"The defendant allegedly transformed his vehicle into a deadly weapon to carry out a violent and alarmingly fatal act," Tierney said. "This particularly dangerous escalation of violence is one our office takes very seriously."
"She was drunk," special prosecutor Hank Brennan alleged. "She hit him, and she left him to die." He pointed to the couple's "crumbling" relationship as a possible motive and reminded jurors that first responders testified Read told them her last conversation with O'Keefe was an argument.
Smilianska was charged four-and-a-half months following the July 29, 2023, crash by the Longmont Police Department with reckless vehicular homicide.