13 things about Mansfield, Massachusetts’ Karen Read

Karen A. Read was accused of killing John O’Keefe, a police officer from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was 5 years older than him.

BIOGRAPHY

Read is an American financial analyst from Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 1998 to 2001, she attended Bentley University in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts where she earned her bachelor’s degree in finance.
2. From August 1998 to May 2001, she worked for Hughey Center for Financial Services of Bentley University as a trading room assistant.
3. From August 2001 to August 2004, she worked for Brown Brothers Harriman in New York City, New York, USA as a client account manager.
4. From 2002 to 2004, she attended the Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business of Bentley College in Waltham.
5. From August 2004 to September 2007, she worked for Sensata Technologies in Attleboro, Bristol County as a financial analyst.
6. In September 2007, she joined the Fidelity Investments in Boston as an equity research analyst.
7. In June 2008, she joined the finance department of Bentley University as a faculty member.
8. In 2019, she and O’Keefe started dating.
9. In 2022, she was accused of killing O’Keefe and was arrested.
10. In 2023, she attended a pre-trial hearing.
11. In 2024, her murder trial ended in a mistrial.
12. In 2025, she was retried and sentenced to one year probation.
13. In February 2025, she turned 45.

TIMELINE

Aside from being a financial analyst, Read also worked as a college professor. She is William Read and Janet Read‘s daughter and Nathan Read‘s sister.

2022

• On January 28, 2022, she and O’Keefe drank at C.F. McCarthy‘s bar in Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts with several friends. At around 11:00 p.m., they went to a nearby bar called Waterfall Bar and Grille in Canton.
• At around 12:45 a.m. on January 29, 2022, she allegedly ran O’Keefe over with a 2021 black Lexus sport utility vehicle and left him for dead in a snowbank after dropping him off at a friend’s house in Canton for a party. At 6:00 a.m., he was found unconscious in the snowbank. At 1:00 p.m., he was pronounced dead.
• On February 1, 2022, she was arrested.
• On February 2, 2022, she pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death in Stoughton District Court in Stoughton, Norfolk County. She was released on a $50,000 bail.

2023

• On May 3, 2023, she appeared in  Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham for a pre-trial hearing.
• On September 15, 2023, she appeared in court in Dedham with Nathan and their parents.

2024

• On April 16, 2024, her murder trial started in Norfolk, Norfolk County. She is represented by David Yannetti, Alan Jackson, Elizabeth Little and Tanis Yannetti.
• In July 2024, her murder trial ended when jurors declared they were deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial on the fifth day of deliberations.
• On August 23, 2024, Judge Beverly Cannone ruled that she could be retried for murder and leaving the crime scene in O’Keefe’s death.
• On August 26, 2024, O’Keefe’s family led by his brother Paul O’Keefe filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her, C.F. McCarthy and Waterfall Bar and Grille in Plymouth Superior Court in Brockton, Massachusetts seeking at least $50,000 in damages.

2025

• On March 18, 2025, Cannone admonished her lawyers for repeated misrepresentations to the court.
• On April 22, 2025, her retrial in the death of John started.
• On June 18, 2025, she was found not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, manslaughter while operating under the influence and second-degree murder but guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. Cannone sentenced her to one year probation.