A KATIE MCLAUGHLIN 🧵
Canton Firefighter Katie McLaughlin is one of many controversial figures in the
#KarenRead case. She is one of four people who claims to have heard Read say “I hit him, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him” the morning John O’Keefe was found on the lawn of 34 Fairview.
There’s a thread pinned to my profile that breaks down what all 13 people on scene heard. Short version – the four people who heard the declarative “I hit him” have potential issues with credibility. The other nine heard variations of “Did I hit him?” or “Could I have hit him?”
The main issue cited toward McLaughlin’s credibility is that she lied about knowing Caitlin Albert, the daughter of the homeowner and someone who was in the house at the time in question. On the stand, McLaughlin tried to downplay it by saying “I went to high school with somebody named Caitlin Albert.”
In reality, the two had been on overnight trips to Maine, had gone to the beach and other parties, visited at a college apartment and attended a baby shower a few months before January 29, 2022.
But there are several other issues with her story. Let’s go through them…