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- 0:01Join former FBI Senior Forensic Examiners Becky Passmore and
- 0:05Stacey Eldridge as they dig into the world of digital forensics
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- 0:39really happens when the digital trail is all that's left, TuneIn
- 0:42and start parsing the truth. Hi, I'm Stacey Eldridge and I
- 0:53provide digital forensic services and expert witness
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- 1:00Hello, I'm Becky Passmore, Co Founder of Root Forensics and I
- 1:04also provide digital forensic and expert witness services
- 1:07through my company Becky. And I are both former FBI senior
- 1:11forensic examiners and we totaled it up and we have about
- 1:1445 years of digital forensics and cybersecurity experience
- 1:18between the two of us. Yes.
- 1:20We are dedicated to educating the next generation of digital
- 1:25forensic examiners. We do this by teaching digital
- 1:28forensics at the university level and by sharing real world
- 1:31insights through our podcast, Parsing the Truth One Bite at a
- 1:35Time. The week where we discuss the
- 1:38digital forensics and artifacts in today's modern crimes.
- 1:42And today we've got a special episode for you.
- 1:44Becky. What rabbit hole are we going
- 1:47down today? We are beginning our series on
- 1:51the first Karen retrial. We've joked in the past about
- 1:54we'll be doing 52 part series of the Karen Reed trial, but we
- 2:00believe we are going to be able to cut it down to far fewer
- 2:03episodes than that. In our first Karen Reed series,
- 2:07we are going to focus on the first trial that occurred in
- 2:112024, 2020. And so, Stacey, do you want to
- 2:14start us off with some background on the Karen Reed
- 2:17case? Yeah, the Karen Reed case is
- 2:19certainly one of the most talked about cases from 2024.
- 2:23It's the Commonwealth, the state of Massachusetts versus Karen
- 2:27Reed. The digital forensics in this
- 2:29case is fascinating, and it's generated significant attention
- 2:33and debate. And perhaps that's an
- 2:36understatement. Karen Reed is accused of the
- 2:38death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, who was found dead
- 2:42outside his home in Canton, MA on January 29th, 2022.
- 2:48The prosecution has its theory of what happened, but the
- 2:52defense brought in digital evidence that they think tells a
- 2:55different story. And that's where today's episode
- 2:58begins. We are going to walk through the
- 3:01affidavit from Richard Green. He is a digital forensics expert
- 3:06with United States Forensics and the defense brought Green in to
- 3:10analyze cell phone data from two key individuals, Jennifer McCabe
- 3:15and John O'Keefe, and he analyzed reads data as well.
- 3:20Now Greens affidavit was filed in April 2023 and so this was
- 3:24before the Karen Reed trial actually started in 2024.
- 3:29So let's start with the basics. If you want to follow along,
- 3:33check for the link to the affidavit in our show notes or
- 3:37the QR code on the screen. So why did Richard Green file
- 3:40this affidavit in the 1st place? This affidavit was filed in the
- 3:44support of the defense's motion to subpoena additional
- 3:48information. We have AQR code on the screen
- 3:50for that motion and we'll and we will link to it in the show
- 3:53notes. His affidavit is cited in this
- 3:57motion where the defense is asking the court to order the
- 4:00production of cell phone records and data from two key witnesses,
- 4:05Jennifer McCabe and Brian Albert.
- 4:09There were more requests in that motion, but we're going to focus
- 4:12on this aspect the defense wanted those records and the
- 4:18reasons why are detailed in Richard Green's affidavit.
- 4:23So let's dive into that affidavit now.
- 4:25In .5 of Green's affidavit, he states that his analysis
- 4:29revealed significant sculpatory evidence during the review of
- 4:35the search history which was present on Jennifer McCabe's
- 4:38iPhone. And he cites those in the
- 4:42artifact details of the information where there is a
- 4:46search term house long to die in the cold, and that is time
- 4:53stamped at 2:27 AM. Now, what makes this exculpatory
- 4:58is the biggest question. And it's important to keep in
- 5:00mind this is information is coming from Jennifer McCabe's
- 5:04phone, not Karen Reed's phone. We have to step back to the
- 5:08state's narrative to understand why this matters.
- 5:11The state claimed Reed backed her SUV into O'Keefe outside the
- 5:18Albert's residence and then left him to die there when she left
- 5:231236 Reed. McCabe and Carrie.
