Overview
- Area coroner Rose Farmer recorded a narrative conclusion that O’Keefe died by drowning while profoundly intoxicated from amitriptyline.
- The primary medical cause was listed as drowning, with amitriptyline intake recorded as a secondary cause.
- CCTV and doorbell footage from June 9, 2025, showed him highly intoxicated, stumbling, and heading toward the river after being dropped at a pub.
- Police found phone messages referencing a “whole bottle” and a screenshot of a Google search for “amitriptyline liquid UK.”
- His body was discovered in a river at Pontnewynydd on June 11, 2025, and his club, Pontnewynydd AFC, later retired his number three shirt and held a vigil.