The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.

The Boston-area woman was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022. The jury was dismissed for the weekend and will resume on Monday.

During closing arguments, prosecutors said they’ve shown Karen Read killed her boyfriend when she hit him with her car after a night of drinking. Read’s defense team says there was no collision, and that the investigation into O’Keefe’s death was flawed from the start.

Karen Read’s fate is in the jury’s hands after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Friday.

Karen Read will not take the witness stand in the second trial about the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend as the defense has rested.

Both sides in Karen Read’s murder retrial appeared in court Thursday for a hearing before they deliver closing arguments to jurors on Friday. The hearing is known as a charge conference, where the parties hash out instructions the jury will receive before they start deliberating. Jurors weren’t present for Thursday’s proceedings.

Defense attorneys for Karen Read rested their case Wednesday, bringing her retrial for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend one step closer to its blockbuster conclusion.

Residents of Canton, Massachusetts are looking forward to restoring peace in the town that's been divided by the high-profile case.