Defense attorneys for Karen Read abandoned their plans to blame two other men for John O'Keefe's death ahead of Friday's closing arguments in the high-profile trial. Jurors had the day off Thursday while attorneys held a final hearing with Judge Beverly Cannone,

Arguing the motion, David Yannetti, a lawyer for Read, said the two witnesses the defense called from ARCCA, an accident reconstruction expert and a biomechanical engineer, “drove a stake through the heart of the commonwealth’s case.” “These indictments cannot stand,” he said.