Former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor found the claims that he attempted to incriminate Karen Read in 2022, following the death of John O’Keefe, to be laughable, as he conveyed in a recent TV interview.
During the Thursday night broadcast, Proctor addressed the allegations of corruption and that he purposely tried to pin the blame on Read for the death of her boyfriend, a Boston Police Department officer.
“I find it laughable because it’s such an absurd allegation,” Proctor stated on NBC’s “Dateline.” “There’s not a single shred of evidence or fact to back that up because it simply did not occur. I would never engage in something like that.”
When asked if he cracked the taillight on Read’s Lexus, Proctor responded “absolutely not.”
O’Keefe was found during the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022, with his body lying in the snow. Kerry Roberts and Jennifer McCabe both testified against her, telling jurors that Read was panicked when she called them on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022 saying O’Keefe was missing.
McCabe alleged that Read repeated the phrase “I hit him” on the morning he went missing. Timothy Nuttall, a paramedic, also said in court that he heard Read saying “I hit him” three times.
Witnesses testified that Read and O’Keefe were drinking with friends, which included McCabe, in Canton and were invited to an after-party at Brian Albert’s house, but the couple didn’t attend.
Karen Read exits Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, MA, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Read was found to be not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)
Read’s defense team, however, maintained that Read never hit O’Keefe. Her lawyers blamed O’Keefe’s injuries on a dog attack as well as an altercation with men at the after-party.
According to witnesses who testified in court, while Read’s car was outside Albert’s house, she and O’Keefe weren’t seen at the after-party. Read told reporters that she saw O’Keefe enter the house prior to her driving away.
