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Jessica Drew's avatar

With the arrest in the Sandra Birchmore case today, I have to wonder if the O'Keefes' civil suit will look even worse a month from now. Might we see other arrests happening in Canton, Massachusetts, in the very near future?

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Andrea Burkhart's avatar

Gotta wonder! What a development. Guess I can scratch the draft I've been working on about the civil case, that just got substantially less interesting than the criminal one.

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Jessica Drew's avatar

Oh noes! Please publish what you have! I would like to read it.

You never know if it might become relevant in the future.

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Lisa Pfeff's avatar

As much as being sued sucks, it kind of sounds like it could be a win for Karen Reed. And wasn't there a FBI letter or some letter recently stating they did not come to the same conclusion as the State?

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Andrea Burkhart's avatar

I won't go so far as to say it's a good thing, but it's got a silver lining for sure. The letter you're referring to is a response from AUSA Josh Levy to Michael Morrissey, who had been complaining about the federal investigation and trying to get it investigated. I'm nor sure when he wrote it but I think it was sometime last year.

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Lisa Pfeff's avatar

Do you think this added time until the next criminal trial could be beneficial?

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Andrea Burkhart's avatar

Yes. Maybe not so much in the short term because I don't think there's that much they'll be able to do before the trial date. But in the long term, the ability to continue investigating even if she's convicted is massive benefit.

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