Janine Keith
Name: Janine Keith
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/12/2000
Location:
Siren, Wisconsin, 54872
County: Burnett
Agency: Burnett County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: A Burnett County sheriff's deputy David Keith, 42, killed his wife, Janine Keith when the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree near their home. Keith, who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, was first charged with felony homicide by drunken driving. But in a plea agreement, Keith pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of causing injury by drunken driving, a misdemeanor. He also pleaded no contest to obstructing an officer. At the time of the crash, Keith told police he saw deer by the road, then hit a patch of ice. But an investigation showed the road was dry with no ice or snow.
Unique ID: 20092
News article: Link
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