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The jury foreman in the Karen Read retrial is calling on the FBI to rip open the case and start from scratch.

“There are so many holes that need to be filled,” Juror #1 told the Boston Herald Tuesday. “Now that the FBI knows Karen Read is not a suspect, something happened, and multiple jurors feel that way.”

Multiple jurors in the murder trial of Read have come forward to comment about the case since a jury returned a not guilty verdict.

Read, 45, was charged with second-degree murder by authorities who said she intentionally hit Boston police officer John O’Keefe with her car after dropping him off outside a party following a night of drinking in the Massachusetts suburbs.

The high-profile case culminated in a not guilty verdict on murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene charges. The jury found Read guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence.

Juror #1, who first spoke to the Herald exclusively Friday, is now urging the FBI to “get justice for John O’Keefe.” It has already been announced that federal investigators did look into the web of police connections to the case and did not charge anyone.

But the foreman, who asked that his name be withheld, said that’s not good enough.

“No one local should be involved in the investigation,” he said Tuesday. “It was lazy police work … and we should start some type of investigation of what went on in that house.”

The FBI in Boston “declined comment” on the juror’s appeal for a new probe.

As the foreman has already said, the fact that investigators didn’t swarm the house at the murder scene on 34 Fairview Road in Canton during a nor’easter is a glaring “red flag” in this murder case.

The juror, a 45-year-old married father of three who grew up in Boston, says he is haunted by the belief that “something went on inside that house.” He doesn’t want to give up after more than two months put into this trial.

“We just need to find justice for John,” the foreman added, “and get his mother some peace.”

Investigator, jurors speak out after verdict

Several jurors and the lead investigator have spoken out about the case in aftermath of not guilty verdict.

The trial centered in part on lead investigator Michael Proctor, who defense attorneys described as biased against Read from the beginning. The Massachusetts State Police trial board found Proctor guilty of sending crude and defamatory text messages about Read while leading the investigation into her. He was fired and has drawn ire from Read supporters who believe he played a key role in a cover-up to frame her.

Proctor told NBC’s “Dateline” that the idea he is corrupt and framed Read is a “ridiculous” accusation. He specifically said an accusation that he cracked Read’s taillight to make it look like she backed into O’Keefe is “absolutely not” true.

“I laugh because it’s such a ridiculous accusation,” Proctor told the program. “There’s not one piece of evidence or fact to support that because it did not happen.”

The judge in the case announced via court papers that the jurors’ names would be sealed from public view due to safety concerns. But one of the jurors, who identified himself only as “Jason” in an interview with TMZ, said he did not believe Read collided with O’Keefe. He also said he did not think investigators planted taillight pieces at the scene to frame Read.

“I don’t really know if there was a cover-up or not. I know that’s the big conspiracy about it but I don’t really know. All I know is there was a lot of holes in their investigation,” the juror said.

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Another juror, Paula Prado, told local news stations her mind changed about the case over the course of the last three weeks. At first, she thought Read was guilty of manslaughter, but her opinion changed as the case progressed.

“As the weeks passed by, I just realized there was too many holes that we couldn’t fill. And there’s nothing that put her on the scene in our opinion, besides just dropping John O’Keefe off,” Prado told media.

A third juror, Janet Jimenez, told WCVB-TV that she changed her mind about Read’s guilt during deliberations. Jimenez told WCVB she felt there were holes in the investigation, and ultimately she decided Read was not guilty.

“I was hoping that my fellow jurors could help me go through all of this, so I went in with a very open mind but definitely leaning toward that she was guilty,” she said.

Massachusetts State Police said in a statement that it extends its “sincerest condolences to the loved ones of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.” The statement said the events of the last three years have “challenged” the department to review its actions and improve accountability and oversight.

“Under my direction as colonel, the state police has, and will continue to, improve in these regards. Our focus remains on delivering excellent police services that reflect the value of professionalism and maintain public trust,” Colonel Geoffrey Noble said in the statement.

The jurors, state police and Proctor are not the first to speak out about the verdict. Upon leaving court, Read told a crowd of reporters and onlookers: “No one has fought harder for justice for John O’Keefe than I have.”

Her father, Bill Read, said that he was “thankful that it’s over.” He added: “We always knew Karen was innocent. I’m glad she is free of this mess. Just a weight off our shoulders. The power of the state is immense, and we were able to fight it.”

Some of the key witnesses in the trial also released a joint statement in which they called the not guilty ruling a “devastating miscarriage of justice.”

The joint statement was issued by several people including Brian Albert, who owned the home where the party took place, and Jennifer McCabe, Albert’s sister-in-law, who was with Read and O’Keefe on the night of O’Keefe’s death.

Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said only: “The jury has spoken.”

Joseph Dwinell of the Boston Herald and Patrick Whittle of the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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