The lead investigator in the case of Karen Read, who is accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank, acknowledged disparaging her and her lawyer in text messages.
Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, right, takes the stand to testify, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Norfolk Super Court, in Dedham, Mass., during the trial for Karen Read. for dead in a snowbank has come under fire for a series of offensive and inappropriate texts he wrote about the defendant during the investigation.
The defense team jumped on the exchanges including one where Proctor also wrote that he hated one of Read's attorneys. They also noted a text in which Proctor joked to his supervisors about not finding nude photos when he was going through Read's phone. The text exchanges could raise doubts with the jury about Proctor's credibility and play into the hands of the defense which has questioned law enforcement's handling of the investigation.
They have portrayed the investigation as shoddy and undermined by the relationship investigators had with the law enforcement agents at the house party. They also have suggested pieces of glass found on the bumper of Read’s SUV and a hair found on the vehicle’s exterior may have been planted.
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