Massachusetts professor indicted in alleged drunk driving death of Boston cop boyfriend

A Massachusetts finance professor pleaded not responsible Friday within the dying of her late boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, after she allegedly hit him along with her car whereas intoxicated on the evening fo Jan. 29, 2021, in response to native stories.

A Norfolk County Grand Jury on Thursday indicted Bentley College Professor Karen Learn, 42, of Mansfield, for second-degree homicide, motorcar manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision, which apparently brought about O’Keefe’s dying. 

She pleaded not responsible throughout an arraignment continuing on Friday, The Boston Globe reported.

Massachusetts State Police beforehand arrested Learn on Feb. 1, 2022, on a manslaughter warrant. Learn pleaded not responsible in Stoughton District Court docket on the time and was launched on $50,000 money bail, in response to Norfolk District Legal professional Michael Morrissey’s workplace.

Authorities say Learn drove O’Keefe to a house on Fairview Street in Canton shortly after midnight on Jan. 29. 

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That morning round 6 a.m., authorities discovered O’Keefe on the bottom outdoors the Canton dwelling simply earlier than a nor’easter struck the city with 21 inches of snow. Authorities transported the off-duty officer to Good Samaritan Medical Middle, the place he was pronounced lifeless a number of hours later.

Authorities say Learn drove O’Keefe to a house on Fairview Street in Canton shortly after midnight on Jan. 29.
(Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe)

Prosecutors stated the couple was consuming at a bar on the night of Jan. 28. Learn allegedly drove O’Keefe to a celebration on the Canton dwelling, at which level prosecutors imagine she hit him along with her automobile whereas making an attempt to make a flip and drove dwelling, NBC Boston reported. 

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Learn then apparently turned nervous when she didn’t hear again from O’Keefe afterward and returned to the Canton dwelling with two buddies on the morning on Jan. 29, the place they discovered him on the bottom with cuts, each of his eyes swollen shut, and his garments lined in blood and vomit, the outlet reported, citing prosecutors. 

“He appeared to have been within the chilly for some interval,” Morrissey stated in a press release on the time. 

Considered one of Learn’s buddies allegedly instructed police that Learn known as her at 5 a.m., saying, “John’s lifeless. I ponder if he is lifeless. It is snowing. He acquired hit by a plow.”

Learn additionally instructed emergency personnel who responded to the scene, “I hit him, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him,” in response to NBC Boston.

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The Boston Police Division described O’Keefe as “a sort particular person” who was “devoted to his household” in a February assertion after his dying.

“[He] will likely be drastically missed by his coworkers and anybody who had the privilege of assembly him,” the division stated on the time. “…Right now, we’re surprised and saddened and supply no matter help we are able to to John’s household. Boston Police Peer Help will likely be obtainable to help division members in want of emotional help.”

Fox Information’ Bradford Betz contributed to this report.