Read, 45, has pleaded not guilty to three charges: second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death.

Hundreds gather outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, to wait for a verdict in the Karen Read retrial on Monday, June 16, 2025.

A spokesman for the Norfolk District Attorney’s office sent an email to a reporter, the first to write a Globe story on a case that would become so big, even the courtroom ceiling fan would have its ...