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Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP101 "Blood Alcohol Content"Pathologist from the hospital where John O'Keefe was pronounced dead took the stand. Dr. Garrey Faller, chief pathologist and laboratory medical director at Good Samaritan Hospital, oversaw the test results on the amount of alcohol in Karen Read's System. This was hours after her boyfriend was found unconscious. The defendant's blood was drawn at the hospital the night before she and O'Keefe spent the night at bars with friends.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP102 "Serum Test"The State was not finished breaking down the testing done on Karen Read when it came to how much alcohol was in her system. Police wanted to know if Karen Read was under the influence of alcohol when she was driving her SUV the night they say she hit John O'Keefe, her boyfriend. He ended up unconscious in the snow for hours. So, investigators used a type of testing to get an estimate of how much alcohol may have been in her system hours before an official blood test was done.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP103 "City Employees Testify"A city worker who was in charge of scheduling snow plowing in Canton, Massachusetts took the stand. Police wanted to examine the area where John O'Keefe was found unresponsive in a snowbank. Next on the stand was Louis Jutras, the manager of information systems for the town of Canton. Jutras discussed surveillance footage he provided to state police during the course of the investigation.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP104 "Evidence Search At The Scene"Jurors listened to more detailed testimony from a lieutenant in the Massachusetts State Police who was responsible for a unit that does evidence searches. His team was assigned to examine the snowbank area where John O'Keefe was found. The Defense conceded that the taillight on Karen Read's SUV was broken at some point. But her lawyers argued that it did not break because she hit O'Keefe. Instead, police planted red and clear plastic at the scene outside the Albert home to frame Read.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP105 "Crime Scene Photos"Jurors saw crime scene photos during the State's case against her. Massachusetts State Police claimed when they searched the snowy area where John O'Keefe was found, they came across damaged pieces of a car taillight and John's Nike sneaker. Later, the cross-examination began on Lieutenant Kevin O'Hara. He was assigned to scour the crime scene for evidence in the area where John O'Keefe was found all during blizzard conditions.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP106 "Questioning The Investigators"The Defense had more questions for the state police Lieutenant on the stand. The goal was to poke holes in the investigation into the death of John O'Keefe. According to Read's attorneys, investigators intentionally mishandled this case to frame her. Lieutenant Kevin O'Hara testified that he was unaware the crime scene was left unattended for hours before he began his search.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP36 "Dr. Henry Gwaltney"A court-appointed forensic psychologist was called back to the witness stand. This time it was for the prosecution team in their rebuttal case accusing Lorena Bobbitt of intentionally and maliciously wounding her husband, John, when she severed his penis and discarded it. It took three different forensic mental health specialists from one psychiatric hospital in Virginia who interviewed Lorena to evaluate her state of mind. They all found no evidence of temporary insanity.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP37 "The Court-Appointed Evaluation"Jurors heard a different mental health evaluation of Lorena Bobbitt. It came from a court-appointed forensic psychologist. Dr. Henry Gwaltney concluded after his hours-long evaluation that Lorena did not suffer from acute psychosis or temporary insanity. He also noted that she didn't remember a lot of what happened. Dr. Gwaltney confirmed that he interviewed the defendant for two intensive days.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP95 "Misunderstood Text Messages"The Defense grilled the man who she was flirting with in text messages. The jury was shown these texts between Karen Read and Brian Higgins weeks before John O'Keefe was killed. During cross examination, the Defense was trying to prove that Higgins was romantically interested in read and got in the middle of her relationship with her boyfriend. Higgins denied that claim but admitted he was attracted to the defendant.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP96 "Higgins Defends Himself"The jury listened to what Brian Higgins was doing in the hours before John O'Keefe died. Prosecutors contended that Karen Read was flirting with him in text messages in the days leading up to her boyfriend's death. But those texts suddenly stopped after he died. Brian Higgins admitted to jurors that he was a bit embarrassed by his texts to Karen read. He claimed John O'Keefe was his friend and that texting with her was not a good look.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP97 "More Grilling Under Cross-Examination"Everybody was in shock the day John O'Keefe died according to Brian Higgins, who was under cross examination. He said he remembered how upsetting that day was, which made his memory a bit fuzzy. Higgins recalled that Karen Read and her boyfriend never showed up to the house party after they told friends gathered at a local bar that they would. Read's defense was convinced that John O'Keefe was beaten up by men at the Albert family home and then dumped in the snow.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP98 "Getting Rid Of Cellphone And SIM Card"Karen Read's attorney accused a State witness of changing his statements to law enforcement. Brian Higgins was a friend of both the defendant and John O'Keefe. He was hanging out with them at a bar just hours before O'Keefe died. The Defense grilled Higgins for removing the SIM card from his cell phone and getting rid of it. They asked him what exactly did he do with his phone weeks after John O'Keefe was pronounced dead.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP99 "Brian Higgins Wraps Up His Testimony"An ATF special agent admitted that he got rid of cell phone records of the texts he made in the weeks and even hours leading up to the death of John O'Keefe. The long testimony of Brian Higgins wrapped up. He told the jury about his friendship with Karen Read and John O'Keefe, his access to the Canton Police Department, the flirty texts he exchanged with the defendant and how he got rid of the SIM card from his phone.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP11 "VT v. Durenleau: Last Call at Veronica's Tavern"In the peaceful village of Essex Junction, Vermont, Michael Durenleau's life is cut short with a knife through the heart in the darkness behind Veronica's Tavern after celebratory drinks with his wife Rebecca.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP12 "MI v. Vander Ark - Monsters In Plain Sight"In a case that shocked the nation, a mother and son stand trial for the unthinkable; Shanda Vander Ark, once a promising law clerk, now faces murder charges in the death of her own child.
Dentist Mastermind Murder Trial
S1, EP52 "Oral Doctor Or Gang Member?"Jurors listen to the lead prosecutor's closing arguments accusing him of murdering Dan Markel; The state argues that the defendant is betting that the police will believe an educated doctor over a gang member.