Proctor's wife and his sister, Courtney, said Monday that they continue to support him. They agree the messages he wrote about Read while investigating her were regrettable and unprofessional but say it did not influence his conclusion that Read killed her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.

Michael Proctor's wife, Elizabeth, said Read’s lawyers are “unabashedly creating false narratives and distracting the public and potential jurors from clear-cut evidence."