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Accident reconstruction expert testifies in Karen Read case

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Accident reconstruction expert testifies in Karen Read case

KATIE AND ANTOINETTE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN WHO IS CURRENTLY TESTIFYING IS TESTIFYING FOR THE DEFENSE, BUT IN THIS CASE HE WAS ACTUALLY RECRUITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE FBI. NOW THE JUDGE HAS DECIDED THAT THE JURY DOES NOT NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS FACT IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE VALUE OF HIS TESTIMONY. DANIEL WOLFE, PHD, HAS A BACKGROUND IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS. DR. WOLFE INFORMED THE JURY OF EXTENSIVE TESTING, INCLUDING THE USE OF A PNEUMATIC CANNON, THAT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAD CONDUCTED AT A COMPANY CALLED AKA. IN THIS CASE, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ALAN JACKSON ASKED HIM FOR HIS CONCLUSION. IS THE DAMAGE TO KAREN REIDS SUV ESSENTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH A PEDESTRIAN HIT? IN THIS CASE THE VICTIM IS JOHN O’KEEFE. IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION, BASED ON ALL OF YOUR TESTING, IS THE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL LIGHT THAT YOU SAW CONSISTENT WITH A HUMAN HEAD HIT? NO. IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL LIGHT CONSISTENT WITH A HUMAN ARM HIT? NO. THE ARM WAS HIT EARLY THAT MORNING. THE DEFENSE APPOINTS DR. FRANK SHERIDAN, A RETIRED FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, AS ASSISTANT. SHERIDAN CERTIFIED THAT, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT PERFORM OR ATTEND THE AUTOPSY, AFTER REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE HE CONCLUDED THAT THE INJURIES TO JOHN O’KEEFE’S ARM ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH A HUMAN ARM HIT. SOON IT WILL BE UP TO THE JURY TO DECIDE WHICH THEORY OF THIS MURDER CASE THE DEFENSE CAN BELIEVE TODAY OR TOMORROW, AND THE JUDGE HAS TOLD THE JURY THAT THEY WILL BEGIN DELIBERATING THIS CASE, PROBABLY LATER THIS WEEK, AND WILL REPORT LIVE

Accident reconstruction expert testifies in Karen Read case

Testimony continued Monday in the murder trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with an SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm.

Testimony continued Monday in the murder trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with an SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm.

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