentences plus an extra 859 years if he was convicted.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP114 "Deadly and Disruptive Intentions"Prosecutors tell jurors in their closing arguments that all Darrell Brooks had to do was stop, arguing that Brooks acted intentionally when he drove through the parade crowd, killing six people and injuring more than 60.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP28 "The Boyfriend Kept in the Dark"Skylar Richardson's former boyfriend, Brandon Saylor recalls to the jury that he had no idea she was pregnant with baby Annabelle even when he took her to the senior prom; Brandon claims he found out about the pregnancy with everyone else.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP26 "Revealing Text Messages"On the stand is an examiner who extracted information from the defendant's phone before, during and after Annabelle was born and subsquently died; prosecutors try to show the jurors that Skylar Richardson hid the pregnancy to cover her tracks.