Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder in death of police officer boyfriend

Read, who was found guilty of drunk driving, was accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston officer John O'Keefe

A jury has found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving in the death of her police officer boyfriend in a divisive and high-profile case that dueling lawyers presented as either a tragic love story or a sinister cover-up.

Read, 45, was accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, 46, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow outside a house party where other local police and a federal agent were closing out a night of drinking in 2022.