- 5:28Roberts arrived back at the Albert residence at 6:00 AM.
- 5:32So if someone searched for House long to die in cold at 2:27 AM,
- 5:39this means someone was searching for information on death by cold
- 5:45exposure hours before anyone claimed to know O'Keefe with
- 5:50outside or missing. This is completely contradictory
- 5:54to the state's narrative. Yep.
- 5:57So Green continues and he indicates that this data is
- 6:00coming from the browser state dot DB dash wall ual in Database
- 6:08Record 4208. He explains that the purpose of
- 6:12the browser state dot DB is to record information about the
- 6:17tabs open in Safari and that it will allow a user to return
- 6:21later and continue browsing. He also states that tabs can be
- 6:25deleted by the user. Now when he states that the user
- 6:29can delete tabs, I'm not exactly sure what he's referring to.
- 6:34People can close tabs. You can hit the X on the tap to
- 6:38close it. I don't know if people refer to
- 6:41this as deleting tabs. Becky, have you ever heard
- 6:44anybody saying I'm I'm deleting my tabs in my browser?
- 6:47No, it's only referred to as closing out a tab in your
- 6:50browser, not necessarily deleting it.
- 6:54So that's our experience, but as forensic examiners, we've never
- 6:57referred to the deletion of tabs in the browser by the users.
- 7:02But he continues in his affidavit and Green states that
- 7:05the user later deleted that that 2:27 AM search.
- 7:11But this whole thing raises an important question.
- 7:14Can one record from one artifact tell the complete story?
- 7:20In digital forensics, context matters as single digital
- 7:24artifact, whether it's a time stamp, a search query, or Agps
- 7:28coordinate rarely tells the whole story.
- 7:31Digital evidence exists within complex systems where multiple
- 7:35data points must corroborate each other to establish
- 7:39reliability. First off, there are many things
- 7:42happening on the devices simultaneously, especially on
- 7:46phones. And devices generate multiple
- 7:48logs or database entries nearly simultaneously.
- 7:52And the time stamps could be exactly the same or only off by
- 7:56a millisecond or two. And as we all know, surfing the
- 7:59Internet creates multiple data points, and that's related to
- 8:03the history, the cache, the cookies, and more.
- 8:07Examining only one source risks missing the complete picture.
- 8:12And then there's time. It's always complex, and time
- 8:15records can be affected by time zone settings, daylight savings
- 8:20changes, system clock errors, and different records on the
- 8:24same device can be stored in different ways.
- 8:27Think local time versus UTC time and even different formats.
- 8:33And then there's the distinction between people versus the
- 8:37machine. Not all digital activity
- 8:39reflects intentional user behavior.
- 8:42There are a lot of things going on in the background that the
- 8:45user has no control over and certainly doesn't know they are
- 8:49occurring. It's vital that we as digital
- 8:52forensic examiners work to determine was it the user or was
- 8:56it the device? Devices are messy.
- 8:59We never find data in pristine, untouched condition.
- 9:03Files can be corrupted, partially overwritten, or
- 9:06affected by normal system operations.
- 9:09One artifact may represent incomplete or degraded data, so
- 9:17our work requires comparing multiple independent data
- 9:21sources to verify findings. When these sources conflict,
- 9:26examiners must determine which data is most reliable and why.
- 9:32In practice, a single data point means little without examining
- 9:37related system files, application logs, user activity
- 9:41records, metadata, and so on. Only when multiple artifacts
- 9:46consistently point to the same conclusion should digital
- 9:50evidence be considered reliable. Digital forensic work is
- 9:55detective work, not fortune telling.
- 9:58One clue suggests a lead. Multiple corroborating clues
- 10:02help establish facts. Green continues to discuss
- 10:06events occurring on the phone shortly before that 2:27 AM sort
- 10:11Sir. And he included the following
- 10:13details that the iPhone was unlocked between 2:23 and 2:31
- 10:19AM and that there were text messages sent at 2:25 AM AM and
- 10:24a couple of screenshots were deleted at 2:26.
- 10:28And then he lists the search for House Long to Die in cold was
- 10:32entered at 2:27 AM. Now he goes on later to discuss
- 10:37the discovery of some additional searches, and those were how
- 10:41long to die in Kikti and House Long to Die in cold again
- 10:48occurring after 6:23 AM and those are included in Exhibit 2
- 10:53if you want to check that out. And you can see that the search
- 10:56results that he's discussing came from com dot apple dot
- 11:01mobile safari dot P list. This P list file stores user
- 11:05configuration data. It can have some identifiers and
- 11:09settings. So think preferences really.
