The lead investigator within the Karen Learn case, Trooper Michael Proctor, can be suspended with out pay following an inside Massachusetts State Police listening to, officers introduced Monday.
Learn, 44, of Mansfield, was tried for second-degree homicide, manslaughter and different costs associated to the dying of her boyfriend Boston cop John O’Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022. A mistrial was declared on July 1.
Proctor’s two-day testimony throughout the trial led legal professionals to disclose private texts through which the trooper through which he used degrading and express language and went as far as to specific hope that she kills herself, resulting in widespread criticism of the investigator’s conduct and an inside evaluation by the State Police. The trooper was positioned on go away the day the mistrial was declared.
State Police officers referred to as an obligation standing listening to for Proctor on Monday morning, figuring out whether or not the trooper would stay on full responsibility, be positioned on restricted responsibility, be suspended with pay or be suspended with out pay.
The board advisable Proctor be suspended with out pay, and the colonel accepted the advice efficient instantly, the division mentioned.
The State Police inside affairs investigation into Proctor stays ongoing, which can end in costs that will be adjudicated by a State Police Trial Board.
