Karen Read: What the Lead Investigator’s Texts Exposed Pt. 2
6/24/202636 min
An alleged 2:27 AM Google search for "hos long to die in cold." A lead investigator texting "hopefully she kills herself" about the defendant. Destroyed phones, missing surveillance footage, and a coordinated group chat in the days after John O'Keefe's death. The deeper Karen's defense dug, the more questions surfaced about everyone inside 34 Fairview Road. This episode contains descriptions of death and graphic language. Please listen with care.
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Katie Riehl· Host0:47
Karen Read was behind bars, but the case against her was already starting to unravel. An anonymous tip had pointed her lawyer towards the house where John O'Keefe's body was found and the people inside of it. And the deeper he dug, the stranger everything got. Today, I'll walk you through the defense's explosive theory, the suspicious behavior of the people inside 34 Fairview Road, and the investigator whose misconduct may have poisoned this case from the very start. [upbeat music] Every crime tells a story about the people involved, the system that tried to stop it, and the nation that couldn't look away. Some cases