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Karen Read Preps for Retrial in New Doc About Boyfriend John O’Keefe's Death

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12 months ago

March 18, 2025

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Karen Read Preps for Retrial in New Doc About Boyfriend John O’Keefe's Death

Karen Read
New No-Holds-Barred Doc Dives Into Retrial Prep
… Accused of Murdering Boston Cop BF

Published March 17, 2025 8:00 PM PDT

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Karen Read is at the center of a new documentary series offering intimate access as she and her legal team gear up for her retrial in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe — and TMZ has your exclusive first look at Tuesday’s upcoming episode.

In Investigation Discovery’s “A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read,” Karen opens up her Mansfield, Massachusetts home to cameras and questions, insisting the allegations against her don’t add up.

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Prosecutors allege in 2022, Read got into a heated drunken argument with O’Keefe before backing up and hitting him with her SUV, killing him … then fleeing the scene, leaving him to die in a friend’s snow-covered front yard.

Read has always insisted she’s innocent, and her team claims she was framed — saying John got into a fight with his fellow officers that night and they pinned his death on her.

Karen’s first trial ended in a mistrial last year … the jury voted to acquit her on second-degree murder and fleeing the scene — but deadlocked 9-3 in favor of convicting her on vehicular manslaughter.

The new docuseries dives into Karen’s upcoming April retrial, the investigation, her preparations, and the surrounding theories — featuring key figures and an inside look at her mindset during 2024’s trial. Read’s facing charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter while driving under the influence, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death.

There’s a lot to unpack, so the five-episode ID docuseries, which kicked off tonight, is being rolled out over three nights, all available to stream on Max.

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

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11 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

An underwater view shows US’ Lilly King competing in a heat of the women’s 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

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This week’s show was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who’s Bill This Time

State of the Union is Hot; The Tribal Council Convenes Again; A Glow Up In the Doll Aisle

Panel Questions

The Toot Tracker

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about a travel hack in the news, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Olympic Swimmer Lilly King answers our questions about Lil’ Kings

Olympic Swimmer Lilly King plays our game called, “Lilly King meet these Lil’ Kings” Three questions about short kings.

Panel Questions

Cleaning Out The Cabinet; Bedtime Stacking

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Getting Cozy With Cross Country Skiing; Pickleball’s New Competition; Bees Get Freaky

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after American Girls, what’ll be the next toy to get an update.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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March 1, 2026

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

Law Roach
Zendaya and Tom’s Wedding Already Happened …
Y’all Missed It!!!

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March 1, 2026
6:34 PM PST

Zendaya and Tom Holland are married … so claims her longtime stylist, Law Roach.

Here’s the deal … the celebrity stylist — who started styling Zendaya way back in 2011 — spoke to Access Hollywood on the Actors Awards red carpet where he sang out “The wedding has already happened, you missed it.”

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The AH reporter asks in shock if that’s true … and, Law responds by saying it’s “very true” before walking off.

This isn’t the first time Tom and Zendaya’s relationship status has made headlines on a red carpet … remember at the Golden Globes in 2025, Zendaya had a ring on that finger — and, the next day, we found out the two were engaged.

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Zendaya and Tom met on the set of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in 2016, started dating a couple years later and went public with their relationship in 2021.

We’ve reached out to Tom and Zendaya’s teams … so far, no word back.

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

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23 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

Online prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on wide-ranging subjects such as sports, finance, politics and currents events.

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The rise of prediction markets means you can now bet on just about anything, right from your phone. Apps like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown exponentially in President Trump’s second term, as his administration has rolled back regulations designed to keep the industry in check. Billions of dollars have flooded in, and users are placing bets on everything from whether it will rain in Seattle today to whether the US will take over control of Greenland. Who’s winning big on these apps? And who is losing? NPR correspondent Bobby Allyn joins The Sunday Story to explain how these markets came to be and where they are going.

This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom and Brett Neely. Fact-checking by Barclay Walsh and Susie Cummings. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez.

We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at TheSundayStory@npr.org.

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