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Jurors saw the physical evidence collected by investigators. It included the clothing and sneakers John O'Keefe was wearing the night before he was found in a pile of snow. Next, the jury heard about the first formal interview the state police did with the defendant just hours after O'Keefe died. According to the sergeant on the stand, investigators drove to Karen Read's family home to ask her specific questions about the hours leading up to John's death.
Jurors saw the physical evidence collected by investigators. It included the clothing and sneakers John O'Keefe was wearing the night before he was found in a pile of snow. Next, the jury heard about the first formal interview the state police did with the defendant just hours after O'Keefe died. According to the sergeant on the stand, investigators drove to Karen Read's family home to ask her specific questions about the hours leading up to John's death.
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S1, EP125 "Lead Investigators Clear Things Up"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.
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S1, EP125 "Lead Investigators Clear Things Up"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.
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S1, EP124 "Inverted, Altered And Manipulated Video"For a third day in a row a state police sergeant was testifying for the prosecution team. Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik was among the main investigators who looked into the death of veteran Boston police officer, John O'Keefe. Karen Read's Defense went into detail about surveillance footage that captured her car being impounded by police. Bukhenik confirmed that he was with Trooper Michael Proctor, lead investigator on the case, when police impounded the defendant's car for more testing.
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S1, EP123 "Scrutinizing Police Conduct"Karen Read's attorney grilled the state police sergeant who worked the investigation into the death of John O'Keefe. Her defense was nitpicking at what officers did and did not do, as her lawyers tried to raise reasonable doubt in the case against her. Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik explained when and how his team impounded the defendant's SUV. Prosecutors alleged this was the murder weapon that killed John O'Keefe.
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