BOSTON – Prosecutors in the Karen Read case are now seeking records from her father’s cellphone. When Read’s second trial begins, prosecutors plan to call William Read as a witness.
Read is charged in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe on January 29, 2022 , in Canton.
Prosecutors say William Read’s phone records can help establish a timeline of his daughter’s contact with him. They say Read made several phone calls to different people, giving conflicting accounts of what happened.
William Read’s cellphone records
The Commonwealth has asked the court to order Verizon Wireless to produce call records, text messages, and data from William Read’s account from January 29, 2022-January 30, 2022, the immediate aftermath of the alleged crime.
Prosecutors are also seeking call records from December 30, 2021-January 30, 2022. “The relevance of this request is to compare the timing and frequency of Karen Read’s calls to her father on the night of the victim’s death as compared to the frequency, or lack thereof, on dates not involving the alleged crime,” Special Assistant District Attorney Hank Brennan wrote in the motion filed Friday.