Attorneys for Karen Read are seeking a variety of evidence from the state ahead of her second trial, including unredacted documents from the investigation into the death of Sandra Birchmore.Read is accused of hitting and killing her boyfriend,

Karen Read's case has drawn frequent comparisons to that of Sandra Birchmore, who federal prosecutors say was killed by a former police officer who groomed and assaulted her.

The state’s highest court weighed in on Karen Read’s case Tuesday, refusing to drop two of her charges after defense attorneys argued jurors in her first trial unofficially agreed to acquit her of murder and leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the death of her boyfriend,

DEDHAM, Mass. — A flurry of new filings in the Karen Read murder case were obtained Wednesday by Boston 25, one day after Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that the 44-year-old Mansfield woman can be retried on all three charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

Lawyers for Karen Read on Monday asked the judge presiding over the sensational case to order prosecutors to turn over a “forensically sound” copy of video footage of her SUV in a Canton police sallyport area, arguing the material could contain exculpatory information.

The Karen Read case was back in a Massachusetts courtroom for a hearing on what evidence may be used in her second trial.

Karen Read's defense asked the court for permission to visit the former home of John O'Keefe and permission to delay releasing certain pieces of evidence to the prosecution, citing a profane message from an investigator.