
ThreeClerkMonte
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The National Computer Forensics Institute in Hoover, Alabama is a federally funded facility operated in partnership with the Alabama District Attorneys Association and the U.S. Secret Service. NCFI provides training in digital evidence/forensics to state and local prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement nationwide using tools made by Magnet Forensics, Cellebrite, and other companies. Chris Kelly serves as the Director of the Digital Evidence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Additionally, he is a longtime (at least through 2024) developer of curriculum and legal instructor for NCFI. May 11, 2023 The recent FOIA release of Lt. Brian Tully's (who has since been disciplined, transferred, and named as a defendant in Karen Read's federal civil lawsuit) communications produced an email that states: "Chris Kelly's team at the AGO has the data and is working on it," referring to the taint team review of Karen Read's phone. The same email reveals the prosecution retained an outside digital expert not to independently evaluate Jennifer McCabe's phone data, but specifically to "support" a trooper's existing findings about the timing of the "hos long to die in cold" search. December 15, 2023 An e-mail chain between Chris Kelly, Brian Tully, Adam Lally, and Kyle Herr (AGO) indicate that Nick Guarino (MSP) will meet with Herr at 9:00am. Late May, 2024 & July 22, 2024 A key prosecution digital expert, Ian Whiffin, works for Cellebrite. During the 1st trial, Cellebrite released Inseyets Physical Analyzer V10.2.101.352, which removed the famous 2:27am timestamp from its processing of the artifact. Shortly after the 1st trial, Whiffin successfully petitioned internally to remove the LastVisited timestamp value from records sourced from Safari’s BrowserState.db (WebHistory & SearchedItems) in Cellebrite’s Physical Analyzer Standard V7.69.0.10 release. August 9th, 2024 Jessica Hyde’s company, Hexordia LLC, was awarded a DHS/USSS IDIQ federal contract to supply Magnet Forensics products (Axiom, DVR Examiner, Outrider, Griffeye Advanced) and training directly to NCFI. Hyde served as a digital forensics expert for the prosecution throughout the Karen Read case, testifying in both trials. To date, the contract has obligated 5 times for a total of $10,201,941.89. It has outlayed (paid) on 4/5 for a total of $8,765,295.14. usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV… January 6, 2025 Over a year later, Tully follows up with Kelly on the “taint team we had previously engaged for Comm v Read. We are exploring the possibility of asking for more databases similar to the request below for SMA database.” February 6, 2025 Tully informs Kelly that Judge Cannone “ruled from the bench that the Commonwealth can receive the requested databases pursuant to the Search Warrant directly from the AGO.” Kelly provides the link and Tully successfully downloads on the 10th. February 19, 2025 Tully requests additional files from Karen Read’s cellphone. Kelly asks if they are from the same court order and Tully replies “Yes, many of the below files were in Jessica’s affidavit but I failed to add to the original request list.” This is followed by a few lines of redacted text. April 16, 2025 Chris Kelly sends an e-mail to Attorney Little, cc’ing Attorneys Brennan & Yannetti, providing the additional data to be examined for privilege. July 21, 2025 Just over a month after Karen Read's acquittal in the 2nd trial, Hexordia lands another federal contract. This time as an expert witness ❗️ for USAO-MA ❗️














Jennifer McCabe feigns confusion about not telling the grand jury the phrase “I hit him,” even though she was thoroughly grilled on that exact point during the first trial a year earlier. Also, of course the transcript was 227 pages. #KarenRead #TrueCrime
























Wow. Judge Cannone was so dismissive of Bob Alessi's arguments during the Karen Read and John O'Keefe retrial (at a sidebah about Jessica Hyde) that Judge had to circle back to avoid allegations of abandoning her gatekeeper function during the trial. Wild. Source pages 4653-4655 of 5481: drive.google.com/file/d/1HxfXjb…




Prosecutors won’t pursue charges after Kelsey Fitzsimmons’ lawyers accuse fiancé of break in masslive.com/news/2026/02/p…

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell goes 'On the Record' about the legislative audit legal battle. Watch the full episode Sunday at 11:00 a.m. on WCVB.








