BURLINGTON — On May 22, 1975, a haunting discovery in the woods of Burlington set off a homicide investigation that has remained unsolved for half a century. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the case, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the Burlington Police are making a renewed appeal to the public for help identifying the victim — a man who has only been known as “John Doe.”
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Karen Read retrial kicks off: Prosecutor plays clip from Read interview, defense calls Proctor a ‘cancer’
Nine months following the mistrial, Karen Read is on trial again for the murder of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
Karen Read murder trial: Jury selection complete
After an exhaustive 10 days of screening, a jury has been selected for Karen Read’s second trial to begin.
Karen Read compares her case to OJ Simpson’s in Vanity Fair interview
Karen Read in an interview published the same day jury selection hit on a desired number of jurors for her retrial compared her case to that of O.J. Simpson, saying that she would have “cheered” his acquittal on murder charges.
Supreme Court denies Karen Read’s request to halt her trial
The Karen Read murder retrial has nearly enough jurors seated to begin, which it will since the U.S. Supreme Court declined the defense’s request to stay the court case.
Karen Read files double jeopardy petition with Supreme Court – Full petition attached
As jury selection unfolds in the Karen Read retrial in Dedham her attorneys have taken their efforts to overturn the murder charge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
