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  "description": "Day 8 centers on Chris and Julie Albert, Canton residents and in-laws to Brian Albert, who each testified about the January 28, 2022 gathering at the Waterfall bar, describing no conflict between O'Keefe and Read and noting Karen Read arrived carrying a glass of clear liquid from a prior bar. On cross-examination, David Yannetti methodically established the Albert family's pervasive connections to Canton law enforcement — a detective brother, a childhood friendship with Police Lt. Michael Lank, social ties to former Chief Berkowitz, and a direct link to lead investigator Michael Proctor through his sister Courtney. The day's most consequential admission came when Chris Albert acknowledged he never told Trooper Proctor during his February 10th interview that his teenage son Colin had been at 34 Fairview Road — the house where O'Keefe was found — on the night of the incident. Julie Albert's cross produced a parallel blow when Yannetti confronted her with phone records documenting 67 calls between her and Courtney Proctor from February through September 2022, directly contradicting her characterization of rare phone contact, with multiple calls clustering around the day of Read's arrest and her arraignment. Redirect testimony from both Alberts attempted to reframe the Nebbercracker nickname as affectionate rather than antagonistic and offered innocent explanations for the Albert brothers' house sales, while establishing that no injuries were observed on Colin Albert, Brian Albert, or Brian Higgins the morning after O'Keefe's death.",
  "path": "/trial-1/day/8/",
  "publishedAt": "2024-05-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:vd3vzujxkxsthkswrc2zzupm/site.standard.publication/krt",
  "title": "Day 8 — Chris Albert, Julie Albert",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:24.184Z"
}