New documents reveal Karen Read’s murder retrial cost Mass. taxpayers more than $1 million

New documents show the Commonwealth spent more than a million dollars in taxpayer money for the high-profile murder retrial of Karen Read.

According to records obtained by 25 Investigates on Wednesday, $1,429,626 was the total price tag for Read’s conviction of drunk driving.

$566,000 went to Special Prosecutor for the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office Hank Brennan and his firm to prosecute the retrial.

The other $863,000 plus went to experts, investigative work, and other services.

Payments were made to multiple entities, including $599,735.45 to Aperture LLC, a forensic consultant that dealt with accident reconstruction for the case.

Hexordia, which was responsible for digital forensics, was paid nearly $45,000 for its services, the second-largest sum.

Other notable payments included $17,000 to court transcriber Christine Blankenship for transcribing Boston 25 News and other media interviews and segments involving subjects in the Read case.

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At least one witness for the prosecution flew first class, while the Massachusetts State Police incurred other costs traveling to places like New York City, Vermont, and Texas to interview witnesses, according to the records.

Read’s highly publicized case drew national attention.

Prosecutors alleged that Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV, leaving him to die in a blizzard on the front lawn of fellow officer Brian Albert’s home at 34 Fairview Road in Canton following a night of drinking.

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