The lead investigator in the Karen Read case has been fired after admitting that he sent sexist and crude texts about her to family and colleagues during her trial.

During the trial, Read’s lawyers accused Proctor of manipulating evidence and conducting a biased investigation. They based that allegation in part on text messages Proctor sent to friends, relatives and supervisors that showed him using offensive and vulgar language to describe Read.

The Karen Read legal defense team is asking to push the second murder trial back by more than three weeks to allow time for their federal appeal to run its course. Delaying the trial date from April 1 to April 25 “is necessary to permit Ms.

A look at the timeline of events in Karen Read's high-profile Massachusetts murder trial as she is charged with killing Boston police officer John O'Keefe.

The Trial of Karen Read" premieres on Monday, March 17 at 9 p.m. The series tells the full story of Karen Read, and her first trial.