The second of three days of the Karen Learn homicide trial scheduled for this week is ready to start at 9 a.m. in Norfolk Superior Courtroom. Massachusetts Crime Lab forensic scientist Ashley Vaillier’s continued testimony is anticipated to start the day.
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Ashley Vallier, with the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab, was the final to take the stand within the Karen Learn homicide trial on Monday. (Pat Greenhouse/Pool photograph)
On Monday, the primary Massachusetts State Police trooper took the stand. Lt. Kevin O’Hara, the group commander for the MSP Particular Emergency Response Staff (SERT), testified that he was known as to 34 Fairview Street in Canton to seek for proof the afternoon of Jan. 29, 2022, the day John O’Keefe died.
Learn, 44, of Mansfield, faces costs of second-degree homicide, motorcar manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision inflicting the loss of life of O’Keefe, a 16-year Boston Police officer when he died at age 46.
O’Hara mentioned that he and his group carried out a virtually hour-long search within the entrance yard of the house within the basic space he was advised O’Keefe’s physique was discovered. Throughout that search, he mentioned, the group situated “six or seven” items of a taillight, each pink and clear plastic parts, in addition to a black Nike sneaker.
Maureen Hartnett, a forensic scientist with the State Police crime lab, testified that she took these samples from the police and likewise analyzed Learn’s Lexus SUV and different proof within the case.
Hartnett mentioned she allowed the frozen “red-brown stains” to thaw after which swabbed one of many cups to have it analyzed by an out of doors lab. She mentioned she discovered related “red-brown” stains on the t-shirt O’Keefe wore, in addition to his hooded long-sleeved shirt or sweatshirt.
She additionally took a have a look at Learn’s 2021 Lexus LX570 contained in the police station’s sallyport. She mentioned she carried out an “overall physical evaluation” of the automobile for something that must be reported for the investigation and remarked that the automobile was “in overall good condition,” however with injury to the rear passenger-side space.
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