1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,440
Speaker 1: You're listening to Crime Alert Hourly Update, a brand new

2
00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,320
Speaker 1: five minute podcast from Nancy Grace and Crime Online. I'm

3
00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,080
Speaker 1: Jackie Howard, executive producer for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

4
00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,440
Speaker 1: Each hour on the Hour hour, reporters and experts bring

5
00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,800
Speaker 1: you the latest and true crime in just five minutes.

6
00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,040
Speaker 1: We provide real time updates on high profile cases, missing

7
00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,240
Speaker 1: person alerts, trial developments, and all the gripping true crime

8
00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,680
Speaker 1: stories you need to know. Here's the latest episode. Be

9
00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,520
Speaker 1: sure to follow the Crime Alert Hourly Update on your

10
00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,280
Speaker 1: favorite podcast app.

11
00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,600
Speaker 2: Crime Alert. I'm Drew Neilson, breaking crime news now. A

12
00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,480
Speaker 2: notorious case followed closely by Crime Alert has taken another turn.

13
00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,960
Speaker 2: Following the trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of leaving

14
00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,400
Speaker 2: her boyfriend to die in the snow, which ended in

15
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,840
Speaker 2: a mistrial last month. Karen Reid's defense team has made

16
00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,440
Speaker 2: several motions to dismiss the charges against her, arguing that

17
00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,520
Speaker 2: double jeopardy should apply, claiming the five jurors had come

18
00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,360
Speaker 2: forward to say they had unanimously agreed on a not

19
00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,440
Speaker 2: guilty verdict for the second degree murder charge and the

20
00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,839
Speaker 2: charge of leaving the scene of an accident. The jurors

21
00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,920
Speaker 2: were reportedly deadlocked only on the manslaughter charge. Karen Reid

22
00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,480
Speaker 2: was on trial for the death of Boston Police officer

23
00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,000
Speaker 2: John O'Keefe, whom she allegedly struck with her SUV after

24
00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,760
Speaker 2: a night of drinking. In January twenty twenty two. O'Keeffe

25
00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,560
Speaker 2: was found outside the home of another officer, and his

26
00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,400
Speaker 2: death was attributed to hypothermia and blunt force trauma Crime

27
00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,200
Speaker 2: alert Sidney Sumner has more.

28
00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,680
Speaker 3: Central to Reed's defense is that the many law enforcement

29
00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,039
Speaker 3: officers present at Brian Albert's home have framed Reed for

30
00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,800
Speaker 3: a murder she did not commit. Evidence that lead investigator,

31
00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,319
Speaker 3: Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor violated state policy by

32
00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,320
Speaker 3: taking on a case he had personal ties to supports

33
00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,000
Speaker 3: the defense's claims. Proctor had a personal relationship with the

34
00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,960
Speaker 3: Albert family, who owns the home where John O'Keefe was

35
00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,880
Speaker 3: found dead. Proctor is now facing internal investigation for the

36
00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,880
Speaker 3: alleged policy by but remains on full active duty.

37
00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,440
Speaker 2: After two months of intense testimony, the jury could not

38
00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,280
Speaker 2: reach a unanimous verdict, leading the judge to declare a

39
00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,160
Speaker 2: mistrial on setting a tentative date for another trial. January

40
00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,040
Speaker 2: of next year, Reid's attorney requested a private hearing where

41
00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,280
Speaker 2: the jurors could testify anonymously about their deliberations. The lawyer

42
00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,280
Speaker 2: cited the appeal case of Alex Murdau, where a special

43
00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,000
Speaker 2: hearing was held to question jurors about possible external influences.

44
00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,280
Speaker 2: You may remember Murdaw as the South Carolina man accused

45
00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,639
Speaker 2: of killing his wife, Maggie and their son Paul. He's

46
00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,919
Speaker 2: been sent away for two life sentences. The lawyer argued

47
00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,960
Speaker 2: that retrying Reid on the charges that she was acquitted

48
00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,799
Speaker 2: of would be unprecedented and unjust, urging the judge not

49
00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,560
Speaker 2: to let Reed be the first person in Massachusetts to

50
00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:52,440
Speaker 2: face reprosecution for a murder under such circumstances. The prosecutor

51
00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,320
Speaker 2: opposed the motion, saying that Massachusetts law prohibits questioning the

52
00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,400
Speaker 2: content of jury deliberations, even if jurors reach out volunteer Haarily.

53
00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,560
Speaker 2: He contended that there was no formal verdict on the

54
00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,440
Speaker 2: murder and leaving the scene charges, and that the defense

55
00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,280
Speaker 2: was twisting legal precedent to fit their narrative. He emphasizes

56
00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,480
Speaker 2: that what the defense was proposing was against the rules

57
00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,800
Speaker 2: the law and established case law. The judge did not

58
00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,680
Speaker 2: immediately rule on the motion. For the latest crime and

59
00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,600
Speaker 2: justice news, Follow crime stories with Nancy Grace on your

60
00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,960
Speaker 2: favorite podcast app. With this crime Alert, I'm Drew Nelson.

61
00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,760
Speaker 1: Stay informed, stay safe, and stay ahead with crime Alert

62
00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,920
Speaker 1: hourly update. Follow the podcast now on your favorite podcast

63
00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:35,280
Speaker 1: app