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Texts from detective Michael Proctor in Karen Read's murder trial raise questions about investigative bias, with implications for the prosecution's strategy.

The judge in the Karen Read trial will allow into evidence damaging text messages from the fired lead investigator, Michael Proctor, who worked for the Massachusetts State Police.

Chinese researchers say they have discovered a way to observe tiny text and other fine details at a higher resolution from almost a mile away using a laser-based method.

A primary investigator of the death of John O’Keefe testified that Karen Read was “questioning” hitting O’Keefe with her vehicle. He also read Michael Proctor’s career-ruining text ...

Karen Read and boyfriend, John O’Keefe, had a biting fight over text just hours before the Boston cop’s lifeless body was pulled out of the snow — and a stunned jury heard the entire ...

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Prosecutors in Karen Read's case are asking the court to grant them access to communications between Karen Read and her lawyer, David Yannetti, in the days following the death of John O'Keefe.

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Brian Higgins and Read exchanged flirty text messages and kissed once in the weeks before John O’Keefe was found fatally injured and covered in snow.