How We Got Here: S2-E1

A dead officer, a girlfriend on trial, and a case that tore a town apart.

When John O'Keefe was found lifeless in the snow in January 2022,Karen Read said she dropped him off. Prosecutors said she left him to die.

As the high-stakes retrial begins, we recap the explosive first trial—tainted evidence, missing pieces, and a system under fire. Was it a drunken accident, a murder, or a cover-up buried beneath a blizzard of lies?

Featuring interviews with: Alina Burroughs

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Host: Kristin Thorne

Writer & Producer: Cooper Moll

Executive Producer: Jessica Lowther

Editor: Anna McClain

Associate Producer: Tess Jagger-Wells

Booking Producer: Lisa Feit

Legal: Elizabeth Vulaj

Key Art: Sean Panzera

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