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Karen Reed —A Massachusetts woman Accused, later acquitted The woman who drove and killed her policeman boyfriend – gave her first in-depth interview since her trial and revealed she is writing a book about her experiences.
Reading appears now Rotten Mango Podcastwhich covers true crime stories as she recalls the trial, retrial, verdict, and how her life has changed since entering the public eye.
January 2022 John O’Keefe A Boston police officer who was dating Reed died while attending a house party with colleagues and was found dead outside a Canton home on the night of a snowstorm.
Reed is accused of hitting him with her SUV while drunk and leaving him to die outside, but she and her defense team argue Police framed her to protect another officer Who attended the party.
“Based on his injuries, it looks to me like he got into a fight and fell backwards,” Reed said on the podcast. “Someone in that house killed John O’Keefe.”
Reed revealed on the podcast that she feared people in the law enforcement community would try to kill her and stage her death to look like a suicide.
“I live alone; I’m like a duck to the slaughter. Am I going to be hung on the doorknob of my house?” she said. “They could easily interpret it as feeling guilty and frustrated about what happened and, ‘She just gave up.'”
During the trial, Reed’s critics complained about her lack of empathy when discussing her boyfriend’s death. She said the public had no idea how she was feeling, noting that she had been grieving in the months and years before she became known to the public.
“The tragedy of January 29 brought tears to my eyes,” she said. “I mourned for months and years before the public even knew me…I will not cry in front of the O’Keefes. I will not cry in front of prosecutors.”
She said she has faced financial difficulties since the trial and now lives with her parents. Despite the difficulties, she said she and her team are working on a book that she hopes will be on shelves within the next five years.
Although Reed was ultimately acquitted, she said the memory of the trial and the fear of what might happen to her if found guilty still weigh heavily on her.
“I’m trying to understand why I don’t feel more celebrated, and I think I’m living with some really weird emotions — fear, anger and anxiety,” Reed said. “Every waking hour was intense. Every hour, I thought about my freedom and whether I would lose it. Those feelings didn’t go away when the jury foreman said ‘not guilty.'”
Reed’s first trial ended in a mistrial, and at the end of the retrial, she was found not guilty on all charges except a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.
Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey, whose office is leading the charge against Reed, has reportedly said he will not run for re-election this year. boston 25 news.