Karen Read Speaks Out for First Time Since Murder Trial — and Shares Her ‘Little Epiphanies’

Karen Read is speaking publicly for the first time since a Massachusetts jury acquitted her in June of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe — describing her gradual return to everyday life and what she calls “little epiphanies.”

“There’s moments I have every day that have these little epiphanies of, ‘Wow, this is the first time I’ve done fill-in-the-blank in the last four years that I wasn’t living with this nightmare,’” Read said in an interview Thursday with WRKO host Howie Carr. “It’s not quite as I expected. I was expecting a switch to be flipped … but it’s been more like a dimmer — the lights are coming on a little brighter each week.”

She also directed a sharp message at Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey and state investigators: “You lost. You lost big time, and you know what you did.”

At 45, Read says she is trying to rebuild her life after years of upheaval. She sold her home in Mansfield, stayed with her parents during her legal battles, and lost her career positions at Fidelity Investments and as an adjunct professor at Bentley University.

“That job was not just a job — that was my career, and I still miss it,” she explained, adding that she’s unsure she could “hop back on the commuter rail and walk through South Station every day.”

Her attorney, Alan Jackson, said they “damn well intend” to pursue further legal action to expose what they believe is the truth about the case. Read added she may eventually share her experience in a book.

When asked about reports that Prime Video is developing a limited series with Elizabeth Banks portraying her, Read said she has no connection to the project. “I have nothing to do with that; it’s not authorized by me in any way,” she noted, with Jackson stressing that “Karen Read’s story [is] to tell,” not Hollywood’s.

She also said that her Lexus SUV, a key piece of evidence in the case, has not yet been returned. The delay, she said, is “just logistics at this point,” requiring follow-up from the district attorney’s office.

O’Keefe, 46, was discovered in the snow outside the Canton home of then–Boston police officer Brian Albert on Jan. 29, 2022. An autopsy determined his death was caused by blunt-force trauma and hypothermia.

Prosecutors alleged that Read, intoxicated after a night out, struck O’Keefe with her SUV and left him outside. The defense countered that he was fatally injured inside the house and that Read was framed.

Her first trial in 2024 ended in a mistrial. In a 2025 retrial, jurors acquitted her of second-degree murder, manslaughter, motor-vehicle homicide, and leaving the scene of an accident. She was convicted only of operating under the influence and sentenced to one year of probation.

Jurors also heard that in the hours before O’Keefe was found, Read called him 44 times and left multiple voicemails. In the final message, she is heard screaming after discovering him in the snow.