Watch Live: Key Investigator Yuri Bukhenik takes up in Karen Read Trial

Testimony CVs for a 12th day on Thursday in the Karen Read attempt As Read said the day before, the public prosecutor's case was on the verge of the end. The Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik of the State Police in Massachusetts, who was one of the leading investigators in the case of one of the leading investigators, emerged on Thursday to testify about evidence and read inappropriate text messages that he received from his colleague Michael Proctor.

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The special prosecutor Hank Brennan has questioned witnesses on direct, while Alan Jackson, one of Read's defenders, carries out most of the cross tests.

Public prosecutor Read allegations John O'keefe, whom she went out with her SUV, to meet and kill, and he let him die in the snow in January 2022. killed during a fight In the house and several men, including Brian Albert, were involved.

Michael Proctor, the senior investigator in Read's case, worked closely with Bukhenik. Proctor was fired later for his behavior in that case.

Alan Jackson Cross-Examines Yuri Bukhenik

Jackson began to examine after the afternoon break after the afternoon break. He immediately started to question Bukhenik about Proctor's role in the case.

“Would you agree that Michael Proctor was the leading investigator and the case representative responsible for this case?” Asked Jackson with his first question.

“He was assigned to the case as a case representative,” said Bukhenik.

Jackson asked Bukhenik about “former Trooper Michael Proctor” whether Proctor was the main case. Bukhenik again said that Proctor was the case officer.

“In the end, he was assigned to use a sentence other than the main detective, wasn't it?” Asked Jackson.

“I will not agree with you,” said Bukhenik.

Jackson asked if there was a reason why he tried to distance himself from Proctor.

“I'm not trying to distance myself. I only say that the term I use is the case officer. We are simply a case manager. There are no leading studies in any direction,” said Bukhenik.

Jackson asked Bukhenik whether Proctor played an “important” role in this case. Bukhenik said he would not say that because others were involved in the investigation. Jackson then showed Bukhenik several search commands, affidavit and other documents and found that they were signed by Proctor.

“Many people are involved in this study,” said Bukhenik, noting that there were more than 100 reports in total.

Jackson pointed out that Bukhenik did not go to the 34 Fairview Road and that no investigators called the crime scene to search the interior of the house. He also noticed that Bukhenik led three witness interviews – Jennifer McCabe, her husband Matt McCabe and Brian Albert. All three interviews were carried out in the house in McCabe, and Jackson tried to show the jury that all three could have a motive to lie if they were somehow involved.

“Have you ever lied to suspicious? Asked Jackson.

Karen read drinking at CF McCarthy's

Brennan showed the jurors on the night of January 28, 2022 by CF McCarthy in Canton. Later read and go and go to the nearby waterfall Bar & Grille.

Every time you read a drink, she is seen as she receives a cocktail glass, then a separate smaller schnapps glass that pours it into the larger glass. During a media clip that was previously played in the test version, Read said the original drinks that she had handed over were weak and she made them closer to what she considered a regular drink.

“I didn't consume nine vodka martinis or made nine shots, depending on how they count. The last two drinks that I have not touched,” Read said in an interview.

In a clip from a recently carried out HBO documentary about your case, in which Brennan was played on which Third day of the processRead said she shouldn't have driven.

“I shouldn't have driven. But I know that I was not ruthless,” said Read, adding later, “I know that I will drive safely. Not as safe or vigilant as I was if I had no alcohol. But I did not drive in any way in any way.”

After the afternoon break, Brennan showed a surveillance photo when O'keefe left the waterfall. In the photo, Bukhenik said that O'keefe seems to keep a cocktail glass with a black straw.

Michael Proctors text messages

During the first attempt it became known that Proctor sent text messages to his personal cell phone to friends, family and colleagues about reading. Proctor wrote in a message that “Hopefully she kills herself.” Another text revealed that Proctor called Read A “Whackjob [expletive]. “During his certificate on the first attempt, Proctor” regretted “the text messages.

Buchenics Fell five vacation days After an examination for internal matters. Bukhenik was in one of the group chats in which Michael Proctor sent the inappropriate text messages about reading.

Brennan asked Bukhenik about Proctor, who added him to the SMS chain. Bukhenik said he was working a traffic detail and did not answer with words, but confirmed the message with a thumb above emoji.

He admitted to the jury that he had been punished that he had not adequately monitored the proctor, but would continue to be in the job.

Brennan had Bukhenik read several text messages from the group text.

“Funny, I'm just going through his customer's phone,” said Proctor. “No file so far. I hate this man. I really hate him.”

