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Karen Read investigator forced to read ‘unprofessional and regrettable’ texts during trial

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The Massachusetts State Trooper leading the investigation into the death of Karen Reed’s boyfriend read aloud disparaging texts he wrote calling the suspect a “wack job c–t,” and “retarded” at her murder trial Monday — and admitted to making fun of her Crohn’s disease and sending other “regrettable” jokes.

In messages sent to his childhood friends, Lt. Michael Proctor referred to Read as a “babe” with “no ass,” and joked about searching through her phone for nudes during his investigation into the death of her Boston cop boyfriend, John O’Keefe, whom she allegedly mowed down in her car and left for dead.

“I don’t have an explanation other than they’re regrettable and it’s something I’m not proud of, the language that I used,” Proctor said of his texts on Monday, according to Boston.com.

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