Officer Mullaney
Appearances
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
And there were two firefighter paramedics in that ambulance at the time, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Two of them included firefighter Nuttall and firefighter Flamont.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And at that point, you told them what you believed you had just heard.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So the answer to my question is yes. You told in front of Flamati and Nuttall the phrase, I hit her.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
The I hit him debate that dragged for four days of the trial ultimately amounted to little. Nothing caught on camera, nothing noted in reports, only hearsay.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
And where did you get those red solo cups? We got them from Lieutenant Kelleher. So in other words, you got, to use your words, the evidence containers from a neighbor.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
How far were you from Canton PD, from 34 Fairview to Canton PD? Give me an idea. Mile, mile and a half. So even in really bad weather, four minutes, five minutes, is that right, to drive? Sure. You didn't go back to Kenton PD to get actual evidence containers, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
So does not have or utilize evidence collection containers that are plastic?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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My next question is certainly Canton PD employees and owns sterile swabs.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Sterile swab is in a container that's long and usually the swab is connected to the lid, top it out, and then it's sealed.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And the reason that it's sealed and forensically stable is so nothing can contaminate the sample, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Yes. Just as importantly, the blood sample can't contaminate anything else.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you go to Canton PD a mile away and get sterile swabs for the blood collection?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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If you touched the swab to cold blood, you think you might get some blood on that swab?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
So what you did instead was you gathered red Solo cups from a neighbor, unsterilized, and scooped up the snow with what you thought the blood was and just carried them back to the truck?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
So if somebody sneezed over the top of one of those cups?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Before you took possession of the red Solo cups, do you have any idea how many people before you had handled those Solo cups?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So they're certainly not forensically stable. They're not sterile.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Do you think it's standard practice for a police department to borrow red Solo cups from a neighbor to gather evidence?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You didn't see any bright red taillight material anywhere else?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You did not see any clear taillight material?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You did not see any black plastic material? No. You certainly didn't see 45 pieces of plastic material?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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If you find a broken glass on somebody's yard in a situation like this, did that seem out of place to you?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
At the time that you found the broken glass, would you rationally think, well, maybe the rest of this glass is inside the residence?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you ever go inside the house to search for the other part of the glass?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Because you made up your mind initially where that glass came from.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you search the house for any other matching glasses?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Matter of fact, you didn't search the house for any physical items, did you? Of course not.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Is that because that house belonged to a Boston police officer?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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I'm familiar with what probable cause is. Did you seek a probable cause warrant from a judge?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Is that because you were at the house of a Boston police officer?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And you also consider him to be a friend as well as a co-worker?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Now I want to fast forward to the incident in question. What was the exact time that you arrived at the location, if you know?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And you indicated that that was in response to a call that you got from Sergeant Hood.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
What made you decide, or did you, could you have decided to take this particular call? Was it up to you in other words?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you know at the time you got the call that that very serious incident was occurring at 34 Fairview?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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I was asking whether or not Sergeant Good told you before you actually arrived that it's at 34 Fairview.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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At some point before your car came to a stop, you knew this is 34 Fairview, this is the Albert household.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You didn't think that it was more important to separate the witnesses and not let her talk to other witnesses?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You thought that it was appropriate to let all the witnesses get together and just discuss the facts before you had an opportunity to interview them separately?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You indicated some trauma to his head area, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You said, quote, I'm not sure if he's been in a fight or whatever. Our medics don't believe he's going to make it.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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End quote. Sergeant Lake, you never saw John O'Keefe's body, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So somebody disclosed to you that it appeared that he had been in a, quote, fight or whatever, at least at that point. That was your thought?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You didn't say to dispatch the victim appears to have been shot, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You didn't say it appeared he'd been stabbed? No. He had been strangled? No. You didn't say it appeared he'd been hit by a car.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You said it appeared that he'd been in a fight or whatever, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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But you do recall your exact words to dispatch being, I don't know if he's been in a fight or whatever.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You knew that you were dealing with a violent incident, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You thought maybe it was just a heart attack?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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But what was going through your mind at that point was it could have been a fight or whatever because he had trauma to his head. Those were your words.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Okay. Did you believe that there were any indicators that Mr. O'Keefe had been involved in some sort of a physical altercation?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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OK. And that's because you use the phrase and trauma to his face and head. Right.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So based on what you had been told, you knew that there was a person laying out unconscious just outside a residence that may have been involved in a physical altercation. That's fair.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
