Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning discuss Andrea’s episode, “The Night of the Nor’easter.” In 2022, Karen Read was charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by drunkenly backing her car into him in blizzard conditions. She says that never happened, and her defense – that she was being framed as part of a police cover up – gained national attention and sparked demonstrations and protests at the courthouse. Andrea talks about covering Read’s high-profile trial this summer, and what it was like interviewing Read’s defense attorney, Alan Jackson. Later, Andrea shares a podcast-exclusive clip from her conversation with one of John O’Keefe’s family members. And Dateline producer Sue Simpson stops by to answer viewer and listener questions from social media. Listen to the full episode of "The Night of the Nor'easter" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_thenightofthenoreaster
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Hi everyone.
I am Blaine Alexander and we are talking dateline.
I'm here today with Andrea Canning.
Hi, Andrea.
Hey, Blaine.
So this episode is called the Night of the Nor'easter.
If you haven't seen it, it's the episode right below this one on your Dateline podcast feed.
So you can go there, listen to it or stream it on Peacock and then come right back here.
So for this episode of Talking Date Line, Andrea has an extra clip that didn't make it into the show.
Then DATELINE producer Sue Simpson will join me to answer some of your social media questions about the episode.
But here's a quick recap of the story.
The trial of Karen reed in Canton, Massachusetts, was among the biggest and most divisive cases of 2024.
She's accused of killing her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, a Boston police officer, by drunkenly backing her car into him on a snowy January night in 2022.