News about trial • Karen Read

Read has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors said they were at an impasse. The second trial has thus far looked similar to the first.

Paramedic testifies Read said 'I hit him' repeatedly In response to questions from Jackson, Nuttall agreed that injuries to O'Keefe's face could have been caused by a punch to the face. This trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.

Read, 45, was tried on charges of second-degree murder last year for the alleged killing of her 46-year-old partner, John O'Keefe. Prosecutors accused Read of striking O'Keefe with her SUV then leaving him to die in the snow. Read's attorneys say she was framed in O'Keefe's death.

In tearful testimony, the mother of a Boston police officer recounted Wednesday how her son was discovered unresponsive in a snowbank and disputed comments made about her in media interviews by Karen Read, whom prosecutors accuse of killing the officer. Peggy O'Keefe testified that she got a call around 6 a.m.