In honor of Michele, this memorial’s author is not listing other names involved with her death. Instead this is a reflection on how Michele 'lived', not how she died.
It was February 22, 2000, a fine high desert morning, cool and clear, and the fresh, clean start of a brand-new millennium. Michelle O’Keefe, an 18 year old college freshman was the victim of a predator who was eventually caught.
Earlier on the morning of February 22nd, she had been offered film gig in Los Angeles that very afternoon, a walk-on role in a music video with Kid Rock. She drove her shiny new blue Mustang, through the streets of the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The car was a recent gift from her parents.
There was an evening class so, after lunch she dropped her Mustang at the local Park & Ride and joined a girlfriend on the happy ride south to LA’s Olympic Auditorium, where the girls changed into club clothes required for the video and settled in with the other extras. The lights came up, the music blared, the cameras rolled. Kid Rock was in fine form as he sang “Bawitdaba.” So were Michelle and her friend, caught by the cameras front and center.
Michelle’s friend dropped her at the Mustang that evening. Sadly, Michelle never left the lot.
She is survived by her parents as well as many friends.
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On November 12, 2014, Michelle met her brother, Jason Patrick O'Keefe, at Heaven's Gate.
It was February 22, 2000, a fine high desert morning, cool and clear, and the fresh, clean start of a brand-new millennium. Michelle O’Keefe, an 18 year old college freshman was the victim of a predator who was eventually caught.
Earlier on the morning of February 22nd, she had been offered film gig in Los Angeles that very afternoon, a walk-on role in a music video with Kid Rock. She drove her shiny new blue Mustang, through the streets of the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The car was a recent gift from her parents.
There was an evening class so, after lunch she dropped her Mustang at the local Park & Ride and joined a girlfriend on the happy ride south to LA’s Olympic Auditorium, where the girls changed into club clothes required for the video and settled in with the other extras. The lights came up, the music blared, the cameras rolled. Kid Rock was in fine form as he sang “Bawitdaba.” So were Michelle and her friend, caught by the cameras front and center.
Michelle’s friend dropped her at the Mustang that evening. Sadly, Michelle never left the lot.
She is survived by her parents as well as many friends.
**************
On November 12, 2014, Michelle met her brother, Jason Patrick O'Keefe, at Heaven's Gate.
In honor of Michele, this memorial’s author is not listing other names involved with her death. Instead this is a reflection on how Michele 'lived', not how she died.
It was February 22, 2000, a fine high desert morning, cool and clear, and the fresh, clean start of a brand-new millennium. Michelle O’Keefe, an 18 year old college freshman was the victim of a predator who was eventually caught.
Earlier on the morning of February 22nd, she had been offered film gig in Los Angeles that very afternoon, a walk-on role in a music video with Kid Rock. She drove her shiny new blue Mustang, through the streets of the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The car was a recent gift from her parents.
There was an evening class so, after lunch she dropped her Mustang at the local Park & Ride and joined a girlfriend on the happy ride south to LA’s Olympic Auditorium, where the girls changed into club clothes required for the video and settled in with the other extras. The lights came up, the music blared, the cameras rolled. Kid Rock was in fine form as he sang “Bawitdaba.” So were Michelle and her friend, caught by the cameras front and center.
Michelle’s friend dropped her at the Mustang that evening. Sadly, Michelle never left the lot.
She is survived by her parents as well as many friends.
**************
On November 12, 2014, Michelle met her brother, Jason Patrick O'Keefe, at Heaven's Gate.
It was February 22, 2000, a fine high desert morning, cool and clear, and the fresh, clean start of a brand-new millennium. Michelle O’Keefe, an 18 year old college freshman was the victim of a predator who was eventually caught.
Earlier on the morning of February 22nd, she had been offered film gig in Los Angeles that very afternoon, a walk-on role in a music video with Kid Rock. She drove her shiny new blue Mustang, through the streets of the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The car was a recent gift from her parents.
There was an evening class so, after lunch she dropped her Mustang at the local Park & Ride and joined a girlfriend on the happy ride south to LA’s Olympic Auditorium, where the girls changed into club clothes required for the video and settled in with the other extras. The lights came up, the music blared, the cameras rolled. Kid Rock was in fine form as he sang “Bawitdaba.” So were Michelle and her friend, caught by the cameras front and center.
Michelle’s friend dropped her at the Mustang that evening. Sadly, Michelle never left the lot.
She is survived by her parents as well as many friends.
**************
On November 12, 2014, Michelle met her brother, Jason Patrick O'Keefe, at Heaven's Gate.
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