A 39-year-old Salem woman was sentenced Monday in Marion County Circuit Court to 75 months in prison for manslaughter in a September 2022 crash near McKay High School that killed her boyfriend.
Angel Marie Rogers was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Keith Schmidtke, 46, driving under the influence, mail theft and reckless endangerment during a stipulated facts trial. Rogers was high on methamphetamines at the time.
Judge Audrey Broyles sentenced Rogers according to Measure 11 sentencing guidelines for manslaughter, along with a year for each misdemeanor. She will serve three years in jail as part of the 75-month sentence.
Rogers was driving Schmidtke’s black Ford Edge after he stole mail from a multi-unit mailbox on the 4300 block of San Francisco Drive NE. Schmidtke got into the passenger seat, and as Rogers drove away she ran a stop sign and crashed with a car that was southbound on Hollywood Drive NE.
Schmidtke, who was not wearing his seatbelt because it was broken, was ejected. The SUV flipped on its hood and landed on Schmidtke, killing him.