Wife Was Drunk When She Ran Over, Killed Hillsborough Husband: Prosecutor

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A Hillsborough wife was charged after police say she was drunk when she ran over and killed her husband with a car at his home in February, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.

An investigation found that Amanda O’Keefe, 37, of Hillsborough, was over the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (B.A.C.) limit at the time when she ran over her husband Robert O’Keefe, 41, of Hillsborough, said McDonald.

As a result, on Wednesday, March 29, O’Keefe voluntarily turned herself into the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, where she was arrested and charged with second-degree death by auto.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, at around 2:28 a.m., Hillsborough Township Police Officers and Hillsborough Emergency Services were called to a home on Clark Lane in Hillsborough Township in response to a 911 call. Read More: Family Member Runs Over, Kills Man In Hillsborough: Prosecutor

The victim, identified as Robert O’Keefe, was hit by a vehicle driven by his spouse, Amanda O’Keefe, and was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.

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.) along with detectives from the Hillsborough Township Police Department and investigators from the New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office also came to the scene to investigate.

O’Keefe was being held in the Somerset County Jail and subsequently released on Thursday, March 30, with conditions of release pending a future court appearance.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information relating to this investigation is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Hillsborough Township Police Department at 908-369-4323 or via the STOPit app.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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