Day 25 of the Karen Read retrial featured intense testimony. Jonathan Demantis, a longtime friend of Trooper Proctor, confirmed Proctor’s firing over crude texts about Read, which the prosecution read aloud, including offensive remarks about her looks and MS. Officer Kelly Dever, a reluctant witness, initially claimed she saw surveillance footage contradicting police accounts but later recanted, citing memory issues. Dr. Marie Russell, an expert in dog bites, testified that John O'Keefe’s injuries resembled canine wounds, not vehicular trauma. Though compelling, her credibility was challenged since she'd never testified in court before and had inserted herself into the case...

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