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A crash reconstruction expert testified for the State. Massachusetts State Trooper Joseph Paul was tasked to analyze the condition of her car during the investigation into the death of John O'Keefe. Jurors would decide later whether his conclusions proved the defendant caused her boyfriend's death. This crime scene reconstruction included a series of images and crime scene photos to help in his analysis of what happened to the victim.
A crash reconstruction expert testified for the State. Massachusetts State Trooper Joseph Paul was tasked to analyze the condition of her car during the investigation into the death of John O'Keefe. Jurors would decide later whether his conclusions proved the defendant caused her boyfriend's death. This crime scene reconstruction included a series of images and crime scene photos to help in his analysis of what happened to the victim.
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S1, EP154 "Cell Phone Extraction"Jurors got a demonstration from a digital forensics examiner. He was called to the stand to confirm the time a Google search was made the morning John O'Keefe lost his life. He was found outside in the snow. Next, another state police officer took the stand. This latest trooper was a digital forensics Examiner. Prosecutors continued to hone-in on the digital evidence that they believed proved the defendant killed her boyfriend.
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S1, EP155 "Trooper Nicholas Guarino"Investigators looking into John O'Keefe's death collected four different cell phones. It included the victim's, Karen Read's, Jennifer McCabe's, and Kerry Roberts'. On the stand, was the State Trooper Nicholas Guarino tasked to examine the information from those phones. Guarino told jurors that it took months to retrieve all the data from her cell phone. Why? Some of that info fell within attorney-client privilege.
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S1, EP151 "From Crash Expert To Cellphone Expert"Jurors in Karen Read's murder trial learned more about what happened to the car the defendant was driving the morning Boston police officer John O'Keefe lost his life. The state's crash reconstructionist wrapped up his long testimony. The defense dismissed his conclusion that the evidence he examined showed John O'Keefe was hit by a car and then project 30 feet into the snow. Next, more cellphone data as key evidence against Read.
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S1, EP150 "A Car's Key Cycle"The long cross-examination of the State's crash reconstructionist was not over yet. Trooper Joseph Paul said that he was initially told that this was a pedestrian crash involving a Boston police officer and that the vehicle was going in reverse. This was before he began his work to figure out what happened to that officer, John O'Keefe. Next, jurors learned about the inner workings of a car while the State's crash expert was on the stand.
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S1, EP149 "Challenging The Crash Expert"Trooper Joseph Paul tried made clear to jurors that the evidence he examined was consistent with a collision involving a pedestrian. He also said that neither the blizzard conditions nor a car malfunction contributed to what happened to John O'Keefe. The Defense heated things up during the cross-examination. According to Trooper Paul, even if the car's mirrors were blocked or its backup camera was defective- an attentive and reasonable driver would not have reversed at a high rate of speed.
