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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.
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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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.
