Dedham Superior Court officials blame ‘unavoidable circumstances’ for the cancellation in testimony in the sensational retrial of Read in Massachusetts, which is in its fourth week

On Monday, a Massachusetts State Police sergeant who was one of the primary investigators into O’Keefe’s death wrapped up his testimony, which took three full days. Prosecutors will call their next witness when the trial resumes at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Defense in Karen Read trial proposes that Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's death might be linked to a "jealousy"-fueled fight with ATF agent Brian Higgins.

Yuri Bukhenik, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, read dozens of text messages between Karen Read and Brian Higgins, an ATF agent.

The protesters fighting the court’s buffer zone in the high-profile Karen Read case have scored a win in federal appeals court. The buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham was expanded for the Read retrial after jurors during the first trial reported that they could hear loud protesters during deliberations.

Aidan Timothy Kearney, the controversial Massachusetts blogger known as "Turtleboy," has been indicted on charges in connection with accusations he intimidated witnesses in the Karen Read murder trial.

The conduct of a former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his handling of the Karen Read murder investigation took centerstage at her retrial this week as defense lawyers spent hours grilling the ex-officer’s supervisor.

A second expert on smartphone forensics testified Wednesday in the Karen Read trial that Jennifer McCabe’s Google search about hypothermia happened after John O’Keefe’s remains were found, not before, as the defense has argued.