- 11:11And additionally, it maintains a record of search queries entered
- 11:16through the Safari search bar. And this is the search field
- 11:20that appears, appears right above the keyboard and it came
- 11:25out in iOS 15 and it has continued on since then.
- 11:29Now the search bar having it searches recorded here is new to
- 11:34iOS 15. And so these phones are on iOS
- 11:3715 dot something. So it is a relatively new
- 11:39artifact to consider in this examination.
- 11:42And Mr. Green also included some evidence from Safari cash
- 11:46records that indicate that the user conducted a search for how
- 11:51long long does it take to digest food?
- 11:53And that's shown in Exhibit 3. So in .12 of the affidavit,
- 11:58Green moves away from Internet related activity and discusses
- 12:03detail and discusses deleted call logs.
- 12:07It's important to keep in mind that the extraction of McCabe's
- 12:11phone occurred on February the 2nd, 2022 and she did receive
- 12:16approval to delete personal text conversations with her daughters
- 12:21before turning the phone in. This is definitely something a
- 12:25forensic examiner should keep in mind when approaching the
- 12:29examination. I would certainly think a review
- 12:33of missing row IDs would be warranted to determine what
- 12:37timeframes these texts are missing, IE where and when are
- 12:43the gaps here, but green doesn't address any deleted text.
- 12:48Green indicates that there were significant deletions of call
- 12:52data by the user of McCabe's iPhone.
- 12:56It's important to note that the database listed in this
- 12:59affidavit is call history dot storedata dot DB, but the
- 13:05correct database is actually call history dot storedata.
- 13:10There is no DB extension. You can see in exhibit 4 that
- 13:14the artifacts he is discussing actually do come from call
- 13:20history dot stored data based on the path provided in the
- 13:24exhibit. Now he goes on to document the
- 13:27following details about these deleted call records.
- 13:31The first thing he talks about is that from October 24th, 2020
- 13:36through January 27th, 2022 that there is only FaceTime call data
- 13:43that that's recorded and that this was parsed out by Axiom.
- 13:46And then the day before John O'keefe's death, January 28th,
- 13:51he said that there was no call log data found in the call
- 13:55history dot store data dot DB. Again, he mistakenly puts that
- 14:00dot DB in there, but he does indicate that this is a main
- 14:03storage location. And he also indicates that he
- 14:05found some indications of the calls in the Knowledge C
- 14:09database and that the Knowledge C database records various user
- 14:13activity. But he didn't go into any
- 14:15details about what exactly he found in the Knowledge C
- 14:18database. In this affidavit, he lists that
- 14:21on January 29th, there were 18 deleted call entries from the
- 14:26time between 5:33 AM and 8:50 AM.
- 14:31He also noted of those 18 calls, he called out three of them
- 14:36separately, that the six O 3 AM 911 call was deleted.
- 14:41There were two calls at six O 7 and 6 O 8:00 AM to Nicole Albert
- 14:47that were deleted. And I guess there's one more, a
- 14:506:23 AM call to Uncle Brian A was deleted.
- 14:55He just wanted to call those out specifically for whatever
- 14:58reason. And then he said that normal
- 15:01call activity began again on the 29th at 8:59 AM and it continued
- 15:07through February 10th, which is when she turned her phone in.
- 15:11There's a couple of things here that I found interesting.
- 15:14He states that only FaceTime call data was present going back
- 15:19to October 24th, 2020, but there are no call logs from the day
- 15:25before January 28th. But he notes that there's 18
- 15:29deleted calls from the morning of January 29th and that normal
- 15:34call activity resumes on after 8:59 AM.
- 15:37But so here's the thing to keep in mind, whether it's a phone
- 15:41call, FaceTime video, FaceTime audio, all of these logs, these
- 15:47events are tracked in the same database and the same table
- 15:50within that database. So records are going to be cut,
- 15:54kept until the Max maximum number is reached, and then they
- 15:56start being deleted in a or removed in a first in first out
- 16:01fashion. And unfortunately, this Exhibit
- 16:044 begins right at the deleted calls on McCabe's phone from the
- 16:1129th. So there's no inclusion of
- 16:14anything from the day before, none of those old FaceTime
- 16:17calls. I personally would have liked to
- 16:19see more context to include those older calls he was talking
- 16:24about, and he's also just presenting the data as it
- 16:27appeared to be parsed by the tool.
