A former Massachusetts financial analyst accused of killing her Boston cop boyfriend in a drunken hit-and-run is awaiting her fate after a second lengthy trial in a small courthouse in Dedham.

Karen Read, 45, faces murder and other charges in the death of 46-year-old John O’Keefe, who had taken in his orphaned niece and nephew and appeared to want to end the relationship.

Jurors spent just under two hours deliberating Friday and returned Monday for their first full day.

“People are out there wondering why we don’t have a verdict yet,” said Grace Edwards, a Massachusetts trial attorney who is closely following the case. “I think the jury is working hard to understand the requirements of each count and working through them.”

After a six-week trial – twice as long as initial estimates – jurors deliberated for less than three hours and found him guilty of both murders plus weapons charges.

Murdaugh is currently serving consecutive life sentences. He is asking for a new trial after the court clerk on his case was charged with multiple felonies, including allegedly lying to a judge about Murdaugh’s case.

Although those trials have a wide range of both time and results, New York City defense attorney Louis Gelormino told Fox News Digital that the longer jurors deliberate in Dedham, the better things look for Read.

“My first homicide trial was the longest deliberation in NYC, modern history, 9 days,” he told Fox News Digital. “Hung Jury. Three months later, they tried him again, and we got an acquittal.”