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Speaker 1: Crime Alart, hourly update, Breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Karen Reid returned to court on Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: where the niece of John O'Keeffe recounted the troubled dynamics

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Speaker 2: of their relationship, while a forensic expert faced intense questioning

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Speaker 2: regarding physical evidence discovered on Reed's SUV, which included a

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Speaker 2: hare and shards of glass. The testimony from O'Keeffe's niece

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Speaker 2: came after a brief delay in the trial due to

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Speaker 2: Reed's illness. Following her testimony, a number of police officers

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Speaker 2: and crime scene investigators took the stand. The session, originally

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Speaker 2: scheduled for Tuesday, was canceled because Red was sick. This

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Speaker 2: is reported by NBC ten Boston, although a specific detail

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Speaker 2: was not disclosed. Both parties participated in a zoom meeting

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Speaker 2: with Judge Beverly Cononi to address the schedule in conflict.

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Speaker 2: This pause in proceedings occurred as the trial appeared to

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Speaker 2: be gaining momentum. Red is facing charges for allegedly striking

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Speaker 2: her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O'Keeffe with her SUV

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two, leaving him to die in the

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Speaker 2: cold outside a house party at thirty four Fairview Road

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Speaker 2: in Canton. Her defense claims she is a target of

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Speaker 2: an extensive police conspiracy, asserting that another officer fatally assaulted

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Speaker 2: O'Keefe during the party. Last year, a mistrial was declared

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Speaker 2: after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. During

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Speaker 2: the retrial, a crime lab analyst from the Massachusetts State Police,

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Speaker 2: Maureene Harnett, provided testimony alongside O'Keefe's niece. They were back

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Speaker 2: for the retrial. Harnett, who has nine years of experience,

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Speaker 2: detailed her examination of the evidence, which included Reed's suv

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Speaker 2: and the victim's clothing. She reported damage to the rear

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Speaker 2: passenger area of the suv, including scratches and a dent,

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Speaker 2: as well as hare located near the passenger side tailight. Additionally,

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Speaker 2: she discovered glass fragments on the back bumper, but no

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Speaker 2: old blood was found beneath the vehicle. Here she is

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Speaker 2: on the witness stand.

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Speaker 3: And that investigation, as you said at the time, was

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Speaker 3: being headed up by a former trooper Proctor, correct.

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Speaker 4: That is correct.

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Speaker 3: Michael Proctor was at the Canton Police department Sally Pork

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Speaker 3: location at the time you were performing your work on February.

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Speaker 4: First, correct, Yes, that's correct.

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Speaker 3: Did Michael Proctor take control of those solo cups?

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Speaker 4: I don't know who took control of the solo cops.

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Speaker 4: I know that I turned them over to Can't police officer.

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Speaker 4: I handed them to a Canon Canton police officer.

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Speaker 3: Michael Proctor have taken control of those solo cups.

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Speaker 4: I to my knowledge, it was a Canton police officer

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Speaker 4: at that time. I don't know what happened to them

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Speaker 4: after they were turned over to the Canton PD.

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Speaker 2: Hartnett collected DNA samples from the tail light and documented

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Speaker 2: the evidence with photographs. She also analyzed O'Keefe's clothing, noting

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Speaker 2: the presence of red brown stains, dirt, and debris on

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Speaker 2: his genes, along with blood stains on his T shirt

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Speaker 2: damaged to the sleeve of his sweatshirt, and similarly recorded

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Speaker 2: the photographs. Harnett mentioned swabbing blood stains found in plastic

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Speaker 2: cups at the scene for further examination. O'Keefe's niece testified

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Speaker 2: about witnessing arguments between the couple and remembered her uncle

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Speaker 2: stating that his relationship with Reid had shifted in the

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Speaker 2: weeks prior to his death. After the passing of their parents,

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Speaker 2: o'keef gained custody of his niece, who was fourteen at

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Speaker 2: the time, and her brother. Her testimony, which was not

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Speaker 2: broadcast live as per court orders, included an account of

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Speaker 2: a New Year's trip to Aruba, where she witnessed a

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Speaker 2: dispute in the hotel room. She said her uncle came

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Speaker 2: in telling her and her brother to get off their iPads,

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Speaker 2: followed by Reed's or rival, where she defended her brother,

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Speaker 2: saying Reid was upset at her for being on the iPad,

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Speaker 2: and she stepped up and said, leave my brother alone.

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Speaker 2: The niece described Reed as very loud, very upset, claiming

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Speaker 2: that Reid had accused O'Keefe of kissing someone else. She

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Speaker 2: noted that the couple's arguments persisted even after they returned

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Speaker 2: home from the vacation. On the morning of January twenty nine,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty two, she remembered waking up to a frantic Reed,

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Speaker 2: who said that O'Keeffe did not return home the previous night.

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Speaker 2: Reid reportedly asked her to text O'Keeffe and to call

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Speaker 2: a friend named Jim McCabe. The niece testified that Reid

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Speaker 2: was asking what could have happened and expressed concerned about

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Speaker 2: whether she caused any harm to him, saying quote, maybe

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Speaker 2: I hit him. As the trial's fifteenth day of testimony commenced,

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Speaker 2: special prosecutor Hank Brennan played additional media interview clips for

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Speaker 2: the jury. Reid's statements are pivotal to her defense strategy,

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Speaker 2: which suggests a third party involvement and asserts that O'Keefe

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Speaker 2: entered the house at thirty four Fairview Road on the

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Speaker 2: night that he died. The prosecution, however, is attempting to

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Speaker 2: persuade the jury using Reed's own words that there was

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Speaker 2: no motive, no conflict between O'Keeffe and other individuals like

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Speaker 2: Brian Higgins. They argue that O'Keefe never made it to

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Speaker 2: the house, as Reid allegedly struck him with her SUV,

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Speaker 2: leaving him to die outside. Count On Crime Alert hourly

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Speaker 2: update to keep you posted as this trial unfolds, while

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Speaker 2: Crime and Justice News After this and now to Michigan,

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Speaker 2: where Jaron Dale Warner faced charges for tampering with evidence

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Speaker 2: and being an accessory after the fact. His wife, Dee Warner,

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Speaker 2: was reported missing in April twenty one in Llanawe County.

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Speaker 2: In August twenty four, her remains were found concealed within

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Speaker 2: a chemical storage tank on property belonging to her husband,

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Speaker 2: Dale Warner. Authorities have classified her death as a homicide.

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Speaker 2: Dale Warner is currently awaiting trial for his alleged involvement

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Speaker 2: in her disappearance and murder. He has been incarcerated since

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, facing serious charges, including open murder and

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Speaker 2: evidence tampering. The reasons behind the recent decision to drop

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Speaker 2: the charges against Dale remain unknown.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 5: Center for Missing Exploited Children.

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