After the defense wrapped up its questioning of Rentschler, Prosecutor Hank Brennan told the judge he did not plan to call any more witnesses, reversing an earlier request to recall a different crash expert. The lawyers agreed to begin their closing arguments at 9 a.m. Friday. They'll then hand the case to the jury.

Jurors begin first full day of deliberations in Karen Read's second murder trial for the alleged hit-and-run death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe in 2022.

Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend one step closer to its blockbuster conclusion.

Before her second trial even began, accused murderer Karen Read owned her attorneys more than $5 million in deferred fees.

Among the many fireworks at the most recent hearing in the case of Karen Read, charged with killing her boyfriend John O’Keefe last year, is the defense’s claim that the

After nearly two months of testimony, Karen Read’s retrial for the murder of her boyfriend John O’Keefe is in its final days. The defense has now rested its case, without Read taking the stand. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.

We talked to three defense attorneys about retrials they've seen, how they turn out and what they think of the Karen Read murder case.

Read’s defense has called seven witnesses through three days so far. There are at least three more witnesses on the defense witness list likely to be called before it rests: Andrew Rentschler and Daniel Wolfe, accident reconstruction experts at the firm ARCCA, and Dr. Elizabeth Laposata, a medical examiner.

Judge Beverly Cannone sent jurors home for the day shortly before 4 p.m. Deliberations resume Wednesday morning.