The male proctor mentioned in the news was David Yannetti, Read's defender.

Evidence from 34 Fairview Road

Bukhenik said after O'keefe's clothes were brought to the public prosecutor in Norfolk, it was created for drying and on January 29, 2022 a lock.

On Thursday of the witness stand, Bukhenik stopped several of the objects that O'keefe wore, on the night he died.

This included his jeans, the sneaker in the snow in the 34 Fairview Road and the sweatshirt he was wearing.

Bukhenik said that on February 3, 2022, he returned to Brian Albert's house with Proctor and two other soldiers to look for additional evidence. He said that the search focused on the lawn in the area of ​​the flag mast and the fire hydrant near O'keefes body. Some of the snow from the storm, a few days earlier, had to melt, said Bukhenik.

The Sergeant of the State Police stopped several taillights, of which he said they were found at the scene. Some of the pieces were clear, others were red.

Bukhenik presented a plastic drinking straw, of which he said he was found near the street.

The police also searched for O'keefes Baseballhut “Thin Blue Line”, which he wore in the hours before his death. The hat was not found in the hospital with other clothing, which were brought by first aiders.

Bukhenik said the hat was frozen to the ground and about one and a half foot snow.

Bukhenik said that he instructed the police to drive every day in the days to find further evidence that could be unveiled by melting snow.

On February 4, Bukhenik said that he was at his time to drive the scene himself when a member of the canton's police department called him to say that they had found a large piece of red rear light.

On February 10, Bukhenik said that he found several smaller rear lights near the flag mast.

Karen Las police interview

Bukhenik remembered an interview that he performed at Read at her parents' house in Dighton. According to Bukhenik, Read said that she wanted to answer questions, but did not want to go into too many details.

According to Bukhenik, Read was asked if she saw O'keefe going into the 34 Fairview Road.

“She said no, she didn't see him going into the house,” said Bukhenik, said that

He said that read was also asked about damage to her taillight.

“I don't know how I did it last night,” said Read, according to Bukhenik.

At the end of the interview, Read's vehicle and cell phone were confiscated. The vehicle was towed to the Canton police department.

Bukhenik was asked whether the SUV was in the garage of the police department in the cantonal police authority when he has ever seen how Proctor touches the vehicle. “I didn't do it,” he said.

Yuri Bukhenik attested

Bukhenik said he had arrived in the canton's police department at 9:15 a.m. and was shown that the local police had earned earlier on the morning of January 29, 2022. This included a broken cocktail glass, O'Keefe's cell phone and a brown paper bag with six plastic solo boxes that were filled with blood.

After Bukhenik Jennifer McCabe, her husband Matt McCabe and Brian Albert interviewed, Bukhenik went to the Good Samaritan Hospital to see O'keeefe's body.

Bukhenik said he saw blood tied under O'keef's head and swelled under his eyelids, a small cut above the right eye and a small cut under O'keef's left nostrils. O'keefe had cuts and bruises on the outside of his right arm.

Bukhenik said when he learned that O'keefe only had one shoe in the hospital, he suspected that it would be in the 34 Fairview Road and that it was probably the sign of a vehicle strike.

“I suspected that he was hit out of his shoes,” said Bukhenik.

Bukhenik said he wanted to personally look at the Read Lexus SUV after learning several evidence.

“With the missing shoe, the information of which 'I Hone has him' and according to these statements, I was interested in the vehicle that they operated that night,” said Bukhenik.

Bukhenik spoke to read with her parents' house. Bukhenik said that he came from Reads SUV with several foot, but did not touch him.

“There was no large piece of red tapping in the vehicle,” said Bukhenik.

Karen Read the test recently

To read said reporters after the court ended for the day Wednesday that the case of the public prosecutor is almost over, although lawyers are subject to you Gag Therefore, WBZ-TV cannot confirm how many other witnesses remain before the defense takes over. There are still some remarkable witnesses from Read's first process that have not yet been called, including Brian Albert, Brian Higgins and Proctor.

On Wednesday the court ended about half an hour earlier than planned Judge Beverly Cannon told the jurors that she would do it “instead of starting a witness that will probably take a while.”

Connor Keefe Connor Keefe from Massachusett's State Police, Jessica Hyde, were the two witnesses at the stand on Wednesday and both have completed their certificate.

Read is charged with a second degree murder, homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the place of personal injury and death. She has not guilty. This is Read's second time when your attempt is on trial with a 2024 attempt Mistrial Because of a suspended jury.