Serialously with Annie Elise
272: Karen Read Trial Recap Week 3: Solo Cups, Butt Dials & Witnesses Scramble to Cut Ties with the Alberts/Proctor
Fri, 09 May 2025
Week 3 of the Karen Read trial was packed with twists; witnesses challenged whether Michael Proctor was even the lead investigator, and the courtroom was buzzing over solo cups, leaf blowers, and yet another butt dial. Witnesses began subtly (but noticeably) distancing themselves from the Albert family, casting doubt on previous alliances. Tensions are rising, timelines are being questioned, and this case is getting messier by the minute. We’re attending the trial in person and live streaming it daily on my YouTube channel 10 to LIFE, with full recaps every Friday. Make sure to subscribe and follow so you never miss an update. 🔎Join Our True Crime Club & Get Exclusive Content & Perks 🔎 Join The Club: https://www.patreon.com/annieelise 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to EXTRA deep dive episodes every week on Apple! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Follow Annie on Socials 📸 🩷Instagram: @ _annieelise 💜TikTok: @_annieelise 🗞️ Substack: @annieelise 💙Facebook: @10tolife Shop Annie’s Closet & Must-Haves! 👗 Poshmark: https://posh.mk/Tdbki6Ae0Rb ShopMY: https://shopmy.us/annieelise Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/10tolife?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_aipsfshop_BKN1ZMCMEZHACVFQ2R75&language=en_US Disclaimer ‣ Some links may be affiliate links, they do not cost you anything, but I make a small percentage from the sale. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. 🎙️ Follow the podcast for FREE on all podcast platforms! Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6HdheEH8WeMTHoe5da34qU All Other Platforms: https://audioboom.com/channels/5100770-serialously-with-annie-elise Get Involved or Recommend the Case 💬 About Annie: https://annieelise.com/ For Business Inquiries: [email protected] . *Sources used to collect this information include various public news sites, interviews, court documents, FB groups dedicated to the case, and various news channel segments. When quoting statements made by others, they are strictly alleged until confirmed otherwise. Please remember my videos are my independent opinion and to always do your own research. •••••••••••••••••• Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this video are personal and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the creator(s). These views are subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time and are not to be held in perpetuity. We make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, or validity of any information on this video and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify their own facts. Comments on this channel are the sole responsibility of their writers and as such the writers will take full responsibility, liability, and blame for any libel or litigation that results from something written in or as a direct result of something written in a comment. Please feel free to challenge or disagree in the comments section – but 10 to LIFE reserves the right to delete any comment for any reason– so please keep it polite and relevant.
Chapter 1: What is the Karen Read trial about?
Karen Reid, accused of the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, has consistently asserted her innocence, alleging a concerted effort by law enforcement to frame her.
Charged with hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV early Saturday morning and leaving him in a snowbank. The closely watched murder trial has ended in a mistrial.
The prosecution is indicating that it will retry this case, and the question becomes one of how will they do it.
Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all new episode of Serialistly. Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialistly with me, Annie Elise. And today we've got the Karen Reid Week 3 Recap.
You know these come out every Friday where I'm breaking down everything that you missed this week, all the high-level information, the key takeaways, because I know you don't have seven hours a day to dedicate to watching the trial.
If you do, hopefully you're in the live stream with me every day because I'm live streaming it over on my YouTube each day and we talk during the breaks and all of that.
but for those of you who don't have the time to do that that's why we put together these weekly recaps so that you can get a good understanding of what's gone down this week and you know the need to know so we are going to be talking about jen mccabe where things left off with some of her testimony some expert testimony regarding the phone the searches things of that nature we also this week heard more about the taillight the amount of drinks that were consumed
A lot of ring footage was reviewed, so there's quite a bit to go over.
Before we get into all of the details, though, I do want to just say on here, for those of you who listen to the podcast only and have not been watching the live stream of the trial with me, and I apologize if you've been watching the live stream with me, it's probably going to sound redundant right now, but I'm going to share my opinion on this case and where I've stood on this case since day one years ago when I first heard about it, because
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Chapter 2: Why is there doubt in Karen Read's case?
Could I have clipped him in the knee? Incapacitated him? He didn't look mortally wounded as far as I could see, but could I have done something that knocked him out and in his drunkenness and in the cold he didn't come to again? Now this clip, I do think it's a strong point for the prosecution.
Because while she's not saying, you know, I definitively hit him as a declarative statement or anything, she's speculating, and strongly speculating, I'd say, that she could have hit John. And we have to think about this from the jury's point of view. They're seeing this and they're potentially thinking, well, Karen herself thinks she could have done it.
We have her lawyers making their case on the fact that there's no collision, but now the jury is looking at evidence of the defendant saying, well, maybe there was a collision. And I think that difference is a serious problem for the defense. Now, the next witness for the prosecution was meteorologist Robert Gilman.
and I think the prosecution called him mainly to establish that the ground was completely frozen at that time, meaning that maybe a hit to the head on that hard ground could have killed somebody.
But I also think Gilman provided some decent points for the defense, because he testified that at around 1am on the night of the incident, snow was only falling at around 3 tenths of an inch per hour, and visibility was 1.25 miles.
And he agreed that at that time, which was around the time of Jen McCabe's lookout mission, and around the time that some of the partygoers started to leave the house, he said that someone should have been able to see something laying only 30 feet away. Then Nicholas Garino retook the stand for the final time. We've heard from him throughout the trial.
He's a state trooper and he's in charge of cell phone extractions. He testified that on the night of the incident, there were 34 unanswered calls from Karen to John, as well as eight voicemails and two texts. I'll read a couple of them. At 12.37am, Karen left a voicemail saying, quote, John, I effing hate you. At 12.59am, she said, John, I'm here with your effing kids.
No one knows where the eff you are, you effing pervert. At 1.10am, she left a voicemail saying, you're effing using me right now. You're effing another girl. Now, is it a good look to be throwing eff bombs at your boyfriend, who it turns out was dead or dying at the time? No. But it's so bad of a look that I almost think it comes back around and helps the defense.
And what I mean by that is that if she intentionally and knowingly killed him, which is what that second-degree murder charge says, would she really go call him to scream at him? If she were trying to use these calls to establish an alibi, I would imagine she'd try to come off as a little bit more loving, wouldn't you?
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