- 16:30From what I can tell, there's no raw table data being presented
- 16:34in this exhibit. Right, so you may also be able
- 16:38to find traces of calls in the inner actions C dot DB, but none
- 16:45are specifically mentioned here. The interactions C dot DB is a
- 16:50nice database to get, you don't need a full file system
- 16:54extraction to get it. It's basically keeping track of
- 16:58interactions and the contact information.
- 17:04You can even see data sent in a message.
- 17:07Who wouldn't be? Now, that wouldn't be very
- 17:09helpful for these call records, but it could be provide some
- 17:12clues related to deleted text messages.
- 17:15But deleted text messages aren't discussed in this affidavit.
- 17:19Green then describes the additional deletions he detected
- 17:23on McCabe's phone. He was able to make this
- 17:25determination by reviewing O'keefe's and Reid's phone call
- 17:30logs. He found that there are 17 calls
- 17:33listed in O'keefe's phone to from McCabe's phone, but only
- 17:39one of these call records was found on McCabe's phone.
- 17:43He also found that there were 8 calls listed in Karen Reed's
- 17:48call logs to or from McCabe, but only two of these calls were
- 17:53found in McCabe's phone call logs.
- 17:56Now, Green stated that since he was unable to recover a complete
- 18:00accounting of all of the records, he would need to obtain
- 18:03call detail records from McCabe's cell phone carrier.
- 18:06So he could cross reference that with what I was able to actually
- 18:09extract from her phone. Let's kind of dig into the
- 18:12exhibits related to the call logs real quick.
- 18:15So First off, as we've mentioned, there's Exhibit 4,
- 18:18what has some call records from McCabe's iPhone.
- 18:23They begin on the 29th at 5:33 AM and at the top show the 18
- 18:28deleted calls with the last deleted call record having a
- 18:33time stamp of 8:50 AM. The next call that's not deleted
- 18:38begins at 8:59 and then the calls continue with the through
- 18:43the day ending at 6:27 PM. Moving on to Exhibit 5, these
- 18:48are the calls logged on O'keefe's phone that were two or
- 18:52from McCabe's phone and he answered, you know somebody
- 18:57answered on that phone. 3 calls at 12:14, 12/18 and 12:29 AM on
- 19:04the 29th. The next call that came in at
- 19:0612:40 one 10 AM was not answered.
- 19:10The calls continued but we're not called but were not answered
- 19:15at 124159124312461247 and 12:50 AM.
- 19:23The calls then stop until an incoming call from Mccabes phone
- 19:27is received at 50405 AM. Yeah.
- 19:32And so then Exhibit 6 contains the calls logged on Reed's phone
- 19:38that were to or from McCabe's phone.
- 19:41Reed calls McCabe at five O 5 O 1:00 AM.
- 19:46It's not answered, but McCabe calls read back 13 milliseconds
- 19:51later. What's really interesting is
- 19:53that the first call listed on 1/29 to or from McCabe on Reed's
- 19:59phone is. At 5 O 5:00 AM, which is after
- 20:03the McCabe iPhone called O'keefe's phone.
- 20:06This is supposed to be a list of all the calls on Reed's phone
- 20:10that were to or from McCabe. On McCabe, Green notes that
- 20:17there was call to O'keefe's phone one minute before Reed's.
- 20:22And so Green also notes that there was a screenshot of a
- 20:25contact Uncle Brian that was created on 1/29/2022 at six O
- 20:328:00 AM and later deleted at 12:53 PM.
- 20:36The significance of the screenshot remains to be unseen,
- 20:39but it does demonstrate that someone was using the McCabe
- 20:43iPhone at six O 8:00 AM, according to this affidavit.
- 20:48Now Green changes his focus to location data.
- 20:51In .16, he indicates that the McCabe phone arrived at the
- 20:56Albert's residence where the O'Keefe body is later found when
- 21:00it arrived and was there from 12:18 AM until 1:47 AM.
- 21:07Then he notes when they're leaving that at 2 O 3:00 AM,
- 21:12they turned right onto Lawrence St. which is before Pleasant St.
- 21:18which intersects O'keefe's residence.
- 21:21And then the course was reversed.
