India, June 19 -- Karen Read, 45, was acquitted of the most serious charges in her retrial for the January 29, 2022, death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, closing a gripping legal drama that drew widespread attention. The Norfolk County jury, after approximately 22 hours of deliberation beginning June 13, cleared Read of responsibility for O'Keefe's death on Wednesday.

Prosecutors alleged that O'Keefe's death occurred when Read struck him with her Lexus SUV and left him to die in a snowstorm outside a house party at 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts.

Jackson emphasized during closing arguments that no evidence supported a vehicle collision, stating, "This case should be over right now, done, because there w...