Overview

• Prosecution called crash reconstruction expert Judson Welcher this week to link Read’s SUV impact and timing data from her Lexus clock to John O’Keefe’s iPhone logs.
• Special prosecutor Hank Brennan has woven clips of Read’s media interviews into transitions to underscore inconsistencies and suggest calculated intent.
• Defense attorney Robert Alessi joins Karen Read’s team in its efforts to call controversial witnesses—former trooper Michael Proctor and party attendees Brian Higgins and Brian Albert—to bolster conspiracy claims.
• Read’s legal team contends O’Keefe was fatally beaten by another officer at the Canton house party and that Read has been framed in a police cover-up.
• Judge Beverly Cannone said the trial is ahead of schedule and jurors will soon hear the defense’s case once the state rests this week.