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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.
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.
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S1, EP134 "Dehumanizing The Defendant"The long cross-examination was not over yet for the lead detective on the stand. Karen Read's defense asked more accusatory questions for Trooper Michael Proctor. He admitted to the jury that his unprofessional text messages dehumanized her. The texts were sent during the months-long investigation looking into the death of John O'Keefe, her boyfriend. Proctor told jurors that it was a figure of speech. My emotions got the best of me.
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S1, EP135 "Lead Detective Under Redirect"The lead detective on the stand answered questions under redirect. It came after a long cross-examination where the defense accused him of mishandling and corrupting the investigation into John O'Keefe's death. According to Trooper Michael Proctor, no one else but Karen Read was responsible for this homicide. Jurors would decide later if the lead case detective was truthful in his testimony. And, was he truthful in leading this murder investigation?
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S1, EP136 "More From The Massachusetts State Police"The lead detective wrapped up his testimony. Karen Read's defense team grilled him about his conduct during the investigation into John O'Keefe's death. Jurors would decide later if Trooper Michael Proctor's conduct during the investigation tainted the police's work? Next to the stand for the State was a higher-up in the Massachusetts State Police. He was the lead investigator's supervisor on this case.
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S1, EP137 "Detective Lieutenant Brian Tully"Investigators looking into John O'Keefe's death seemed confident in their conclusion that Karen read fatally hit her boyfriend with her SUV and then drove away. On the stand was Detective Lieutenant Brian Tully of the Massachusetts State Police. He who supervised this case. The early part of this murder investigation included search warrants, multiple interviews, seizing key evidence, and thoroughly examining the crime scene.
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S1, EP133 "More Red Flags"An undetermined cause of death was an important element in Karen Read's defense. Her attorneys argued that if it's not clear that John O'Keefe was murdered, then that should raise enough reasonable doubt in the case against her. But according to Trooper Michael Proctor on the stand, that despite the undetermined classification, his team still handled the death as a murder. Challenging the credibility of investigators was key for Read's defense. More red flags meant more reasonable doubt.
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S1, EP132 "Conflicts Of Interest, Omissions, And Bias"This Defense team was not going to let up with its fiery cross-examination on the lead detective. Karen Read's lawyers had alleged that John O'Keefe's death was a conspiracy involving police officers trying to cover their tracks and pin it all on his girlfriend. The Defense raised doubts in the police's professional conduct in this case by bringing up what they believed was conflicts of interest, omissions, and bias.
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S1, EP131 "Just Sarcasm And Jokes"It was sarcastic and a joke. That's how the lead detective put it when he was explaining away unprofessional and regrettable texts to family members, friends, and co-workers. Karen Read's defense team brought up those disparaging texts that Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor sent while working this case. The Defense grilled him on the stand.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP130 "Unprofessional And Regrettable Comments"Unprofessional and regrettable. That's what Michael Proctor, lead investigator in the death of John O'Keefe, told the jury about some of his text messages. One of them called Karen read, the defendant, a whack job and retarded. Despite admitting to sending vulgar texts to friends and family, State Trooper Proctor did not waver on his conclusions that read intentionally killed her boyfriend with her SUV by hitting him with it and driving off, subsequently leaving O'Keefe for dead.
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