The ongoing trial is Read’s second; her first murder trial ended in a high-profile mistrial last July after jurors returned deadlocked. Abby Patkin is a general assignment news reporter whose work touches on public transit, crime, health, and everything in between. She has been covering the Karen Read murder case.

A crime lab analyst with Massachusetts State Police will return to the witness stand after testifying on Wednesday. Maureen Hartnett will continue testimony on her examination of evidence, including read’s SUV and O’Keefe’s clothing.

A forensic scientist returned to the witness stand Thursday morning in the Karen Read murder retrial.Maureen Hartnett, a scientist with the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Defense in Karen Read trial proposes that Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's death might be linked to a "jealousy"-fueled fight with ATF agent Brian Higgins.

The protesters fighting the court’s buffer zone in the high-profile Karen Read case have scored a win in federal appeals court. The buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham was expanded for the Read retrial after jurors during the first trial reported that they could hear loud protesters during deliberations.

The conduct of a former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his handling of the Karen Read murder investigation took centerstage at her retrial this week as defense lawyers spent hours grilling the ex-officer’s supervisor.