The trial for Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who is accused in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, gets underway Monday with opening statements.

Read, 43, of Mansfield, is charged with running down John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, and leaving him to die in a blizzard in the town of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision in connection with O’Keefe’s death.

When opening statements got underway Monday at 10 a.m., the defense and prosecution each side was given 45 minutes to present their cases, according to Cannone. Neither side was allowed to use exhibits during opening statements.

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