- 21:23Not sure of the significance of that other than he wanted that
- 21:28noted, right? And it's also highlighted that
- 21:31the phone is present in the McCabe residence at 2:27 AM.
- 21:36When Green alleges that someone was searching for House Long to
- 21:40die in cold, Green moves on to the Apple health data.
- 21:44Of course, we knew that was coming, right?
- 21:46And he documents that the only steps that were logged on
- 21:49O'keefe's phone were from 12:11 AM AM until 12:32 AM on the
- 21:5629th. And so now you got to pay
- 21:58attention to this next part, OK? He also states that O'keefe's
- 22:02iPhone location data had a first ping near the Albert residence
- 22:09at 10 AM. And O'Keefe arrived at the
- 22:12Albert residence at 12:24 AM in a car.
- 22:17They were driving, not walking there.
- 22:19And then you can take a look at this health data that he
- 22:22presented from both Mccabes Phone and O'Keefe Phone in
- 22:26Exhibit 8. Now, as the affidavit concludes
- 22:29in .20, Green seems to be asking for the ability to make, as he
- 22:34calls it, a proper forensic image or extractions of the
- 22:38devices, as well as asking for any potential backup sources
- 22:43like computers and the cloud. So let's say he receives
- 22:47approval to do this second extraction for any of these
- 22:52devices, but the results are going to be different for so
- 22:56many reasons. Simply put, as time goes on, you
- 23:00lose data. When you reboot the phone, you
- 23:03lose data. And that's still even assuming
- 23:05that law enforcement still has any of these phones.
- 23:09And they have have been returned to the owner.
- 23:12Now finally in .21, he's asking for cell phone carrier records
- 23:18since they are maintained independently of the device.
- 23:21And that totally makes sense to ask for those.
- 23:23Sure. So what is the significance of
- 23:25this affidavit? Let's break down the key points.
- 23:28The 2:27 AM Google search is the core exculpatory claim.
- 23:33Green found evidence that someone searched House Long to
- 23:37die in cold at 2:27, 7:00 AM on January the 29th, 2022.
- 23:43This is 3 1/2 hours before O'keefe's body was discovered at
- 23:486:00 AM. According to the prosecution's
- 23:50narrative, no one should have known O'Keefe was outside dying
- 23:55in the cold at 2:27 AM. This search occurring before the
- 23:59bodies discovered suggest someone inside the the McCabe
- 24:04home knew O'Keefe was outside in distress.
- 24:08Green claims this search was subsequently deleted by the
- 24:12user. Then there are the numerous call
- 24:14log deletions from McCabe's iPhone.
- 24:17McCabe's phone showed 18 deleted calls between AM and 8:50 AM on
- 24:24January the 29th. Cross referencing with O'keefe's
- 24:27phone shows 17 calls to or from McCabe listed on O'keefe's
- 24:33device, but only one appears on McCabe's phone.
- 24:36Cross referencing with Reed's phone shows 8 calls calls to or
- 24:40from McCabe listed on Reads device, but only two appear on
- 24:44Mccabes phone. Green states his professional
- 24:47opinion a user was engaged in efforts to tamper with, alter,
- 24:52destroy and or hide information or evidence.
- 24:56And that's a direct quote. Now, there's also some
- 25:00suspicious timeline and anomalies.
- 25:03Or call it unusual. Use the word you like.
- 25:05But so there's the fact that McCabe's phone called O'keefe's
- 25:08at 5 O 4:00 AM, but Reed is not logged as calling McCabe until 5
- 25:15O 5:00 AM. The question is, why is McCabe
- 25:19calling O'Keefe before Reed contacts McCabe, asking, you
- 25:24know, McCabe, where, where is O'Keefe?
- 25:26I'm looking for him now. Could this just be a timing
- 25:29discrepancy issue? Are the times slightly different
- 25:33slash off slash drifting on the devices?
- 25:36There's also the thing where McCabe's phone location data
- 25:40shows that it was at the McCabe residence at 2:27 AM during the
- 25:44alleged Google search. So keep that in mind.
- 25:47And O'keefe's Apple Health data shows steps logged from 12:11 AM
- 25:53to 12:32 AM only. But remember he arrived via a
- 25:58car are after 12:11 AM. Now green requests you know a
- 26:03proper forensic imaging or extractions of the devices.
