But state police officers also participated in the trial as key – and controversial – witnesses. The records show the agency paid military and civilian personnel more than $9,000 for time spent testifying in court and preparing for depositions and preparation.

That includes $835.90 for Michael Proctor, the lead investigator in the case, for his time on the stand, plus $313.46 for preparation, according to state police.

Proctor’s testimony became a centerpiece of the trial. He had to testify about this text messages he sent to colleagues and friends about Read, in which he made crude and misogynistic comments about the defendant’s appearance, health and what he perceived as her fault. The testimony immediately drew criticism, including from Governor Maura Healey, and played in part to the defense theory that Read’s case was mismanaged, involved a police cover-up and that Proctor was a biased investigator.

After Read’s case ended in a mistrial on July 1, state police dismissed Proctor from his duties as a detective assigned to the office of Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey. State police subsequently suspended Proctor without pay and continue to investigate him. Meanwhile, Morrissey’s office has said it will not call Proctor as a witness in the murder case against Brian Walshe, even though Proctor was the lead investigator into the disappearance of Walshe’s wife Ana.

Read, 44, remains charged with first-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The case captured the attention of local and national audiences because of the dueling stories surrounding O’Keefe’s death.

Prosecutors say Read drunkenly deliberately hit O’Keefe with her car after dropping him off at another Boston police officer’s home in Canton after a night of bar hopping, then left him to die in the snowstorm in the early morning hours of January 29. But Read has insisted she was framed as part of a law enforcement plot, and that O’Keefe was actually beaten by people in the house and bitten by the family dog ​​before his body was dumped in the snow outside.

Morrissey’s office has promised to retry the case. The second trial is scheduled for January. But the Supreme Court is considering an appeal from Read, who argues the judge in the case mishandled the mistrial and that some charges should be dismissed.

Sean Cotter can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @cotterreporter.