Is she a murderer or was she framed? Things to know about the Boston-area trial of Karen Read

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Did Karen Read kill her police officer boyfriend by slamming into him with her Lexus and then leaving him to die in a brewing snowstorm after a night out drinking?

Or did John O’Keefe get out of the SUV that night, join other officers at an after-hours gathering and get beaten up in a fight — only to have his body dumped outside in a panic before they framed Read for his murder?

Those are the questions a Massachusetts jury is deciding in a case that created a carnival atmosphere outside the courtroom, where a “sidewalk jury” of true crime bloggers and pink-shirted Read supporters have

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