A trove of vulgar and misogynistic text messages sent by former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor first came to light during the Karen Read murder case. Now, through a civil lawsuit ...

The Karen Read murder case revealed that former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor sent misogynistic text messages, but the full scope of bigotry remained in the shadows. That’s ...

BOSTON — More N-word-laden messages and racist photos on former Mass State Police trooper Michael Proctor’s personal cellphone have been made public. The new messages, included in a motion to dismiss ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Racist text messages attributed to disgraced former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the Karen Read case, are now being used to argue ...

Examples of racist messages attributed to former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor that came to light in Karen Read's recent lawsuit are now being used to argue that a separate murder ...

Fired Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor's deposition with Karen Read's lawyers that was scheduled for Monday will not happen until June 25. Proctor had tried to reschedule the ...

A judge ruled former State Trooper Michael Proctor can not delay his deposition for a wrongful death suit against Karen Read, but because of scheduling issues, it will be postponed anyway. Plymouth ...

Trooper Michael Proctor, who had been the lead investigator on the Karen Read case for the Massachusetts State Police, was fired for texts Credit: Massachusetts State Police A Massachusetts judge ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Read filed the suit in Bristol Superior Court on June 4, 2026, alleging that her trials exposed “an [embedded] ...

After Karen Read was found not guilty of killing her boyfriend John O’Keefe in 2022, she filed a sweeping lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department — and the court ...

Michael Proctor is set to be deposed by Read's lawyers David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty; Kayla Bartkowski/The Boston Globe via Getty Michael Proctor, the former lead investigator in the Karen ...

The former lead investigator in the Karen Read case who was fired after his alleged offensive text messages were exposed will answer questions under oath. Michael Proctor, a former Massachusetts State ...