 In January of 2022, Reed and O'Keefe went out drinking with friends. Shortly after midnight, they went to the home of one of O'Keefe's fellow police officers. In the morning, O'Keefe's body was found bruised and battered in the snow outside the home. Prosecutors say Reed and O'Keefe got into an argument and she drunkenly backed into him with her SUV and fled the scene, leaving him to die. The defense has accused off-duty police inside the home of beating O'Keefe and dumping his body on the lawn and then pinning the crime on Reed. She can face life in prison if convicted if the case is retried with a new jury.