Karen Read and Ana Walshe: Love-tangled murder cases intertwine with state trooper linked to sultry texts


Karen Read and Ana Walshe: Love-tangled murder cases intertwine with state trooper linked to sultry texts

Published February 14, 2025 4:00am EST One is accused of killing her boyfriend after a drunken spat. The other vanished without a trace, leaving her husband a murder suspect. Both were investigated by the same Massachusetts state trooper whose on-the-job behavior led to his suspension without pay and an internal investigation into his conduct. They are Karen Read, a former finance professional who is accused of hitting her Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe with a Lexus SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, and Ana Walshe, a jet-setting real estate executive who vanished on Jan. 1, 2023, allegedly due to foul play on behalf of her husband Brian Walshe. Michael Proctor, an embattled investigator whose career could end in shame at the conclusion of a series of state disciplinary hearings, investigated both cases.