Did a professor run over her police officer boyfriend and leave him to die in the snow – or is she being framed?

On a snowy night more than two years ago, a Boston, Massachusetts police officer was found dead in the snow outside a fellow officer’s home in the town of Canton.

John O’Keefe was discovered on 29 January 2022 by his girlfriend, Karen Read, and two friends.

Hours earlier the couple had been at a bar together before parting ways – he was going to an after-party, while she reportedly said she felt unwell and was heading home.

Now, Ms Read, a finance professor, is charged with his murder — accused of running him over in her car and then leaving him to die in the snow.

But the case has sprawled far beyond the courtroom, with local bloggers and community members calling for her acquittal as her defence team argues she was framed.

Her , which began on 16 April with jury selection,