That's one of the premier possibilities, right?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you believe in your mind that it was possible, given the fact that a violent confrontation was possible in your mind, that it could have started inside the house?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Right. The house is part of anywhere, right?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
So in other words, the house is not excluded in your mind at that point as a starting point for the investigation. Is that right?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Well, you didn't know that until you followed up on your investigation, correct?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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In your course of investigating cases, have you ever been lied to by a witness?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You indicated on direct examination that you didn't notice anything out of place in the home.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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But you didn't go downstairs to the basement and look, did you?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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How about anywhere in the house? Did you look for broken furniture or torn clothing or blood evidence or DNA evidence?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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So the answer to my question is no, you did not.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you ever investigate the foyer area or any other part of the house for evidence of a fight?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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But you didn't search the rest of the house for a fight.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you seek guidance from a court as to whether or not you might have probable cause?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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One of the ways to secure a premises, any premises, in a normal crime scene investigation would be to remove the witness's
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Did you do anything to lock down and secure that premises in any way, shape, form, or fashion?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you allow witnesses to go inside the house other than Jim McCabe?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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And did you seek to separate any of the witnesses or admonish them that they are not to be in each other's presence and discuss the facts of the case before you had an opportunity?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
And as you sit here, you have no idea, when you are not in their presence, you have no idea what the occupants of that house were discussing.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
You knew that there would be questions about your relationship with Karen Reed if it were known that you knew her before her boyfriend intervened.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
days later correct there would be questions so you lied under oath when you said i've never met or seen her before correct no because that wasn't my whole statement the sentence i've never met or seen her before pretty unequivocal isn't it that was not the context of my whole sentence those are the words that came out of your mouth right
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Is that sentence true or false? That you had never met or seen her before? True or false?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did John O'Keefe come into your house at 34th Fairview at any time on January 29th, 2022?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Jackson cleverly clapped back. And you're as sure about that as you are about the statement that you had never met or seen Karen Reid in your life.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Mr. Albert, after you learned that there were questions being raised about John's injuries and dog bites and scratches, in May of 2022, you got rid of that dog, did you not?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
You were shown a photo yesterday of you in February of 2022. Correct. And he said he wanted you to pay special attention to your face and hands and extremities. Asked you if there was anything unusual about that.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
You said no. In that photo, absolutely nothing unusual in February of 2022 about you, your face, your hands, fists, nothing.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Mr. Higgins, you seem to not want to answer my question. My question is, were you or were you not sexually attracted to my client?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Ms. McCabe, you made that search at 2.27 a.m. because you knew that John O'Keefe was outside in your sister's lawn dying in the cold, didn't you?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Do you think it's standard practice for a police department to borrow red solo cups from a neighbor to gather evidence?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You claim to have heard the statement, I hit him, I hit him, several times from the woman with the blood on her face. Correct. You indicated that she was erratic. Correct. Hysterical. Correct. You said, for lack of a better term, running around in circles. Yes. She seemed despondent or distraught. Very distraught. Very upset. Yes. Was she saying anything else that you recall?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
In Search of Reasonable Doubt: S1-E5
Did you see any place in that video where you had any sort of detailed conversation with my client?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Did you see any place in that video where you engaged my client and said, how'd you get here? What happened? And she said, I hit him. And you said, how'd you hit him? All the stuff that you testified earlier to.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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You indicated in a police report during an interview you had with Uri Buknik on February 8th that my client said I hit him, correct? Correct. You remember having that conversation with Sergeant Buknik?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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We've talked a little bit about that report. There's an area in the report for a narrative. Yes. About your observations, your experiences with this patient, correct? Correct. Your job as a lead paramedic is to be as detailed as possible, correct? Correct. You want to provide and impart the most detail you possibly can about an incident to assist in medical intervention, correct? Correct.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Take a look at page... Three of five of your report. Yes. You see that narrative area? I do. You point to that portion of your report where you indicate that my client said the words, I hit him.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Can you point to the portion of your report where you indicate that you told the doctors and nurses that she said, I hit him?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
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Can you point to that portion of your report where you indicate that your concern for the patient was that he had been hit by a car?