Photo: Karen Read and John O’Keefe Police Officer Death courtesy David Yannetti
A grand jury has indicted a college professor accused of fatally striking her police officer boyfriend with her car during a winter storm.
According to a news release from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, 42-year-old Karen A. Read faces charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision in the Jan. 29 death of off-duty Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, 46, outside a Canton, Mass., home.
Leading up to his death, the couple of two years reportedly spent the night drinking, visiting two local bars, before Read attempted to drop O’Keefe off at a home for an after-party,PEOPLE previously reported.
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Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.Boston Police Department/Facebook
The second-degree murder charge against Read indicates that prosecutors allege the killing was intentional, but her attorney, David Yannetti, has said “there was no criminal intent,“theBoston Heraldreported.
Read and a friend reportedly found his bloodied and bruised body in the snow, hours later, after he failed to return home. O’Keefe was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
While Massachusetts State Police originally arrested Read — an adjunct professor at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. — on Feb. 1, she was released on $50,000 bail.
Police arrested her again last Thursday at her Mansfield, Mass., home following her indictment.
Read’s next court appearance is in August.
source: people.com
