The state trooper who led the investigation into Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose murder trial in the death of her police officer boyfriend ended with a hung jury last week, was suspended without pay Monday,

The lead investigator in a highly publicized Boston-area murder case will be suspended without pay following an internal Massachusetts State Police hearing, officials announced Monday. Trooper Michael Proctor had come under criticism when the trial revealed he had used degrading language about Karen Read,

Canton police officer Kevin Albert -- whose brother, Brian, owned the house at the center of the Karen Read case -- has been suspended with pay for his actions in a case he worked two years ago with state police detective Michael Proctor,