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  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "Day 5 focused on Canton PD officers at the center of the initial investigation. Lt. Paul Gallagher and Sgt. Sean Goode testified about responding to 34 Fairview Road on January 29, 2022, with the prosecution establishing scene conditions, physical evidence recovery, and Read's distressed statements. Defense cross-examinations exposed significant chain-of-custody failures: blood evidence collected in unsterilized Red Solo cups and stored in a grocery bag beside Read's vehicle in the Canton PD sallyport, no crime scene log or guard posted, and no taillight fragments found despite a thorough initial search. Critically, Goode testified he never heard Karen Read say 'I hit him' during the hour and forty minutes he spent on scene. The afternoon shifted to voir dire of Sgt. Michael Lank, with the defense presenting a pattern of Albert family favoritism spanning two decades — a 2002 altercation where Lank used his badge to aid Chris Albert, and a hit-and-run by Tim Albert that resulted in no DUI investigation. Judge Cannone signaled she would allow this bias evidence to reach the jury, citing the defendant's connection to the Albert family.",
  "path": "/trial-1/day/5/",
  "publishedAt": "2024-05-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:vd3vzujxkxsthkswrc2zzupm/site.standard.publication/krt",
  "title": "Day 5 — Gallagher, Goode, Lank (voir dire)",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:24.184Z"
}