Holly Patterson acquitted of killing Robert Kelly
A Pickaway County woman has been found innocent of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide in the death of her fiancé'.
39-year-old Holly Patterson was accused or running over 36-year-old Robert Kelly of Orient in October of 2011, as she tried to flee out of their driveway following a domestic dispute.
Patterson claimed Kelly threw alcohol on her while she slept the morning of the incident, running out of their house to defrost her vehicle windows in order to leave. Kelly allegedly started beating on the vehicle- prompting her to accelerated down the driveway, but ran over him without realizing he was in the path of her vehicle.
She said she stopped and went in to call 9-1-1, but Kelly expired.