Prosecutors retrying Karen Read in the widely publicized death of her boyfriend three years ago rested their case Thursday. The defense is expected to begin making its case Friday.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Thursday rested its case in chief in the retrial of Karen Read, who is accused of striking her off-duty Boston police officer boyfriend with her vehicle and leaving him to die in January 2022.

The prosecution is resting in the second trial of Karen Read after attorneys for the state of Massachusetts took a more streamlined approach to try to prove Read’s guilt in the killing of her Boston p