The swell of support for Read has become so huge that Massachusetts police were in place to direct traffic, erect barriers along the sidewalk and even close out access to the court well before Friday's hearing would begin because, as a trooper said, "we're at capacity."
A new billboard not far from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro aims to capture the attention of the few in Greater Boston who haven’t been following the case of Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of killing her boyfriend with her car in January of last year.
The attorneys for Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of mowing down her boyfriend outside a house in Canton last January, are gearing up for another evidence discovery fight ahead of Friday’s status conference hearing.
It's been a crazy year, and the Brian Walshe and Karen Read murder trials aren't the only cases with shocking headlines. Here is a rundown of cases this year that Herald readers, and in some cases the nation, have followed from the edge of their seats.