Prosecution Attorney

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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And so from that period of 1211 to 1232, there were essentially four time periods that you delineated. Is that correct?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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What, if any, information did you have related to specific evidence of a crime in relation to interior of the residence of 34 Fairview Road?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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And what, if any, evidence did you have that Mr. O'Keefe had ever entered the home of 34 Fairview Road on January 29th or on any other day?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Now, do you know the difference between if you were to see a Ford Edge at nighttime in a snowstorm, the difference between a Ford Edge and a Jeep Cherokee?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Now, what color was this SUV that you saw?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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As far as your colorblindness, can you tell whether or not an object is dark or light just by looking at it?

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. With the words of the defendant, four times we heard testimony from four different witnesses who overheard and observed those statements from the defendant on January 29th, 2022. You heard testimony from firefighter Timothy Nuttall. He was trying to bag Val Mask, Mr. O'Keefe. He's working on resuscitative efforts to try to save Mr. O'Keefe's life.

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He asked if anyone saw anything or knew what happened. And the defendant said, I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. Firefighter Anthony Famati was asking if anyone had information on why Mr. O'Keefe was there in the snow. The defendant repeatedly said, I hit him. I hit him. Oh, my God, I hit him.

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Firefighter Katie McLaughlin was tasked by firefighter Flamati with asking for biographical information and for what the cause was of the traumatic injuries that all the firefighters testified that they observed on Mr. O'Keefe. She asked the defendant, and the defendant said, I hit him repeatedly. Firefighter McLaughlin asked for clarification. He did what? And the defendant repeated, I hit him.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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You heard testimony from Officer Sarriff, statements that he attributed to the defendant as saying that morning. This is all my fault. This is all my fault. I did this. This is what the defendant is saying on scene. Since then, stories change a little bit.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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But those were the words that came from the defendant's mouth on January 29th, 2022, as John O'Keefe lay dying on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road, where the defendant had left after striking him with her motor vehicle several hours before, and then left him freezing there in a blizzard. Little things matter. Little things start piling up in this case.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Throughout the course of this trial, you've heard a lot of reported evidence or questions of witnesses in an attempt to distract you from the evidence in this case. It's essentially defense by obfuscation. It's a three-card monitor. Facts and the evidence in this case are your card. They're the queen of cards. What the defense wants you to do is not look at that card. Look at anything else.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Look at movement. Look at this person. Look at that person. Look at text messages. Look at this. Don't pay attention to the facts and the evidence because if you do, it will ineluctably lead you to that the defendant is guilty of each of the three indictments before this court. The evidence and the facts of this case are for you, the jury, to decide.

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Using your common sense, using your life experiences as your guide through that as you go.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Text messages from Triple Proctor are unprofessional. They're indefensible. They're inexcusable. However, as distasteful as those messages are and their content is, I submit they had no bearing whatsoever or impact whatsoever on the integrity of the entirety of the investigation that Massachusetts State Police collectively conducted into John O'Keefe's death here.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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What do you not see in those text messages? You don't see any discussion or any illusion of any conspiracy, of any framing of the defendant, of any planting of any evidence, no evidence whatsoever. Why? Because it didn't happen. There is no conspiracy. There is no cover-up. There is no evidence of any of that beyond speculation, rampant speculation and conjecture on behalf of the defense.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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Two things can be true at the same time. They're mutually exclusive. The texts from Trooper Proctor are distasteful, disrespectful, unprofessional. There is no defense to them. And the defendant killed John O'Keefe.

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No calls to 911 from the defendant. While John O'Keefe is laying freezing and dying from a brain injury and a skull fracture on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road.

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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John Adams once wrote, facts are stubborn things. Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of the facts and the evidence. What the constellation of the facts and the evidence ineluctably demonstrate here is that the defendant drove her vehicle in reverse for 24.2 miles per hour for 62 and a half feet, struck Mr. Overfield,

KAREN: THE RETRIAL

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causing those catastrophic head injuries, leaving him incapacitated from that facts and that evidence, I would submit and electively demonstrate that they're guilt on each of the indictments before you, and I would ask that you find this. Thank you.