Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, in “the first statement of its kind” in his tenure, is blasting web trolls for spreading “baseless” theories within the Karen Read homicide case.
He issued a blistering video assertion late Friday afternoon that challenges different theories within the case of Read, 43, of Mansfield, who’s charged in Norfolk Superior Court with the homicide of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
Morrissey added “we try people in the court and not on the internet for a reason. The internet has no rules of evidence. The internet has no punishment for perjury. And the internet does not know all the facts.”
He pressured that “the harassment of witnesses within the homicide prosecution of Karen Read is totally baseless. It must be an outrage to any first rate individual — and it must cease. Innuendo just isn’t proof. False narratives are usually not proof.
“However, what evidence does show is that John O’Keefe never entered the home at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on the night he died. Location data from his phone — recovered from the lawn beneath his body when he was transported to the hospital — shows that his phone did not enter that home,” he mentioned, including that 11 witnesses have mentioned that they by no means noticed O’Keefe enter the house that evening.
Prosecutors have mentioned Read backed into O’Keefe together with her Lexus SUV early in that morning whereas dropping him off for a get-together within the house of BPD Sgt. Brian Albert, to which they had been purportedly invited by Jennifer McCabe, who was additionally within the house.
Defense attorneys have fired again, calling the entire prosecution narrative a rush-job, with the defendant herself calling it a “coverup” and have posited their very own principle that “significant and reliable evidence … not only exculpates Ms. Read, but … inculpates Jennifer McCabe and Brian Albert.” They cite location information in addition to iPhone’s well being app information, and a purported search by McCabe for “ho[w] long to die in cold” that early morning.
Defense Attorney David Yannetti was reached by telephone shortly after the assertion was launched however mentioned he would reserve remark right now.
The case has attracted third-party narratives that additional recommend one other accountable get together, which is the actual line Morrissey seems to handle in his assertion.
“Some have, without any evidence, pointed to 18-year-old Colin Albert, a nephew of the homeowner, and accused him of attacking John O’Keefe as he entered the home. But phone evidence shows O’Keefe never entered the home at all,” Morrissey mentioned within the assertion, including later that “Colin Albert, the younger man being vilified, was not current when Read’s car and John O’Keefe arrived on the road. That is a false narrative.
“Colin Albert did not commit murder. Jennifer McCabe, Matthew McCabe, Brian Albert … these people were not part of a conspiracy and certainly did not commit murder or any crime that night. They have been forthcoming with authorities, provided statements, and have not engaged in any cover-up. They are not suspects in any crime — they are merely witnesses in the case,” Morrissey continued.
“To have them accused of homicide is outrageous. To have them harassed and intimidated primarily based on false narratives and accusations is improper. They are witnesses doing what our justice system asks of them.
“I am asking the Canton community and everyone who feels invested in this case to hear all of the actual evidence at trial before assigning guilt to people who have done nothing wrong,” he mentioned. “And certainly before taking it upon yourself to harass citizens who, evidence shows, have done nothing in this matter but come forward and bear witness.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”