Massachusetts mechanic fixes Karen Read’s car, to be sold at auction

Karen Read s Lexus has been repaired and is headed to auction years after she drove it on the night of John O Keefe s death and police impounded the van The battery was dead JB Auto Care mechanic Bill Brusard explained the Herald It had particular rodents living in it The dashboard was all apart and it was messy Obviously the taillight was missing he added So we got it detailed cleaned removed the rat s nest out of there a mouse nest whatever it was put a new battery in it changed the oil put the taillight in it and everything came out great Police seized the Lexus on Jan the morning after Read s boyfriend O Keefe was identified dead outside a Canton home Read was brought up on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter related to accusations she had hit O Keefe with her car Ultimately after two trials Read was acquitted of all charges but for driving under the influence Her car a Lexus SUV was central to the police s development with a focus on a contentious broken taillight The taillight of Karen Read's car had to be replaced after police distributed the motorcycle Bill Brusard JB Auto Care Brusard who runs JB Auto Care in Weymouth and did the work for free noted he was answering car questions on the Howie Carr Show months ago when the host demanded if he d be interested in fixing the bicycle if it got disclosed A couple days later Brusard noted Read s attorney got in touch He goes Hey I want to take you up on that offer if you can take her carriage disclosed Brusard I m like Sure have it towed down The dashboard of Karen Read's SUV was dismantled by police during the O'Keefe study Bill Brusard JB Auto Care After the two high-profile court cases Read and her attorney decided not to have her keep driving the car Brusard revealed Instead they will send it to auction through the Howie Carr Show in January with all the proceeds going to Read Brusard explained he desired to help out after hearing about the former defendant s situation She sold a home to pay for legal fees reported Brusard She s lost her job her career is living at a parent s house so she hasn t worked in a scant years I sought to help The repair work took a couple weeks the mechanic revealed involving putting back together the dashboard entirely dismantled by investigators They took the radio apart because it had GPS chips in it stated Brusard So we reinstalled that but the radio does not work That s kind of a big deal on those vehicles The dashboard work was pretty challenging Brusard disclosed noting that it was entirely in pieces Replacing the radio in a car like that would cost around the mechanic estimated Related Articles Karen Read investigator Michael Proctor mentioned at Brian Walshe trial Howie Carr Who s checking the Massachusetts State Police background checkers Massachusetts federal judge who sentenced Whitey Bulger assigned to Karen Read civil matter Battenfeld Michelle Wu s lax record holding Boston police accountable BPD Commish Michael Cox not facing Massachusetts police disciplinary board after push from Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson Brusard noted he wasn t familiar with how property was handled by the police after a situation like Read s but thought Shouldn t they be on the hook for this And the answer is no Brusard stated having looked up the process They can accuse you of a crime kick in the wrong door and then tear your house apart And say Oh sorry wrong house