Wife Charged in Husband’s Death After Striking Him with Vehicle

Leo Canega

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Hillsborough Township Chief of Police Michael McMahon announced the arrest of Amanda O’Keefe, 37, in relation to the death of her husband, Robert O’Keefe, 41. He died after being struck by a vehicle driven by Amanda at their residence on February 25, 2023.

Officers and Hillsborough Emergency Services were dispatched to the residence in response to a 911 call. Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and members of the Somerset County Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team (C.A.R.T.) responded to the scene along with detectives from the Hillsborough Township Police Department. Investigators from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office also arrived to investigate.

The investigation revealed that Amanda O’Keefe was over the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (B.A.C.) limit at the time of the incident. On Wednesday, she voluntarily responded to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, where she was arrested and charged with second-degree Death by Auto. She was lodged in the Somerset County Jail and released on March 30, 2023, with conditions of release pending future court appearances. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Prosecutor McDonald, Chief Fodor, and Chief McMahon urge anyone with information related to this investigation to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100.


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