The contents of the text messages – which were notably presented to jurors under cross-examination by Massachusetts prosecutors and not Read’s defense attorneys – were publicly known, having been presented at Read’s first trial, which ended with a hung jury. But this is the first time jurors in her second trial have heard them.

Texts from detective Michael Proctor in Karen Read's murder trial raise questions about investigative bias, with implications for the prosecution's strategy.

Crude text messages about Karen Read that fired Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor sent to his friends after John O’Keefe’s death were read aloud for jurors on Monday.