Karen Read’s black Lexus SUV, made infamous by her two high-profile murder trials, will soon be put up for auction, JB Auto CARE in Weymouth said.

A person with knowledge of the situation says Read never owned the 2021 Lexus LX, only leased it.

“It looks fantastic, it was detailed, we mechanically repaired the car,” said Christian Brusard, whose family owns JB Auto CARE.

Brusard says they repaired the car when investigators released it in September.

Read’s legal team had to fight for that in court over the summer, and after more than three years in state police custody, the luxury SUV was in rough shape.

Investigators tore the dashboard apart to pull the data from various electronics systems. Those have all been reinstalled.

The passenger side tail light, a key piece of evidence duri

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