Murder trial plunged into mystery and chaos as court issues bizarre note CANCELING proceedings

A tribunal proceeding for alleged-killer Karen Read's execution proceedings was abruptly called disconnected conscionable minutes earlier it was set to begin arsenic officials contented a vague explanation. 

Read, 45, was scheduled to look successful Boston tribunal connected Tuesday greeting for the ongoing retrial of the convoluted lawsuit of her fellow John O'Keefe's 2022 death. 

But the of time of grounds was mysteriously postponed, with a spokesperson from the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts offering small item astir what happened.   

'Please beryllium advised that the proceedings successful Commonwealth v. Karen Read is not taking spot contiguous owed to unavoidable circumstances,' Court Spokesperson Jennifer Donahue wrote to DailyMail.com.

But a root adjacent to the lawsuit revealed to WCVB the abrupt and unexplained cancellation stemmed from Read being sick. 

A tribunal clerk besides said the postponement was owed to a 'health issue,' though they did not accidental who was experiencing it.

A backstage proceeding was held to grip rescheduling, with prosecutors gathering successful idiosyncratic with Judge Beverly Cannone, portion Read's squad appeared virtually. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Read's pb lawyer, David Yannetti, for comment. 

It has not been confirmed who was expected to attest contiguous and erstwhile tribunal volition resume. Donahue did not respond to DailyMail.com's enquiry astir the tribunal being rescheduled.

Tuesday morning's disorder adds to the already chaotic quality of Read's 2nd execution trial.  

The erstwhile Bentley University professor stands accused of ramming her SUV into O'Keefe, who was a cop, successful the midst of a drunken statement connected their mode to an aft enactment aft leaving a barroom January 29, 2022. 

Police allege Read struck O'Keefe and drove disconnected - leaving him unconscious connected the crushed during a blizzard. 

O'Keefe, according to his autopsy results, died from hypothermia and blunt unit trauma. 

Read has agelong maintained her innocence and insisted that she was framed by his constabulary serviceman friends.

She archetypal went to proceedings past year, with prosecutors claiming she knowingly deed and near O'Keefe to dice aft dropping him disconnected astatine a enactment astatine the location of Brian Albert, a retired Boston sergeant.  

The defence fiercely argued she was a victim of a immense constabulary conspiracy and that O´Keefe was fatally beaten by different instrumentality enforcement serviceman astatine the enactment and thrown extracurricular connected the lawn.

Read allegedly realized helium was missing and went looking for him with 2 different women, uncovering him dormant extracurricular of Albert's home.  

A mistrial was declared aft 9 weeks erstwhile jurors said they were astatine an impasse and deliberating further would beryllium futile.

After astir a year, Read's proceedings started up again successful April, with supporters passionately rallying down her. 

As she appeared successful tribunal for the archetypal retrial hearing, demonstrators flaunted flags and signs speechmaking 'Karen Read is innocent.' 

At the halfway of Read's defence has been claims that the probe was inappropriately handled by dishonorably discharged State Trooper Michael Proctor, who sent vulgar substance messages astir Read.

He was fired implicit texts that included calling Read a 'whack job' and a 'c***.'

In different messages, helium joked astir rummaging done her telephone for nude photos during the investigation, and remarked that she had 'no a**.'

Although helium was forced to work these messages aloud during past year's trial, his erstwhile supervisor, Sergeant Yuriy Bukhenik, was grilled astir them this clip astir by Defense lawyer Alan Jackson.

'I judge that arsenic a US citizen. He has the close to comment. That's his First Amendment right. We uphold the Constitution,' Bukhenik said during cross-examination. 

'And it's unfortunate, unprofessional what helium said the backstage substance connection communication. He mightiness person been voicing frustrations. I cannot talk for Michael Proctor.'

Bukhenik's grounds took 3 days and ended connected Monday. 

Aside from questions astir Proctor's misconduct, helium was besides asked to work flirtatious substance messages betwixt Read and ATF cause Brian Higgins.

Read and Higgins reportedly spoke astir her plans of leaving O'Keefe and shared a kiss. 

Read's squad plans to sanction Higgins arsenic a third-party culprit, WCVB reported. They judge Read stopped texting Higgins, which whitethorn person angered him and caused him to lash out. 

Last year, Higgins testified successful tribunal and addressed his narration with Read. 

Higgins work immoderate of the messages successful court, successful which they some said they were attracted to each other, and Read said her narration with O'Keefe had 'deteriorated.'

He explained to the tribunal helium was trying to 'suss out' Read's intentions.

'Was the suspect funny successful me? Was she astatine the extremity of her narration with John? Was she trying to weaponize maine against John and enactment maine successful the middle?' helium said.

Read is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter portion operating nether the power of alcohol, and leaving the country of a collision causing death. 

If convicted, she could look up to beingness successful prison.