State trooper points to possible weapon in John O'Keefe death – and it's not Karen Read's car

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who played a key role in the study that led to Karen Read's original mistrial on murder charges testified Thursday that early on he narrated other officials that John O'Keefe may have been hit in the face with a bar glass causing injuries to his face and head Investigators however ultimately alleged that Read struck her Boston cop boyfriend with the back of her Lexus SUV and fled the scene leaving him to die in the cold on Jan Police arrested her on hit-and-run manslaughter charges days after she detected him dead outside Fairview Road in Canton Massachusetts and prosecutors secured an indictment for second-degree murder months later Defense lawyer Alan Jackson got State Police Sgt Yuri Bukhenik to concede on Thursday that he called the curative examiner's office and disclosed there was a possibility that O'Keefe could have been hit in the face with a cocktail glass KAREN READ'S GOOGLE TIMELINE DERAILED AGAIN AS ND EXPERT DISPUTES DEFENSE ASSERTS At a m you called the health examiner's office to inform them that Mr O'Keefe quote was struck in the face with a cocktail glass or at least appeared to be correct Jackson demanded That is in part what I advised the clinical examiner's office Bukhenik began Where they are responsible for the therapeutic portion of Jackson cut him off objecting during his own line of questioning After a brief sidebar Judge Beverly Cannone stated the witness to do his best to answer the questions he was urged KAREN READ'S VOICEMAILS TO JOHN O'KEEFE PLAYED IN MURDER TRIAL I F---ING HATE YOU Did you contact the clinical examiner's office at in sic the morning of January th Jackson sought Yes Bukhenik replied And did you state to them that there was a possibility that the decedent John O'Keefe was struck in the face with a cocktail glass KAREN READ TRIAL CANTON COP EXPLAINS USING LEAF BLOWER RED SOLO CUPS STOP SHOP BAG FOR EVIDENCE I don't recall my words exactly but that sounds accurate to what I might have announced the sergeant replied Jackson pressed him about what he did to secure the house a promising crime scene Nothing SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERJackson also inquired if key bystanders such as fellow Boston Police Officer Brian Albert his sister-in-law Jennifer McCabe and her husband Matt McCabe could have lied from the start about whether O'Keefe entered Albert's home at Fairview Road hours before he was identified dead on the front lawn Of those three only Jennifer McCabe has testified as of Thursday in Read's second trial She stated jurors she saw Read's motorcycle outside the house shortly after midnight but never saw either Read or O'Keefe come inside Outside court Thursday where she was not speaking under oath Read stated reporters in plain words that she saw him go inside FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME CLUB ON X I saw him go in the house she stated When she was sought if she could describe the how and when she disclosed no but reported she has in the past and believes special prosecutor Hank Brennan may play a clip at trial Investigators recovered a broken glass and black straw separately from the scene as was O'Keefe's missing sneaker evidence that Bukhenik explained supported investigators' ultimate theory that the victim had been struck by a motor car Brennan on direct examination appealed Bukhenik if there was a phrase about that in law enforcement circles GET REAL-TIME UPDATES FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Knocked out of your shoes Bukhenik explained Another component to that theory was Read's broken taillight Brennan played Ring camera video taken from O'Keefe's driveway that evidenced the light was cracked when she left his house around a m on Jan Bukhenik stated he questioned Read about the broken taillight later that morning and quoted her as saying I don't know how I did it last night O'Keefe had key injuries to his face and head as well as cuts on his right arm by the time Bukhenik saw him at Good Samaritan hospital he commented Bukhenik who moved to the U S from Ukraine when he was and joined the Marine Corps after is expected to return to the witness stand Friday morning when court resumes at a m ET