Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a key investigator in the Karen Read case​, has been transferred to another Massachusetts State Police role.

Mass. State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik was transferred out of his position in the district attorney's office following the Karen Read case.

A Massachusetts State Police (MSP) sergeant who was part of the initial investigation into the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe has been reassigned, according to a statement from MSP.

Yuri Bukhenik, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, read dozens of text messages between Karen Read and Brian Higgins, an ATF agent who was at the home where O'Keefe was found in the snow.

Yuri Bukhenik was placed on a “temporary duty assignment” with the State Police Division of Standards and Training, where he will “perform a variety of administrative functions in support ...

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who supervised the Karen Read investigation has been reassigned to an administrative role, officials said.. Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik was transferred on July 6 ...

Massachusetts State Trooper Yuri Bukhenik, a witness for prosecutors in the case against Karen Read over the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, testified on Monday that police began ...

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik testifies during the Karen Read murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 9, 2025. Read has claimed she dropped O’Keefe ...

“We had statements from the defendant, she was questioning whether she had hit him,” Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik testified Thursday, the 12th day of Read’s second trial for ...

Yuri Bukhenik supervised Michael Proctor during the Karen Read investigation. He was disciplined after the first trial for failing to properly oversee Proctor.

Karen Read lawyer Alan Jackson cross-examines Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik . Bukhenik is a veteran homicide investigator who was disciplined as part of an investigation into State ...

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik testifies about his investigation into John O'Keefe's death during Karen Read's trial on Monday, May 12, 2025. (Pool) ...