DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Proceedings continued in the Karen Read murder trial Wednesday after a day of testimony on Monday and a day off in the trial on Tuesday.
Ashley Vallier, a state police crime lab forensic scientist, returned to the stand near 9 a.m. and faced new questions from the prosecution.
Vallier first testified on Monday as the third in a series of witnesses who work for the Massachusetts State Police.
Explaining her job, she said she is able to look at broken edges and see if they fit together, “kind of like a jigsaw puzzle.”
Vallier followed Lt. Kevin O’Hara, who helped collect evidence from the spot where Boston Police officer John O’Keefe was found unresponsive in a snowbank on the morning of Jan. 29.
She also followed fellow state police forensic scientist Maureen Hartnett, who recalled examining Read’s SUV and O’Keefe’s bloodied sweatshirt as the investigation got underway.
Read is facing charges including second degree murder after prosecutors said she hit O’Keefe with her SUV and left him to die after dropping him off outside the Canton home of Brian and Nicole Albert.
O’Keefe was dating Read when he died.
Read’s defense has said she is being framed, saying O’Keefe was actually beaten to death during a party inside the Albert home.
State police forensic scientist continues testimony
Read and her defense team returned to Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham near 9 a.m. Wednesday.
During Monday’s testimony, jurors saw photos of damage to Read’s SUV and pictures of broken tail light plastic found at the crime scene in Canton.
Back on the witness stand Wednesday, Vallier viewed more pictures of broken tail light plastic and explained her process for examining such evidence.
She remained on the stand shortly before 9:45 p.m.
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