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Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP94 "Flirty Texts"Text messages dominated this portion of the trial. Karen Read had been sending flirtatious messages to the witness on the stand, Brian Higgins. This was in the weeks before her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, was killed. Next, the cross-examination began on Higgins. The Defense wanted to discredit his testimony in an attempt to show jurors that he had more to hide in his role in O'Keefe's death.
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.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP100 "The Emergency Room Physician"The doctor who pronounced John O'Keefe dead at the hospital testified. Emergency room physician, Dr. Justin Rice, told jurors how John O'Keefe lost his life in a blizzard. He claimed that O'Keefe did not have a pulse when he got to the ER and was completely unresponsive. When O'Keefe was rushed to a nearby hospital he was declared deceased. His cause of death was blunt force trauma and hypothermia.
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.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP103 "More Parade Witnesses Testify"Darrell Brooks' own witness testified that he pointed Brooks out at the scene of the deadly parade crash just before Brooks allegedly drove away and ditched the car.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP106 "Emotionally Injured"A parade spectator tells jurors that the SUV that slammed into the Christmas parade crowd, nearly hitting her own daughter; she is testifying for the defense.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP108 "Kicked Out of Courtroom Again"Darrell Brooks ranted on the record in another courtroom because he had been kicked out; more interruptions led to Darrell Brooks getting kicked out of the courtroom again.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP105 "Another Round of Sparring With the Judge"It's another round of sparring between the judge and Darrell Brooks in the deadly parade crash trial; this is right in the middle of his attempt to show he is not guilty of the charges that he intentionally killed six people.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP107 "Judge Ends Defense's Case in Chief"Darrell Brooks was removed from the courtroom during his own trial because of his ranting, interruptions and constant challenges to the judge's orders.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP24 "I Tried To Cremate My Baby"Five days is the duration between the two interviews Skylar Richardson gave to police in the weeks after her newborn, Annabelle, passed away; jurors watch the entire second interrogation conducted by the lead investigators on this case.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP23 "Confessional Police Interview"In the second interrogation, the lieutenant pushes the defendant to admit that baby Annabelle was alive for a moment after she was born; two police officers plead with Skylar Richardson to tell the truth as to what happened to her newborn.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP19 "Lieutenant Faces Cross-Examination"The last minutes of Skylar Richardson's second police interrogation is played out for the jury; she gave police two interviews two months after Annabelle, her newborn, allegedly died as a stillborn.