When local author Dave Wedge first heard about the death of John O’Keefe in January of 2022, it seemed to Wedge like a relatively simple — if tragic — case: a Boston Police officer found dead in a snowbank in Canton, the victim of what seemed like a straightforward hit-and-run.
But O’Keefe’s death and the trial of his then-girlfriend, Karen Read, soon spiraled into a complicated, high-profile saga revealing institutional corruption, police cover-ups, chaos, and a web of lies. Read was acquitted in 2025, leaving O’Keefe’s death an unsolved mystery.
Wedge shines a new light on the story in his latest, New York Times bestselling book, “Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O’Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA.” …