- 26:07He wants cell phone carrier records so he can verify what
- 26:10was deleted and he's also asking for potential backup sources for
- 26:15the computers and the cloud. So that's what he's done in this
- 26:19affidavit. Some stuff to consider some
- 26:22stuff that he wants. But remember, this affidavit is
- 26:25essentially arguing that the digital evidence he's writing
- 26:29points to foreknowledge of O'keefe's condition by the
- 26:33McCabe iPhone user, and that there was also the systematic
- 26:38deletion of incriminating records.
- 26:41Right. So this affidavit and this
- 26:43entire case are a master class in why examining a single
- 26:48artifact or even a single device in isolation is insufficient.
- 26:54Green didn't just analyze Jennifer McCabe's iPhone.
- 26:58He cross referenced it against John O'keefe's phone and Karen
- 27:02Reed's phone in an attempt to identify discrepancies.
- 27:06Then he used those discrepancies as justification to seek the
- 27:10call records from the cellular provider.
- 27:12Green didn't only document the search at 2:27 AM, he also
- 27:17included the searches at 6:23 AM.
- 27:20These times would seem to conflict, but he did.
- 27:23He documented both. This demonstrates an important
- 27:26principle. Don't hide conflicting evidence.
- 27:29Document everything and let the interpretation be debated with
- 27:34complete transparency. And you will definitely get to
- 27:36see this debate play out during the trial.
- 27:39However, this affidavit wasn't just a report.
- 27:43It was filed in support of a motion to compel production of
- 27:48additional evidence. Green documented why the defense
- 27:51thought there was someone else responsible for the murder of
- 27:54O'Keefe and why they needed additional data.
- 27:57We have to remember that digital forensics doesn't exist in a
- 28:00vacuum. Examiners must understand how
- 28:03their findings support legal strategies and why thoroughness
- 28:07matters for court proceedings. Understanding this case teaches
- 28:11examiners that their job isn't just to extract data.
- 28:15It's to analyze, corroborate, contextualize, and honestly
- 28:20present findings that can withstand scrutiny in high
- 28:23stakes legal proceedings. The difference between competent
- 28:27and exceptional digital forensics lies in leaving no
- 28:30stun unturned. Excuse me, no stone unturned,
- 28:34and no assumption untested. And that, of course, assumes a
- 28:38perfect world where time and money are not an issue.
- 28:41But you get my point right Now, what can we expect from the
- 28:46Commonwealth, the state of Massachusetts, in response?
- 28:49We would expect them to go through Green's affidavit with a
- 28:52fine tooth comb and really scrutinize his statements and
- 28:57artifacts that he's using to support his statements.
- 29:00We would expect them to dig in not only to the browser state
- 29:03dot DB and that com dot apple dot mobile Safari P list, but
- 29:09all of the records related to Safari Internet history in an
- 29:12attempt to confirm or refute that 2:27 AM search for House
- 29:17Long to die in cold. And then we would likely expect
- 29:21them to dig deeper into some of those similar searches that he
- 29:25reported occurring at 6:23 AM. With regards to the deleted call
- 29:30records, I would first and foremost expect the Commonwealth
- 29:34to point out the fact that there is no call history dot store
- 29:39data dot DB. The correct database is actually
- 29:42call history dot store data. Because there is no DB extension
- 29:46at the end of that database, they could attempt to determine
- 29:51if these missing call records were intentionally deleted.
- 29:54They might also take the time to cross reference the call logs
- 29:58between the three devices and then conduct an additional
- 30:03comparison against the cellular provider records, as the court
- 30:07did indeed approve this request for these records.
- 30:11The Commonwealth also might dive a little deeper into the Apple
- 30:16Health data, considering that the motion that this affidavit
- 30:21supported stated it suggests that Mister O'Keefe was not
- 30:26struck with her vehicle and instead entered the Albert
- 30:30resident just after midnight where he was beaten and then
- 30:34left for dead on Brian Albert's. Front lawn and again, another
- 30:38direct quote from the motion. So I think it'll be really
- 30:42interesting to see how this plays out in court and see what
- 30:45else we can learn about the artifacts that have already been
- 30:47mentioned. And I'm sure they're going to be
- 30:50other artifacts that will be introduced by both sides.
- 30:53Now you can tell from the motions file that the McCabe
- 30:56iPhone search for House long to die in cold will undoubtedly
- 31:01play into the defense's theory of events.
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