DEDHAM, Mass. (Court TV) — She wasn’t present in the courtroom, but Karen Read figured prominently in arguments during a pretrial hearing for a different murder suspect in Massachusetts.
Brian Walshe is charged with murdering his wife, Ana Walshe, and disposing of her body, which has never been found. Walshe has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to stand trial in October.
At a motions hearing on Wednesday, Walshe’s attorneys focused less on the case and evidence against their client and instead directed their energy on getting documents related to the Karen Read case.
Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe after a night out drinking. At Read’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial in July 2024 , her attorneys claimed she was the victim of a wide-ranging cover-up by investigators. Part of the evidence introduced at trial was evidence of vulgar and inappropriate text messages that the lead investigator, Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, had sent to colleagues about Read. Proctor’s behavior has placed him under investigation ; he is suspended without pay and faces a board hearing on Jan. 15 for violation of department policy.