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Watch Live: Karen Read Trial Creations with Cross-Lords from Handy Expert

The Karen Read attempt is back in court on Tuesday for a sixth day of Testimony with A Mobile phone expert Back on the booth to convey cross -contrary Jen McCabes Google search And John O'keefes movements on the night of his death.

You can view certificates live in CBS News Boston by clicking on the video player above.

Read is brought to court for the second time and has not guilty, Murder second degree second degree, homicide, while he operated under the influence of alcohol and left the scene of personal injury and death.

The public prosecutor said that she killed and killed O'keefe, a police officer in Boston, with her SUV and let him die in front of a cantonal house during a snowstorm. The defense of Read has argued that law enforcement agencies and several other people work on the framework.

The special prosecutor Hank Brennan, who was not involved in the first legal proceedings, has completed the direct survey of witnesses.

Ian whiffin cross -life

The Court ended on Monday when defender Bob Alessi Ian Whiffin, who works for Cellebrite, a company that conducts forensic telephon extractions. Whiffin was back up to start the day on Tuesday.

Whiffin said about the time of the most important witness McCabe's Google search how long it would take for someone to die in the cold and said it was taking place after 6 a.m. on January 29, 2022. The defenders said McCabe made the search at 2:27 a.m., hours before O'keef's body found the search.

According to Whiffin, the search was at 2:27 a.m. because McCabe opened an internet browser tab, hours later, used the same tab for the search that she made on request from Read.

During the cross -life, Alessi said that during the first attempt by one of the tools used showed in one of the tools at 2:27:40 a.m. when McCabe was looking for “HOS long”, but it was later deleted. Alessi also said that a Cellebrite competitor found the same and still had it in his recording while Cellebrite removed the time temple.

Whiffin said it was removed in response to his research.

“It was changed due to the research I have carried out and verified by the Forensic Research Team,” said Whiffin.

Has John O'keefe entering 34 Fairview Road?

Whiffin also said that due to his analysis on the night he died that O'keefe's phone never left the area of ​​the flag mast in the courtyard outside of the 34 Fairview Road in Canton after he had arrived in Brian Albert's house. O'keefes body was found in the snow near the flag mast.

The public prosecutor tried to use Whiffin's statement to show that O'keefe never went into the house after it had come out of the SUV from Read. The defense argued that he was killed within the house during a fight and then pulled outside and left on the lawn.

Alessi emphasized on Tuesday that he found in Whiffin's report that the device turned in a western direction towards the house at home when O'keefe's phone arrived in the 34 Fairview Road. In his report, Whiffin wrote that it was “difficult to say with a certain degree of security when the device actually moves”.

On Monday, Whiffin showed a satellite picture of 34 Fairview Road, which was part of Brian Albert at the time. The photo contained points that offer a general area where the phone was all night.

During the crossing, Alessi found that Whiffin did not contain a second photo of his report, on which there are also circles based on the data on which the phone was on which the phone contained a wider area. Alessi said that if the circles are displayed, “a considerable amount of the house” is included.

“Interesting and noteworthy, you did not record this presentation in your timeline, which you discussed with the jury yesterday? But it was important enough or you to include this presentation in your report,” said Alessi.

Whiffin was asked whether in this photo if the phone could have been in the house.

“Based on the information with little accuracy,” said Whiffin.

A graphic by Ian Whiffin, the possible places by John O'keefes phone on the night he died.

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Whiffin's report found that the final recording of the health events on O'keefes Telephone on January 29, 2022 fell around 12:32 p.m. when he recorded 36 steps that covered about 84 feet. Alessi showed Whiffin a report by the Massachusett State Police Trooper Nicholas Guarino, which shows the measurement from the flag mast to the front door of the house, is 72 feet.

John O'Keefes Handy Battery temperature of mobile phones

Whiffins direct testimony also tried to show that the temperature of O'keef's cell phone battery also shows that he never made it in the house.

During the cross -life, Alessi tried to show that during the experiments of whiffin there was a phone in cold temperatures, the battery of the telephone battery fell faster than the O'keefe battery at night when he died. Alessi said that there is a “much more dramatic” temperature drop in the experiments than on O'Keefe's telephone battery data.

Alessi also noticed that whiffin did not know what was the temperature in Canton at night that O'keefe died. Whiffin said he didn't think it was important because he didn't know any factors how the phone in one case or whether the phone was in a pocket.

“I know it was a blizzard. But I don't know what the temperature was,” said Whiffin.

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On Monday two Experts for crash reconstruction which were set as part of the now closed settings Federal investigation In dealing with O'keefe's death, without the jury, which is present at the request of Judge Beverly Cannon.

The Supreme Court of the United States also said it on Monday that it will not take the appeal of read of the judgment in her first process.

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You can view Karen Reads second trial version live in CBS News Boston or in the video player above. It is expected that the certificate will go by 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

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